Kingborough Lions United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Kingston, Tasmania. Founded in 1998, the club currently competes many leagues including in the NPL Tasmania and the Women's Super League. The club has a large playing group ranging and teams range from juniors, youth academy, and social teams through to high performance men and women's programs.
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| Full name | Kingborough Lions United Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lions | |
| Founded | 1998 | |
| Ground | Lightwood Park, Gormley Park | |
| Capacity | 1,000 | |
| Chairman | Brian Downes | |
| Manager | Alfred Hess | |
| League | NPL Tasmania | |
| 2023 | 4th of 8 | |
| Website | http://klufc.org.au/ | |
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History
editKingborough Lions has a complicated history having been formed out of several mergers of former clubs in the Hobart region. The club in its current form was formed after a merger between Kingborough United and West Hobart Lions in 1998.[1]
Kingborough United were a long standing southern-based Premier League team and was the result of the previous mergers of Kingston Cannons and Rapid Hobart. The club's original home ground was the Sherburd Park Complex, which it shared with the Blackmans Bay District Cricket Club. In 1996, the club moved to the then Tasmanian Baseball Complex (Now known as the Lightwood Park Complex), taking up a long term tenancy and they shared the facilities with the Kingston Crows Cricket Club.
Caledonian Soccer Club (West Hobart Lions) was already a unified side formed out of a smaller West Hobart club, and the previously largely successful side of "Caledonians" who were a powerhouse club in the 1950s, but had since faded.[2] The side was relatively nomadic in existence with no permanent facilities, but training was generally undertaken at the West Hobart Oval. Caledonian Soccer Club was forced to change their name in 1994 after an edict from the newly formed Soccer Australia mandated clubs could not use ethnic connotations in club names.[3]
In 2010 the club began operating under the updated name of Kingborough Lions United Football Club, and in 2012 a new logo was designed and presented on all playing strips.
As a result, Kingborough Lions are the inheritors of the traditions of these four clubs, and have now become a large club based in the municipality of Kingborough. Although relatively unsuccessful in their senior programs since merging, the club has the foundations in place to be a successful club due to the large player catchment area, and is the only club in the Southern region of Hobart with a high performance Men and Women's program.
Players
editCurrent Squad - Men
editNote: Known players.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | GK | AUS | Eisa Azizi |
| 3. | DF | AUS | Matthew Hess |
| 4. | MF | AUS | Gregory Downes |
| 5. | DF | AUS | Jacob Huigsloot |
| 6. | MF | AUS | Simon Vivarelli |
| 7. | FW | AUS | Phillip Kantzos |
| 8. | MF | AUS | Kobe Kemp |
| 9. | FW | AUS | Noah Mies |
| 10. | MF | AUS | Ilan Mastrocola-Simon |
| 11. | DF | AUS | Tom Prince |
| 12. | FW | SY | Ahmad Othman |
| 13. | DF | AUS | Keenan Douce |
| 14. | FW | AUS | Joe Ojwiya |
| 15. | MF | AUS | Declan Taylor |
| 16. | DF | AUS | Alfred Hess |
| 17. | FW | AUS | Tom Hocking-Cousins |
| 20 | MF | AUS | Feisal Baddiley |
| 21. | GK | AUS | Lee Mackie |
Coaching Staff - Men
editNote: Known Staff.
| NPL Head Coach: | NPL Assistant Coach | NPL GK Coach | NPL S&C Coach | NPL SEM Coordinator | NPL U21 Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Hess | Jake Vandermay | Lee Mackie | Nick Atwell | Greg Downes | Matthew Hess |
Recent Seasons - Men
edit| Season | League | Statewide Cup | FFA Cup | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name (national level) | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Tasmanian Finals | NPL Finals | |||
| 2012 | Southern Premier League (2) | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 45 | 2 | 30 | 4th | Quarter-finals | Did not exist | Quarter-finals | N/A |
| 2013 | Victory League (2) | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 23 | 6th | DNQ | DNQ | Round of 16 | |
| 2014 | Victory League (2) | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 35 | 84 | −49 | 16 | 6th | DNQ | DNQ | Semi-finals | DNQ |
| 2015 | Victory League (2) | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 23 | 6th | Quarter-finals | DNQ | Runners-up | DNQ |
| 2016 | NPL Tasmania (2) | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 21 | 6th | Semi-finals | DNQ | Quarter-finals | DNQ |
| 2017 | NPL Tasmania (2) | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 64 | −48 | 11 | 8th | DNQ | DNQ | Round of 16 | DNQ |
| 2018 | NPL Tasmania (2) | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 15 | 7th | Not held | DNQ | Round of 16 | DNQ |
| 2019 | NPL Tasmania (2) | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 30 | 6th | Not held | DNQ | Round of 16 | DNQ |
| 2020 | NPL Tasmania (2) | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 21 | 4th | Not held | Cancelled | Quarter-finals | Cancelled |
Ref:[4]
Recent Seasons - Women
edit| Season | League | Statewide Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | ||
| 2016 | Southern Championship Women | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 110 | -98 | 3 | 6th | Did not exist |
| 2017 | Women's Southern Championship | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 54 | -11 | 25 | 4th | Round of 16 |
| 2018 | VETO Women's Southern Championship | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 3rd | Final |
| 2019 | Womens Super League | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 57 | 43 | 14 | 27 | 4th | Final |
Honours
edit- State Championships: 7 times (as "Caledonians", 1953,1955,1956,1957,1958,1960,1981); 5 times (as "Rapid", 1964,1976,1979,1980,1982)
- State Championship Runners-up: 1 time (as "Rapid" 1961)
- Southern Premierships: 6 times (as "Caledonians", 1953,1955,1956,1957,1958,1960); 4 times (as "Rapid",1961,1964,1976,1982); 1 time (as "Lions" 1999)
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Club History". Kingborough Lions United Football Club. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Reconnecting to Caledonians". Hobart Mercury. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ Meidl, Eva (2008). "Rapid Hobart - A history of acculturation". German Association for Australian Studies.
- ^ "Team Home for Kingborough". SportsTG. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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