Manningham United Blues FC

Association football club in Templestowe, Victoria, Australia

Football club

Manningham UnitedFull name| Manningham United Football Club

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Nickname(s)| United
Founded| 1999; 26 years ago (1999) (as "Manningham Juniors Soccer Club")
Ground| Pettys Reserve
Capacity| 1,500
President| Nick Raptopoulos
Manager| George Karkaletsis
League| Victoria Premier League 1
2024| 13th of 14 (Relegated)
NPL Victoria
Website| www.manninghamunitedfc.com

Home colours

Away colours

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Manningham United Blues Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1999 by local residents and was known as Manningham Juniors Soccer Club.

In 2010, Manningham Juniors Soccer Club obtained a Senior Men's license from Fawkner SC. Manningham United plays their senior games at Pettys Reserve.

## History

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In 1999, the club, originally known as Manningham Juniors Soccer Club, had just three junior teams, with a committee led by Paul Martinello and Tari Mallia.

### Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues

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In 2004 Fawkner Blues merged with Whittlesea Stallions to form Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues. Their home games were played at Whittlesea's home stadium Epping Stadium. The merge only lasted until 2006. The club played in the 2005 and 2006 Victorian Premier League. In 2005 they finished fourth[1] but only six points from first. The following year, the final year before Fawkner-Whittlesea dissolved, it finished 10th.[2] At the end of 2006, Fawkner opted to go back to being a stand-alone club and Whittlesea forming a partnership with Bulleen Lions to form the Whittlesea Zebras, who have been known as Moreland Zebras FC since 2011.

In 2013, Manningham were playing in the Victorian State League 5 and had finished 5th.[3] Fawkner on the other hand playing in State League 1 would finish dead last, below Eastern Lions by 6 points.[4]

Manningham United player taking a shot against Bulleen Lions in a friendly

The season before the merger, Manningham had just escaped the bottom of the ladder finishing above Brandon Park who only managed one win in the entire season. Manningham ended the season on 19 points with 6 wins and 1 draw.[5] In the 2014 season Fawkner finished 3rd behind Preston Lions and Moreland City.[6]

### Manningham United Blues

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On 27 November 2014 it was announced that Manningham United, a then Victorian State League 4 team would merge with Fawkner Blues, a State League 1 team, and Manningham United Blues Football Club was born. In 2014 they fielded 30 junior teams and have grown to be the biggest community club in Manningham. They moved from CB Smith Reserve which Fawkner SC now plays at to play at Mannigham's ground Timberidge or alternatively Wilson Road Reserve. In its inaugural season Manningham finished a disappointing 10th. In 2016, it finished in fifth.

In the first season of the merger, Manningham United Blues would finish 10th.[7]

Manningham's seniors had a relatively slow start to the season with only two wins in the first five matches. however form hit when they won six matches in a row from round 7–12 and were only stopped by eventual winners Mornington SC. It looked at that point even though there was a loss to Mornington there was still a good chance of a high place finish or even the title. However, with one win in the last five matches including a 3–3 draw to bottom side Frankston Pines FC a fifth-place finish[8] would ultimately be disappointing for Manningham.

Manningham United celebrate promotion in 2018

In 2018, Manningham achieved promotion from State League 1 to the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 with a league championship.[9] Dean Lorenzi finished as the club's and league's top goalscorer with 21 goals.[10]

### National Premier Leagues Victoria

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Manningham United reached an agreement with the Veneto Club in Bulleen, Victoria to play its senior home games for the 2019 season.

## Club name and logo

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### Logo

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Fawkner's original logo has not been touched except for their brief merge with Whittlesea Stallions in 2004 which would eventually end in 2006. After Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues dissolved Fawkner changed back to their original logo. When they would eventually merge with Manningham it would stay relatively the same, however that cannot be said for Manningham.

Manningham started off in 1999 with a soccer ball as the foundation of their logo with blue pentagons and blue and white stripes on it. In 2011 a name change and a new logo as well the ball still featured heavily but

instead of blue and white it would be blue and black to match their new colours. This new logo would only last three years because in 2014 Manningham and Fawkner would merge and the logo stayed relatively the same

and it so happened that a soccer ball once again featured heavily on the logo.

