Ringwood City SC

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Ringwood City
Full nameRingwood City Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Wilhelmina
Founded1953
GroundJubilee Park,
Ringwood
PresidentRobert Blyth
League Victorian State League Division 4
20249th
Website https://www.ringwoodcitysc.com.au/

Ringwood City Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club from Ringwood, a suburb of Melbourne. The club was formed in 1953 as Wilhelmina by Dutch Australians. [1] The club currently competes in Victorian State League Division 4 East, where it has been since 2014.

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History

Early history

Wilhelmina D.S.C. (Dutch Soccer Club) entered the Fourth Division Reserves competition in 1953, wearing all-orange kits and playing on a paddock in North Balwyn, its home for three years. The club finished second despite having begun halfway through the season. [2]

1954 saw the first official Wilhelmina senior side enter the Fourth Division competition. The side had many players who had played in higher divisions and won the league with ease, earning promotion to Division Three.

The following season, Wilhelmina earned promotion again with a perfect season of 18 consecutive wins. Wilhelmina relocated to Burnley Oval in Richmond in 1956. In 1956, the club won the Second Division and earned promotion to the first division. It took the club only four years to get promoted into the Victorian State League, losing only one game of the 54 played.

In 1957, Wilhelmina moved to McDonald Reserve in Hawthorn for its first season in the State League. The season ended with a fifth-place finish. The following season, Wilhelmina won the Dockerty Cup. [3]

In 1966 they were relegated, but the following year they were again promoted as Ringwood City Wilhelmina. [4] After many more years of an up-and-down State League campaign, they were relegated to Victorian State League Division 1 in 1990. This started the club's demise. After years of competition, the club found themselves relegated seven times, and found themselves in the lowest men's Victorian league, Metropolitan League South East. [5] [6]

Recent years

In 2009 Ringwood City defeated St. Kevins Old Boys 3–0 in the final round of the 2009 FFV Metropolitan South East division to gain their first championship in 12 years.

In 2013, Ringwood City won the State League Division 5 East championship, [7] with Nicholas Theodore taking out the league Golden Boot, scoring 27 goals. [8]

The club currently competes in Victorian State League Division 4 East, the sixth tier of Victoria football, where it has been since 2014.

Honours

Notable players

Competition timeline

SeasonLeagueDockerty Cup

State Cup

Top scorer
DivisionPldWDLGFGA+/-PtsPositionPlayer(s)Goals
1954 (P)Metro DIV 41st
1955 (P)Metro DIV 318180011410104361stSF (2-4 Polomia)
1956 (P)Metro DIV 2181620822458341stSF (2-4 Polomia)
1957Metro Div 118828503614186thQF(2-3 Footscray)
1958State League221354782454312ndWon (3-0 Juv)
1959State League221723864046361stSF(1-3 Hakoah)
1960State League221048503812244thR5 (2-3preston)
1961State League221345492920303rdSF(0-1 polonia)
1962State League221183542826303rdR1(0-1 croat)
1963State League221021044404225thR2(0-0- hungaria)
1964State League2284104048-8208thQF(0-3 port melb)
1965State League2266103143-12189thR5 (2-2 Footscray)
1966 (R)State League2272133346-131612thR5 (2-1 Juv)
1967 (P)Metro Div 1221813831667371st
1968State League2286826242227th
1969State League221345452124303rd
1970State League22967432815246thQF (1-3 keilor)
1971State League221048402812245thQF (0-3 Footscray)
1972State League2273123544-9178thR16 (0-3 melbourne)
1973State League22877412615237thQF(0-1 melbourne)
1974State League2275103134-3197thRU (4-1 South Melb)
1975State League2263132541-161511
1976State League224992735-8179
1977State League2284102437-13208RU (3-1 George Cross)
1978 (R)State League2236132142-211212Ampol cup (2 wins, 2 loss)
1979Metro Div 1221246422715284R16 (1-3 Essendon)
1980 (P)Metro Div 1221516371720312ndR16 (2-3 Western suburbs)
1981State League2284103242-10206QF(2-3 Altona)
1982State League2667133351-181911
1983State League2662182458-341413
1984State League26971042393257
1985State League2676132638201811
1986 (R)State League2657141949173213
1987 (P)State league Div 1261934511441-272nd
1988State League3012711494131107th
1989State League3078152652223013
1990 (R)State League3466224070185216
1991State league Div 128513102635231210
1992State league Div 12666142745182712
1993State league Div 1269611394024168
1994 (R)State league Div 12657143456173914
1995 (R)State league Div 22665152846232313
1996 (P)State league Div 3261754732656-302nd
1997 (P)State league Div 2261934491860-421st
1998 (R)State league Div 12655163364204413
1999State league Div 22666143359243512
2000 (R)State league Div 2 S/E222218157156612
2001State league Div 3 S/E22931033373076
2002State league Div 3 S/E22104845433494
2003 (R)State league Div 3 S/E2255122444202411
2004 (R)Prov Div 1 S/E2224162365105511
2005 (R)Prov Div 2 S/E2266102335241111Not played
2006Prov Div 3 S/E2278738342957thNot played
2007 (R)Prov Div 3 S/E2035121959144510Not played
2008Metro2285939312656Not played
2009Metro S/E181323452341-181stNot played
2010Metro S/E20848364327165Not played
2011Metro S/E22114752423756R1 (1-3 Monash)
2012Prov 32245133962-231411thR1 (0-1 eastern lions)N Theodore11
2013 (P) SL5 211515552728461stR1 (1-2 Boorondara)N Theodore27
2014 SL4 22122846379384thR1 (0-3 Melton)J Oxley8
2015 SL4 221057543816355thK Roden16
2016 SL4 2295833294325thR1 (3-4 Springhills)O Bridgford17
2017 SL4 2086630246306thR2 (0-1 Boorondara)J Adeosun7
2018 SL4 2165103958-19237thR5 (0-7 Sydenham)I Sankoh12
2019 SL4 2263133146-15219thR1 (0-1 Ashburton)W Ong6
2020 SL4 00000000NANANANA
2021 SL4 1462624240206thR4 (0-4 Casey comets)M T Mamo5
2022 SL4 221129493811356thR2 (2-4 Monash)D Primerano16
2023 SL4 1871103541-6256thR4 (0-3 Moorolbark)A Krstic9

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