Orangeville Athletic FC

Football club infobox
clubname = Orangeville Athletic FC
fullname = Orangeville Athletic Football Club
nickname = Athletics, Premiers
founded = 1967
ground = Rotary Park,
Orangeville, ON, Canada
capacity = 500
chairman = Keith Robbins
manager = Peter Kirchberger
league = York Region Premier Division
season = 2006
position = YRSL Premier Division 4th
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Orangeville Athletic FC are a Canadian soccer team founded in 1967. The team is a member of the York Region Soccer League (YRSL). The top team plays in the Premier division against teams such as Barrie City, Owen Sound United and Alliston Arsenal among others.

History

The Orangeville Athletic FC have been competing in the York Region Soccer League for over 40 years, dating back to when the league was known as the Newmarket District Soccer League. During this time Orangeville has normally fielded a successful team in which they won the Premier Division playoffs in 2001, and have also been winners of the John Traganitis Cup twice (1980, 2002).

In 2006, the Athletic bounced back from a disappointing season in 2005, being voted by many players around the league as the most improved team of the year, while taking 4th place in the league.

Athletic Expansion

In 2004, the Athletic felt that the town of Orangeville had enough soccer depth to field two more competitive teams in their loop. And so the Orangeville Athletic B (Now Orangeville United) and Orangeville Athletic Over 35 (Now Orangeville Town) were thus created. The Athletic B Team played in the division under the Premier team, while the Over 35's played in the York Region Second Division Over 35 Division. The United thus far have struggled in the First Division while the Town have dominated the Second Division and will be moving up to the Over 35 First Division in 2007.

Once again in 2005, the Athletic expanded into the YRSL's newly made Under 21 division as they fielded a team that was originally under the U18 Orangeville Storm banner. The team had been successful the previous year against their U18 counterparts as they won the league title in the Inter City Soccer League, but it seemed the older players that they were playing against were too much for them as they finished in the bottom of their loop. The next year, the Orangeville Athletic U21 would fold, with the remaining players joining up with the struggling Orangeville United.

In 2007, the Athletic introduced another reserve team to draw players from. This team would be named ADO Orangeville and would play out of the Intercity Soccer League.

Current First Team Squad

"As of July 1 2007:"
*Note: Not all positions and numbers are 100% accurate

Year-by-year

{| class="wikitable"!Year!Division!League!Reg. Season!Playoffs!Traginitis Cup
-
2006
Premier Division
York Region
4th, Premier
Division Semifinals
Division Finals
-
2005
Premier Division
York Region
6th, Premier
Division Semifinals
Division Quarterfinals
-
2004
Premier Division
York Region
3rd, Premier
"N/A"
"N/A"
-
2003
Premier Division
York Region
8th, Premier
"N/A"
"N/A"
-
2002
Premier Division
York Region
2nd, Premier
"N/A"
1st
-)

External links

* [http://www.eteamz.com/orangevilleathletic Orangeville Athletic FC Homepage]
* [http://www.yrsl.ca York Region Soccer League]