Richmond Soccer Club is an Australian association football (soccer) club from Richmond, Victoria

Richmond, Victoria

Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...

, an inner eastern suburb of Melbourne, Australia. They currently play in the Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League

The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...

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History

The club was formed in 1954 and has historically been associated with Melbourne's German Australian

German Australian

German religious refugees represented the first major wave of German settlement in Australia, arriving in South Australia in 1838. Some were active as missionaries and explorers in Australia from early in the 19th century, and German prospectors were well-represented in the 1850s gold rushes...

 community. Originally based in the north west Melbourne suburb of Maribyrnong

Maribyrnong, Victoria

Maribyrnong is a suburb 8 km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Maribyrnong, part of River Ward. At the 2006 Census, Maribyrnong had a population of 8242....

, in 1955 the club became affiliated with the Melbourne German Club (Duetscher Verein Melbourne), Club Tivoli, and relocated to Richmond. It then adopted the name Alemannia Richmond Soccer Club.

The team has had three stints in the highest Victorian football division, in 1961, 1963 and continuously since 2006. Richmond's most successful season was 2010

2010 Victorian Premier League

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, finishing runners-up in the Victorian Premier League

Stadium

Richmond SC play their home matches at Kevin Bartlett Reserve

Kevin Bartlett Reserve

Kevin Bartlett Reserve is an Australian football stadium in Burnley, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. It is currently the home of Richmond SC. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000....

 in Burnley, Victoria

Burnley, Victoria

Burnley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. At the 2006 Census, Burnley had a population of 708....

. The ground is named after the Richmond Australian Rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er Kevin Bartlett, who was the first VFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 player to play 400 senior games.

Current squad

Former players

Andy Ross (2005–2007) http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=92542&mode=threaded&pid=2817321 Stuart McCluskey

Stuart McCluskey

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 Gary Wales

Gary Wales

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 David Scullion

David Scullion

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 Aaran Lines

Aaran Lines

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 Antun Kovačić

Antun Kovacic

Antun Kovacic is an Australian football player who currently plays for Churchill Brothers SC in the I-League.-Club career:...

 Semi Sivic James Robinson Henry Fa'arodo

Henry Fa'arodo

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 Peter Zois

Peter Zoïs

Peter Zoïs is an Australian Association football player, who currently plays for Victorian Premier League side Oakleigh Cannons.-Career:...

 Richard Cardozo

Achievements

• Victorian Premier League
  Victorian Premier League
  The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...
  
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  • Runners-Up (1): 2010
  • Minor Premiers (1): 2010
  • Finalists (2): 2008, 2010

• Victorian Division 1 South:
  • Champions (2): 1960, 1962

• Victorian State League Division 2:
  • Champions (1): 1991

• Victorian State League Division 2 South-East:
  • Champions (1): 2003

Source

External links

• Richmond SC Official Website