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club based in

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, founded around 2010. The club took part in one edition of the

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, finishing 6th out of six teams in the 2017 edition of the competition. The club has also taken part in several editions of the Port Moresby Premier Division, having won the title once in 2011.

History

The club was founded sometime before their first competitive outing in the Port Moresby Premier Division in 2010, in which they finished runners-up to

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after a 2–0 defeat in the Grand Final. The following season, they went a step further, defeating the Port Moresby School of Excellence (POMSOE) team 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw, with

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Tony Pepea scoring the winning penalty. In the 2012 edition of the competition, the club picked up the league's Minor Premiership by finishing the regular season at the top of the table, before reaching their third successive Grand Final with a 1–0 victory over PS Rutz in the semi-final. However, the side failed to defend their title, going down 1–0 in the final against University. In December 2012, it was reported that the side had expressed an interest in taking part in the

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, but had failed to pay the application fee. In the end, their participation failed to materialise. They did, however, enter the 2013 Port Moresby Premier Division, losing their opening match 4–0 against Defence on the first weekend of June before stabilising somewhat in an evenly-matched season with no runaway leader: by July, the side were level with four other teams in second place on nine points, by August they were top, but they had surrendered that lead and fallen to third by the end of the following weekend. They finished the regular season in second place behind FC Momase, before eventually losing to

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in the playoffs, finishing third overall. Details of the club's competitive history after 2013 are unclear, until they were confirmed in February 2017 as taking part in the

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for the first time. They opened their campaign with a solid 1–1 draw against league veterans

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, but that would prove to be their only point of the campaign, as they lost or forfeited the remainder of their matches. The side were not one of the teams registered ahead of the 2018 season.{{Cite web, url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/nsl-set-kick-off/, title=NSL set to kick off, date=2018-01-03, website=The National, language=en-US, access-date=2019-03-10

Honours

Regional Competitions

* Port Moresby Premier League ** Champions: 2011 ** Runners-Up: 2010, 2012 ** Third: 2013

References

Soccer clubs in Papua New Guinea