Langwarrin Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club based in Langwarrin South, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1964, the club competes in National Premier Leagues Victoria 2.

Langwarrin Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Langy
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
GroundLawton Reserve,
Langwarrin South
Capacityapprox. 5000
ChairmanJames Bretnall
ManagerJamie Skelly
LeagueVictoria Premier League 1
20249th of 14
Websitehttps://www.langwarrinsoccerclub.org.au/

History

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Langwarrin Soccer Club was formed by local Dutch Australians in 1964 as an alternative to Australian rules football in the region. The initial name of the club was The Langwarrin All Stars. The side played its first games at the local primary school, and soon moved to the site of the Frankston golf driving range on Cranbourne Road. The first game was against Melbourne who beat the young All Stars 20–1.[citation needed]

In 1968, the club moved to its current home on Barretts Road. The land was donated to the club by Wally Lawton and became known as Lawton Park. The first senior team at Langwarrin was formed in 1968.

In 1981, Langwarrin entered the Victorian Provisional League One. In 1991, works were completed on the new clubrooms at Lawton Reserve. In 1994 the grounds were relaid.

In 1999, Gus Macleod was appointed as senior head coach of the club, a position he would go on to hold for 20 seasons.

Langwarrin was promoted to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 competition after taking out the State League Division 1 South-East championship title in 2017.[1] In 2018, the club's first season in the National Premier Leagues league system, Langy finished in 8th place in the 10-team NPL2 East competition.[2]

In August 2018, after iconic coach Gus Macleod resigned from his role, the club announced that Scott Miller would coach the team for the 2019 season.[3] Miller brought in a number of high-profile players for the 2019 season, including former Oakleigh Cannons midfielder Wayne Wallace, Damir Stoilovic, David Stirton, Roddy Covarrubias, Jamie Cumming, Jordan Templin and Fraser Maclaren.[4]

Current squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Rogan McGeorge
  AUS Jaiden Madafferi
DF   AUS Jamie Cumming
MF   AUS Callum Goulding
  AUS Jacob Brito
FW   AUS Joshua Varga
  AUS James Burgess
  AUS Bradley Chick
  AUS Nathan Cook
  AUS Charles Fry
  AUS Luke Goulding
  AUS Christopher Gregory
  AUS Kyoungjin Jeong
  AUS James Kelly
  AUS Nathan Lynders
No. Pos. Nation Player
  AUS Joshua Meaker
  AUS Tristan Meaker
  AUS Jeremy Min Fa
  AUS Thomas Podaridis
  AUS Lucas Portelli
  AUS Simon Storey
FW   SCO Archibald Macphee
FW   AUS Bradley Blumenthal
MF   AUS Jordan Templin
GK   AUS Fraser Maclaren
  AUS Thomas Ahmadzai
DF   AUS Luke Burgess
  AUS Dylan Kilner
FW   AUS Damir Stoilović
FW   AUS David Stirton
FW   AUS Rodrigo Covarrubias

League Standings

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YEAR VICTORIAN LEAGUE POSITION
2022 NPL Victoria 2 7th
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
2019 NPL Victoria 2 4th
2018 NPL Victoria 2 8th
2017 State League 1 1st
2016 State League 1 6th
2015 State League 1 4th
2014 State League 1 3rd
2013 State League 2 3rd
2012 State League 2 6th
2011 State League 1 13th
2010 State League 1 6th
2009 State League 1 7th
2008 State League 1 8th
2007 State League 1 5th
2006 State League 1 3rd

Honours

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Team

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Champions(1) 2017
Champions(1) 2004
Runners Up (3) 2001,2002,2003
Champions(1) 2000
Champions(1) 1999

Individual

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  • State League 1 South-East Golden Boot
2016 - Caleb Nicholes[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Ladder for Men's State League 1 South-East". SportsTG. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Ladder for Langwarrin SC - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ MacKenzie, Craig (27 August 2018). "It's Miller time at Langwarrin". MPNEWS. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Wayne Wallace joins Langwarrin | Bayside News". baysidenews.com.au. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  5. ^ "2016 FFV Golden Boot Awards" (PDF).
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