Preston Lions FC

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Preston Lions FC
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Full name Preston Lions
Football Club
Nickname(s) Lions, Makedonia
Founded 1947
Ground B.T. Connor Reserve
Capacity c. 8,000
Chairman Chris Todorovski
Manager Goran Lozanovski
League Victorian Premier League
VPL 2006 7
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The Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) are an Australian football (soccer) club with Macedonian ethnic roots, from the suburb of Preston, a suburb found in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was formed in 1947, and currently play in the Victorian Premier League.

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[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

[edit] National

  • 1992 Docherty Cup Winners
  • 1990/91 National League Cup Runners Up
  • 1986 Docherty Cup Runners Up
  • 1985 National Soccer League Southern Conference Runners Up
  • 1985 Docherty Cup Runners Up
  • 1985 National League Cup Runners Up

[edit] State

  • 2003 Victorian Premier League Minor Premiers
  • 2002 Victorian Premier League Champions
  • 1996 Victorian State League Division One Runners Up
  • 1996 State League Cup Winners
  • 1994 Victorian Premier League Champions
  • 1994 Victorian Premier League Minor Premiers
  • 1980 Victorian State League Champions
  • 1978 Victorian State League Runners Up
  • 1975 Victorian Metropolitan League Division One Champions
  • 1975 State League Cup Winners
  • 1973 Victorian Metropolitan League Division Two Champions
  • 1973 State League Cup Winners
  • 1966 Victorian Metropolitan League Division One Champions
  • 1963 State League Cup Runners Up
  • 1961 Victorian Division Two South Champions

[edit] Individuals

Australian Representatives - Senior Level

  • Robbie Dunn
  • Warren Spink
  • Andrew Zinni
  • George Jolevski
  • Phil Trianides
  • Oscar Crino
  • Peter Ollerton
  • Alex Grozdanoski

Australian Representatives - Youth Team

  • John Little
  • Warren Spink
  • John Markovski
  • Kris Trajanovski
  • Robert Stojcevski
  • Goran Lozanovski
  • Vasco Trpcevski
  • Robert Spasevski
  • Daniel Miller

Victorian State Representatives - Senior Level

  • John Sapazovski
  • Anthony Magnacca
  • Pece Siveski
  • Serkan Oksuz

Gold Medal Winners

  • 2005 Anthony Magnacca
  • 2003 Chris Emsovski
  • 2001 Chris Emsovski

[edit] Current squad

  • 1. Australian Savas Ozdemir (GK)
  • 5. Australian Les Anastasiou
  • 9. Macedonian Blaze Georgioski
  • 10. Australian John Sapazovski
  • 11. Australian Nick Lazarevski
  • 14. Australian Anthony Magnacca
  • 15. Australian Marinos Gasparis
  • 17. Australian Steven Pace
  • 21. Australian Pece Siveski
  • 22. Australian Thomas Tolevski
  • 23. Australian Stephen Masalkovski
  • 26. Australian Erhan Karahan
  • 35. Australian Younes Said
  • 39. Australian Goce Petrovski
  • 41. Australian Alesandar Stojanovski (GK)
  • 00. Australian Ljupco Acevski (GK)
  • 00. Australian Tony Sterjovski
  • 00. Australian Issy Erdogan
  • 00. Australian Serdar Pir
  • 00. Australian Zoran Petrevski

[edit] Records

  • Most Games: Chris Emsovski 158, John Sapazovski 123, Sasa Ognenovski 110
  • Most Finals Games: Chris Emsovski 8
  • Most Career Goals: John Sapazovski 40
  • Most Season Goals: Saso Markovski 19 (1998)


Note: These statistics include Victorian Premier League matches and finals played for Preston Lions between 1991 and 2005.

[edit] External links

FFV : 2007 The Vodafone Cup

Altona Magic | Australian Institute of Sport | Essendon Royals | Fawkner Blues | Green Gully Cavaliers | Heidelberg United | Kingston City FC | Melbourne Knights | Oakleigh Cannons | Preston Lions FC | Richmond SC | South Melbourne FC | Springvale White Eagles | Sunshine Georgies | Western Suburbs SC | Whittlesea Zebras |

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