Werribee City FC

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Werribee City FC
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Full nameWerribee City Football Club
Nickname(s)City, Bees
Founded1969
Ground Galvin Park Reserve, Benlor Ground
Capacity1000
ChairmanGiovanni Inserra
CoachSergio Sabbadini
League Victoria Premier League 1
2023 11th of 14
NPL Victoria 2
Website Club website

Werribee City Football Club is an Australia semi-professional soccer club based in Werribee, Melbourne, currently playing in the Victoria Premier League 1 competition. The club plays its home games at Galvin Park Reserve (Benlor Ground), Werribee.

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National Premier Leagues Victoria

After the introduction of the National Premier Leagues Victoria, Werribee City were placed into the top division, the new top tier of football in the state. In the final game of the 2014 season, Port Melbourne SC scored a 95th minute goal, keeping both it and Werribee in the top division and relegating Ballarat City FC.

After a poor start to the 2015 season, with the Bees languishing in relegation places, manager Nino Ragusa was replaced and Tony Trifunov took over the reins. [1] Trifunov's reign last just a few rounds, with the Bees then appointing Domenico Gangemi to finish off the 2015 season. Werribee City was relegated from the top flight of football in Victoria after a 13th-placed finish. [2]

Ahead of the 2016 season, the Werribee squad underwent an overhaul, with a large portion of the 2015 squad departing the club upon the conclusion of the campaign. [3] Werribee had a disastrous start to the season, managing just a single point in their first six games, losing Domenico Marafioti to a shoulder injury and bowing out of the 2016 FFA Cup at the first hurdle, losing 3–0 to Dandenong Thunder. This led to the departure of Gangemi, who resigned on 6 April 2016. [4] Former Bulleen Lions manager Serge Sabbadini was appointed as the new Werribee City manager. [5] The Bees then experienced an upturn in form; after picking up just two points in the opening 11 rounds, Werribee then collected five wins and four draws from its next 11 games to finish the season in 8th place. [6]

The following season, Werribee again finished in 8th place finish in the NPL2 West competition. [7] In 2018, Werribee finished in 5th place. [8] For the 2019 season, Werribee finished in third place. [9]

Former players

Top goalscorers

YearNameGoalsLeagueRef.
2010 Joe Spiteri 14SL2NW
2011Marty Collins12SL2NW
2012Simon Zappia16*SL1
2013Leigh Minopoulos15SL1
2014Steven Cudrig5NPL [10]
2015 Christopher Cristaldo 4NPL
2016Shaun Weaver10NPL2
2017Darcy Den Ouden6NPL2
2018Carlin Feely

Trevor Ssemakula

8NPL2
2019 Jake Butler 14NPL2 [11]

Honours

Individual honours

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References

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  2. ↑ "Ladder for PS4 NPL VIC". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Moran, Shaun. "Bees busy ahead of 2016 NPL 2 campaign". MFootball. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Early struggles lead to Gangemi's Werribee departure". The Corner Flag. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sabbadini takes Bees hotseat". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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  7. ↑ "2017 Ladder for NPL2 West VIC Men". National Premier Leagues Victoria. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "2018 Ladder for NPL2 West VIC Men". National Premier Leagues Victoria. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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