Full name | Geelong Rangers Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Rangers, Dark Blues |
Founded | 1955 |
Ground | Myers Reserve, Geelong, Victoria |
Chairman | Kylie Chapman |
Coach | Stuart Begg |
League | State League 2 Nth-West |
2016 | 1st (promoted) |
Website | Club home page |
Geelong Rangers Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Geelong, Australia. The club currently competes in the Victorian State League Division 3 North-West, the regionalized sixth division of the Australian soccer league system.
Geelong Rangers claimed the 2008 Victorian State League Division 3 championship with 43 points, five points clear of second placed Sydenham Park, and were promoted to the Victorian State League Division 2 for the 2009 season. Upon the club's relegeation from the Victorian State League Division 2 North-West to the Victorian State League Division 3 North-West in 2010, the club appointed former South African footballer Dale Harris as the first-team coach. Rangers finished the 2011 season in bottom place of the Victorian State League Division 3 table and were relegated to Victorian Provisional League Division 1 North-West for the 2012 season. The club debuted in the FFV State Knockout Cup in the 2012 tournament, where Rangers defeated Warrnambool Wolves in a 5–2 home victory in a second round fixture on 17 March.
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