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Fitzroy City Soccer Club, nicknamed Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Фицpoj Cити Србија), is an Australian soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Victorian State League Division Two North-West. At the start of the 2009 season Nebojsa Kovacevic had been appointed as first team manager and at the start of 2010 season Branko Stojanovic had been appointed as second team manager, the club had in turn successfully returned to the state leagues. Nebojsa Kovacevic has been reappointed as first team manager in 2013 with Ralph Digiangregorio coaching the Reserves. == History == The club was originally founded in 1963 as Vitez and for the first three years the club played under this name in the Amateur Sunday League. In 1966 the club became a member of the Victorian Provisional League and in the same year renamed to Carlton Serbia. The club was founded primarily by members of the St. Sava Orthodox Church in Carlton, Victoria. Carlton Serbia played most of their home games in the inner suburbs of Melbourne and featured mainly players from the local Serbian Australian Community. Subsequently, the club merged with Ringwood United and became known as Ringwood Serbia. In 1991 the club became Fitzroy City or Fitzroy Serbia and played its games at the old ground of the ex VFL/AFL club Fitzroy Lions at Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy, enjoying their best results ever: 1969 Victorian Provisional League champions 1971 Victorian District League Central Divisions Champions 1972 Victorian Provisional League Champions 2000 Victorian State League Division Two North West Champions 2009 Victorian Provisional League Division One South East Champions Club promoted from lower to higher divisions for (4) times: 1980, 1999, 2001. i 2012. Club from higher do lower division relegated six (6) times: 1976, 1990, 2002, 2004, 2005. i 2007. Supporters and Legacy Fitzroy City "Srbija" is the oldest Serbian backed soccer club in Victoria. The supporters of Fitzroy City “Srbija” are called "Melbourne Srbija Firma" or "MSF". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fitzroy City SC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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