* Fawkner Blues Original Logo

* Manningham Junior Soccer Club Logo 1999-2010

* Manningham United Logo 2011-2014

* Current Manningham United Blues Logo

### Name

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The club that is now Manningham United Blues originally was founded in 1965 under the name Fawkner however in 1994 they changed their club name to Fawkner Blues, with a brief change to Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues after a merge with Whittlesea in 2004 which ended in 2006.

merge with Manningham United in 2014 as Manningham adopted the blues to become Manningham United Blues. Manningham have also had several name changes. Beginning as Manningham Junior Soccer Club in 1999

the club swapped out the soccer for a more traditional football. The name and logo lasted only three years after a merge with Fawkner in 2014 and they adopted part of their name and majority of their badge.

## Kit provider and sponsor

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Period  | Kit Provider  | Shirt Sponsor

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2008  |  Covo  |
2009
2010
2011  |  Nike
2012
2013
2014  | Janev Building & Painting
2015  |  Legea | United Petroleum
2016  |  Stanno | AL-KO
2017
2018
2019
2020  |  Konqa | AUSREO

Specialised Fire Protection

2021
2022  |  Armadura

## FFA/Australia Cup Record

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### Overall

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Competition  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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FFA Cup | 19  | 11  | 0  | 8  | 69  | 36  | +21

### Matches

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Score  | Win/Loss

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2014 | FFA Cup | 1P | Manningham vs Brimbank Stallions FC | 2–1(AET) | Loss
4P | Fawkner Blues vs Eltham Redbacks  | 4–2  | Win
5P | Fawkner Blues vs Beaumaris  | 1–0  | Win
6P | Fawkner Blues vs South Springvale | 0–1  | Loss
2015 | FFA Cup | 3P | Heatherton United SC  | 1–0  | Win
4P | North Geelong Warriors FC | 6–1 | Loss
2016 | FFA Cup | 3P | Sydenham Park SC  | 2–3 | Win
4P | Oakleigh Cannons FC | 0–5  | Loss
2017 | FFA Cup | 3P | Mazenod United FC  | 3–1  | Win
4P | FC Bulleen Lions | 4–1 | Loss
2018 | FFA Cup | 3P | Tatura  | 13–0  | Win
4P | Mooroolbark | 6–2  | Win
5P | Kingston City FC | 3–1 | Loss
2019 | FFA Cup | 4P | Fitzroy City SC | 2–1 | Loss
2020 | FFA Cup | 3P | Greenvale United SC | 8–0  | Win
4P | Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 | FFA Cup | 3P | Brandon Park SC | 5–2  | Win
4P | Doncaster Rovers SC | 6–0  | Win
5P | Port Melbourne SC | 0–1  | Loss
2022 | Australia Cup | 4P | Keilor Park SC | 5-0  | Win
5P | Port Melbourne SC | 0–4  | Loss

### Records

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Biggest Win

Manningham United 13–0 Tatura SC

BIggest Defeat

North Geelong Warriors FC 6–1 Manningham United FC

Manningham United FC 0–5 Oakleigh Cannons FC

Best Result

Sixth Round Preliminary, 2014

Top Goalscorer

Billy Romas: (4)

Most Appearances

David Lorenzi (9)

Notes

Manninham's score is always in bold P: Preliminary Round

## Dockerty Cup Record

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From 2014 onwards, the Dockerty Cup is also a qualifying completion for the FFA Cup.

### Overall

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Competition  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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Dockerty Cup | 61  | 31  | 5  | 25  | 115  | 105  | +10

