Langwarrin Soccer Club is an Australian
soccer club based in
Langwarrin South
Langwarrin South is an official bounded locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 47 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Frankston local government area. Langwarrin South recorded a populat ...
, a suburb of
Melbourne
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,
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, Australia. Founded in 1964, the club competes in
National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
The National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, commonly referred to as NPL Victoria 2, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is the second-highest in the Victorian league system, behind the National Premier Leagues V ...
.
History
Langwarrin Soccer Club was formed by local
Dutch Australian
Dutch Australians refers to Australians of Dutch ancestry. They form one of the largest groups of the Dutch diaspora outside Europe. At the 2021 census, 381,946 people nominated Dutch ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another an ...
s in 1964 as an alternative to
Australian rules football in the region. The initial name of the club was The Langwarrin All Stars. The side played its first games at the local primary school, and soon moved to the site of the Frankston golf driving range on Cranbourne Road. The first game was against Melbourne who beat the young All Stars 20–1.
In 1968 the club moved to its current home on Barretts Road. The land was donated to the club by Wally Lawton and became known as Lawton Park. The first senior team at Langwarrin was formed in 1968.
In 1981, Langwarrin entered the Victorian Provisional League One. In 1991, works were completed on the new clubrooms at Lawton Reserve. In 1994 the grounds were relaid.
In 1999 Gus Macleod was appointed as senior head coach of the club, a position he would go on to hold for 20 seasons.
Langwarrin was promoted to the
National Premier Leagues Victoria 2
The National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, commonly referred to as NPL Victoria 2, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is the second-highest in the Victorian league system, behind the National Premier Leagues V ...
competition after taking out the
State League Division 1 South-East championship title in 2017. In 2018, the club's first season in the
National Premier Leagues
The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is a national association football competition in Australia which acts as the second tier of the sport in the country below the A-League. The NPL consists of the highest level state league in each state-based ...
league system, Langy finished in 8th place in the 10-team NPL2 East competition.
In August 2018, after iconic coach Gus Macleod resigned from his role, the club announced that
Scott Miller would coach the team for the 2019 season. Miller brought in a number of high-profile players for the 2019 season, including former
Oakleigh Cannons
Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club, established by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community, currently competes in the NPL Victoria. The ...
midfielder Wayne Wallace, Damir Stoilovic, David Stirton, Roddy Covarrubias, Jamie Cumming, Jordan Templin and Fraser Maclaren.
Current squad
League Standings
Honours
Team
*
State League 1
:Champions(1) 2017
*
State League 2
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:Champions(1) 2004
:Runners Up (3) 2001,2002,2003
*
State League 3
:Champions(1) 2000
*
State League 4
:Champions(1) 1999
Individual
* State League 1 South-East Golden Boot
:2016 - Caleb Nicholes
References
External links
Langwarrin Official WebsiteFootball Federation Victoria Official website
Association football clubs established in 1964
Soccer clubs in Melbourne
Victorian State League teams
1964 establishments in Australia
Sport in the City of Frankston
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