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| Full name | Preston Lions Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Makedonia, Lions, Lavovi, Reds | |||
| Founded | 1947 | |||
| Ground | B.T. Connor Reserve Reservoir, Victoria | |||
| Capacity | 5,000[1] | |||
| Owner | Preston Lions Supporters Trust | |||
| Chairman | David Cvetkovski[2] | |||
| Manager | Louie Acevski (Mens Team) Daniel Foden (Womens Team) | |||
| League | Victoria Premier League 1 | |||
| 2024 | 2nd of 14 (promoted to NPL Victoria) | |||
| Website | http://www.plfc.com.au/ | |||
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Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a semi-professional soccer club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1947 to play non-professional soccer matches against other teams in the local community until 1959, and 12 years later, they joined the Victorian Soccer Federation (now Football Victoria), the club's first season in an officially sanctioned competition.[3] The Lions currently compete in the Victoria Premier League 1 (formerly NPL 2 Victoria) competition, which is the third tier in the Australian soccer league system, after being promoted in 2022 from NPL 3 Victoria. The club won the Victorian Premier League in seasons 1980, 1994, 2002 and 2007.
- ^ "BT Connor Reserve". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "PLFC Executive Committee". Preston Lions FC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "CLUB HISTORY". Preston Lions FC. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2016.