### Matches

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Score  | Win/Loss

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1972  | Dockerty Cup | AFL1  | Geelong SC | 2–6  | Loss
1973  | Dockerty Cup | PR  | Melton  | 1–3  | Loss
1974  | Dockerty Cup | PL2  | Frankston Pines FC | 0–3  | Loss
1975–78  | Results Not Available
1979  | Dockerty Cup | P2  | Ballarat  | 1–3(AET) | Win
P3  | Frankston Pines FC | 2–0 | Loss
1980  | Dockerty Cup | P1  | Morwell Falcons | 2–4  | Loss
1981  | Dockerty Cup | P2  | Dandenong City SC | 4–0  | Win
R1  | Prahan  | 1–1†  | Loss
1982  | Dockerty Cup | P1  | Morwell Falcons | 1–2  | Loss
1983  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Western Suburbs SC | 3–0  | Win
QF  | Box Hill United SC | 3–1 | Loss
1984  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | North Dandenong  | 1–0  | Win
R2  | Karingal United | 0–6 | Win
QF  | St Albans | 2–1  | Win
SF  | Western Suburbs SC | 4–1  | Win
F  | Maribyrnong Polonia | 2–3 | Champions
1985  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Holland Park  | 2–2†  | Win
R2  | Croydon City | 2–3  | Loss
1986  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Broadmeadows City | 1–0  | Win
R2  | North Dandenong  | 0–0†  | Win
R3  | Brunswick Juventus | 0–1 | Win
QF  | Green Gully SC | 0–5  | Loss
1987  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Doveton SC | 5–1  | Win
R2  | Northcote City FC | 2–3 | Win
R3  | Brunswick Juventus | 7–0 | Loss
1988  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Lalor United  | 4–0  | Win
R2  | Maribyrnong Polonia | 1–4  | Loss
1989  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Brighton  | 0–1  | Loss
1990–92  | Results Not Available
1993  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Springvale United | 7–1  | Win
R2  | Doncaster Rovers S.C. | 0–2 | Win
R3  | Broadmeadows City | 2–3  | Loss
1994  | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Fitzroy City SC | 3–1  | Win
R2  | Werribee City FC | 3–1  | Win
R3  | Thomastown Devils | 1–2 | Win
R4  | FC Bulleen Lions | 0–0†  | Loss
1995  | Dockerty Cup | Group

Eight

| Waverly City  | 4–1  | Win
Seaford United | 0–3 | Win
Brunswick City SC | 0–4 | Win
R2  | Bentleigh Greens SC | 2–2†  | Loss
1996  | Dockerty Cup | Group

Ten

| East Richmond  | 1–0 | Loss
Endeavour Hills  | w/o | Win
Stonnington City | 2–3  | Loss
1997–2003  | Not Played
2004  | Crazy John's Cup | R5  | Western Suburbs SC | 1–2 | Win
R6  | Heidelberg United FC | 1–2 | Win
QF  | Northcote City FC | 2–1  | Win
SF  | St Albans | 0–6 | Win
F  | Green Gully SC | 0–1  | Runners Up
2005–2010  | Not Played
2011 | Mirabella Cup | R4  | Moreland City | 3–2 | Loss
2012 | FFV State Knockout Cup | R1  | Old Trinity Grammarians | 3–0 | Loss
2013 | FFV State Knockout Cup | R2  | Moreland City vs Fawkner Blues  | 3–0 | Loss
Old Carey vs Manningham  | 3–1 | Loss
2014 | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Brimbank Stallions FC vs Manningham  | 2–1(AET) | Loss
R4  | Fawkner Blues vs Eltham Redbacks | 4–2  | Win
R5  | Fawkner Blues vs Beaumaris | 1–0  | Win
R6  | Fawkner Blues vs South Springvale | 0–1  | Loss
2015 | Dockerty Cup | R1  | Heatherton United SC | 1–0  | Win
R2  | Oakleigh Cannons FC | 0–5  | Loss
2016 | Dockerty Cup | R3  | Sydenham Park SC | 2–3 | Win
R4  | Oakleigh Cannons FC | 0–5  | Loss
2017 | Dockerty Cup | R3  | Mazenod United FC | 3–1  | Win
R4  | FC Bulleen Lions | 4–1 | Loss

### Records

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Biggest Win

Karingal United 0–6 Fawkner (14 October 1984)

Fawkner 7–1 Springvale United (27 February 1993)

St Albans 0–6 Fawkner Blues (31 August 2004)

Biggest Defeat

Brunswick Juventus 7–0 Fawkner (17 October 1987)

Notes

Manninham's score is always in bold

AFL1: Affiliated Leagues Round One

PR: Provisional League Preliminary Round

PL2: Provisional League Second Round

P1: First Preliminary Round

P2: Second Preliminary Round

P3: Third Preliminary Round

R: Round

QF: Quarter Final

SF: Semi Final

F: Final

AET: After Extra Time

†: Match Went to Penalties

Ref: [11]

## State knockout cup

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The State knockout cup also known as the previously known as the "Team App Cup" now known as the "Nike F.C. Cup" is an annual women's cup which was introduced in 2012 under the name Women's State Knockout Cup, Manningham first competed in 2017 entering in the qualifying round.

