For the first time ever our Mens Seniors, Reserves & Thirds teams will all play on the same day & place!
We welcome Westside Strikers to Dixon Field for the 3 Pre-Season friendly matches on Saturday March 8.
KICK OFF TIMES:
Thirds: 11:00am
Reserves: 1:00pm
Seniors: 3:00pm
Fixtures for the Mens State League competitions have been announced, we will travel to new comers Footscray Rangers in the opening round.
Our first home game is in Round 2 against Ocean Grove.
Seven away trips await between Rounds 8 - 18, leaving just three games at Dixon during normally wet June & July period.
Our final home game will be against Tarneit Utd in the penultimate round of the season, then we finish off with a trip to Maidstone Utd.
Please note they are subject to change so please check fixtures on a regular basis.
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!
This news article was written by Tara Murray and appears in the February 4th edition of the Star Weekly.
Gisborne has lifted a gear in the pre-season as it aims to build on last year’s FV state league 5 west season.
The Sky Blues found themselves in second for much of the season in their first season back in state league 5 before fading.
For coach Carlos Grande it was a really good starting point for the group heading into this year.
“We’re looking forward to getting out there,” he said. “We’ve got a pretty good bunch that has put in the hard hards like every other team.
“They were a good bunch of boys and the mentality is good as well. We’ll give it a crack.”
Heading into his second season as coach, Grande said he had been able to step things up and further implement his plans.
He said he had the full support of the coaching group and the club.
“I was able to massage out some of the knots,” he said. “There was a lot of learning last year and I’m able to be more assertive with direction.
“We have a clear direction where we want to get to.”
The Sky Blues will have a similar side to last season, but have managed to add in some players.
One of the most pleasing things is that former players are wanting to come back to the club.
“It’s a bit of a mix,” he said. “The list from last year was competing for the league and was in second spot.
“It opened the eyes to players in the Macedon Ranges… That we are heading in the right direction.
“The senior program is attracting good qualify players back to the club and we already have a good bunch of players.
“Towards the end of the last season we had a few 15-16-year-olds do training sessions with the senior squad. We want to create that pathway into seniors.”
Grande said one of his aims was to see those younger players progress through the ranks into the senior side in his time in charge.
After having some success last season, Grande said they wanted to build on that this year.
The Sky Blues will be in action on the weekend of February 15 as the Dockerty Cup gets underway.
The Sky Blues have drawn Moreland Eagles in round one
Grande said they have set themselves a goal for the cup.
“We want to get past the first round,” he said.
Moreland have been drawn to host Gisborne SC for Round 1 of the 2025 Dockerty/Australia Cup.
This will be the first meeting between these two clubs in a Senior Men’s fixture, with some of our Junior teams having already played each other.
Date, time & venue is still to be confirmed.
The winner will host Greenvale United in Round 2.
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)
MiniRoos KickOff at Gisborne Soccer Club is a non-competitive program aimed at teaching 4-7 year olds some basic skills and comprehension of soccer. The program is really popular and registrations regularly reach capacity within a couple of weeks of opening!
Registrations for the first term of MiniRoos KickOff are now open.
The term runs from February 1, 2025 - April 12, 2025.
Our Mens Pre Season training will begin December 10, 7:00pm at Dixon Field. Training will run for 2 weeks prior to the end of year break, sessions will be on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays.
New players are welcome, you will need to complete an EOI prior to attending.
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.
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.
