Kingborough Lions United FC

Kingborough Lions United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston, Tasmania. Founded in 1998, the club currently competes in the NPL Tasmania.

Full nameKingborough Lions United Football Club
Founded1998
GroundLightwood Park, Gormley Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanWarren Iles
ManagerMark Broadbent
LeagueNPL Tasmania
20166th
WebsiteClub website

History

Kingborough Lions is a strong club, and has a complicated history having been formed out of several former clubs. The club formed as a merger between Kingborough United and West Hobart Lions in 1998.

However, West Hobart Lions was already a unified side formed out of a smaller West Hobart club, and the previously large successful side of "Caledonians" who were a powerhouse club in the 1950s, but had since faded.[1] Kingborough United themselves were also already a merged side, having come together out of a union of Kingston and Rapid.

As a result, Kingborough Lions are the inheritors of the traditions of these four clubs, and have now become a large club that the municipality of Kingborough can be proud of. Although relatively unsuccessful since merging, the club is well set in a growing community for future success.

Kingborough play their home games at either Lightwood or Gormley park. Both grounds will go under renovations for the 2012 season – most notably Gormley Park which is having a drainage system installed.

For the 2012 season the Kingborough Lions recruited Matthew Rhodes as the new head coach from Metro; bringing with him 3 players.

The club name was changed for Kingborough Lions United Soccer Club to Football Club with the new club logo being present on the new home and away strips which will be worn by the Premier, Reserves and u19s Premier teams for the season.

Current squad

Correct as of 12 September 2019

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

No. Position Player
1 DF Jackson Nugent
2 DF Christian Di Martino
3 FW Danny Cowen
4 MF Trent Pearce
No. Position Player
5 FW Joel Schuth
6 DF Tobias Herweynen
7 DF Odaine Demar
8 FW Timothy Baker

Seasons
Season League Statewide Cup FFA Cup
Name (national level) Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Position Tasmanian Finals NPL Finals
2012 South Premier League (2)2186747452304thQuarter-finalsDidn't ExistQuarter-finalsDidn't Exist
2013 Victory League (2)2165104055−15236thDNQDNQRound of 16
2014 Victory League (2)2151153584−49166thDNQDNQSemi-finalsDNQ
2015 Victory League (2)2172123760−23236thQuarter-finalsDNQRunners-upDNQ
2016 NPL Tasmania (2)2163123453−19216thSemi-finalsDNQQuarter-finalsDNQ
2017 NPL Tasmania (2)2125141664−48118thDNQDNQRound of 16DNQ
2018 NPL Tasmania (2)2143143554−19157thNot HeldDNQRound of 16DNQ
2019 NPL Tasmania (2)2493124350−7306thNot HeldDNQRound of 16DNQ

Honours
  • 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)

References
  1. "Reconnecting to Caledonians". Hobart Mercury. Retrieved 30 June 2011.


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