### Overall

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Competition  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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State knockout cup  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2  | −1

### Matches

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Season  | Competition  | Round  | Team  | Score  | Win/Loss

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2017  | Team App Cup | QR  | Ringwood City | 1–2  | Loss
2018  | Did not enter
2019
2020

Notes

Manninham's score is always in bold

QR: Qualifying Round

## Competition timeline

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As Fawkner

League  | Finals  | Dockerty Cup | FFA Cup | Top Goalscorer
Season  | Division  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts  | Position  | Player/s  | Goals
1970 | Victorian District Premier League  | 22  | 9  | 2  | 11  | 45  | 37  | +8  | 20  | 8th |  |  |  |  |
1971 | Victorian District Premier League  | 22  | 14  | 3  | 5  | 49  | 30  | +19  | 31  | 3rd |  |  |  |  |
1972 | Victorian Provisional League  | 20  | 9  | 4  | 7  | 33  | 25  | +8  | 22  | 5th |  | AFL1  |  |  |
1973 | Victorian Provisional League  | 22  | 14  | 6  | 2  | 52  | 22  | +31  | 34  | 2nd |  | PR  |  |  |
1974 | Victorian Provisional League  | 22  | 14  | 4  | 4  | 62  | 28  | +34  | 32  | 3rd |  | PL2  |  |  |
1975 | Victorian Provisional League  | 22  | 17  | 2  | 3  | 70  | 37  | +33  | 36  | 2nd |  |  |  |  |
1976 | Victorian Provisional League  | 22  | 14  | 3  | 5  | 45  | 23  | +22  | 31  | 3rd |  |  |  |  |
1977 | Victorian Provisional League Division 1  | 22  | 14  | 5  | 3  | 66  | 31  | +35  | 33  | 2nd |  |  |  |  |
1978 | Victorian Metropolitan League Division 4  | 22  | 18  | 3  | 1  | 81  | 16  | +65  | 39  | 1st |  |  |  |  |
1979 | Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3  | 22  | 12  | 4  | 6  | 46  | 27  | +19  | 28  | 3rd |  | P3  |  |  |
1980 | Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3  | 22  | 13  | 6  | 3  | 51  | 26  | +25  | 32  | 2nd |  | P1  |  | Frank Fragale | 14*
1981 | Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2  | 22  | 12  | 7  | 3  | 51  | 26  | +25  | 31  | 1st |  | R1  |  | Bruno Sabidussi | 14
1982 | Victorian Metropolitan League Division 1  | 26  | 22  | 2  | 2  | 73  | 27  | +46  | 46  | 1st |  | P1  |  | Emilio Anselma | 16
1983 | Victorian State League  | 26  | 10  | 5  | 11  | 38  | 50  | −12  | 25  | 8th |  | QF  |  | Bruno Cozzella | 10
1984 | Victorian State League  | 26  | 15  | 6  | 5  | 61  | 35  | +26  | 36  | 3rd |  | Champions  |  | Bruno Cozzella

Ian Tuffield

| 15
1985 | Victorian State League  | 26  | 9  | 7  | 10  | 41  | 36  | +5  | 25  | 7th |  | R2  |  | Bruno Cozzella | 10
1986 | Victorian State League  | 26  | 12  | 6  | 8  | 28  | 24  | +4  | 30  | 6th |  | QF  |  | Bruno Cozzella | 10
1987 | Victorian State League  | 28  | 16  | 6  | 6  | 45  | 24  | +21  | 38  | 3rd |  | R3  |  | Doug Brown | 14
1988 | Victorian State League  | 30  | 9  | 6  | 15  | 28  | 35  | −7  | 24  | 14th |  | R2  |  | Doug Brown  | 8
1989 | Victorian State League  | 30  | 8  | 5  | 17  | 28  | 47  | +19  | 21  | 14th |  | R1  |  | David Hanna  | 8
1990 | Victorian State League  | 34  | 16  | 8  | 10  | 53  | 19  | +34  | 40  | 5th |  |  |  | David Hanna  | 9
1991 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 10  | 9  | 7  | 33  | 30  | +3  | 29  | 6th |  |  |  | David Hanna  | 10
1992 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 13  | 5  | 8  | 30  | 27  | +3  | 31  | 5th | Minor Semi-Final  |  |  | Danny Gnjidic | 10
1993 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 14  | 5  | 7  | 49  | 31  | +18  | 33  | 2nd | Runners Up  | R1  |  | Carlos Retre | 23
1994 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 4  | 13  | 9  | 25  | 37  | −12  | 21  | 9th |  | R4  |  | Carlos Retre | 6
1995 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 9  | 5  | 12  | 25  | 35  | −10  | 32  | 8th |  | R2  |  | Danny Gnjidic | 9
1996 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 4  | 7  | 15  | 24  | 49  | −25  | 19  | 13th |  | Group Stage  |  | Marco di Sauro,

