Wikipedia - Essendon Royals SC

Essendon Royals Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the North-Western Melbourne local government area of Moonee Valley. The club's senior men's squad currently participates in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3, following promotion from Victorian State League 1 in 2022. The senior women's squad compete in Victoria Women's State League Division 1 North-West.

History

The club was originally founded as Unione Sportiva Triestina in 1959 by Italian immigrants from the seaport city of Trieste. Prior to the 1995 season, the club had completed its last merge of four merges, with six other original stand-alone clubs to form 'Essendon-Brunswick Royals', later renaming to its present name Essendon Royals for the 1999 season.

The club had two stints in the Victorian Premier League (VPL), the second highest level in Australian soccer, in 2001 and from 2003–07.

The club has a current membership over 700 and currently fields teams in junior boys and girls leagues from 8 years to seniors. In August 2019, the club was granted a National Premier Leagues Victoria junior licence for its u13 to u16 teams.

Vitale Ferrante was appointed as the club's senior men's coach for the 2020 season. After the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Essendon Royals achieved promotion from Men's State League 1 North-West to National Premier Leagues Victoria 3 in the 2022 season. Earlier in the year, Vitale Ferrante stepped away from the head coach job, with his brother Michael Ferrante, an ex-professional footballer and until then player at the Royals since mid-2019, took over the manager role.

L'Essendon Royals Football Club è una squadra di calcio australiana con sede a Melbourne, Victoria. Il club è stato fondato nel 1958 da immigrati italiani ed è attualmente membro della National Premier Leagues Victoria 2.

I Royals sono una delle squadre di calcio più titolate dello stato di Victoria, avendo vinto la Victorian Premier League quattro volte e la Dockerty Cup tre volte. Il club ha anche rappresentato l'Australia nella OFC Champions League nel 2005.

I Royals giocano le loro partite casalinghe all'Essendon Reserve, un impianto situato nel sobborgo di Essendon. Lo stadio ha una capacità di 5.000 spettatori.

Il club ha una forte tradizione giovanile e ha prodotto molti giocatori che hanno continuato a giocare a livello professionistico. Alcuni dei giocatori più famosi che hanno giocato per i Royals includono Mark Bresciano, Vince Grella e Josip Simunic.

I Royals sono una squadra molto popolare tra la comunità italiana di Melbourne e sono considerati una delle squadre di calcio più rappresentative della città.