# List of the oldest lacrosse teams

This is a chronological list of the oldest lacrosse teams.

## 19th century

| Year | Team | Town/City | State/­County/­Province | Country | League | Notes |
| 1842 | Montreal Olympic Athletic Club | Montreal | Quebec | Canada | – | defunct |
| 1852 or 1862 | Ottawa Lacrosse Club | Ottawa | Ontario | Canada | Canadian Lacrosse Association | defunct, reformed in 1980s |
| 1856 | 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 |
| 1871 | Prince Rupert Lacrosse Club | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada | – | defunct |
| 1876 | Melbourne Lacrosse Club | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia | Victorian Lacrosse Association | defunct |
| 1876 | Stockport Lacrosse Club | Stockport | Cheshire | England | North of England Men's Lacrosse Association | oldest lacrosse club in the United Kingdom |
| 1877 | New York University | New York City | New York | United States | National College Lacrosse League | oldest collegiate lacrosse team |
| 1877 | Manhattan University | New York City | New York | United States | NCAA Division I | |
| 1877 | Harvard University | Cambridge | Massachusetts | United States | NCAA Division I | known as Harvard Lacrosse Association at founding |
| 1877 | Frontier Lacrosse Club | Alexandra | Waikato | New Zealand | – | defunct |
| 1878 | Baltimore Athletic Club | Baltimore | Maryland | United States | United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association | |
| 1879 | 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 | Cambridge University Lacrosse Club | Cambridge | Cambridgeshire | England | South of England Men's Lacrosse Association | Oldest college lacrosse team in the United Kingdom |
| 1882 | Hampstead Lacrosse Club | London | | England | South of England Men's Lacrosse Association | oldest in the South of England |
| 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 | Louisville Lacrosse Club | Louisville | Kentucky | United States | – | defunct |
| 1882 | New York Lacrosse Club | New York City | New York | United States | – | defunct, also referred to as New York Amateur Lacrosse Club, and New York City |
| 1882 | Princeton University | Princeton | New Jersey | United States | NCAA Division I | |
| 1882 | Yale University | New Haven | Connecticut | United States | NCAA Division I | |
| 1882 | Druids | Baltimore | Maryland | United States | – | defunct, final game in 1902 |
| 1883 | 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 | Adelaide Lacrosse Club | Adelaide | South Australia | Australia | South Australian Lacrosse Association | defunct |
| 1883 | Edmonton Lacrosse Club | Edmonton | Alberta | Canada | – | defunct |
| 1883 | 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 | Sydney Lacrosse Club | Sydney | New South Wales | Australia | New South Wales Lacrosse Association | defunct |
| 1884 | Calgary Lacrosse Club | Calgary | Alberta | Canada | – | defunct |
| 1884 | New Town Lacrosse Club | Hobart | Tasmania | Australia | – | defunct |
| 1885 | Noarlunga Lacrosse Club | Noarlunga | South Australia | Australia | South Australian Lacrosse Association | defunct |
| 1885 | Lehigh University | Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | United States | NCAA Division I | |
| 1885 | Southland Lacrosse Club | Invercargill | Southland | New Zealand | – | defunct |
| 1886 | Dunedin Lacrosse Club | Dunedin | Otago | New Zealand | – | defunct |
| 1887 | Brisbane Lacrosse Club | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia | Queensland Lacrosse Union | defunct |
| 1887 | Rutgers University | New Brunswick | New Jersey | United States | NCAA Division I | |
| 1887 | Knightsbridge Lacrosse Club | Adelaide | South Australia | Australia | South Australian Lacrosse Association | defunct |
| 1887 | North Adelaide Lacrosse Club | Adelaide | South Australia | Australia | Lacrosse South Australia | |
| 1888 | 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 | Rochdale Lacrosse Club | Rochdale | Lancashire | England | North of England Men's Lacrosse Association | |
| 1888 | Canterbury Lacrosse Club | Christchurch | Canterbury | New Zealand | – | defunct |
| 1888 | Wellington Lacrosse Club | Wellington | Wellington | New Zealand | – | defunct |
| 1888 | City College of New York | New York City | New York | United States | National College Lacrosse League |
| 1889 | Adelaide University Lacrosse Club | Adelaide | South Australia | Australia | Lacrosse South Australia | |
| 1889 | Poynton Lacrosse Club | Poynton | Cheshire | England | North of England Men's Lacrosse Association | name changed from Offerton Lacrosse Club in 1972 |
| 1891 | New York Athletic Club | New York City | New York | United States | American Lacrosse League | oldest active lacrosse team in the United States |
| 1891 | Caulfield Lacrosse Club | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia | Lacrosse Victoria | 1891–1896 Re-formed 1909 |
| 1893 | Cheadle Hulme Lacrosse Club | Cheadle Hulme | Cheshire | England | North of England Men's Lacrosse Association | |
| 1894 | Crescent Athletic Club | Brooklyn | New York | United States | United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association | defunct, reformed in 2006 |
| 1895 | Hobart Lacrosse Club | Hobart | Tasmania | Australia | – | defunct |
| 1895 | 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 | Phoenix Lacrosse Club | Fremantle | Western Australia | Australia | Western Australian Lacrosse Association | founded as Fremantle Lacrosse Club, name changed in 1991 after relocating |
| 1896 | Melbourne Cricket Club Lacrosse Section | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia | Lacrosse Victoria | |
| 1896 | Perth Lacrosse Club | Perth | Western Australia | Australia | Western Australian Lacrosse Association | defunct |
| 1897 | Durban Lacrosse Club | Durban | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Natal Lacrosse Association | defunct |
| 1898 | 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 | East Fremantle Lacrosse Club | Fremantle | Western Australia | Australia | Lacrosse Western Australia | |
| 1899 | East Torrens Payneham Lacrosse Club | Adelaide | South Australia | Australia | Lacrosse South Australia | founded as East Torrens Lacrosse Club |
| 1899 | Sturt Lacrosse Club | Adelaide | South Australia | Australia | Lacrosse South Australia | |
| 1899 | Woodville Lacrosse Club | Adelaide | South Australia | Australia | Lacrosse South Australia | known as Port Adelaide Lacrosse Club between 1903 and 1966 |

