Westgate FC
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Westgate Sindjelic Football Club or Srpski sportski klub Sindjelić (Serbian Cyrillic: Српски спортски клуб Синђелић; English: Serbian Sporting Club Sindjelić), commonly known as Westgate or Sindjelić, is a Serbian Australian association football club located in Ardeer, Melbourne. The club competes in the four tier Victorian State League 1 North-West.
Full name | Westgate Sindjelic Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Sindjelić Sindja | ||
Founded | 18 February 1985; 39 years ago (18 February 1985) as Royal Richmond Football Club | ||
Ground | Ardeer Reserve | ||
Capacity | 1,500 | ||
Chairman | Aleksandar Jovicic | ||
Manager | Peter Schwellinger | ||
League | Victorian State League 1 North-West | ||
2023 | Victorian State League 1 North-West, 3rd out of 12 | ||
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Founded on 18 February 1985 as Royal Richmond, with its home ground based at Burnley Oval in the suburb of Richmond. In 1986, the club changed its home venue to Yarraville Oval and officially converted the club named to Westgate FC by 1987. The club won its first trophy in 1987 after winning the Victorian State League Division 2.[1]
Westgate FC have twice been crowned champions of the Victorian State League Cup and have won the Men's Karadjordje Cup five times and the Women's Karadjordje Cup three consecutive times and are the undefeated reigning champions.