Adelaide Victory are a
soccer club from
Pennington, South Australia
Pennington is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, located about 10 km from the Adelaide city centre. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.
The suburb is residential, apart from a light industrial pocket to the south.
His ...
. Adelaide Victory play in the
NPL State League. Their home ground is at Pennington Oval. Prior to 2015, the club was known as the Western Toros.
Club history
From 2011, The Western Toros will introduce the
FFA National Curriculum beginning at Junior level. The focus will be on developing football intelligence, technique and game awareness through modified small sided games in training.
In August, 2011 The Western Toros U15 team reached the club's first
FFSA Cup Final. The game was held at
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium (currently known as Coopers Stadium due to sponsorship from Adelaide-based company Coopers Brewery) is a multi-purpose stadium in Hindmarsh, an inner western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Austral ...
against
Adelaide City
Adelaide City Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was known historically as Juventus — the original name given to the club by its founders in Adelaide's Italian community.
Adelaide City is one of Aust ...
. The Toros came from behind to win the game 4–3 with a late powerful header from Jordan Murphy following a corner.
In 2012 Western District Toros had their first ever championship win in the senior men's competition, coached by Lou Ricciuto and John Heenan.
In 2015 Western Toros changed their club name to Adelaide Victory FC to incorporate the greater Adelaide community, and moved their home ground to Rushworth Reserve, Blair Athol.
In 2018 Adelaide Victory were Champions of the FFSA State League 2 division, and were promoted to State League 1 for 2019.
In 2020 - the Adelaide Victory Senior Women's team commenced.
Players
First team squad
References
External links
Club Website
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Soccer clubs in Adelaide
Association football clubs established in 2015
2015 establishments in Australia