Corio Soccer Club is a semi-professional soccer club in Bell Park , Geelong, Australia .
13-622: Corio's senior men's team currently competes in the Victorian State League 1 . Junior teams play in the local football competitions run by the Geelong Regional Football Committee . In 1955 a local Dutch newspaper sponsored an international cup competition named the "New World" Cup. Among eight teams, a German team was entered, made up of players from the International Harvester team. Corio Soccer Club
26-566: A three year agreement with Geelong Galaxy to allow use of the new Hume Reserve facility - Galaxy moving away from Stead Park as sub-tenants of Geelong Soccer Club . coriosc.com.au - official site Victorian State League 1 The Victorian State League is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 1958 and administered by Football Victoria . It consists of five metropolitan divisions (separated by two zones for divisions 1–3, and four zones for divisions 4–5), and
39-688: Is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria . It consists of two divisions that were named after the Victorian Premier League's breakaway of the National Premier Leagues Victoria second and third divisions that ran in the NPL Victoria system from 2014 to 2023. In October 2023, Football Victoria renamed the NPL Victoria second and third divisions to form
52-542: Is used for promotion to the Victoria Premier League . The league was formerly known as the Victorian Metropolitan League from 1958 to 1984 and Victorian League from 1985 to 1990. The league was formed in 1958; it has had many name changes such as Metropolitan League, and Victorian League. It was only known as State League since 1991. Prior to the 2014 season, the league was the second highest in
65-504: The 2017 season with the champions of State League Division 1 North-West and South-East being promoted and the bottom two placed teams of Victorian Premier League 2 being relegated to State League 1 North-West and South-East. These are all clubs who competed in the Victorian State League in the 2024 season. Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League
78-523: The State League division four with Adrian Cervinski winning the best and fairest award. Junior football was relaunched in 2019 expanding to 120 players by 2021 after a period of no junior teams at the club. Corio Soccer Club play their home matches at Hume reserve, Bell Park, Geelong. Hume reserve has three pitches with lights, change and club room facilities. In 1960, two parcels of residential land adjacent to Hume reserve are purchased by members of
91-533: The Victoria. In the 2012 season's first division, Pascoe Vale and Port Melbourne Sharks were promoted to the Victorian Premier League , while Whittlesea Ranges , Dandenong City and Springvale White Eagles were relegated. In the 2013 season, Heidelberg United was promoted back to the Victorian Premier League after being relegated to Victorian State League 1 in 2012. The champions and runners-up of
104-478: The Victorian Premier League (VPL) as a prominent name to the previously named Victorian Premier League; a former name of the National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria) first division. NPL 2 became VPL 1 , and NPL 3 became VPL 2 . Melbourne Victory Youth were the inaugural champions of the VPL securing promotion to the NPL Victoria, whilst Melbourne Srbija became second division champions securing promotion to
117-451: The club. Later, club rooms are constructed which remain in use until 2021. In 2015, pitch four at Hume reserve was converted into a water retention pond after a period of prolonged drought. The reserve was once a facility of six pitches that had been gradually reduced as land had been sold off for industrial and urban development. In 2022, Corio moved into the newly developed $ 3 million pavilion and change rooms at Hume Reserve. Corio sign
130-431: The first division are promoted to the Victorian Premier League for the 2014 season only. The top two teams of the Victorian State League 2 South-East and North-West, the third tier in Victoria and the fourth nationally, are promoted to Victorian State League 1 the next season and the bottom two teams the State League 1 are relegated. In 2016 FFV announced that there would be relegation and promotion to be introduced in
143-442: The leagues first division. As of the 2025 season, the Victorian Premier League first and second divisions are contested by 14 teams each. Each team plays home and away against teams against all other teams in the league for a total of 26 fixtures each season. The top two finishing clubs the first division gain automatic promotion to National Premier Leagues Victoria, while those clubs finishing in positions 3rd through 6th play off for
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#1733125325858156-540: The reformed Ballarat, Geelong and District Soccer Association as part of the restructuring of Victorian football. In 1987 Corio SC merged with the Italian club Geelong United to become Corio-Geelong United. In 1995, Corio-Geelong United merge with the Northern Suburbs club - a Hungarian club playing out of Hendy street, Corio. Officially titled Corio Northern Suburbs United Social and Sports Club Inc. In 2013,Corio win
169-552: Was started shortly after by Norman Haigh (president), J. Hancock (secretary) and Harry Pettig (foundation member). After relative success in the late 1950s the team was promoted to the Victorian Amateur Soccer Football Association division two in 1958 and promotion again to division one in 1959. Corio along with all other Geelong clubs were moved out of the Melbourne Metropolitan leagues into
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