Sydney Olympic FC
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Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian football (soccer) club that plays in the NSW Premier League. It competed in the National Soccer League from 1977 until the league's demise in 2004, having won the championship in 1989–90, 2001–02, the League Cup in 1980, the minor premiership in 2002–03 and the Cup Winner's Cup in 1983 and 1985. It won the Johnny Warren Cup in 2008. Over the years the club has been known as Pan-Hellenic, UTS Sydney Olympic and Olympic Sharks. Its support base is largely Greek.
Its original name is Pan-Hellenic Soccer Club and its initial strip was blue and white vertical stripes. The club quickly became competitive in the New South Wales First Division, attracting good crowds. The highlight of the pre-National Soccer League era came 10 years after the club's foundation, when in 1968 it reached the First Division grand final, only to lose 4–2 to Hakoah
.
In 1977 the club became a founding member of the National Soccer League
, and also changed its name to Sydney Olympic. But two years later it was back in the First Division. The league had decided to cut back on teams from NSW and having finished second last on the ladder – beating only South Melbourne – Sydney Olympic was given the chop.
4–0 in the 1980 grand final of the NSW First Division. That victory secured Sydney Olympic a return to top-flight Australian football in 1981 where it remained until the NSL folded in 2004.
From 1982 to 1992, Olympic finished in the top half on the league ladder every season. In that decade it won two NSL Cups (against Heidelberg 1983 and Preston in 1985) and was runner-up in two others (Adelaide City in 1989 and South Melbourne in 1990). This period also saw three grand final losses: South Melbourne (1984), Adelaide City (1986) and Marconi (1988).
The 1990 season saw Olympic meet Marconi agsin in the grand final. This time the Blues succeeded, beating Marconi 2–0 before a record Australian crowd of 26,353. Scorers were Alistair Edwards in the first half and Robert Ironside in the second.
For season 1995/96, Sydney Olympic formed a prosperous partnership with the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and became known as UTS Sydney Olympic. During that time, the Club's home ground was Leichhardt Oval.
In season 1995/96 and two seasons earlier in 1993/94, Sydney Olympic went down in the elimination final match of the play-off series.
A change of home ground awaited the Blues going into season 1996/97. Belmore Sports Ground, in the more traditional heartland of Olympic, became the Club's new stable.
In April 1997, Sydney Olympic enjoyed a record home attendance at Belmore of 13,724 against the Marconi Stallions.The Club's worst defeat came in January 1998 when the Canberra Cosmos inflicted an 8–1 loss on Sydney Olympic down in the nation's capital.
Sydney Olympic's biggest win was a remarkable 6–0 defeat of South Melbourne in January 2000 at Belmore Sports Ground.
During season 1998/99 Sydney Olympic was involved in a match which attracted the largest crowd for any regular National Soccer League season match excluding finals. That game was against the Northern Spirit at North Sydney Oval in what was the Spirit's debut match in the National Soccer League. That evening, 18,985 soccer-loving enthusiasts turned out to watch Sydney Olympic defeat new boys Northern Spirit by two goals to nil. Olympic golden boy Chris Kalantzis and Pablo Cardozo were the goal scorers.
Season 2000/01 saw Sydney Olympic finish fourth on the competition ladder. During the play-offs, Olympic made it through to just one game away from a Grand Final appearance, losing by two goals to nil against Minor Premiers South Melbourne in the Preliminary Final in Melbourne in May 2001.
Season 2001/02 saw the club move base once again, this time to the Sutherland Shire
in Sydney's south, an area with no NSL representation, but a large base of registered junior players to potentially tap into. Olympic played out of Toyota Park
. The move had also involved a change of name from Sydney Olympic to Olympic Sharks with the traditional blue and white colours of the club still in place. This season also saw Olympic capture their second NSL title, a lone Ante Milicic
goal being enough to defeat Perth Glory
at Subiaco Oval
in front of 42,000 fans. The following season saw the Olympic Sharks win its first ever minor premiership by finishing on top of the NSL ladder, which eventually led to Olympics second consecutive appearance in a Grand Final. This time however, it would be Perth who would take out the title, winning 2–0.
Despite the on field successes, the move to the Sutherland Shire was short lived. Poor attendances took their toll on the venture and for season 2003/2004 the club chose to revert to the widely preferred name of Sydney Olympic and moving to OKI Jubilee Stadium
at Kogarah. Following the demise of the NSL in 2004, Sydney Olympic participated in the NSW Premier League and just missed out on the end-of-season final series. In 2006 Sydney Olympic returned to Belmore Sports Ground and also forged a relationship with the Eastern Suburbs Soccer Football Association.
