Taroona FC
Taroona Football Club is a soccer club which represents Taroona in the Tasmanian Southern Championship. The club's colours are black & white on their home kit and black & tangarine on their away kit.
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| Full name | Taroona Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1978 | ||
| Ground | Kelvedon Park, Taroona | ||
| Capacity | 500 | ||
| President | Mark Painter | ||
| Head Coach | Anton Rohner (men) Karen Wills (women) | ||
| League | Southern Championship | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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History
The first club in the city of Taroona was Taroona Ajax, which was formed in 1972.[1] Taroon Ajax won the Division 1 league in 1973, gaining promotion to the Premier League for 1974.[2] They were relegated in 1974[3] and the club disbanded in 1976.[1]
Afterwards, a fresh club was started for juniors called the Taroona Junior Club.[1] In 1978, they merged with the St. Mirren Soccer Club from Lindisfarne to form the Taroona St. Mirren Soccer Club. In 1985, after the Tasmanian Soccer Association asked clubs to have one name only, the name was changed to Taroona Football Club.
Teams
Taroona Football Club fields men's and women's, youth and senior teams, across a number of divisions in Southern Tasmanian (FFT) competitions:[4]
- Southern Championship Men
- Southern Championship 1 Men
- Southern Championship 2 Men
- Women's Super League
- Southern Championship Women
- Southern Championship 1 Women
- Southern Championship 3 Social Men
- Southern Championship 4 Social Men
- Southern Championship 2 Women
- Junior Youth Girls
- Under 13 Boys
- Under 14 Boys
- Senior Youth Girls
- Under 16 Boys
- Under 18 Boys
- Statewide Lakoseljac Cup (FFA Cup)
- Statewide Women's Cup
- Southern Tasmanian Summer Cup
Season history
Men's
- Division 1 1972-1973 Promoted to Premier
- Premier League 1974 Relegated and disbanded
- Division 1 1978-1992 Relegated to Division 3
- Division 3 1993 Promoted to Division 2
- Division 2 1994 Promoted to Division 1
- Division 1 1995-2006 Promoted to Premier
- Premier League 2007- 2008 Relegated to Division 1
- Division 1 2009 Promoted to Premier League
- Premier League 2010 Relegated to League 1
- League 1 2011 - 2012
- Southern Premier League 2013 - 2014
- Southern Championship - 2015 -
Women's
- Division 1 2007-2010
- Southern Premier League 2010 - 2014
- Southern Championship - 2015 - 2016
- Women's Super League 2017 - 2018
League Titles:
- Men's Division 1 1973, 1990, 2006, 2009
- Men's Division 1 Reserves 2005, 2011, 2012
- Men's Division 3 1993
- Women's Division 2 2008, 2009, 2012,
- Women's Championship 1 2018
- L1 U19s 2012
Senior Cups:
- Men's Division 1 Summer Cup 1987, 1989, 1999, 2004, 2006
- Women's Premier League State Finals Series 2010, 2011
- Women's Statewide Cup 2011
- Women's Statewide Cup 2018
References
- Ross, John. "The Soccer Club and Kelvedon Park Soccer Ground" (PDF).
- "Tasmania South Lower Division Champions". Football in Australia.
- "Tasmania South Cambridge League 1974". Football in Australia.
- "Mens & Womens Teams". Taroona FC.