List of the oldest lacrosse teams

This is a chronological list of the founding of lacrosse clubs.

Nineteenth century

Year	Team	Town/City	State/­County/­Province	Country	League	Notes
1842[1]	Montreal Olympic Athletic Club	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	–	defunct
1852[2] or 1862[3]	Ottawa Lacrosse Club	Ottawa	Ontario	Canada	Canadian Lacrosse Association	defunct, reformed in 1980s
1856[4]	Montreal Lacrosse Club	Montreal	Quebec	Canada	Canadian Lacrosse Association	defunct, new club formed in 2006
1867	Upper Canada College	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	Canadian Lacrosse Association	oldest high school lacrosse program in North America
1868	Mohawk Lacrosse Club	Troy	New York	United States	United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association	oldest lacrosse team in the United States[5]
1871[6]	Prince Rupert Lacrosse Club	Winnipeg	Manitoba	Canada	–	defunct
1876[7]	Melbourne Lacrosse Club	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	Victorian Lacrosse Association	defunct
1876[8]	Stockport Lacrosse Club	Stockport	Cheshire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association	oldest lacrosse club in the United Kingdom
1877[9]	New York University	New York City	New York	United States	National College Lacrosse League	oldest collegiate lacrosse team
1877	Manhattan College	New York City	New York	United States	NCAA Division I
1877[10]	Frontier Lacrosse Club	Alexandra	Waikato	New Zealand	–	defunct
1878	Baltimore Athletic Club	Baltimore	Maryland	United States	United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association
1879[11]	Cheadle Lacrosse Club	Cheadle	Cheshire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1879	Heaton Mersey Lacrosse Club	Heaton Moor	Cheshire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1882	Louisville Lacrosse Club	Louisville	Kentucky
1882[12]	Cambridge University Lacrosse Club	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	England	South of England Men's Lacrosse Association	Oldest college lacrosse team in the United Kingdom
1882[13]	Hampstead Lacrosse Club	London		England	South of England Men's Lacrosse Association	oldest in the South of England[14]
1882	Phillips Academy Andover	Andover	Massachusetts	United States		One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States
1882	Phillips Exeter Academy	Exeter	New Hampshire	United States		One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States
1882	Lawrenceville School	Lawrenceville	New Jersey	United States		One of the three oldest high school lacrosse programs in the United States
1882	Princeton University	Princeton	New Jersey	United States	NCAA Division 1
1882	Yale University	New Haven	Connecticut	United States	NCAA Division 1
1883[15]	Brampton Excelsiors	Brampton	Ontario	Canada	Canadian Lacrosse Association	Longest-running amateur community-owned sports franchise in Canada
1883	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore	Maryland	United States	NCAA Division I
1883[16]	Adelaide Lacrosse Club	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	South Australian Lacrosse Association	defunct
1883[17]	Edmonton Lacrosse Club	Edmonton	Alberta	Canada	–	defunct
1883[18]	Melbourne University Lacrosse Club	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	Lacrosse Victoria	oldest extant lacrosse club in Australia '
1883	Oldham & Werneth Lacrosse Club	Oldham	Lancashire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1883[19]	Sydney Lacrosse Club	Sydney	New South Wales	Australia	New South Wales Lacrosse Association	defunct
1884[20]	Calgary Lacrosse Club	Calgary	Alberta	Canada	–	defunct
1884[21]	New Town Lacrosse Club	Hobart	Tasmania	Australia	–	defunct
1885[22]	Noarlunga Lacrosse Club	Noarlunga	South Australia	Australia	South Australian Lacrosse Association	defunct
1885	Lehigh University	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	United States	NCAA Division I
1885[23]	Southland Lacrosse Club	Invercargill	Southland	New Zealand	–	defunct
1886[24]	Dunedin Lacrosse Club	Dunedin	Otago	New Zealand	–	defunct
1887[25]	Brisbane Lacrosse Club	Brisbane	Queensland	Australia	Queensland Lacrosse Union	defunct
1887[26]	Rutgers University	New Brunswick	New Jersey	United States	NCAA Division I
1887[27]	Knightsbridge Lacrosse Club	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	South Australian Lacrosse Association	defunct
1887[28]	North Adelaide Lacrosse Club	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	Lacrosse South Australia
1888[29]	Jamestown Lacrosse Club	Jamestown	South Australia	Australia	South Australian Lacrosse Association	defunct
1888	New Westminster Salmonbellies	New Westminster	British Columbia	Canada	Western Lacrosse Association
1888[30]	Rochdale Lacrosse Club	Rochdale	Lancashire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1888[31]	Canterbury Lacrosse Club	Christchurch	Canterbury	New Zealand	–	defunct
1888[32]	Wellington Lacrosse Club	Wellington	Wellington	New Zealand	–	defunct
1888[33]	City College of New York	New York City	New York	United States	National College Lacrosse League
1889[34]	Adelaide University Lacrosse Club	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	Lacrosse South Australia
1889[35]	Poynton Lacrosse Club	Poynton	Cheshire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association	name changed from Offerton Lacrosse Club in 1972
1891[36]	New York Athletic Club	New York City	New York	United States	American Lacrosse League	oldest active lacrosse team in the United States[37]
1891[38]	Caulfield Lacrosse Club	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	Lacrosse Victoria	1891-1896 Re-formed 1909[39]
1893[40]	Cheadle Hulme Lacrosse Club	Cheadle Hulme	Cheshire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1894[41]	Crescent Athletic Club	Brooklyn	New York	United States	United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association	defunct, reformed in 2006
1895[42]	Hobart Lacrosse Club	Hobart	Tasmania	Australia	–	defunct
1895[43]	Holdfast Bay Lacrosse Club	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	South Australian Lacrosse Association	defunct
1896	Ashton Lacrosse Club	Ashton-under-Lyne	Lancashire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association
1896[44]	Phoenix Lacrosse Club	Fremantle	Western Australia	Australia	Western Australian Lacrosse Association	founded as Fremantle Lacrosse Club, name changed in 1991 after relocating
1896[45]	Melbourne Cricket Club Lacrosse Section	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	Lacrosse Victoria
1896[46]	Perth Lacrosse Club	Perth	Western Australia	Australia	Western Australian Lacrosse Association	defunct
1897[47]	Durban Lacrosse Club	Durban	KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa	Natal Lacrosse Association	defunct
1898[48]	Williamstown Lacrosse Club	Melbourne	Victoria	Australia	Lacrosse Victoria
1899	Brooklands Hulmeians Lacrosse Club	Sale	Cheshire	England	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association	founded as Old Hulmeians LC and continues nominally as Lancashire club
1899[49]	East Fremantle Lacrosse Club	Fremantle	Western Australia	Australia	Lacrosse Western Australia
1899[50]	East Torrens Payneham Lacrosse Club	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	Lacrosse South Australia	founded as East Torrens Lacrosse Club
1899[51]	Sturt Lacrosse Club	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	Lacrosse South Australia
1899[52]	Woodville Lacrosse Club	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	Lacrosse South Australia	known as Port Adelaide Lacrosse Club between 1903 and 1966

