Glenorchy Knights FC
Glenorchy Knights Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Glenorchy, Tasmania. Founded in 1957, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Tasmania, with matches played at KGV Park.
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| Full name | Glenorchy Knights Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1957 | ||
| Ground | KGV Park | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Tony Bacic | ||
| Manager | Franco Previdi | ||
| League | NPL Tasmania | ||
| 2020 | 2nd | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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History
The club was founded in 1957 as Glenorchy Croatia, and experienced almost immediate success, winning the state title for the first time in 1963. They experienced their best success in the 1970s, winning three titles, before having a league lull in the 1980s. However, re-branded as the Glenorchy Knights, they have slowly established a new sense of self, culminating in winning the State Championship for the first time in 13 years in 2005, and narrowly missing out on back to back state titles by losing a penalty shoot-out to Somerset in 2006. In 2010, Glenorchy Knights finished in 3rd Position in the Forestry Tasmania Southern Premier League.[1]
In 2012 Glenorchy Knights were accepted with a license to participate in a new Tasmanian statewide league NPL Tasmania between 2012–2015.
In 2015 Glenorchy Knights were unsuccessful in their application to remain within the NPL Tasmania and returned to lower Southern Championship in 2016.[2] The 2015 season was particularly poor for the Knights' first grade side, who won just two games all season and finished with a -133 goal difference.
Glenorchy Knights responded by winning three consecutive Southern Championship's in 2016, 2017 and 2018, losing just three in 49 games.
Honours
- State Championship: 6 times (1970, 1974, 1975, 1992, 1999, 2005)
- State Championship Runners-up: 4 times (1978, 1980, 1998, 2006)
- Southern Premierships: 7 times(1970, 1974, 1975, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006)
- Southern Premier Runners-up: (9 times) 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1998, 2002
- KO Cup Winners: (6 times) 1963, 1969, 1970, 1978, 2000, 2005
- KO Cup Runners-up: (4 times) 1968, 1974, 2001, 2003
- Summer Cup Winners: (5 times) 1979, 1982, 1983, 1993, 2003
- Cadbury Charity Cup Winners: (once)1993
- Cadbury Trophy Winners: (3 times) 1978, 1985, 1992
- Falkinder and Association Cup Winners: (once)1964
- Falkinder and Association Cup Runners-up: (5 times) 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1973
- Lloyd Triestino Cup Winners: (2 times) 1972, 1973
Seasons
| Season | League | Statewide Cup | FFA Cup | |||||||||||
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| Name (national level) | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Position | Tasmanian Finals | NPL Finals | |||
| 2012 | South Premier League (2) | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 19 | 7th | DNQ | Did Not Exist | Champions | Did not Exist |
| 2013 | Victory League (2) | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 16 | 7th | DNQ | DNQ | Semi Finals | |
| 2014 | Victory League (2) | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 66 | −38 | 11 | 7th | DNQ | DNQ | Round of 16 | DNQ |
| 2015 | Victory League (2) | 21 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 148 | −133 | 6 | 8th | DNQ | DNQ | Round of 16 | DNQ |
| 2016 | Southern Championship (3) | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 11 | +55 | 41 | 1st | Quarter Finals | Not Eligible | Round of 16 | DNQ |
| 2017 | Southern Championship (3) | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 11 | +55 | 41 | 1st | Semi Finals | Not Eligible | Runner Up | DNQ |
| 2018 | Southern Championship (3) | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 10 | +71 | 46 | 1st | Not Held | Not Eligible | Round of 16 | DNQ |
| 2019 | NPL Tasmania (2) | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 32 | 5th | Not Held | DNQ | Round of 16 | DNQ |
| 2020 | NPL Tasmania (2) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 31 | 2nd | Not Held | Cancelled | TBD | Cancelled |
See also
References
- "History". glenorchyknights.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- http://www.walterpless.com.au/2015/march/clarence-united-replace-glenorchy-knights-in-victory-league.html