Werribee City Football Club is an Australia semi-professional

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club based in

Werribee Werribee is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Wyndham local government area. Werribee recorded a population of 50,027 at the 2021 census. Werribee i ...

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, currently playing in the

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competition. The club plays its home games at

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(Benlor Ground), Werribee.

National Premier Leagues Victoria

After the introduction of the

National Premier Leagues Victoria The National Premier Leagues Victoria, commonly known as NPL Victoria, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer leagu ...

, Werribee City were placed into the top division, the new top tier of football in the state. In the final game of the 2014 season,

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scored a 95th minute goal, keeping both it and Werribee in the top division and relegating

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. After a poor start to the 2015 season, with the Bees languishing in relegation places, manager Nino Ragusa was replaced and Tony Trifunov took over the reins. Trifunov's reign last just a few rounds, with the Bees then appointing Domenico Gangemi to finish off the 2015 season. Werribee City was relegated from the top flight of football in Victoria after a 13th-placed finish. Ahead of the 2016 season, the Werribee squad underwent an overhaul, with a large portion of the 2015 squad departing the club upon the conclusion of the campaign. Werribee had a disastrous start to the season, managing just a single point in their first six games, losing Domenico Marafioti to a shoulder injury and bowing out of the 2016 FFA Cup at the first hurdle, losing 3–0 to Dandenong Thunder. This led to the departure of Gangemi, who resigned on 6 April 2016. Former

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manager Serge Sabbadini was appointed as the new Werribee City manager. The Bees then experienced an upturn in form; after picking up just two points in the opening 11 rounds, Werribee then collected five wins and four draws from its next 11 games to finish the season in 8th place. The following season, Werribee again finished in 8th place finish in the NPL2 West competition. In 2018, Werribee finished in 5th place. For the 2019 season, Werribee finished in third place.

Former players

* Hrvoje Matkovic *

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Top goalscorers

*Denotes top goalscorer in the league

Honours

* Provisional League Division Champions 1977 * Provisional League Cup Winners 1977 * Metro League Division 4 Champions 1980 * Promotion to Metro League Division 2 1981 * Promotion to Metro League Division 2 1982 * Victorian State League Cup Champions 1992 * Victorian Division 1 State League Champions 1993 * Provisional League Division 1 Champions 2004 * Moreland Charity Cup Winners 2006 * State League 3 Champions 2006 * State League 2 Runners-up 2007 * State League 2 Runners-up 2008 * State League 2 Champions 2011 * State League 1 Runners-up 2013

Individual honours

* 2012 Simon Zappia League B&F 21 votes * 2012 Simon Zappia League Top Goalscorer 16 Goals

References

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