Melbourne City FC (1990)

This article is about the amateur soccer club founded in 1990. For the men's senior A-League team, see Melbourne City FC. For other uses, see Melbourne City.

Melbourne City

Full name	Melbourne City Football Club Inc [1]
Nickname(s)	City
Founded	1990;35 years ago (1990) (as Melbourne City Soccer Club)
Ground	Edwards Reserve
Head Coach	Derek Smith [2]
League	State League Division 4 West
2024	5th of 12
Website	melbournecityfootballclub.org

Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian amateur soccer club based in the Melbourne suburb of South Kingsville. ^[3] As of 2025, the club competes in the Victorian State League Division 4 West (VSL 4 West), the seventh tier of soccer in Victoria. ^[4]

History

See also: Footscray JUST

Melbourne City was founded in 1990 as Melbourne City Soccer Club after the Argentine community took over Footscray JUST, which had been established by Yugoslav migrants in 1950. ^{[5] [6]}

Footscray JUST (known as "Melbourne City JUST" in its final season) had finished in a relegation position at the end of the 1990 Victorian State League season. ^[7] The newly-formed club did not initially perform any better, with relegation from the newly-formed State League Division 1 at the end of the 1991 season and from Division 2 after a last-placed finish in 1992. ^{[8] [9]} Melbourne City avoided further relegation following a tenth-placed Division 3 finish in 1993. ^[10]

During the 2003 Provisional League Division 1 North-West season, Melbourne City was fined $16,500 and deducted 30 points for fielding a player under the false name of "Leonardo Cagliolo". ^[11] As a result, the club finished last and was relegated. ^[12]

In early 2005, the club changed its name to "Melbourne City Football Club". ^[13] The club won its first premiership in 2015. ^[14]

Legal dispute

In January 2014, A-League club Melbourne Heart was acquired by the City Football Group (CFG) and Holding M.S. Australia, leading to media speculation about a potential rebrand of the club. ^{[15] [16]} On 5 June 2014, Heart's new name was officially unveiled as "Melbourne City FC". ^{[17] [18]}

Following the rebranding, both the A-League club and the State League club sought to trademark "Melbourne City Football Club". ^[19] In a decision of the Australian Trade Marks Office in 2017 (Melbourne City Football Club Inc v MHFC Holdings Pty Ltd), the A-League club's applied trademark was refused registration. ^{[20] [21]}

In 2025, the A-League club partnered with the State League club as part of the "Macca's City Clubs" program for junior soccer teams. ^[22]

Honours

Club

Victorian State League 4 West Premiership

• Premiers (1): 2015

Seasons

Season	League									Finals	Dockerty Cup	Top goalscorer		Ref
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos			Name	Goals
1991	VSL 1	28	7	7	14	33	47	21	13th	—	—			[8]
1992	VSL 2	30	3	10	17	19	57	16	16th	—	—			[9]
1993	VSL 3	28	8	9	11	46	46	25	10th	—	—			[10]
1994	VSL 3	26	7	8	11	25	35	22	9th	—	—			[23]
1995	VSL 3	26	15	3	8	39	29	48	4th	—	—			[24]
1996	VSL 3	26	8	7	11	38	43	31	9th	—	—			[25]
1997	VSL 3	26	16	4	6	60	43	52	2nd	—	—			[26]
1998	VSL 2	26	16	6	4	55	25	54	2nd	—	—			[27]
1999	VSL 1	26	9	3	14	38	48	30	11th	—	—			[28]
2000	VSL 2 NW	22	4	5	13	31	61	17	10th	—	—			[29]
2001	VSL 2 NW	22	1	0	21	7	132	3	12th	—	—			[30]
2002	VSL 3 NW	22	2	6	14	26	56	12	11th	—	—			[31]
2003	PL 1 NW	22	11	3	8	41	32	6	12th	—	—			[12]
2004	PL 2 NW	22	8	5	9	32	36	29	7th	—	—			[32]
2005	PL 2 NW	22	15	2	5	52	32	47	2nd	—	—			[33]
2006	PL 1 NW	22	7	1	14	34	45	22	9th	—	—			[34]
2007	PL 1 NW	22	7	6	9	28	28	27	8th	—	—			[35]
2008	PL 1 NW	22	7	5	10	31	34	26	9th	—	—			[36]
2009	PL 1 NW	22	6	5	11	24	45	23	9th	—	—			[37]
2010	PL 1 NW	22	3	6	13	16	49	15	12th	—	—			[38]
2011	PL 2 NW	22	4	4	14	32	70	16	11th	—	—			[39]
2012	PL 3 NW	22	5	9	8	36	48	24	9th	—	—			[40]
2013	VSL 5 West	22	11	3	8	54	43	36	6th	—	—			[41]
2014	VSL 4 West	22	13	4	5	46	31	43	2nd	—	—			[42]
2015	VSL 4 West	22	13	5	4	53	30	41 [a]	1st	—	—			[14]
2016	VSL 3 NW	22	8	3	11	38	57	27	7th	—	—			[44]
2017	VSL 3 NW	22	0	1	21	10	145	1	12th	—	—			[45]
2018	VSL 4 West	20	4	2	14	24	77	14	10th	—	—			[46]
2019	VSL 4 West	22	5	2	15	29	52	17	10th	—	—			[47]
2020	VSL 4 West	No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic												[48]
2021	VSL 4 West	14	3	6	5	24	27	15	8th	—	—			[49]
2022	VSL 4 West	22	7	4	11	33	59	25	8th	—	—			[50]
2023	VSL 4 West	22	10	4	8	41	32	34	6th	—	—			[51]
2024	VSL 4 West	22	10	4	8	41	46	34	5th	—	Round 1 [52]			[53]
2025	VSL 4 West									—	Round 2 [54]

Notes

1. Melbourne City was deducted three points. ^{[14] [43]}

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External links

• Official website