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Green Gully
Green Gully Logo
Full nameGreen Gully
Soccer Club
Nickname(s)Cavaliers, Gully
Founded1955
GroundGreen Gully Reserve,
Keilor Downs, Victoria
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAustralia Charles Farrugia
ManagerAustraliaEngland Peter Ollerton
LeagueVictorian Premier League
2009TBD
Current season

Green Gully Soccer Club, more commonly known as the Green Gully Cavaliers, are an Australian football (soccer) club based in Melbourne, Victoria.

The club currently competes in the Victorian Premier League.

History

The club was established as Ajax Soccer Club in 1955 by Maltese immigrants. In honor of the Maltese Floriana club, Ajax SC adopted their familiar green and white playing strips. The club was renamed to Green Gully SC when it moved to its current home ground at Green Gully Reserve, in the northern Melbourne suburb of Keilor in 1966. The "Ajax" was dropped in 1982. The club competed in the National Soccer League of Australia (NSL) from 1984 to 1986 and attracted some great players such as George Campbell from Preston (originally from Aberdeen), and Scott Fraser from Rangers . Green Gully currently compete in the Victorian Premier League (VPL)

Honours

  • National Soccer League Participants 1984, 1985, 1986
  • Victorian Premier League (State League) Champions 1981, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005
  • Victorian Premier League (State League) Minor Premiers 2004, 2005, 2008
  • Victorian Premier League (State League) Finalists 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006
  • Victorian Premier League (State League) Runners Up 1987
  • Victorian Metropolitan League Division 1 Champions 1976
  • Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2 Champions 1971
  • Victorian Metropolitan League Division 3 Runners Up 1966
  • Dockerty Cup Winners 1981, 1982, 1986, 2004
  • Victorian Ampol Night Soccer Cup Winners 1979, 1981, 1983

Individual Honours

  • Bill Fleming Award
  • 1980 - Jimmy Dunne
  • 1982 - Paul Lewis
  • 1983 - Paul Lewis
  • 2005 - Rodrigo Vargas
  • Victorian Premier League Coach of the Year
  • 1999 - Ian Dobson
  • Victorian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year
  • 2000 - Robert Brian
  • 2008 - Steven Tilovski
  • Victorian Premier League Under 21 Player of the Year
  • 2003 - Simon Storey
  • Weinstein Medal Winners
  • 1980 - Danny Beranic
  • Jimmy Rooney Medal
  • 2003 - Simon Storey
  • 2005 - Brandon Vassallo

Current squad

Nationality given from place of birth 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 Australia AUS Patrick Ndongo
2 DF Australia AUS Kristijan Ivesic
3 DF England ENG Steven Burton
4 DF Australia AUS Dean Fak (captain)
5 DF Australia AUS Cammeron Drake
6 DF Australia AUS Kole Delev
7 MF Australia AUS Jeffery Fleming
8 FW Australia AUS Brandon Vassalo
9 FW Australia AUS Daniel White
10 MF England ENG John Adam
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Argentina ARG Pablo Cardozo
12 MF Australia AUS Matthew Sanders
14 DF Australia AUS Ryan Ollerton
15 DF North Macedonia MKD Dragi Nastevski
16 DF Australia AUS Mile Međedević
17 FW Australia AUS Andy Vargas
18 FW Australia AUS Joel Nikolić
19 MF Portugal POR Diogo Ferreira
20 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Coelho de Olivera
23 GK Australia AUS Steven Tilovski

Notable Former Players


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