Hobart Olympic
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Olympia F.C. Warriors is one of four football (soccer)
clubs that represents Hobart
in the Tasmania
n Southern Premier League
.
The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams.
Olympia F.C. Warriors play their home games at Warrior Park, in Warrane, Tasmania
.
Olympia was formed in 1957 as "The Grecians", and for the most part of their history have been predominantly represented by players of ethnic Greek background. The club headquarters are located at the Hobart Hellenic Club. In 1958 they changed their name to "Olympia" a name which they kept unchanged until 1997, when ethnic affiliations were removed from Australian football. Unwilling to completely depart from their Greek association, the club simply changed 'Olympia' to 'Olympic'. In October 2009 after a revamped new Board , newly elected President George Mamacas started making immediate changes to the ailing club. They reverted to their former ethnically-affiliated name 'Olympia', and added the epithet
'Warriors', as well as adopting a new logo featuring a Spartan warrior
's helmet also replacing the 50 year old shield with a map of the island State of Tasmania to further celebrate the Greek Australian
heritage. This decision was made ahead of the club's fiftieth anniversary celebrations, and taken with the full blessing of Football Federation Tasmania.
Olympia F.C. Warriors have been one of the more successful Tasmanian club, winning the State Championship on seven occasions, although they have struggled to emulate the glory of the 1960s. During the '60s they won 5 consecutive state championship, 5 Southern titles, 2 Ampol Cup wins, 3 Falkinder Cup wins and 2 Association Cup wins.
Olympia F.C. Warriors built strong teams throughout the 1980s and 1990s who were highly competitive, but have so far failed to recapture their former glory.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
clubs that represents Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
in the Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
n Southern Premier League
Southern Premier League (Tasmania)
The Tasmania South Premier League is, jointly with the Tasmania North Premier League, the highest level association football competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania...
.
The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams.
Olympia F.C. Warriors play their home games at Warrior Park, in Warrane, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
.
Olympia was formed in 1957 as "The Grecians", and for the most part of their history have been predominantly represented by players of ethnic Greek background. The club headquarters are located at the Hobart Hellenic Club. In 1958 they changed their name to "Olympia" a name which they kept unchanged until 1997, when ethnic affiliations were removed from Australian football. Unwilling to completely depart from their Greek association, the club simply changed 'Olympia' to 'Olympic'. In October 2009 after a revamped new Board , newly elected President George Mamacas started making immediate changes to the ailing club. They reverted to their former ethnically-affiliated name 'Olympia', and added the epithet
Epithet
An epithet or byname is a descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It is also a descriptive title...
'Warriors', as well as adopting a new logo featuring a Spartan warrior
Hoplite
A hoplite was a citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek city-states. Hoplites were primarily armed as spearmen and fought in a phalanx formation. The word "hoplite" derives from "hoplon" , the type of the shield used by the soldiers, although, as a word, "hopla" could also denote weapons held or even...
's helmet also replacing the 50 year old shield with a map of the island State of Tasmania to further celebrate the Greek Australian
Greek Australian
Greeks are the seventh-largest ethnic group in Australia, after those declaring their ancestry simply as "Australian". In the 2006 census, 365,147 persons declared having Greek ancestry, either alone or in conjunction with another ethnicity....
heritage. This decision was made ahead of the club's fiftieth anniversary celebrations, and taken with the full blessing of Football Federation Tasmania.
Olympia F.C. Warriors have been one of the more successful Tasmanian club, winning the State Championship on seven occasions, although they have struggled to emulate the glory of the 1960s. During the '60s they won 5 consecutive state championship, 5 Southern titles, 2 Ampol Cup wins, 3 Falkinder Cup wins and 2 Association Cup wins.
Olympia F.C. Warriors built strong teams throughout the 1980s and 1990s who were highly competitive, but have so far failed to recapture their former glory.
Honours
- State Championship: (7 times) 1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1996
- State Championship Runners-up: 1963
- Southern PremiershipsSouthern Premier League (Tasmania)The Tasmania South Premier League is, jointly with the Tasmania North Premier League, the highest level association football competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania...
: (7 times) 1963,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1988 - Southern Premier Runners-up: (twice)1964,1969
- KO Cup Winners: (6 times) 1957,1964,1968,1972,1988,1995
- KO Cup Runners-up: (3 times) 1963,1965,1975
- Summer Cup Winners: (4 times) 1975,1998,1999,2005
- Summer Cup Runners-up: (twice)1983,1987
- Cadbury Charity Cup Runners-up: (once)1987
- Cadbury Trophy Winners: (once)1986
- Cadbury Trophy Runners-up: (4 times) 1987,1988,1990,1991
- DJ Trophy Runners-up: (once)1977
- Falkinder and Association Cup Winners: (3 times) 1963,1966,1967
- Falkinder and Association Cup Runners-up: (once)1965
- Association Cup: (4 times) 1961,1965,1966,1967
- Lloyd Triestino Cup Winners: (once)1975
- Lloyd Triestino Cup Runners-up: (once)1973,1974
- Bohemian Cup Runners-up: (once)1986