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Football Geelong Region

Abbreviation	Football Geelong, GRFC, GRFA
Formation	(1926; 98 years ago (1926) as Geelong and Western District Soccer Association)
Type	Regional Sporting Association
Legal status	Active
Location	Geelong
Region served	Geelong, Australia
Parent organisation	Football Victoria / Football Australia
Website	https://footballgeelong.com/

The Geelong Regional Football Committee (GRFC) is the governing body of soccer in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is a sub-committee of governing body Football Victoria.

It was previously known as the Western Victoria Soccer Association, later becoming the Geelong Region Football Association (GRFA).

Local leagues

The GRFC organises local Geelong community competitions which consist of Miniroos & MiniTillies from ages 7 to 9 years plus Junior Divisions from ages 11 to 18. Member Clubs also contain Mens & Womens teams; both Senior and Reserve team.

Representative squads

GRFC's representative squads compete in the Annual tournament of the Country Championships, an annual Junior tournament established in 1978 by the Country Leagues Football Association (CLFA).

It attracts both male and female regional representative players aged 11 years to 17 years old, coaches, officials and spectators over 3 days of competition, to determine and crown State Champions.

The event takes place each year in June on the King's Birthday long weekend. Each year Geelong competes against teams from all over Regional Victoria including Bendigo, Shepparton, Moama-Echuca, Albury/Wodonga, Gippsland, Goulburn, Latrobe Valley, Swan Hill, South West Victoria and Sunraysia.

Current clubs

Men's team ranking

As of 2024

Cup competition

The Geelong Community Cup is an annual pre-season soccer tournament held in the region since 1981.

Notable players

The following players have played football for GRFC clubs and have represented senior men's or women's national teams.

• Francis Awaritefe - North Geelong Croatia (North Geelong Warriors)
• Steve Horvat - North Geelong Croatia (North Geelong Warriors)
• Josip Skoko - North Geelong Warriors
• Matthew Spiranovic - North Geelong Warriors
• Kris Trajanovski - West Geelong SC (Geelong SC)
• John Gardiner - Hamlyn Park Rangers (Geelong Rangers)
• Joey Didulica - North Geelong Warriors
• Frank Munro - Hamlyn Park Rangers (Geelong Rangers)

Life members

Life members of either Geelong Region Football Association, Western Victoria Soccer Association, Football Federation Victoria that have served primarily in the region.

• Joe Cappadona
• Tony Curnick
• Mujo Dzin
• Cecil Earley
• Paul Halliday
• Joe Jakubowski
• John Karounos
• John Kubina
• Everett Nelson
• Alex Stojanovski

Former teams

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2024)

History

Read a brief history of Soccer in Geelong.

See also

• Australian football (soccer) league system
• Geelong Community Cup

External links

• Football Geelong
• Football Victoria

References

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