Launceston City FC
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| Full name | Launceston City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | City, Juventus, Juve |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Ground | Mitsubishi Park, Prospect |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | Austin Fagan |
| Manager | Ben Brookfield |
| League | NPL Tasmania |
| 2016 | 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
Launceston City Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Launceston, Tasmania. The club was founded in 1956 and currently participating in the Tasmanian NPL Tasmania since 2013, run by the governing body Football Federation Tasmania. The club has over 100 registered players across senior, women and social leagues.
The junior club "Westside Devils Soccer Club" has age groups from Under 7 to Under 16, and is one of the largest and most successful junior soccer clubs in the state with over 350 junior soccer players. The club also has a women's team which has been dominate since the turn of the new century picking up 9 Premier League titles and going 4 league seasons between 2005 and 2008 unbeaten.
Launceston City founded in 1958. City was particularly dominant in the 1960s, 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 60s. 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.
In 1978 Launceston Juventus relocated from their home ground at White City Greyhound Stadium to Mitsubishi Park located in Prospect where the club is still playing home games till this day. Mitsubishi Park has two playing grounds, fully functional flood lights for night games, clubrooms, change rooms.
Launceston City fields teams in the Tasmanian State League NPL Tasmania, Northern Championship, Northern League 1, Under 18's, and currently has one Northern Women's Championship Teams along with one Northern League 2 team with over 100 registered players.
Since Launceston City (Juventus) was founded in 1958 there has been four recorded club crests throughout the years.
The first ever recorded club crest since Launceston City's (Juventus) beginning in 1958 was this crest.Featuring our Italian heritage, our resolve for success and the Launceston's coat of arms down the bottom of the crest. Which features with the two Tasmanian Tiger's holding the gold of the shield which refers to the early history of gold-mining in nearby hills. The blue represents the junction of the North and South Esk rivers where the city (symbolised by the gold central disc) was founded and the Tamar River flowing north to the Bass Strait. The club crest still features prominently outside the Launceston City change rooms to this day which was painted by life member Frank Stolp.
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