Geelong Rangers Football Club is an Australian
soccer
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club based in
Geelong
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,
Australia
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. The club currently competes in the
Victorian State League Division 2
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North-West, the regionalized fifth division of the
Australian soccer league system
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.
History
Geelong Rangers claimed the 2008
Victorian State League Division 3
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...
championship with 43 points, five points clear of second placed Sydenham Park, and were promoted to the
Victorian State League Division 2
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for the 2009 season.
Upon the club's relegation from the
Victorian State League Division 2 North-West
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to the
Victorian State League Division 3 North-West
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in 2010, the club appointed former
South Africa
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n
footballer
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Dale Harris as the first-team coach.
Rangers finished the 2011 season in bottom place of the
Victorian State League Division 3
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...
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
2012
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tournament, where Rangers defeated Warrnambool Wolves in a 5–2 home victory in a
second round
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fixture on 17 March.
Divisional history
Recent seasons
Honours
*
Victorian State League Division 3 North-West
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: 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 (
2012
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)
International representatives
Australia
* Johnny Gardiner, member of the
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* Australia men's national soccer team
** Australia men's national under-23 soccer team
** Australia men's national under-20 soccer team
** Australia men's national under-17 soccer team
** Australia ...
Scotland
*
Frank Munro, member of the
Scotland national football team
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Current squad
First-team
References
External links
Official WebsiteFootball Federation Victoria
{{AUS fb state Vic
1955 establishments in Australia
Association football clubs established in 1955
Sport in Geelong
Soccer clubs in Victoria (Australia)
Scottish-Australian culture
Diaspora sports clubs in Australia