That platform reaped instant rewards when Sydney Olympic, with former Socceroo and Sydney Olympic great Milan Blagojevic at the helm, captured the 2008 pre-season Johnny Warren Cup with a gutsy 2–1 win over the Sutherland Sharks. Olympic were undefeated in their three round robin matches (two more were washed out) and lifted the trophy to bring smiles back to the fans of Sydney Olympic.
It is a fact that most clubs have experienced their biggest attendances at their home matches when Sydney Olympic provided the opposition. E.g. A crowd of 18,985 witnessed the Club defeat Northern Spirit by two goals to nil on the 9th October, 1998 at North Sydney Oval. This holds as the record crowd between any two clubs during the regular season of the NSL eclipsing the previous record of 18,367 set when Newcastle KB played Sydney Olympic on 14 April 1979 at Energy Australia Stadium.
During the past two decades, Sydney Olympic has attracted and developed a large number of talented footballers resulting in international attention to the Club and to Australian Football through transfers such as Brett Emerton ($1.3M), Jason Polak ($0.7M) Ned Zelic ($0.65M), Nick Carle and Jason Čulina. The club has transferred more than 25 players to overseas clubs in the last 20 years. More than 60 Socceroos have, at some stage in their careers, worn the blue and white of Sydney Olympic FC.
Sydney Olympic celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2007, with the club's jersey reverting to the original blue and white vertical striped design.
In the 2011 New South Wales Premier League season Sydney Olympic finished in 1st place finishing 4 points clear of Sydney rivals Sydney United, once called Sydney Croatia being a Croatian Australian club. They beat Sydney United 2-0 in the Semi Final and beat them again by the same score in the Grand Final and went on to become the 2011 New South Wales Premier League Champions.
NSL Top Goalscorer Award
NSL Under 21 Player of the Year Award
President: George Giannaros
Treasurer: Arthur Balayannis
Secretary: Peter Phillips
Director: Peter Englezos
Director: Mark Bosnich
Director: Chris Tsioulos
Technical Director : Ante Juric
Head of Football Development: Ian Crook
Sports
Head-Coach: Peter Tsekenis
Assistant-Coach: Peter Papoythis
Team-Gear Stewart: George Abartes
Reserve-Coach: Dean Magnall
Technical Consultant: Ron Smith
Under 18's Coach: George Markos
Under 16's Coach: David Komljenovic
Under 15's Coach: Luke Gray
Under 14's Coach: Harry Paraskevaidis
Under 13's Coach: Daniel Grant
Medical
Physiotherapist: Efrem Bingeric
(2007) Milan Blagojevic
(2008) Aytek Genc
(2009) Nick Theodorakopoulos
(2009) André Gumprecht
(2010) Steve O'Connor
(2010)
1957–1979
Established by Greek Migrants in 1957, Sydney Olympic Football Club has been a mainstay of Australia's National Soccer League ever since and the nursery of many of its finest talents.Its original name is Pan-Hellenic Soccer Club and its initial strip was blue and white vertical stripes. The club quickly became competitive in the New South Wales First Division, attracting good crowds. The highlight of the pre-National Soccer League era came 10 years after the club's foundation, when in 1968 it reached the First Division grand final, only to lose 4–2 to Hakoah
Sydney City Soccer Club
Sydney City Soccer Club is a football club from Sydney, Australia.The club was formed in 1939 as Sydney Hakoah by members of the Sydney Jewish community. They played between 1977 and 1986 in the National Soccer League as Eastern Suburbs and Sydney City...
.
In 1977 the club became a founding member of the National Soccer League
National Soccer League
The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
, and also changed its name to Sydney Olympic. But two years later it was back in the First Division. The league had decided to cut back on teams from NSW and having finished second last on the ladder – beating only South Melbourne – Sydney Olympic was given the chop.
1980–90
The spell back in State League competition did not last long, with Sydney Olympic defeating the Parramatta EaglesParramatta Eagles
Parramatta Eagles are an Australian football club that played in the National Soccer League and later the New South Wales Premier League. Due to various levels of mismanagement at the club it was demoted at the end of 2006...
4–0 in the 1980 grand final of the NSW First Division. That victory secured Sydney Olympic a return to top-flight Australian football in 1981 where it remained until the NSL folded in 2004.
From 1982 to 1992, Olympic finished in the top half on the league ladder every season. In that decade it won two NSL Cups (against Heidelberg 1983 and Preston in 1985) and was runner-up in two others (Adelaide City in 1989 and South Melbourne in 1990). This period also saw three grand final losses: South Melbourne (1984), Adelaide City (1986) and Marconi (1988).
