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| Full name | Caroline Springs George Cross Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Georgies, George Cross |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Ground | City Vista Recreation Reserve, Fraser Rise, Victoria, Australia |
| Capacity | 3,000[1] |
| Chairman | Mark Sultana |
| Manager | Eric Vassiliadis |
| League | Victoria Premier League 1 |
| 2024 | 7th of 14 |
| Website | https://www.georgecrossfc.com |
Caroline Springs George Cross Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Fraser Rise, a north-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and plays in the Victoria Premier League 1, the second tier of football in Victoria, and third in Australia.
George Cross play at the City Vista Recreation Reserve, following a move from Chaplin Reserve in 2019, where the club spent 38 seasons. The move to Fraser Rise coincided with a name change for the club, from Sunshine George Cross to the current name. The club was founded by Maltese immigrants.
Having been one of eight Victorian clubs to have participated in Australia's National Soccer League, the club's best achievement was reaching the playoffs as finalists in the 1986 season. Winners of the Australian Cup in 1964, Sunshine George Cross were named champions of the 1977 Victorian State League and were also runners up on 9 occasions.[2] Producing 5 Weinstein Medalists and three Bill Fleming Medalists throughout its history. The club was once proudly home to John Markovski, Craig Foster, Kevin Muscat, Emmanuel Muscat and Andrew Nabbout.
Caroline Springs George Cross wear red and white stripes for their home colours, the colours on the Maltese flag.
Caroline Springs George Cross FC are one of just three winners of the 1960s Australia Cup that are still active, the others being Hakoah Sydney City East FC and APIA Leichhardt FC.
- ^ "City Vista Recreation Reserve". Austadiums. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Honours". Sunshine George Cross Football Club. Retrieved 9 February 2010.