## By country

| Country | Year | Team | City | League |
| Canada | 1842 | Montreal Olympic Athletic Club | Montreal | None |
| United States | 1868 | Mohawk Lacrosse Club | Troy, New York | United States National Amateur Lacrosse Association |
| Australia | 1876 | Melbourne Lacrosse Club | Melbourne | Victorian Lacrosse Association |
| England | 1876 | Stockport Lacrosse Club | Stockport | North of England Men's Lacrosse Association |
| New Zealand | 1877 | Frontier Lacrosse Club | Alexandra | None |
| South Africa | 1897 | Durban Lacrosse Club | Durban | Natal Lacrosse Association |
| Hong Kong | 1963 | Hong Kong University Lacrosse Club | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Lacrosse Association |
| Czech Republic | 1980 | Lacrosse Club Custodes Sokol Radotín | Prague | Czech Lacrosse Union |
| Japan | 1987 | Keio University Lacrosse Club | Tokyo | Japan Lacrosse College League |
| Germany | 1993 | Berliner Lacrosse Verein | Berlin | Deutscher Lacrosse Verband Bundesliga Ost |
| Netherlands | 2000 | Maastricht Lacrosse | Maastricht | Dutch National Lacrosse League |
| Italy | 2005 | Roma Leones | Rome | Federazione Italiana Giuco Lacrosse |
| Poland | 2007 | Poznań Hussars | Poznań | Polish Lacrosse League |
| Mexico | 2010 | Ibero Lacrosse | Mexico City | Liga Premier Universitaria |