# Essendon Royals SC

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox football club|
| nickname = Royals
| ground = Cross Keys Reserve (Juniors) and Ormond Park (Seniors)
| clubname = Essendon Royals
| image = Essendon Royals Crest.png
| fullname = Essendon Royals Soccer Club
| founded  = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1958}} ''(earliest form)''<br />{{Start date and age|df=yes|1959}} ''as Unione Sportiva Triestina''<br />{{Start date and age|df=yes|1995}} ''as Essendon-Brunswick Royals'' (present entity)
| chairman = Richie Di Sauro
| manager = Vitale Ferrante
| photographer = Sandro Zammit (Zammit Sport Photography)
| league        = {{Australian soccer updater|EssendonR}}
| season        = {{Australian soccer updater|EssendonR2}}
| position      = {{Australian soccer updater|EssendonR3}}
| website      = https://www.essendonroyals.com.au/
| current     = 2020 Football Victoria season
}}

'''Essendon Royals Soccer Club''' is an Australian semi-professional [soccer](/source/association_football) club based in the North-Western [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) [local government area](/source/Local_government_areas_of_Victoria) of [Moonee Valley](/source/City_of_Moonee_Valley).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essendonroyals.com.au/|title=Essendon Royals Soccer Club|website=Essendon Royals Soccer Club}}</ref> The club's senior men's squad currently participates in the [Victoria Premier League 2](/source/Victoria_Premier_League_2), following promotion from [Victorian State League 1](/source/Victorian_State_League_1) in 2022. The senior women's squad compete in Victoria Women's State League Division 1 North-West.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/club_info.cgi?clubID=124394&amp;c=1-8746-0-0-0|title=Essendon Royals SC|website=GameDay}}</ref>

==History==
The club was originally founded as Unione Sportiva Triestina in 1959 by [Italian immigrants](/source/Italian_community_of_Melbourne) from the seaport city of [Trieste](/source/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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/sep/08/forgotten-story-brunswick-juventus-1985-nsl |title=The forgotten story of … Brunswick Juventus' 1985 NSL championship | last=Gorman |first=Joe |date=7 September 2015 |access-date=2 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Active_E.html#EssendonRoyals |title=Victorian Football Club Archive – East Bentleigh to Essendon United |publisher=Ozfootball.net |date= |accessdate=2022-05-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.essendonroyals.com.au/history-decades | title=Essenden Royal – By the Decade | publisher=essendenroyals.com | access-date=12 May 2020 }}</ref>

The club had two stints in the [Victorian Premier League](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria) (VPL), the second highest level in Australian soccer, in 2001 and from 2003 to 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/E/EssendonRoyalsDH.html |title=Essendon Royals – Divisional History |work=OzFootball |access-date=2 February 2018}}</ref>

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](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria) junior licence for its u13 to u16 teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essendonroyals.com.au/new-blog/2019/8/6/announcement-essendon-royals-granted-2020-football-victoria-junior-boys-national-premier-league-license|title=Announcement {{!}} Essendon Royals granted 2020 Football Victoria Junior Boys National Premier League license|website=Essendon Royals Soccer Club|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>

Vitale Ferrante was appointed as the club's senior men's coach for the 2020 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essendonroyals.com.au/new-blog/2019/8/30/season-2020-essendon-royals-announce-vitale-ferrante-as-senior-mens-coach|title=Season 2020 {{!}} Essendon Royals announce Vitale Ferrante as Senior Men's Coach|website=Essendon Royals Soccer Club|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> After the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/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](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria) in the 2022 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NJL Match Report: Royals seal memorable wins at Keilor Park – Essendon Royals Soccer Club |url=https://essendonroyals.com.au/2022/08/njl-match-report-royals-seal-memorable-wins-at-keilor-park/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=essendonroyals.com.au}}</ref> Earlier in the year, Vitale Ferrante stepped away from the head coach job, with his brother [Michael Ferrante](/source/Michael_Ferrante), an ex-professional footballer and until then player at the Royals since mid-2019, took over the manager role.

==Historical honours (1958–1994)==
===Anstey Roma (1968–1969)===
*'''[Victorian Sixth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_3)'''
:Premiers (1): 1968 (Central)

===Central Brunswick/Dallas City/Ivanhoe City (1973–1987)===
*'''[Victorian Eighth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_5)'''
:Premiers (1): 1984
*'''Victorian Eleventh Tier'''
:Premiers (1): 1977

===East Brunswick (1970–1986)===
*'''[Victorian Sixth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_3)'''
:Third Place ''(promotion)'' (1): 1983
*'''[Victorian Seventh Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_4)'''
:Premiers (2): 1972 (East), 1975 (East)

===East Brunswick–Ivanhoe (1988–1994)===
*'''[Victorian Fourth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_1)'''
:Runners–up (1): 1991
*'''[Victorian Fifth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_2)'''
:Premiers (1): 1990

===Fiorentina (1958–1963)===
*'''[Victorian Second Tier](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria_2)'''
:Runners–up (2): 1961, 1963
*'''[Victorian Third Tier](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria_3)'''
:Runners–up (1): 1959

===Moonee Ponds (1973–1982)===
*'''Victorian Tenth Tier'''
:Third Place ''(promotion)'' (1): 1977

===Unione Sportiva Triestina/Maribyrnong Triestina/Essendon City Jets (1958–1994)===
*'''[Victorian Second Tier](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria_2)'''
:Premiers (1): 1963
:Runners–up (1): 1986
*'''[Victorian Third Tier](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria_3)'''
:Premiers (1): 1962
*'''[Victorian Fourth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_1)'''
:Runners–up (1): 1985
*'''[Victorian Fifth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_2)'''
:Premiers (1): 1973
:Runners–up (1): 1976
:Third Place ''(promotion)'' (1): 1983

==Recent honours (1995–present)==
*'''[Victorian Second Tier](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria_2)'''
:Runners–up (2): 2000, 2002
*'''[Victorian Third Tier](/source/National_Premier_Leagues_Victoria_3)'''
:Runners–up (1): 1999
*'''[Victorian Fourth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_1)'''
:Runners–up (2): [2016 (North–West)](/source/2016_Football_Federation_Victoria_season), 2022 (North–West)
*'''[Victorian Fifth Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_2)'''
:Premiers (1): [2014 (North–West)](/source/2014_Football_Federation_Victoria_season)
*'''[Victorian Seventh Tier](/source/Victorian_State_League_Division_4)'''
:Runners–up (1): 2011

==See also==
{{Portal|Australia}}
*[List of sports clubs inspired by others](/source/List_of_sports_clubs_inspired_by_others)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.essendonroyals.com.au/ Essendon Royals SC (official website)]
*[http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/ Football Federation Victoria (official website)]
*[http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/E/EssendonRoyals.html Essendon Royals Ozfootball Page]

{{Victorian Premier League}}
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Category:Soccer clubs in Melbourne
Category:Men's soccer clubs in Melbourne
Category:Victorian Premier League
Category:Italian-Australian culture in Melbourne
Category:Italian-Australian backed sports clubs of Victoria (state)
Category:Association football clubs established in 1959
Category:1959 establishments in Australia
Category:Essendon, Victoria
Category:Sport in the City of Moonee Valley

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