Gungahlin United FC

Gungahlin United
Full name Gungahlin United Football Club
Founded 1963
Ground Gungahlin Enclosed Oval
Ground Capacity 1,150
League NPL ACT
Website Club home page

Gungahlin United Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Gungahlin, the Australian Capital Territory. The club was established in 1963 under the name of Canberra Juventus after the Italian club and was renamed to Gungahlin Juventus in 1997, and to Gungahlin United in recent years. Gungahlin currently competes in the National Premier Leagues ACT with matches played from Gungahlin Enclosed Oval.

History

Canberra Juventus crest

The club was established by the local Italian community in 1963 under the name "Canberra Juventus", inspired by the Italian club. They competed in the ACT Division One and the Federation Cup in their inaugural season. The following year the club won the league, receiving qualification to the Australia Cup. They competed in the 1965 and 1967 Australia Cup, where they failed to progress past the first round.[1][2]

The restructuring of the ACT Premier League after the 2006 season saw Gungahlin removed from the top tier competition. In 2015, Gungahlin United was granted a National Premier Leagues licence to field a team in the National Premier Leagues ACT.[3] In the same year, the team won the Federation Cup, thereby qualifying to the round of 32 of the 2015 FFA Cup.[4]

Honours

Premiers (8): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 2000
Champions (8): 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1986, 2001
Runners-up (6): 1963, 1966, 1973, 1995, 2000, 2004
Champions (8): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2015
Runners-up (6): 1969, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2002

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1966 South Australian Soccer Yearbook". South Australian Soccer Federation: 52.
  2. ↑ "Should the FFA Cup award the Attila Abonyi Medal?". theguardian.com. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Club history". gungahlinunitedfc.org.au. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ↑ 2015 Federation Cup CHAMPIONS!! Gungahlin United Official Website, 21 June 2015

External links

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