Launceston City FC

Launceston City founded in 1957. 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,[2] Launceston City were known as Launceston Juventus.

In 1978 Launceston Juventus relocated from their home ground at Brooks High School to Landrover Buckby Park located in Prospect where the club is still playing home games till this day. Landrover Park has two playing grounds, fully functional flood lights for night games, clubrooms, change rooms.

Launceston City fields teams in the National Premier League Tasmania NPL, the second tier of Australian football, Northern Championship, Northern League 1, Under 18's, and currently has one Super League Women's team and one Northern Women's Championship Team this makes up over 100 senior registered players.

Since 2018, a video of former goalkeeper Niko Giantsopoulos kicking the ball away prior to an opposition striker taking a penalty has been a regular viral video on social media. The move, designed to throw his opponent off balance psychologically just prior to taking the kick, resulted in Giantsopoulos being issued a yellow card, but the penalty went ahead. Giantsopoulos saved the goal.[3]

Since Launceston City (Juventus) was founded in 1958 there has been four recorded club crests throughout the years.

First logo on record

The first ever recorded club crest since Launceston City's (Juventus) beginning in 1958 was this crest. Featuring the club's Italian heritage, 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.

1980's

In the 1980s the club committee led by president and life member Ross Wesson formed a new design of the Launceston City (Juventus) club crest highlighting the club's relations to the club's Italian relations Juventus F.C. with the black and white stripes as seen on the club's home kits, the crest was used up until the early 2000s. The crest could be seen around Launceston in the form of stickers on motor vehicles and in the way of a keyring.

2008 to 2018

As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations the club began its sixth decade with a new logo created by David Jordaan. This logo pays homage to our Italian heritage with and was the first to feature the soccer ball in the centre of the crest as well as the ribbon at the base of the crest that marked its establishment of 1958.

• State Championships: (2) 1961, 1963
• State Championships Runners-up: (12) 1960,1965,1966,1969,1971,1972,1975,1976,1981,1995,2001,2005
• Northern Premierships: (17) 1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1965,1966,1968,1969,1971,1972,1975,1976,1984,1986,2001,2005
• Cadbury Trophy : (1) 1979
• Northern Knockout Cup : (2) 1964,1971
• Advocate Coca-Cola Night Soccer Series : (1) 1981
• Northern Premier League Reserves: (4) 1982,2004,2005,2017
• Northern Premier League u18: (3) 2015,2018,2019
• Northern Premier League u17: (1) 1991
• Northern Premier League u16: (1) 2020
• Statewide Cup: (5) 1966,1976,1991,2004,2007
• Statewide Cup Runners-up: (6) 1964,1977,1997,2002,2005,2006
• Steve Hudson Cup: (9) 1987,1989,1991,1993,1996,2002,2004,2005,2007
• Northern Women's Premier League: (12) 2001,2002,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2016
• Women's State Championship: (2) 2007,2012
• Women's Statewide Cup: (1) 2015

Men's State League Player of the Year

• 1986 – Colin Guest
• 1987 – Peter Savill
• 1989 – Peter Savill
• 1994 – Anthony Valentine

Men's State League Golden Boot

• 1981 – Peter Sawdon (20)

Women's State League Player of the Year

• 2017 – Beth Bygrave

Northern Men's League Golden Boot

• 1969 – Hans Streit (25)
• 2004 – Alex Brownlie (14)
• 2005 – Roger Mies

NPL Tasmania Rising Star Award

• 2017 – Noah Mies

NPL Tasmania Goal of the Year

• 2018 – Noah Mies

Northern Women's Best & Fairest

• 2005 – Jill Couch
• 2013 – Caitlin Storay
• 2014 – Caitlin Storay
• 2015 – Caitlin Storay

Northern Women's League Golden Boot

• 2005 – Chelsea Smith

Northern Men's Reserves Best & Fairest

• 2014 – Joshua Duncan

Northern Under 18's Best & Fairest

• 2016 – Mackenzie Hancox
• 2018 – Maxwell Bywaters
• 2019 – Josh Bula

Northern Under 18's Golden Boot

• 2016 – Mackenzie Hancox (22)
• 2019 – Josh Bula (28)

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