The Congupna Football & Netball Club, nicknamed "The Road", is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Congupna located just north of Shepparton, Victoria, that currently compete in the Murray FNL.
A "Congupna" football club (with no ties with the current club) played in the Goulburn Valley Football Association from 1891 to 1906, being runner-up fives times.
Congupna Road Football Club (named after the township of the same name) was formed in 1956 and won the senior premiership of the Kyabram & District Football League in its first season. From 1956 until 1961, Congupna Road participated in the colours of dark navy with a white 'CFC' monogram. Congupna Road then transferred across to the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1962. It was at this time when the club changed its colours to red with a white 'vee'. Senior football premierships followed in 1963 & 1964.
In 1963, the word "Road" was officially dropped from the town of Congupna Road. The football club took a year to catch up after the word "Road" was removed from the town name and won a premiership in 1963 as the Congupna Road Football Club. In 1964, the club won the premiership as the Congupna Football Club.
The Benalla Tungamah Football League changed its name in 1967 to the Tungamah Football League.
Congupna won Tungamah Football League senior premierships in 1971, 1978, 1991 & 1993.
Congupna hosted the last ever Tungamah Football League Grand Final in 1995 before it changed its name to Goulburn Valley Football League - Division Two.
The club joined the Murray Football League in 1997, making the grand final in just its second season in the competition (1998), losing to Cobram by 33 points.
At the beginning of the 2013 season, the Congupna Football Club changed to its current, more modern jumper style, red with a white 'sash'. The guernseys, still in Congupna's traditional red and white, now feature a road - complete with dotted line - as a diagonal sash.
Season 2023 saw Congupna finish in 2nd spot on the ladder after the Home & Away season and ultimately lost the Grand Final to Mulwala by 33 points, with the exact same score line as their 1998 Grand Final loss to Cobram.
The following year, 2024, Congupna won all but one match on its way to a 1-point Grand Final victory over Finley (9.11-65 to 9.10-64) to claim their first senior football premiership in 31 years.
The 2025 season produced one of the most dominant home-and-away performances in recent memory, with Congupna completing a perfect campaign of 18 wins without defeat. Their supremacy was reflected in an extraordinary average winning margin of 110 points per game and a remarkable percentage of 417.49%. CongupnaâÂÂs consistency was equally impressive at the quarter-by-quarter level. The side won each of its first 69 quarters of the season outright, an exceptional display of sustained control. Across the entire home-and-away fixture, they conceded just two quarters â both occurring in their Round 18 match against Cobram, where they dropped the second and fourth terms. Despite this unprecedented dominance, CongupnaâÂÂs season concluded in dramatic and unexpected fashion. Meeting Cobram in the Grand Final, they were narrowly defeated by three points, kicking 5.21 to 8.6 (26 scoring shots to 14) and ultimately denying themselves the premiership.
The official Congupna Football Club song is called "It's a Grand Old Flag" (sung to the tune of George M. Cohan's 1906 song "You're a Grand Old FlagâÂÂ).<blockquote>"ItâÂÂs a Grand old flag, ItâÂÂs a high-flying flag,
ItâÂÂs the emblem for me and for you.
ItâÂÂs the emblem of the team we love,
The team of the Red and the White.
