Launceston City FC
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| Launceston City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Launceston City Football Club |
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| Founded | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Mitsubishi Park, Prospect, Launceston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | David Craig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Northern Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Launceston City is Australian Football (soccer) club based in Launceston, Tasmania. It competes in the Northern Premier League run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania. The club also runs a womens team, and a junior team known as the "Westside Devils Football Club". The club uses the colours of Juventus and have links to the club. Prior to the cessation of ethnic affiliations by Australian football clubs in 1997 Launceston City were known as Launceston Juventus.
The club was particularly dominant in the 1960's, when they won every season except 1964. Although Northern Tasmania's most successful club with 19 Northern titles, they have failed to repeat their dominance of the 60's.
[edit] Honours
- State Championships: (once) 1961
- State Championships Runners-up: (10 times)1960,1964,1969,1971,1972,1975,1976,1995,2001,2005
- Northern Premierships: (19 times)1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1965,1966,1967,1968, 1969,1971,1972,1975,1976,1982,1984,1986,2001,2005
- KO Cup Runners-up:2005,2006
