Full name | Bankstown City Lions Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Lions, Sydney Makedonia | ||
Founded | 2013 | ||
Ground | Jensen Oval Sefton, New South Wales | ||
Capacity | 8,000 | ||
President | Robert Mileski | ||
Manager | Ante Covic | ||
League | NSW League One Women's | ||
2022 | 6th of 12 | ||
Bankstown City Lions Football Club, commonly referred to as Bankstown City Lions or simply Bankstown City, is an Australian women's football team from Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [1] They compete in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women's, the second tier of women's football in Australia. Bankstown City Lions plays their home games at Jensen Park. [2] [3]
The club formed women's teams in 2013. [1] The senior team was promoted from the third tier Women's State League to the National Premier League 2 in 2015. [4]
In 2017, they won the NPL2 Women's Championship after defeating Sydney Olympic and were promoted to the NPL1 Women's League for the following season. The 2018 NPL 1 Women's season saw Bankstown City Lions narrowly escape relegation by one point, finishing 10th out of 12 teams. [5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season | League | Sapphire Cup | Top scorer | ||||||||||
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Div | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Finals | Player(s) | Goals | ||
2013 | Women's State League | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 83 | 33 | 45 | 4th | PF | - | ||
2014 | Women's State League | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 105 | 32 | 47 | 2nd | RU | - | ||
2015 | Women's State League | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 27 | 45 | 2nd↑ | W | - | ||
2016 | NPL2 NSW Women | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 19 | 7th | - | - | ||
2017 | NPL2 NSW Women | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 28 | 3rd↑ | W | - | Tania Baban | 13 |
2018 | NPL NSW Women | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 71 | 10 | 10th | - | - | Amy Dahdah | 7 |
2019 | NPL NSW Women | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 60 | 21 | 10th | - | - | ||
2020 | NPL NSW Women | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 12th | - | - | Georgia Plessas | 3 |
2021 | NPL NSW Women | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 7 | season cancelled | - | Georgia Plessas | 3 | |
2022 | NPL NSW Women | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 6 | 6th | - | - | ||
2023 | NPL NSW Women | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 37 | 8th [a] | - | R4 | Susan Phonsongkham | 14 |
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