Tony Ujgunovski

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1997 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 6  | 9  | 11  | 37  | 47  | −10  | 27  | 12th |  |  |  | Peter Psarros | 10
1998 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 12  | 7  | 7  | 40  | 28  | +12  | 43  | 6th |  |  |  | Santo Emmanuele | 17
1999 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 14  | 4  | 8  | 48  | 33  | +15  | 46  | 4th |  |  |  | Santo Emmanuele | 11
2000 | Victorian Premier League | 22  | 6  | 9  | 7  | 28  | 27  | +1  | 27  | 7th |  |  |  | Peter Psarros | 13
2001 | Victorian Premier League | 22  | 8  | 8  | 6  | 36  | 22  | +14  | 32  | 6th |  |  |  | Santo Emmanuele | 7
2002 | Victorian Premier League | 22  | 11  | 8  | 3  | 38  | 21  | +17  | 41  | 1st | Runners Up  |  |  | Henry Fa'arodo | 8
2003 | Victorian Premier League | 22  | 9  | 4  | 9  | 31  | 35  | −4  | 31  | 8th |  |  |  | Chimaobi Nwaogazi | 8
2004 | Victorian Premier League | 22  | 6  | 5  | 11  | 34  | 29  | +5  | 23  | 9th |  | Runners Up  |  | Tony Sterjovski,

Mark Tsiorlas

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2005 | Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues
2006
2007 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 9  | 6  | 11  | 26  | 28  | −2  | 33  | 11th |  |  |  | Mark Tsiorlas | 9
2008 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 6  | 3  | 17  | 22  | 59  | −37  | 21  | 13th |  |  |  | Joey Youssef | 6
2009 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 22  | 10  | 5  | 7  | 33  | 27  | +6  | 35  | 5th |  |  |  | Robert Dolevski | 7
2010 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 26  | 11  | 5  | 6  | 36  | 26  | +7  | 28  | 3rd |  |  |  | Robert Dolevski

Ridvan Saglam

| 12
2011 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 22  | 6  | 3  | 13  | 21  | 27  | −6  | 21  | 11th |  | R4 |  | Robert Dolevski | 11
2012 | Victorian State League Division 2 | 22  | 14  | 5  | 3  | 49  | 20  | +29  | 47  | 1st |  |  |  | Jamie Meehan | 7
2013 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 22  | 3  | 5  | 14  | 12  | 38  | −26  | 14  | 12th |  | R2 |  | Josip Loncaric | 4
2014 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 22  | 12  | 2  | 8  | 46  | 31  | +15  | 38  | 3rd |  | R3 | 6P | Franc Carafa,

Nathan Jones

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As Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues

League  | Finals  | Dockerty Cup | FFA Cup | Top Goalscorer
Season  | Division  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts  | Position  | Player/s  | Goals
2005 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 12  | 7  | 7  | 47  | 37  | +10  | 43  | 4th | Elimination Final  |  |  | Zoran Petrevski

Mark Tsiorlas

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2006 | Victorian Premier League | 26  | 10  | 1  | 15  | 38  | 51  | −13  | 31  | 10th |  |  |  | Mark Tsiorlas | 13
As Manningham