The 1990 season saw Olympic meet Marconi agsin in the grand final. This time the Blues succeeded, beating Marconi 2–0 before a record Australian crowd of 26,353. Scorers were Alistair Edwards in the first half and Robert Ironside in the second.
1990s
In season 1995/96 and two seasons earlier in 1993/94, Sydney Olympic went down in the elimination final match of the play-off series.
A change of home ground awaited the Blues going into season 1996/97. Belmore Sports Ground, in the more traditional heartland of Olympic, became the Club's new stable.
In April 1997, Sydney Olympic enjoyed a record home attendance at Belmore of 13,724 against the Marconi Stallions.The Club's worst defeat came in January 1998 when the Canberra Cosmos inflicted an 8–1 loss on Sydney Olympic down in the nation's capital.
Sydney Olympic's biggest win was a remarkable 6–0 defeat of South Melbourne in January 2000 at Belmore Sports Ground.
During season 1998/99 Sydney Olympic was involved in a match which attracted the largest crowd for any regular National Soccer League season match excluding finals. That game was against the Northern Spirit at North Sydney Oval in what was the Spirit's debut match in the National Soccer League. That evening, 18,985 soccer-loving enthusiasts turned out to watch Sydney Olympic defeat new boys Northern Spirit by two goals to nil. Olympic golden boy Chris Kalantzis and Pablo Cardozo were the goal scorers.
Season 2000/01 saw Sydney Olympic finish fourth on the competition ladder. During the play-offs, Olympic made it through to just one game away from a Grand Final appearance, losing by two goals to nil against Minor Premiers South Melbourne in the Preliminary Final in Melbourne in May 2001.
2000–present – Last years of NSL and return to State League
The 2000s saw Olympic's fortunes take an upturn, starting with their biggest ever NSL win, a 6–0 defeat of South Melbourne in January 2000 at Belmore Sports Ground. Season 2000/01 saw Sydney Olympic finish fourth on the competition ladder. During the finals, Olympic made it through to the Preliminary Final, losing 2–0 against Minor Premier and eventual runner-up South Melbourne.Season 2001/02 saw the club move base once again, this time to the Sutherland Shire
Sutherland Shire
The Sutherland Shire is a Local Government Area in the Southern Sydney region of Sydney, Australia. Geographically, it is the area to the south of Botany Bay and the Georges River...
in Sydney's south, an area with no NSL representation, but a large base of registered junior players to potentially tap into. Olympic played out of Toyota Park
Toyota Park (Cronulla)
Endeavour Field, currently known as Toyota Stadium due to sponsorship rights, is a rugby league stadium in the suburb of Woolooware, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home ground for the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team, which represents the Cronulla and Sutherland Shire area...
. The move had also involved a change of name from Sydney Olympic to Olympic Sharks with the traditional blue and white colours of the club still in place. This season also saw Olympic capture their second NSL title, a lone Ante Milicic
Ante Milicic
Ante Milicic is an Australian former football player. He is currently one of the assistant managers of A-League club Melbourne Heart. He is of Croatian Australian origin....
goal being enough to defeat Perth Glory
Perth Glory FC
Perth Glory Football Club is a professional football club in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, competing in Australia's top football competition the A-League. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League...
at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...
in front of 42,000 fans. The following season saw the Olympic Sharks win its first ever minor premiership by finishing on top of the NSL ladder, which eventually led to Olympics second consecutive appearance in a Grand Final. This time however, it would be Perth who would take out the title, winning 2–0.
Despite the on field successes, the move to the Sutherland Shire was short lived. Poor attendances took their toll on the venture and for season 2003/2004 the club chose to revert to the widely preferred name of Sydney Olympic and moving to OKI Jubilee Stadium
Oki Jubilee Stadium
Jubilee Oval is one of two home stadiums used by the St. George Illawarra Dragons team, a rugby league club that plays in Australasia's National Rugby League. The R2K entity was instrumental in ensuring that NRL matches were played at Kogarah from 2003 onwards...
at Kogarah. Following the demise of the NSL in 2004, Sydney Olympic participated in the NSW Premier League and just missed out on the end-of-season final series. In 2006 Sydney Olympic returned to Belmore Sports Ground and also forged a relationship with the Eastern Suburbs Soccer Football Association.
That platform reaped instant rewards when Sydney Olympic, with former Socceroo and Sydney Olympic great Milan Blagojevic at the helm, captured the 2008 pre-season Johnny Warren Cup with a gutsy 2–1 win over the Sutherland Sharks. Olympic were undefeated in their three round robin matches (two more were washed out) and lifted the trophy to bring smiles back to the fans of Sydney Olympic.
