Monash City FC

Monash City
Full name Monash City Football Club
Founded 1997
Ground Caloola Reserve,
Oakleigh, Victoria
Capacity 500
Chairman Angelo Zissis
Manager Dimos Sevas
League Victorian State League Division 5
2017 3rd

Monash City Football Club is an association football (soccer) club from the south-east suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Monash City FC was established in 1997 from the ashes of the Oakleigh United Club, they compete in the Victorian State League Division 5. The club has male senior teams, both firsts and reserves, and junior teams (male and female) from age U7 to U18.

History

Upon the collapse of Oakleigh United FC after the 1996 season, several junior teams were left without a club. Monash City FC was formed in 1997 as a junior only club to provide an avenue for those players to continue their football development.

Over the next 19 years the club competed at the highest level of junior football in Melbourne fielding teams in what was then the Victorian Junior Super League. This culminated with the Monash City FC Under 15 team of 2011 winning the Victorian region of the Manchester United Premier Cup. Ultimately the team was defeated by Onehunga SC from NZ in the pacific region final.[1]

At the completion of the 2015 season the club looked to merge with Waverley Wanderers FC in an attempt to add Seniors teams. Unfortunately the merger collapsed.[2] This resulted in the club deciding to enter their own senior teams into Victorian State League Division 5 in the 2016 season. They also competed for the first time in the Australian National Cup, 2016 FFA Cup, winning their first match against Chelsea FC.[3]

After missing out on promotion in the 2017 season by a single goal, Monash entered the 2018 season as one of the favourites to be promoted to State League 4. A undefeated season saw them secure promotion and their first silverware as champions of State League 5 East.[4]

Colours and badge

Club uniform colours are black and red stripes for home games and white, with a red/black vertical stripe for away games.

Honours

Victorian State League Division 5 East Champions 2018

References

  1. ↑ "Onehunga Realise Manchester United Dream". NZ Football. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Proposed Merger Collapses". Neoskosmos. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 FFACup Qualifying Round Wrap". Football Federation Victoria. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "FFV Ladder 2018 SL5East". Football Federation Victoria. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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