Full name | Launceston City Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | City, Juventus, Juve | |||
Founded | 1958[1] | |||
Ground | TassieCare Park, Prospect Vale | |||
Capacity | 1,000 | |||
Chairman | Luigi Gugliotti | |||
Manager | Daniel Syson | |||
League | NPL Tasmania | |||
2023 | 6th of 8 | |||
Website | https://launcestoncity.com.au | |||
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Launceston City Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Launceston, Tasmania. The club was founded in 1957 and currently participating in the Tasmanian NPL Tasmania since 2013, run by the governing body Football Tasmania. The club has over 100 senior players across senior, women and social leagues.
The junior club was briefly called "Westside Devils Soccer Club" from 1998 to 2016 and has since changed to Launceston City Devils. It has age groups from Under 6 to Under 17, and is one of the largest and most successful junior soccer clubs in the state with just under 600 registered juniors.
The club also heavily supports the participation of girls and women with many teams across different age groups and a senior women's team, which has been dominant since the turn of the century, picking up 9 Northern Premier League titles and going unbeaten over four league seasons between 2005 and 2008.