Four players from our Boys 13RA team recently attended a first round trial for FV’s Regional Talent Identification Camp (TIDC) and have been selected into the program without needing to attend second round trials! Congratulations and well done boys!
We’re now eagerly awaiting information on the female TIDC 2025 program so that our Junior girls can showcase their skills!
Good luck to the Gisborne Soccer Club players who were nominated for FV’s Skills Acquisition Program (SAP). First round trials were held at the Home of the Matildas today.
We are pleased to have finalised our Men’s Squad Coaches for Season 2025:
Carlos Grande - Senior Coach
Adrian Rodriguez - Senior Assistant Coach
Kevin McIntyre - Reserves Coach
Shane Light - Thirds Coach
Carlos & Adrian continue in their roles after a successful 2024 Season that saw the senior team finish 4th. Having retained majority of last years squad, the pair have challenged the squad to aim for a top two finish this season, having recruited quality & depth to the playing group.
We are beyond delighted to announce the return of Kevin McIntyre as Reserves coach. Kev held this role from mid 2019 to the end of 2022. In that time he guided the team to 5th place in the shortened 2021 season, then in his only full season in the role, in 2023 his team finished 3rd amassing a whopping 94 goals in 22 games. Kev’s history at the club goes back to our founding days, as he was one of the OG junior coaches.
“Lighty” continues his role as Thirds coach/player. He over saw the return of the Sunday team last season and has helped nurture a great culture and sense of togetherness within the squad.
Our U18 Girls have started the hard work this pre-season, with ground and gym session at Max Potential Fitness.
Our MiniRoos and Junior teams are starting to get into their pre season training this month. A special welcome to our Girls U8s and Girls U9s (pictured) teams!
This is the first time we’ve had girls’ competition teams at these ages and we’re so excited!
Football Victoria have announced the following date for the 2025 Fixtures being released:
Australia Cup - Wednesday January 29 (for Rounds 1 & 2)
State League Men - W/E February 16 (for season starting March 22)
Juniors & MiniRoos - W/E April 6 (for season starting April 27)
Metro League Men - W/E April 6 (for season starting April 27)
A new water fountain has been installed at Dixon Field just near the pavilion!
It features 2 water bottle fillers, a bubbler and a dog drinking bowl.
Made possible by the Macedon Ranges Shire Council Community Funding grant 2024 awarded to Gisborne Soccer Club.
It will be accessible by various areas of the community who use Dixon Field, in particular members of Gisborne Tennis Club, Little Athletics, Park Run, people exercising and dog walkers!
We are pleased to announce we have recently achieved a 1 star Club Changer status!
This is part of a Football Australia program and is in recognition of the Clubs commitment to the development of women and girls football.
For parents or guardians to register their interest in having their child play soccer for Gisborne Soccer Club in the 2025 season. Please complete one form for each child you would potentially like to join the club.
Gisborne Soccer Club is a community club that offers soccer for all ages, whilst ensuring development and progression pathways are available for talented and ambitious players. Gisborne has a proven track record of developing their junior players through to the senior first teams and beyond.
Gisborne Soccer Club will have competitive footballing options for children from ages 6 up to 17, played on Sundays with training sessions midweek evenings. Non-competitive "U7s introduction to football" classes (ie ages 5, 6 and a few 7s) are run on Saturday mornings. For enquiries relating to the non-competitive program please do not complete this form, instead please email minirooskickoff@gisbornesc.com
For information about Senior Pre-Season sessions please visit the relevant pages on this site.
Expressions of Interest are now open for MiniRoos & Junior Players in Season 2025.
Limited spaces apply to some teams.
Gisborne Soccer Club is immensely proud of our player Ava Ryan who has been selected to represent Victoria in the u12 girls School Sport Australian Championships in Perth this October. This is an amazing testament to her training and dedication to personal development …. it also comes with a significant financial expense of $5000! As a community, we would like to contribute to the expenses and support Ava and the Ryan family to have an amazing experience in Perth whilst cheering on Victoria.
100% of proceeds from this raffle up to $4000 will be donated to the Ryan family as a contribution to the costs of travelling to the School Sport Australian Championships in Western Australia. Any further proceeds will be donated to Gisborne Soccer Club and used to continue the development of our players to such a high standard.
Expressions of Interest are now open for Coaches in Season 2025.
We're looking for coaches for U14s to U18s, for Girls and Boys teams.
