East Coast League
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The East Coast League is a semi-professional football league in Australia which was founded in 1995. 24 clubs in the league exist, with 8 from Victoria and Queensland, 7 from New South Wales and 1 from the Australian Capital Territory. Each team plays each other once before competing in a 12-team playoff series.
There have been calls to expand the league into two divisions and to operate on a promotion-relegation system, but the board itself has not officially considered this option yet.
[edit] List of Teams
Victoria
- Melbourne City
- Frankston
- Dandenong
- Bendigo
- Ballarat
- St. Kilda
- Geelong
- Mornington
Queensland
- Brisbane City
- Ipswich
- Gold Coast
- Sunshine Coast
- Townsville
- Cairns
- Mt. Isa
- Mackay
New South Wales
- Sydney City
- Shire FC
- St. George
- Parramatta
- Newcastle
- Illawarra
- Tamworth
- North Sydney
Australian Capital Territory
- Canberra
[edit] Champions since 1995
ECL Champions Since 1995
- 2004-2005 Parramatta
- 2003-2004 Shire
- 2002-2003 Bega
- 2001-2002 St George
- 2000-2001 Sydney City
- 1999-2000 Bendigo
- 1998-1999 Sydney City
- 1997-1998 Melbourne City
- 1996-1997 Bega
- 1995-1996 Brisbane City