League  | Finals  | Dockerty Cup | FFA Cup | Top Goalscorer
Season  | Division  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts  | Position  | Player/s  | Goals
2009 | Victorian Metropolitan League South-East  | 18  | 3  | 1  | 14  | 31  | 49  | −18  | 10  | 7th |  |  |  | Roberto Rositano | 7
2010 | Victorian Provisional League South-East  | 22  | 4  | 3  | 15  | 28  | 53  | −25  | 15  | 12th |  |  |  | Roberto Rositano | 14
2011 | Victorian Metropolitan League Central  | 20  | 12  | 1  | 7  | 57  | 36  | +21  | 37  | 3rd |  |  |  | Tiago Da Silva  | 15
2012 | Victorian Metropolitan League Central  | 20  | 12  | 2  | 6  | 53  | 28  | +25  | 38  | 3rd |  | R1 |  | Tiago Da Silva  | 17
2013 | Victorian State League Division 5 | 21  | 10  | 4  | 7  | 46  | 39  | +7  | 34  | 5th |  | R2 |  | Roberto Rositano | 12
2014 | Victorian State League Division 4 | 22  | 6  | 1  | 15  | 25  | 44  | −19  | 19  | 11th |  | R1 | 1P | Jordan Cirianni | 4
2015 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 22  | 6  | 3  | 13  | 30  | 44  | −14  | 21  | 10th |  | R2 | 4P | Zane Sole | 10
2016 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 22  | 12  | 3  | 7  | 43  | 35  | +8  | 39  | 5th |  | R2 | 4P | Vojtěch Engelmann | 11
2017 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 22  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 26  | 29  | −3  | 30  | 7th |  | R2 | 4P | Lucas Johns | 4
2018 | Victorian State League Division 1 | 21  | 17  | 1  | 3  | 61  | 18  | +43  | 52  | 1st | 1st | R5 | 5P | Dean Lorenzi | 18
2019 | NPL Victoria 2 | 28  | 12  | 5  | 11  | 48  | 44  | +4  | 41  | 5th |  | R4 | 4P | Billy Romas | 11
2020 | NPL Victoria 2 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 | NPL Victoria 2 | 14  | 2  | 4  | 8  | 24  | 36  | −12  | 10  | Abandoned |  | R5 | 5P | Billy Romas  | 5
2022 | NPL Victoria 2 | 22  | 6  | 6  | 10  | 29  | 34  | −5  | 24  | 8th |  | R5 | 5P | Jacob Byrns  | 6

## Records

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### Individual Records

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Most Appearances- (485)  Tony Schipano (1980–1983, 1985–1992, 1994–2003)

Top Goalscorer- (45)  Bruno Cozzella (1983–1986, 1988)

### Team Records

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Highest League Position: 1st Victorian Premier League (2002)[12]

Lowest League Position: 7th Victorian Metropolitan League South-East (2009)[13]

Most Wins In A Single Season: 22, (1982)[14]

Most Draws In A Single Season: 13, (1994)[15]

Most Losses In A Single Season: 17, (1989 and 2008)[16][17]

Most Points In A Single Season: 46, (1982, and 1999)[14][18]

Most Goals Scored In A Single Season: 81, (1978)[19]

Most Goals Conceded In A Single Season: 59, (2008)[17]

Biggest League Win: Fawkner 11–0 South Dandenong, Victorian Provisional League, 10 September 1977

Biggest League Defeat: Fawkner Blues 0–6 Heidelberg United, Victorian Premier League, 13 July 2008

Highest Scoring League Game: Fawkner 11–0 South Dandenong, Victorian Provisional, League 10 September 1977

Manningham 4–7 Albert Park, Victorian Metropolitan League Central, 9 April 2011

Manningham 4–7 Kingston City, NPL Victoria 2, 1 May 2021

### Attendances

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Highest ever attendance: 6,500 vs Preston Lions at Bob Jane Stadium, Victorian Premier League Grand Final, 25 August 2002

Highest home attendance: 4,750 vs Preston Lions at Epping Stadium, Victorian Premier League 4 July 2005

## Honours

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### League

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* Victorian Premier League /  NPL Victoria (Victorian First tier)
* Minor Premiers(1) 2002
* Runners Up(1) 1993
* NPL Victoria 2 /  Victorian Premier League 1 (Victorian second tier)
* Runners Up(1) 2023
* Victorian Metropolitan League Division 1/State League 1 (Victorian third tier)
* Champions(2) 1982, 2018
* Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2/State League 2 (Victorian fourth tier)
* Champions(1) 1981
* Runners Up(1) 2010
* Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2/State League 2 North-West (Victorian fifth tier)
* Champions(1) 2012
* Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3/State League 3 North-West (Victorian sixth tier)
* Runners Up(1) 1980
* Provisional League/Victorian Metropolitan League Division 4 (Victorian seventh tier)
* Champions(1) 1978
* Runners Up(3) 1973,1975,1977
* Metropolitan League 5 South-East
* Champions(1) 2017

### Cup

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* Dockerty Cup
* Winners(1) 1984
* Runners Up(1) 2004

