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Epping City FC
Full nameEpping City Football Club
Nickname(s)City
Founded1990
GroundAurora Fields, Epping, Victoria[1]
Capacity1,000
Coordinates-37.63787 145.02120
LeagueVictorian State League Division 3 North-West
202410th.

Epping City FC is an association football club representing the suburb of Epping, in Melbourne, Victoria established in 1990.

Epping City Football Club was established in 1990 and plays matches at Aurora Fields in the Melbourne suburb of Epping.[2] The club has also played at Duffy Street Recreation Reserve in the past and currently has their junior teams play there.[2] Epping City currently plays in the Victorian Sate League Division 3 North-West and has a Women's team playing in the Victorian Women's Sate League 3 North-West. The team plays in a red and blue striped home kit.

Epping City began its history in the Victorian Provisional League in 2002 when City finished 5th place with 30 points in division 3.[3] Epping City would stay in division 3 before being promoted to the Victorian Provisional League Division 2 in 2008 when the club finished second.[3] City's Best Victorian provisional League season would be in 2012 when the club would finnish 2nd place with a record 49 points, in the Victorian Provisional League Division 2 North-West.[4] In 2013 the Club would join the Victorian state League in the fourth division of the Victorian State Leagues. The club would finish the season in 7th place with a total of 27 points.[5] Epping City would be promoted from the Victorian State League Division 4 North in 2016 after the club finished league champion without losing a single match.[6] Epping City would go on to defeat Brandon Park 3-1 at JL Murphy Reserve, in the Victorian State League Division 4 Final.[7] In 2018 Epping City became State League Division 3 North-West Champions (The 7th tier of Australian football) with a total of 48 points gaining promotion to the Victorian State League Division 2 North-West.[8][9] City would qualify for the Victorian State League 3 Finals. Epping City would then defeat Boroondara-Carey Eagles 3-2 at Grange Reserve to become Victorian State League Champions.[10] The club would follow that season with a 3rd place finish in 2019 missing promotion by 1 point.[11]

In 2020 Epping City attempted to celebrate its 30th anniversary season but the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Epping City would be relegated From the Victorian State League Division 2 to the State League Division 3 North-West after finishing last place with only 10 points in the 2023 season.[13]

Season by Season History

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Season League Status Pos. Wins Draws Losses Points Finals Cup
2002 Victorian Provisional League Division 3 n/a 5th 9 3 10 30 DNQ n/a
2003 Victorian Provisional League Division 3 North-West n/a 7th 8 5 9 29 DNQ n/a
2004 Victorian Provisional League Division 3 North-West n/a 4th 11 5 6 38 DNQ n/a
2005 Victorian Provisional League Division 3 North-West n/a 3rd 11 5 6 45 DNQ n/a
2006 Victorian Provisional League Division 3 North-West n/a 6th 11 2 9 35 DNQ n/a
2007 Victorian Provisional League Division 3 North-West n/a 4th 11 2 9 44 DNQ n/a
2008 Victorian Provisional League Division 3 North-West Promoted 2nd 15 3 4 48 DNQ n/a
2009 Victorian Provisional League Division 2 North-West n/a 5th 10 5 7 35 DNQ n/a
2010 Victorian Provisional League Division 2 North-West n/a 4th 10 5 7 35 DNQ n/a
2011 Victorian Provisional League Division 2 North-West n/a 7th 11 3 8 36 DNQ n/a
2012[4] Victorian Provisional League Division 2 North-West n/a 2nd 15 4 3 49 DNQ n/a
2013[5] Victorian State League Division 4 North n/a 7th 7 6 9 27 DNQ n/a
2014 Victorian State League Division 4 North n/a 4th 11 3 8 36 DNQ PR2
2015 Victorian State League Division 4 North n/a 4th 13 3 6 42 DNQ PR2
2016[6] Victorian State League Division 4 North Promoted 1st 18 4 0 58 W[7] PR2
2017 Victorian State League Division 3 North-West n/a 5th 10 9 3 39 DNQ PR1
2018[8] Victorian State League Division 3 North-West Promoted 1st 15 3 4 48 W[10] PR3
2019 Victorian State League Division 2 North-West n/a 3rd 13 4 5 43 DNQ PR4
2020 Victorian State League Division 2 North-West Canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic[13] PR3
2021 Victorian State League Division 2 North-West Canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic[13] PR4
2022[14] Victorian State League Division 2 North-West n/a 6th 8 2 12 26 DNQ PR4
2023[15] Victorian State League Division 2 North-West Relegated 12th 2 4 16 10 DNQ PR4
2024[16] Victorian State League Division 3 North-West n/a 10th 5 9 8 24 DNQ PR4
2025 Victorian State League Division 3 North-West TBD TBD 0 0 0 0 TBD PR4
  • The Oz Football database was used as the source for 2002–2011 season results.[3]

Honours

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Leagues and Finals

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References

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  1. ^ "Aurora Fields - Casa D'Abruzzo". football-chaos.com. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Duffy Street Reserve". football-chaos.com. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Epping City Divisional History". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Ladder for Men's Provisional League Div 2 North-West". GameDay. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Ladder for 2013 Men's State League 4 North". GameDay. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Ladder for the 2016 Zagame's Men's State League 4 North". GameDay. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Match Centre - 2016 Zagame's Men's State League 4 Final". GameDay. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Ladder for 2018 Men's State League 3 North-West". GameDay. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Epping City - Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Match Centre - Men's State League 3 Final". GameDay. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Ladder for 2019 Men's State League 2 North-West". GameDay. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Football Victoria cancels senior comps over covid surge". FTBL. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  13. ^ a b c "Ladder for 2023 Men's State League 2 North-West". GameDay. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Ladder for 2022 Men's State League 2 North-West". GameDay. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Ladder for 2023 Men's State League 2 North-West". GameDay. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Ladder for 2024 Men's State League 3 North-West". GameDay. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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