Essendon Royals SC
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Full name | Essendon Royals Soccer Club |
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Nickname(s) | Royals |
Founded | 1958 1959 as Unione Sportiva Triestina 1995 as 'Essendon-Brunswick Royals' (present entity)' | (earliest form)
Ground | Cross Keys Reserve (Juniors) and Ormond Park (Seniors) |
Chairman | Richie Di Sauro |
Manager | Vitale Ferrante |
League | Victorian State League Division 2 North-West |
2019 | 11th |
Website | Club website |
Essendon Royals Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the North-Western Melbourne local government area of Moonee Valley.[1] The club's senior men's squad currently participates in the Victorian State League Division 2 North-Western conference, along with its senior women's squad competing in the Victorian Women's State League Division 1 North-Western conference.[2]
History[]
The club was originally founded as 'Unione Sportiva Triestina' in 1959 by Italian immigrants from the seaport city of Trieste. Prior to the 1995 season, the club had completed its last merge of four merges, with six other original stand-alone clubs to form 'Essendon-Brunswick Royals', later renaming to its present name 'Essendon Royals' for the 1999 season.[3][4][5]
The club had two stints in the Victorian Premier League (VPL), the second highest level in Australian soccer, in 2001 and from 2003–07.[6] The club has a current membership over 700 and currently fields teams in junior boys and girls leagues from 8 years to seniors. In August 2019, the club was granted a National Premier Leagues Victoria junior licence for its u13 to u16 teams.[7] Vitale Ferrante was appointed as the club's senior men's coach for the 2020 season.[8]
Historical Honours (1958–1994)[]
Anstey Roma (1968–1969)[]
- Victorian Sixth Tier
- Premiers (1): 1968 (Central)
Central Brunswick/Dallas City/Ivanhoe City (1973–1987)[]
- Victorian Eighth Tier
- Premiers (1): 1984
- Victorian Eleventh Tier
- Premiers (1): 1977
East Brunswick (1970–1986)[]
- Victorian Sixth Tier
- Third Place (promotion) (1): 1983
- Victorian Seventh Tier
- Premiers (2): 1972 (East), 1975 (East)
East Brunswick–Ivanhoe (1988–1994)[]
- Victorian Fourth Tier
- Runners–up (1): 1991
- Victorian Fifth Tier
- Premiers (1): 1990
Fiorentina (1958–1963)[]
- Runners–up (2): 1961, 1963
- Runners–up (1): 1959
Moonee Ponds (1973–1982)[]
- Victorian Tenth Tier
- Third Place (promotion) (1): 1977
Unione Sportiva Triestina/Maribyrnong Triestina/Essendon City Jets (1958–1994)[]
- Premiers (1): 1963
- Runners–up (1): 1986
- Premiers (1): 1962
- Victorian Fourth Tier
- Runners–up (1): 1985
- Victorian Fifth Tier
- Premiers (1): 1973
- Runners–up (1): 1976
- Third Place (promotion) (1): 1983
Recent Honours (1995–present)[]
- Runners–up (2): 2000, 2002
- Runners–up (1): 1999
- Victorian Fourth Tier
- Runners–up (1): 2016 (North–West)
- Victorian Fifth Tier
- Premiers (1): 2014 (North–West)
- Victorian Seventh Tier
- Runners–up (1): 2011
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Essendon Royals Soccer Club". Essendon Royals Soccer Club.
- ^ "Essendon Royals SC". GameDay.
- ^ Gorman, Joe (7 September 2015). "The forgotten story of … Brunswick Juventus' 1985 NSL championship". Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Active_E.html#EssendonRoyals
- ^ "Essenden Royal - By the Decade". essendenroyals.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Essendon Royals - Divisional History". OzFootball. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "ANNOUNCEMENT | Essendon Royals granted 2020 Football Victoria Junior Boys National Premier League license". Essendon Royals Soccer Club. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "SEASON 2020 | Essendon Royals announce Vitale Ferrante as Senior Men's Coach". Essendon Royals Soccer Club. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
External links[]
- Soccer clubs in Melbourne
- Soccer clubs in Victoria (Australia)
- Victorian State League teams
- Italian-Australian culture in Melbourne
- Italian-Australian backed sports clubs of Victoria
- Association football clubs established in 1959
- 1959 establishments in Australia
- Essendon, Victoria