We are pleased to announce our Men’s leadership group for Season 2024.
Sam Allen - Senior Captain
Hayden Formosa - Senior Vice Captain
Vince Ryan - Reserves Captain
James Pernice - Reserves Vice Captain
Sam Allen has been a mainstay at the club since 2018, closing in on 100 games. He has previously captained our Reserves and a two-time Reserves Player Of The Year.
Hayden Formosa joins us this season having previously played for Balmoral FC, Westside Strikers & Brimbank Stallions.
Vince Ryan is in his 2nd season of our Mens program. He is well known around the club coaching two Junior/MiniRoos teams.
James Pernice is also a new face at the club, his experience comes from his time at Alphington FC, Darebin FC & Westside Strikers.
All four were standout choices for their roles having displayed their natural leadership and support right throughout the pre-season.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Krywula as Coaches Mentor for Season 2024.
Andrew brings 15 years playing & 15 years coaching experience.
He will be supporting our coaches from U8s right through to the Senior program.
2024 sees the biggest investment the club has made in coaching across the board. For the first time our Senior Men have 4 coaches for the State League program. We have also appointed Alex Phung & Cameron Emery as Junior Boys coaches as we look for a more structured pathway between the Junior & Senior programs.
Meanwhile in the Junior Girls program Carl Valeri & Vince Ryan continue in their roles as our girls continue to develop ready for the return of the Senior Womens program.
Supporting our coaches is a vital and another way to ensure we are getting the most value for our players to allow them to be the best versions of themselves.
Keep an eye out for Andrew at training!
Gisborne Soccer Club regrets to inform that due to the low number of interested players we are unable to field a Womens team in 2024.
We remain committed to fostering the growth of female football within our club, we are pleased to have strong number in our Junior program which acts as a pathway to the return of Senior football, to which we anticipate will be in 2025.
Gisborne SC proudly continues to facilitate the strong “Gisborne Tillies” program, enabling Women who wish to stay engaged with playing the game but not at a competition football level.
Cameron Emery, who was appointed our Womens coach for Season 2024, will remain at the club, he moves to the vacant Junior Boys U15’s role (our Junior Girls already have their coaches appointed) and will take the reins of the Womens team upon its return in 2025.
Gisborne Soccer Club has experienced strong growth once again in 2024. We are so excited to have close to 400 boys and girls from u8s to u18s playing this year and on their pathway into our successful Seniors Program. In addition to that, we run a hugely popular MiniRoos KickOff non-competitive program for 4-7 year olds, and in 2024 are running our inaugural Intra Club Program for 7-9 year olds.
All competition teams are now complete and we are unable to accept any more players. Expressions of interest for the 2025 season will open later this year. Please follow our social media pages on Facebook and Instagram to keep informed of when that opens, likely to be between September and November.
We are saddened to learn of the passing of our former President, Peter Harman.
Peter was a volunteer in various roles around the club for many years, he epitomized the meaning of a community club.
He was also a regular at matches beyond his time as a volunteer, always checking on how things were running behind the scenes and proud to see the club growing each year.
We extend our condolences to the Harman family, he will be greatly missed.
For parents or guardians to register their interest in having their child play soccer for Gisborne Soccer Club in the 2024 season. Please complete one form for each child you would potentially like to join the club.
Gisborne Soccer Club is a community club that offers soccer for all ages, whilst ensuring development and progression pathways are available for talented and ambitious players. Gisborne has a proven track record of developing their junior players through to the senior first teams and beyond.
Gisborne Soccer Club will have competitive footballing options for children from ages 6 up to 17, played on Sundays with training sessions midweek evenings. Non-competitive "U7s introduction to football" classes (ie ages 5, 6 and a few 7s) are run on Saturday mornings. For enquiries relating to the non-competitive program please do not complete this form, instead please email minirooskickoff@gisbornesc.com
AGE GROUPS DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS:
For information about Senior Pre-Season sessions please visit the relevant pages on this site.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Cameron Emery as our Womens Coach for Season 2024 and wish him well for the upcoming season.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Alex Phung as the Boys U18s Coach for Season 2024.
Alex has held previous coaching roles at East Kew FC.
We extend our congratulations to Alex on his appointment and wish him well for the upcoming season and beyond.
Player Grading for our U18 Boys, along with all our Juniors & MiniRoos, will commence next week.
