Geelong Rangers Football Club is an Australian

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club based in

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. The club currently competes in the

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North-West, the regionalized fifth division of the

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History

Geelong Rangers claimed the 2008

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championship with 43 points, five points clear of second placed Sydenham Park, and were promoted to the

for the 2009 season. Upon the club's relegation from the

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to the

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in 2010, the club appointed former

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Dale Harris as the first-team coach. Rangers finished the 2011 season in bottom place of the

table and were relegated to Victorian Provisional League Division 1 North-West for the 2012 season. The club debuted in the FFV State Knockout Cup in the

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tournament, where Rangers defeated Warrnambool Wolves in a 5–2 home victory in a

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fixture on 17 March.

Divisional history

Recent seasons

Honours

: 2008, 2016 * Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3: 1984 * Victorian Metropolitan League Division 4: 1983 * Victorian Provisional League Division 1 North-West: 2005 *Geelong Advertiser Cup: 1987, 2009, 2019 * FFV State Knockout Cup: Zone Semi-Finals (

)

International representatives

Australia

* Johnny Gardiner, member of the

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Scotland

* Frank Munro, member of the

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Current squad

First-team

References

External links

Official Website

Football Federation Victoria
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