Launceston City FC

Launceston City

Full name	Launceston City Football Club
Nickname(s)	City, Juventus, Juve
Founded	1958
Ground	Mitsubishi Park, Prospect
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Austin Fagan
Manager	Lino Sciulli
League	NPL Tasmania
2015	5th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Launceston City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Launceston, Tasmania. The club was founded in 1956 and currently participating in the Tasmanian NPL Tasmania since 2013, run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania. The club has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.

The junior club "Westside Devils Soccer Club" has age groups from Under 7 to Under 16, and is one of the largest and most successful junior soccer clubs in the state with over 340 junior soccer players. The club also has a women's team which has been dominate since the turn of the new century picking up 9 Premier League titles and going 4 league seasons between 2005 to 2008 unbeaten.

History

Launceston City founded in 1958. City was particularly dominant in the 1960s, when they won every season except 1964. Although Northern Tasmania's most successful club with 19 Northern titles, they have failed to repeat their dominance of the 60s. The club uses the colours of Juventus and have links to the club. Prior to the cessation of ethnic affiliations by Australian football clubs in 1997, Launceston City were known as Launceston Juventus.

In 1978 Launceston Juventus relocated from their home ground at White City Greyhound Stadium to Mitsubishi Park located in Prospect where the club is still playing home games till this day. Mitsubishi Park has two playing grounds, fully functional flood lights for night games, clubrooms, change rooms.

Launceston City fields teams in the Tasmanian State League NPL Tasmania, Northern Championship, Northern League 1, Under 18's, and currently has two Northern Women's Premier League Teams along with two Northern League 2 teams with over 100 registered players.

Honours

• State Championships: (once) 1961
• State Championships Runners-up: (10 times) 1960,1964,1969,1971,1972,1975,1976,1995,2001,2005
• Northern Premierships: (19 times) 1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1965,1966,1967,1968, 1969,1971,1972,1975,1976,1982,1984,1986,2001,2005
• Northern Premier League Reserves:2005,2006
• Northern Premier League u18:2015
• Statewide Cup:1966,1976,1991,2004,2007
• Statewide Cup Runners-up:2005,2006
• Steve Hudson Cup:1987,1989,1991,1993,1996,2002,2004,2005,2007
• Northern Women's Premier League:2001,2002,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013
• Women's State Championship:2007
• Women's Statewide Cup:2015

Individual Honours

State League Player of the Year

• 1986 – Colin Guest
• 1987 – Peter Savill
• 1989 – Peter Savill

Club Presidents

Years	President
1958 - 1961	Frank Buttazoni
1978	Alec McNeil
1979 - 1983	Peter Mies
1984	Frank Stolp
1985 - 1987	Ross Wesson
1988	Doc Burdon
1989 - 1991	Ross Wesson
1992	Frank Stolp
1993	Ross Wesson
1994	Kerry Dennis
1995 - 1997	Ross Wesson
1998 - 2000	Peter Mies
2001 - 2003	Robert Luciani
2004 - 2008	Noel Van Est
2009 - 2013	Jason Jones
2014 - 2014	Dave Backhouse
2015 -	Austin Fagan

Life Members

Years	Life Member
1979	Aldo De Santi
1980	Hans Streit | Tom Strickland
1981	Sergio Del Grande
1982	Mario Morosini
1983	Christine Mies
1987	Ross Wesson
1990	Leighton Hodge | Peter Savill
1992	Barry Hemsley
1999	Roger Mies
2000	Robert Luciani
2002	Luigi Gugliotti
2005	Jessie McKay
2008	Jenny Duffy | Jeff Butler | Jill Couch
2010	Tony Rossi | Jason Jones
2014	Matthew Heather
2015	Mick Egan

Past Players

• Miotto, Simon
• Ganderton, Daniel
• Brown, Roger
• Paul Wormley

References

External links

• Official Site