Kingborough Lions United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Kingston, Tasmania. Founded in 1998, the club currently competes many leagues including in the NPL Tasmania and the Women's Super League. The club has a large playing group ranging and teams range from juniors, youth academy, and social teams through to high performance men and women's programs.
History Kingborough Lions has a complicated history having been formed out of several mergers of former clubs in the Hobart region. The club in its current form was formed after a merger between Kingborough United and West Hobart Lions in 1998.
Kingborough United were a long standing southern-based Premier League team and was the result of the previous mergers of Kingston Cannons and Rapid Hobart. The club's original home ground was the Sherburd Park Complex, which it shared with the Blackmans Bay District Cricket Club. In 1996, the club moved to the then Tasmanian Baseball Complex (Now known as the Lightwood Park Complex), taking up a long term tenancy and they shared the facilities with the Kingston Crows Cricket Club.
Caledonian Soccer Club (West Hobart Lions) was already a unified side formed out of a smaller West Hobart club, and the previously largely successful side of "Caledonians" who were a powerhouse club in the 1950s, but had since faded. The side was relatively nomadic in existence with no permanent facilities, but training was generally undertaken at the West Hobart Oval. Caledonian Soccer Club was forced to change their name in 1994 after an edict from the newly formed Soccer Australia mandated clubs could not use ethnic connotations in club names.
In 2010, the club began operating under the updated name of Kingborough Lions United Football Club, and in 2012 a new logo was designed and presented on all playing strips.
As a result, Kingborough Lions are the inheritors of the traditions of these four clubs, and have now become a large club based in the municipality of Kingborough. Although relatively unsuccessful in their senior programs since merging, the club has the foundations in place to be a successful club due to the large player catchment area, and is the only club in the Southern region of Hobart with a high performance Men and Women's program.
In 2026, the club won the statewide Lakoseljac Cup for the first time in their history, advancing to the Australia Cup Round of 32, where they drew Melbourne Victory.
Players
Current Squad - Men Note: Known players. +No.Pos.NationPlayer1.GKAUSNick O'Connell2.MFAUSEli Wright3.DFAUSRyan Cook4.MFAUSBagat Beyong5.DFFIJPeter Ravai6.DFAUSHugo Schwarz7.FWCANJoel Badger9.FWAUSNoah Mies10.DFAUSEli Luttmer11.FWAUSSolomon Tebeje14.FWAUSRowan Pitt15.DFAUSJoe McShane16.MFCOLEsteban Miranda17.DFAUSOwen Verdouw19.FWAUSTristen Galt20.MFAUSBradley Lakoseljac24.MFAUSGreg Downes31.GKAUSLochie Schofield
Coaching Staff - Men Note: Known Staff. +NPL Head CoachNPL Assistant CoachNPL Assistant CoachNPL GK CoachNPL S&C CoachNPL U21 Head CoachJon FenechMichael SimonyiNick AtwellAlex TatnellSam RossettoDiego Atterbury
Recent Seasons - Men SeasonLeagueStatewide CupFFA CupName (national level)PositionTasmanian FinalsNPL Finals2012Southern Premier League (2) 2186747452304thQuarter-finalsDid not existQuarter-finalsN/A2013Victory League (2) 2165104055−15236thDNQDNQRound of 162014Victory League (2) 2151153584−49166thDNQDNQSemi-finalsDNQ2015Victory League (2) 2172123760−23236thQuarter-finalsDNQRunners-upDNQ2016NPL Tasmania (2) 2163123453−19216thSemi-finalsDNQQuarter-finalsDNQ2017NPL Tasmania (2) 2125141664−48118thDNQDNQRound of 16DNQ2018NPL Tasmania (2) 2143143554−19157thNot heldDNQRound of 16DNQ2019NPL Tasmania (2) 2493124350−7306thNot heldDNQRound of 16DNQ2020NPL Tasmania (2) 14 6352634-8 21 4thNot heldCancelledQuarter-finalsCancelled2021NPL Tasmania (2)21113742375364thNot heldCancelledQuarter-finalsDNQ2022NPL Tasmania (2)211326533221413rdNot heldNot heldSemi-finalsDNQ2023NPL Tasmania (2)211308704030394thSemi-finalsNot heldQuarter-finalsDNQ2024NPL Tasmania (2)211137664323364thNot heldNot heldRunners-upDNQ2025NPL Tasmania (2)211326453312413rdNot heldNot heldQuarter-finalsDNQ Ref:
Current Squad - Women Note: Known players. +No.Pos.NationPlayer1.GKAUSJosie Rose2.DMAUSLucy Page3.FWKORMin-Hee Kim4.DFAUSMaddie Black5.FWAUSEnya Anderson6.FWAUSAmy Ollington7.MFAUSEmelia Howell8.MFUKHannah Walsh9.MFAUSChristabelle Moore10.FWUKTilly Wills11.DFAUSTeigan Hennessy12.MFKORHae-Eun Kim13.DFAUSEloise Paine14.FWKORSo-Young Lee15.DFAUSAnna Fewkes16.DFAUSSaskie Ashby17.FWAUSCara Lashmar18.DFAUSJorja Edwards19.FWAUSGreta Crevatin-Gunn20.FWAUSTalara Lawson21.GKAUSKiera Kingston22.DFAUSHannah Kull23.DFAUSEmily Hughes
Coaching Staff - Women Note: Known Staff. +WSL Head Coach:WSL Assistant CoachWSL GK CoachWSL S&C CoachWSL18 Head CoachSimon EdwardsDouglas OllingtonMasatoshi KawanoNick AtwellAdam Coleman
Recent Seasons - Women SeasonLeagueStatewide CupNamePosition2016Southern Championship Women20101912110 -9836thDid not exist2017Women's Southern Championship2081113954 -11254thRound of 162018VETO Women's Southern Championship211236643133393rdFinal2019Women's Super League209011574314274thFinal
Honours State Championships: 7 times (as "Caledonians", 1953,1955,1956,1957,1958,1960,1981); 5 times (as "Rapid", 1964,1976,1979,1980,1982) State Championship Runners-up: 1 time (as "Rapid" 1961) Southern Premierships: 6 times (as "Caledonians", 1953,1955,1956,1957,1958,1960); 4 times (as "Rapid",1961,1964,1976,1982); 1 time (as "Lions" 1999) Tasmanian football cups: 2 times (as "Caledonians", 1965,1973); 4 times (as "Rapid",1974,1979,1980,1984); 1 time (as "Lions" 2026)
External links Kingborough Lions United FC – Official Site
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