It is a fact that most clubs have experienced their biggest attendances at their home matches when Sydney Olympic provided the opposition. E.g. A crowd of 18,985 witnessed the Club defeat Northern Spirit by two goals to nil on the 9th October, 1998 at North Sydney Oval. This holds as the record crowd between any two clubs during the regular season of the NSL eclipsing the previous record of 18,367 set when Newcastle KB played Sydney Olympic on 14 April 1979 at Energy Australia Stadium.
During the past two decades, Sydney Olympic has attracted and developed a large number of talented footballers resulting in international attention to the Club and to Australian Football through transfers such as Brett Emerton ($1.3M), Jason Polak ($0.7M) Ned Zelic ($0.65M), Nick Carle and Jason Čulina. The club has transferred more than 25 players to overseas clubs in the last 20 years. More than 60 Socceroos have, at some stage in their careers, worn the blue and white of Sydney Olympic FC.
Sydney Olympic celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2007, with the club's jersey reverting to the original blue and white vertical striped design.
In the 2011 New South Wales Premier League season Sydney Olympic finished in 1st place finishing 4 points clear of Sydney rivals Sydney United, once called Sydney Croatia being a Croatian Australian club. They beat Sydney United 2-0 in the Semi Final and beat them again by the same score in the Grand Final and went on to become the 2011 New South Wales Premier League Champions.
Crowds/supporters
Sydney Olympic are supported by the passionate Greek community, having been founded by Greek Migrants in 1957. Sydney Olympic over the 28 seasons of the NSL have drawn in the greatest crowd attendances. The highest crowd attendance during the regular NSL season was between Sydney Olympic and Northern Spirit at North Sydney Oval on the 9th of October 1998 where 18,985 people witnessed Sydney Olympic defeat Northern Spirit 2 goals to nil. This record had broken the previous highest attendance which was 18,367, between Sydney Olympic and Newcastle KB on 14 April 1979 At Marathon Stadium. The greatest crowd attendance for a grand final was recorded during the 2001/2 season where 42,735 people were present at Subiaco Oval to see Sydney Olympic defeat Perth Glory.Honours
- National Soccer League Champions: 1989/1990, 2001/2002
- National Soccer League Runners Up: 1984, 1986, 1989, 2002/2003
- National Soccer League Minor Premiers: 2002/2003
- National Soccer League Cup Winners: 1983, 1985
- National Soccer League Cup Runners Up: 1989, 1989/1990
- New South Wales Super League Winners: 1980
- New South Wales Premier League Johnny Warren Cup Winners: 2008
- New South Wales Premier League Club Championship Winners: 2008, 2011
- New South Wales Premier League Minor Premiership Winners: 2011
- Brett Emerton Cup: 2011
Individual honours
NSL Player of the Year Award- 1982 – Peter KatholosPeter KatholosPeter Katholos is a former Australian football player. He was a member of the Socceroos, Australia's national soccer team, from 1981 to 1984 during which time he made 22 international appearances Peter Katholos (born 18 March 1961) is a former Australian football (soccer) player. He was a member...
NSL Top Goalscorer Award
- 1991/1992 – Tim BredburyTim BredburyTim Bredbury is a Hong Kong former international footballer. He is the current coach of Biu Chun Rangers.-Early life:Bredbury was born in Hong Kong to British parents. He went to Glenealy school,a primary school and King George V School, a secondary school in Hong Kong.-Playing career:Bredbury...
- 1998/1999 – Pablo CardozoPablo CardozoPablo Cardozo is a former Australian football striker.-Career:Cardozo played mostly in Australia, but also had unsuccessful spells in Europe and also played in New Zealand with Waitakere United...
NSL Under 21 Player of the Year Award
- 1997/1998 – Brett EmertonBrett EmertonBrett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team...
Current squad
Reserve squad
- Head coach: Dean Mangall
Staff
ManagementPresident: George Giannaros
Treasurer: Arthur Balayannis
Secretary: Peter Phillips
Director: Peter Englezos
Director: Mark Bosnich
Mark Bosnich
Mark Bosnich is a retired Australian football player and football pundit. He represented Australia 17 times and played for English Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea.-Manchester United :...
Director: Chris Tsioulos
Technical Director : Ante Juric
Head of Football Development: Ian Crook
Ian Crook
Ian Stuart Crook, is a former professional footballer who began his career with Tottenham Hotspur before making 418 appearances for Norwich City. He was an England B international.-Club career:...
