Geelong Regional Football Committee

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Football Geelong Region
AbbreviationFootball Geelong, GRFC, GRFA
Formation(1926;98 years ago (1926) as Geelong and Western District Soccer Association)
TypeRegional Sporting Association
Legal statusActive
Location
Region served
Geelong, Australia
Parent organisation
 Football Victoria / Football Australia
Website https://footballgeelong.com/

The Geelong Regional Football Committee (GRFC) is the governing body of soccer in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is a sub-committee of governing body Football Victoria.

Contents

It was previously known as the Western Victoria Soccer Association, later becoming the Geelong Region Football Association (GRFA).

Local leagues

The GRFC organises local Geelong community competitions which consist of Miniroos & MiniTillies from ages 7 to 9 years plus Junior Divisions from ages 11 to 18. Member Clubs also contain Mens & Womens teams; both Senior and Reserve team.

Representative squads

GRFC's representative squads compete in the Annual tournament of the Country Championships, an annual Junior tournament established in 1978 by the Country Leagues Football Association (CLFA).

It attracts both male and female regional representative players aged 11 years to 17 years old, coaches, officials and spectators over 3 days of competition, to determine and crown State Champions.

The event takes place each year in June on the King's Birthday long weekend. Each year Geelong competes against teams from all over Regional Victoria including Bendigo, Shepparton, Moama-Echuca, Albury/Wodonga, Gippsland, Goulburn, Latrobe Valley, Swan Hill, South West Victoria and Sunraysia.

Current clubs

ClubsEst.Home ground/Stadium
Armstrong United FC2018Armstrong Creek Sporting Oval
Barwon Heads Soccer Club2008Barwon Heads Community Park
Barwon Soccer Club1992 [1] Grovedale Reserve
Bell Park Sport Club 1959Bell Park Sports Club, Batesford
Bellarine Sharks AFC2004St Leonards Lake Reserve
Geelong City Football Club

(Formerly Breakwater Eagles)

1964Howard Glover Reserve, East Geelong
Colac Otway Rovers AFC2010Beeac Recreation Reserve
Corio Bay Sports Club1986Evans Reserve, Norlane
Corio Soccer Club 1955Hume Reserve, Bell Park
Deakin Ducks FC 1978 Deakin University Sports Precinct, Waurn Ponds
Drysdale Soccer Club2009Drysdale Recreation Reserve
FC Leopold2016Estuary Boulevard Recreation Reserve, Leopold
Geelong Galaxy United FC 2016Hume Reserve, Bell Park
Geelong Rangers 1955Myers Reserve, Bell Post Hill
Geelong SC 1958Stead Park, Norlane
Golden Plains Soccer Club2012Bannockburn Recreation Precinct
Lara United1999Lara Recreation Reserve
North Geelong Warriors 1967 Elcho Park, Lara
Ocean Grove SC1996Shell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove
Surfcoast FC 2001Banyul-warri Fields, Torquay

Men's team ranking

As of 2024

TeamDivision
North Geelong Warriors FC Victoria Premier League 2
Geelong SC Victoria Premier League 2
Corio Soccer Club Victorian State League Division 1 North-West
Geelong Rangers Victorian State League Division 2 North-West
Surf Coast Victorian State League Division 4 West
Bell Park Sports Club Victorian State League Division 4 West
Golden Plains Soccer Club Victorian State League Division 4 West
Barwon Soccer Club Victorian State League Division 4 West
Lara United FC Victorian State League Division 5 West
Deakin Ducks Football Club Victorian State League Division 5 West
Ocean Grove Soccer Club Victorian State League Division 5 West
Geelong City Football Club

(formerly Breakwater Eagles)

Geelong Division 1
Armstrong Creek United Geelong Division 1
Drysdale S.C Geelong Division 1
Barwon Heads F.C. Geelong Division 1
FC Leopold Geelong Division 2
Bellarine Sharks Geelong Division 2
Corio Bay F.C. Geelong Division 2
Colac Otway Rovers F.C. Geelong Division 3

Cup competition

The Geelong Community Cup is an annual pre-season soccer tournament held in the region since 1981.

Notable players

The following players have played football for GRFC clubs and have represented senior men's or women's national teams.

Life members

Life members of either Geelong Region Football Association, Western Victoria Soccer Association, Football Federation Victoria that have served primarily in the region.

Former teams

TeamsYears active (if known)
Brintons SC1964-1991. Became Eastern Park in 1991. [17]
British1956
Bellarine United1985
Barwon City
Belmont1967
Corio Cloverdale
DSG (Dutch Society Geelong) [18] 1956
East Geelong FC1985-93 (Merged with Geelong). [19]
Elcho Park Cardinals
Geelong Espanol
Geelong City [20] 1914
Geelong Celtic FC1950-1951 [21]
Geelong Scottish1955. Became Hamlyn Rangers [21]
Geelong Olympic Sports Club [22] 1984-
Geelong United1923-31, 1934 - 1936
Geelong United1951
Geelong United FC1977 - 1987 (Merged with Corio SC)
H.M.A.S. Brisbane [23]
Ford Recreation [24]
International Harvester FC [25] 1950 -1953 [21]
Industrial Service Engineers Pty Ltd FC
IAMA club (Italian Australian Migrants Association)1955
Kardinia International College
Lovely Banks Kiev1987 [21]
Northern Suburbs1979
Norlane Olympia1955 [21]
Norlane Juliana [21]
Shell [26] [27] 1953
Toldi
Union Jack [28]
Queenscliff Garrison [29]
West Geelong1965-1984. Became East Geelong [21]
Zagreb1958-1960 [21]

History

Read a brief the history of Soccer in Geelong.

See also

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