Kingston City FC coaching staff step down after Eastern Lions defeat

Kingston City FC has confirmed its elder men’s caput coaching radical has stepped down from their roles with contiguous effect pursuing a dense 4-0 location decision to the Eastern Lions.

The nine announced connected κοινωνικά media that caput manager Slav Lujic, on with assistants Jimmy Kotsovolos and Gary Buglass, had “decided to step down” aft a hard tally of results successful the 2026 season.

Lujic and his staff were appointed successful September 2025, arriving with optimism aft Kingston City finished 2025 successful 13th spot successful VPL2.

The coaching alteration comes aft a challenging campaign, with Kingston presently sitting successful 12th spot connected 13 points from 12 matches. The broadside has struggled for consistency passim the season, peculiarly successful beforehand of extremity and astatine the back.

Despite a crippled successful manus against bottom-placed Moreland City, Kingston’s caller signifier has been patchy, with conscionable two wins from their past 9 matches, including victories implicit Whittlesea United and Altona City.

The coaches who person present departed. Photo: Kingston City FC

Recent dense defeats — including a 5-0 nonaccomplishment to Malvern City and the 4-0 effect against Eastern Lions — preceded the departure of the coaching group.

Founded successful 1974 arsenic a κοινωνικά nine for Greek Australians successful Clarinda, Kingston City has agelong been a mainstay of Victoria’s shot pyramid. Now known arsenic Kingston City FC, the nine has spent decades competing crossed the state’s top tiers.

After a agleam start to the season, Kingston’s momentum has faded successful caller months, though a turnaround accidental remains with respective matches still to play.

Their adjacent fixture comes this Friday astatine The Grange Reserve against Werribee City FC, a broadside sitting conscionable supra them connected the table.

Kingston City has begun the process of appointing a caller elder men’s caput coach, with further updates expected successful owed course.