Oldest team by country

Country	Year	Team	City	League	Ref
Canada	1842	Montreal Olympic Athletic Club	Montreal	None	[1]
United States	1868	Mohawk Lacrosse Club	Troy, New York	United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association	[5]
Australia	1876	Melbourne Lacrosse Club	Melbourne	Victorian Lacrosse Association	[7]
England	1876	Stockport Lacrosse Club	Stockport	North of England Men's Lacrosse Association	[8]
New Zealand	1877	Frontier Lacrosse Club	Alexandra	None	[10]
South Africa	1897	Durban Lacrosse Club	Durban	Natal Lacrosse Association	[47]
Czech Republic	1980	Lacrosse Club Custodes Sokol Radotín	Prague	Czech Lacrosse Union	[53]
Japan	1987	Keio University Lacrosse Club	Tokyo	Japan Lacrosse College League	[54]
Germany	1993	Berliner Lacrosse Verein	Berlin	Deutscher Lacrosse Verband Bundesliga Ost	[55]
Netherlands	2000	Maastricht Lacrosse	Maastricht	Dutch National Lacrosse League	[56]
Italy	2005	Roma Leones	Rome	Federazione Italiana Giuco Lacrosse	[57]
Poland	2007	Poznań Hussars	Poznań	Polish Lacrosse League	[58]
Mexico	2010	Ibero Lacrosse	Mexico City	Liga Premier Universitaria	[59]

See also

• Lacrosse
• History of Lacrosse
• Federation of International Lacrosse

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