Preston Lions FC

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Preston Lions Football Club, nicknamed Makedonija (Macedonian: Македонија, pronounced [makɛˈdɔnija]), is a soccer club based in the suburb of Reservoir in Melbourne, Victoria. Its senior men's and women's teams play in the National Premier Leagues Victoria and Victoria Women, both in the second tier of the Australian league system. It also competes in the Australian Championship as a foundation club. It plays its home games at B.T. Connor Reserve. Founded by Macedonian Australians in 1947 as Preston Makedonia SC, the club joined Football Victoria in 1959. Makedonia moved between divisions throughout the 1960s and 70s, before finding stability in the first division and winning their first Victorian title in 1980. It subsequently moved to the National Soccer League, where it played thirteen seasons, though failed to win any honours. Financial difficulties forced a return to the Victorian leagues in 1993, adopting its current name shortly afterward. The men's team's current tenure in the first...

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