## Individual honours

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FFV Best and Fairest

* 2011 Mens Metro Central – Steven Dimitriovski

VPL Player of the Year

* 1989 – George Campbell
* 1990 – Claude Lucchesi

Bill Fleming Medal

* 2002 – Henry Fa'arodo
* 2003 – Tony Schipano

VPL Goalkeeper of the Year

* 2007 – Steve Tilovski

VPL Coach of the Year

* 2002 – Josip Biskic

VPL Under 21 Player of the Year

* 2002 – Steven Panebianco

Wienstein Medal

* 1997 – Michael Ferrante

Jimmy Rooney Medal

* 1993 – Adrian Pender

## Current squad

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### Senior squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

|
|
|

1  | GK |  AUS | George Tzamouranis
2  | DF |  AUS | Marco Tavella
3  | DF |  AUS | Nathan Dib
4  | DF |  AUS | Dau Akol
5  | DF |  AUS | Alex Castiello
6  | MF |  JPN | Junya Kada
7  | MF |  AUS | Jose Ramirez
8  | MF |  AUS | Ioannis Georgopoulos
9  | FW |  AUS | Ben Everson
10  | MF |  AUS | Chris Theodorakopoulos
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

|
|
|

11  | FW |  AUS | Robert Harding
12  | MF |  AUS | James Tountas
13  | FW |  AUS | Abdul Abdella
14  | DF |  AUS | Owen Dufton
15  | MF |  AUS | Mohammed Al Saadi
16  | FW |  AUS | Salvatore Accardo
18  | MF |  AUS | Nick Voulgaris
19  | DF |  AUS | Rhys Dufton
26  | DF |  AUS | Daniel Scopelliti
33  | MF |  AUS | Ali Turgut

## Notable players

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* Adrian Zahra (Youth Career)
* Andreas Govas (Youth Career)
* Patrick Kisnorbo (Youth Career)
* Doug Brown (1987–1988)
* Scott Fraser (1988)
* George Campbell (1989)
* Dean Anastasiadis (1991–1992)
* Chris Jackson (1993–1994)
* Brian Bothwell (1993, 1994 & 1996)
* Ante Juric (1994)
* Marcus Stergiopoulos (1996, 2011)
* Jeff Olver (1997)
* Josip Biskic (1998–2001)
* Henry Fa'arodo (2002,2004)
* Chimaobi Nwaogazi (2003)
* Massimo Murdocca (2004–2005)
* Andrew Marth (2004)
* Michael Ferrante (2004)
* John Markovski (2004–2006)
* Saša Ognenovski (2005)
* Vince Lia (2005)
* Carl Recchia (2006–2007)
* Ben Sigmund (2006)
* Dakota Lucas (2015)
* Vojtěch Engelmann (2016)
* Siddharth Singh (2016–2017)[20]
* Nicolas Chalmet (2022–)

## Notable managers

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* Branko Čulina (1994)
* Michael Micevski (1994)
* Kenny Murphy (1997–2000)
* Josip Biskić (2002–2003)
* Eddie Krncevic (2003)
* John Markovski (2004–2006)

## See also

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* Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "VPL table 2005". Retrieved 11 October 2016.
2. ^ "VPL table 2006". Retrieved 11 October 2016.
3. ^ "State League 5 ladder 2013".
4. ^ "state League 1 ladder 2013".
5. ^ "State League 4 ladder 2014".
6. ^ "State League 1 ladder 2014".
7. ^ "State League 1 ladder 2015".
8. ^ "State League 1 Ladder 2016".
9. ^ "Ladder for Men's State League 1 South-East". SportsTG. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
10. ^ "Competition Stats for Men's State League 1 South-East". SportsTG. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
11. ^ "Victorian State League Archive".
12. ^ "2002 VPL Table".
13. ^ "2009 Victorian Metropolitan League South-East Table".
14. ^ a b "1982 Victorian Metropolitan League Division One Table".
15. ^ "1994 VPL Table".
16. ^ "1989 VPL Table".
17. ^ a b "2008 VPL Table".
18. ^ "1999 VPL Table".
19. ^ "1978 Metropolitan League Division 4 Table".
20. ^ Sangghvi, Malavika (11 August 2017). "The beautiful game". mid-day.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

## External links

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* Official Site
* OzFootball Page
* Football Federation Victoria Official website

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