Every heart beats right for the Red and the White,
As we sing this song to youâ¦â¦â¦what do we sing?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eyes on the Red and the White."</blockquote>
<big><u>Kyabram District Football Association:</u> 1956 to 1961</big>
<big><u>Benalla Tungamah Football League:</u> 1962 to 1966</big>
<big><u>Tungamah Football League:</u> 1967 to 1995</big>
<u><small>Goals</small></u>
<small>Congupna: J. Hueston 5, C. Drum 3, B. Drum 3, C. Lyle, J. Kerr, A. Bicknell, B. Phillips</small>
<small>Katandra: R. LeLiever 4, D. Wilkie 4, L. Burgmann 3, G. Rowan 2, R. Sidebottom, R. Kendall</small>
<u><small>Best</small></u>
<small>Congupna: G. Franze, J. Cooper, B. Phillips, A. Hueston, A. Bicknell, B. Leaf</small>
<small>Katandra: D. Wilkie, G. Teague, R. Sidebottom, K. Teague, C. Senior, P. Wickham</small>
<u><small>Goals</small></u>
<small>Congupna: P. Murray, X. Tanner, M. Simsen, P. Hicks, R. Warburton, R. Van Den Driest</small>
<small>Katandra: G. Teague, P. Squire, B. Fuller</small>
<u><small>Best</small></u>
<small>Congupna: X. Tanner, B. Drummond, P. Hicks, R. Van Den Driest, R. McColl, C. Bowe</small>
<small>Katandra: D. Bassett, W. Grinter, B. Fuller, A. Kilmartin, B. Collins, R. Sidebottom</small>
<u><small>Goals</small></u>
<small>Congupna: P. Murray 7, R. Warburton 6, D. Crowe, A. Bicknell</small>
<small>All Blacks: D. Sharpe 3, A. Rolls 3, A. Putt 2, P. Woods 2, J. Martiniello 2, J. Beaton, S. Coutts, S. Allen</small>
<u><small>Best</small></u>
<small>Congupna: X. Tanner, A. Woods, R. Van Den Driest, P. Storer, R. Warburton, P. Murray</small>
<small>All Blacks: J. Martiniello, J. Beaton, D. Wright, D. Putt, H. Davidson, L. Gilchrist</small>
<big><u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present</big>
<u><small>Goals</small></u>
<small>Congupna: J. Trewin 4, D. Schaper 2, K. Mueller 2, J. Norman</small>
<small>Finley: M. Carson 2, J. White, T. Lang, N Burns, Z. Brain, L. Moore, L. Hawkins, A. Robertson</small>
<u><small>Best</small></u>
<small>Congupna: S. Buxton, J. Boyer, J. Trewin, R. Damianopoulos, B. Squire, C. Boyer</small>
<small>Finley: L. Moore, K. Sharp, M. Carson, A. Robertson. J. White, T. Lang</small>
<big><u>Kyabram District Football Association:</u></big> <big>1956 to 1961</big>
<big><u>Benalla Tungamah Football League:</u> 1962 to 1966</big> <big><u>Tungamah Football League:</u> 1967 to 1995</big>
<big><u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present</big>
<u>Benalla Tungamah Football League:</u> 1962 to 1966
<u>Tungamah Football League:</u> 1967 to 1995
<u>Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:</u> 1996
<u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present
Tungamah Football League: 1967 to 1995
<u>Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:</u> 1996
<u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present
<u>Tungamah Football League:</u> 1967 to 1995
<u>Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:</u> 1996
<u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present
<u>Kyabram District Football Association:</u> 1956 to 1961 - (McNamara Medal)
<u>Benalla Tungamah Football League:</u> 1962 to 1966 - (Lawless Family Medal)
<u>Tungamah Football League:</u> 1967 to 1995 - (Lawless Family Medal)
<u>Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:</u> 1996 - (Lawless Family Medal)
<u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present - (O'Dwyer Medal)
<u>Kyabram District Football Association:</u> 1956 to 1961
<u>Benalla Tungamah Football League:</u> 1962 to 1966
<u>Tungamah Football League:</u> 1967 to 1995
<u>Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:</u> 1996
<u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present
<u>Individual</u>
Most Games - Chris Drum (284)
Most Goals (season) - Chris Drum (126) - 1978
Most Goals (game) - Chris Drum (15) vs Benalla All Blacks - Rd. 8, 1978.
Most Goals (game) - Kyle Mueller (15) vs Barooga - Rd.17, 2024.
<u>Club</u>
Most Consecutive Games Won - (33) - Rd.7, 2024 to 2nd Semi Final, 2025.
Most Consecutive Quarters Won - (69) - Qtr.1, Rd.1, 2025 to Qtr.1, Rd.18, 2025.
<u>Tungamah Football League:</u> 1967 to 1995
<u>Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:</u> 1996
<u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present
<u>Tungamah Football League:</u> 1967 to 1995
<u>Goulburn Valley Football League - Div 2:</u> 1996
<u>Murray Football League:</u> 1997 to Present