Preston Lions FC
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Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a semi-professional soccer club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1947 to play non-professional soccer matches against other teams in the local community until 1959, and 12 years later, they joined the Victorian Soccer Federation (now Football Victoria), the club's first season in an officially sanctioned competition.[3] The Lions currently compete in the Victoria Premier League 1 (formerly NPL 2 Victoria) competition, which is the third tier in the Australian soccer league system, after being promoted in 2022 from NPL 3 Victoria. The club won the Victorian Premier League in seasons 1980, 1994, 2002 and 2007.
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Full name | Preston Lions Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Makedonia, Lions, Lavovi, Reds | |||
Founded | 1947; 77 years ago (1947) | |||
Ground | B.T. Connor Reserve Reservoir, Victoria | |||
Capacity | 5,000[1] | |||
Owner | Preston Lions Supporters Trust | |||
Chairman | David Cvetkovski[2] | |||
Manager | Louie Acevski (Mens Team) Daniel Foden (Womens Team) | |||
League | Victoria Premier League 1 | |||
2023 | 8th of 14 NPL Victoria 2 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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