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| Full name | Northern Rangers Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Rangers | |
| Founded | 1996 | |
| Ground | NTCA Ground | |
| Capacity | 200 | |
| League | Northern Championship | |
| 2023 | 2nd of 8 | |
| Website | https://www.northernrangersfc.com/ | |
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Northern Rangers Football Club is a soccer club which represents Launceston in the Northern Championship. They previously competed in the second-tier NPL Tasmania, but they decided to drop back to the third tier after the 2018 season.[1] They continued to play in the third-tier Northern Championship, where their B team previously played.
The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams. Northern Rangers play their home games at the NTCA Ground in Launceston, Tasmania.
The Northern Rangers entered a junior side under the name "Northern Tasmanian Christian Soccer League Rangers" in the 1996 season. The club first entered the Northern Premier League in 1999. The club finally arrived on 15 August 2009 when it won its first Northern Premier League title and repeated as champions in 2010 and 2012.[2] It participated in the inaugural season of the National Premier Leagues Tasmania in 2013, having previously competed in the Northern Premier League
- ^ Andrew Mathieson (25 October 2018). "Northern Rangers to opt out of the 2019 NPL Tasmania season". The Examiner.
- ^ Rob Shaw (7 June 2020). "Launceston soccer club Northern Rangers waiting to defend its Northern Championship title". The Examiner.