Sports
Head-Coach: Peter Tsekenis
Assistant-Coach: Peter Papoythis
Team-Gear Stewart: George Abartes
Reserve-Coach: Dean Magnall
Technical Consultant: Ron Smith
Ron Smith (football coach)
Ronald "Ron" Smith is an Australian football coach, who currently works as Technical Director of Sydney Olympic.-Playing career:...
Under 18's Coach: George Markos
Under 16's Coach: David Komljenovic
Under 15's Coach: Luke Gray
Under 14's Coach: Harry Paraskevaidis
Under 13's Coach: Daniel Grant
Medical
Physiotherapist: Efrem Bingeric
Famous players
| Mick Coady Mick Coady -Career: Sunderland FC 6 Apps 0 Goal Carlisle United 51 Apps 1 Goal Sydney Olympic Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 Apps 1 Goal Barrow FC-References:***http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/sunderland/sunderland.htm]*... (1982–1984) Jason Polak Jason Polak Jason Polak is an Australian former association football player.-Club career:Polak began his National Soccer League career with Sydney Olympic in 1989 after having spent three years at the Australian Institute of Sport... (1989-1990) Peter Raskopoulos Peter Raskopoulos Peter Raskopoulos is an Australian former association football player.-Club career:Raskopoulos played his youth football for Earlwood Wanderers before being signed for Sydney Olympic for the first season of the National Soccer League in 1977.-International career:Raskopoulos made his debut in a... (1976–1989) Jim Patikas Jim Patikas Jim Patikas is a former Australian football player. Renowned for his exceptional speed, he was capped 28 times for the Socceroos and played as a forward and midfielder for Sydney City, Sydney Olympic, Sydney Croatia, AEK Athens, Athinaikos and Kastoria.... (1983–1985) Peter Katholos Peter Katholos Peter Katholos is a former Australian football player. He was a member of the Socceroos, Australia's national soccer team, from 1981 to 1984 during which time he made 22 international appearances Peter Katholos (born 18 March 1961) is a former Australian football (soccer) player. He was a member... (1984–1987) Marshall Soper Marshall Soper Marshall Soper, born May 12, 1960, is a former football player with Sydney Olympic.A bustling but skilful forward with reputation for hot-headedness, he played in 118 games and scored 42 goals for Olympic... (1983–1989) Abbas Saad Abbas Saad Abbas Saad is an Australian former international football player.-Club career:Born in Lebanon, Saad moved to Australia and started a professional footballing career. A midfielder with a good eye for goal, he played in the Malaysian League for Johor and Singapore in the early 1990s... (1988–1991) Soner Omac (1991–1992) Chris Kalantzis Chris Kalantzis Chris Kalantzis is an Australian association football player. He began his career with Sydney Olympic, First Grade, at the age of 15. He was then signed by the Greek team Panathinaikos, where he played for five years. During these years he represented the Australian Socceroos in many games.... (1983–1987) Alistair Edwards Alistair Edwards Alistair Edwards is a former professional soccer player from Australia. A prominent forward, he made a name for himself with National Soccer League clubs Sydney Olympic and Perth Glory... (1989–1991) Ned Zelic Ned Zelic Nedijeljko "Ned" Zelić is a former Australian football player.-Club career:Zelic started his career in the old Australian National Soccer League,where he played with clubs Sydney Croatia and Sydney Olympic... (1991–1992) Tim Cahill Tim Cahill Timothy Filiga "Tim" Cahill is an football player of Australian nationality who plays for Everton and the Australian national football team... (1994–1996) Brett Emerton Brett Emerton Brett Michael Emerton is an Australian football player who plays for Sydney FC and the Australia national team... (1996–2000) Mark Brennan Mark Brennan Mark Robert Brennan is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough and Manchester City, in the Premier League for Oldham Athletic, in the Chinese Jia-A League for Guangdong Hongyuan, and in the Australian National Soccer League for... (1998–1999) Jason Culina Jason Culina Jason Culina is an Australian footballer who plays for the Australia national football team.- Club career :Culina started off with Sydney United under his father, Branko, before moving on to Ajax where he struggled in the reserves. Only after moving to FC Twente did Culina begin to shine at the... (1998–1999) Zlatko Arambasic Zlatko Arambasic Zlatko Arambašić is a former Australian football player.-External links:* *... (1992–1994) Nick Carle Nick Carle Nicholas Alberto "Nick" Carle is an Australian football player who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Sydney FC.- Club career :... (1998–2002) Gabriel Mendez Gabriel Mendez Gabriel Mendez is a former Australian football player.An attacking midfielder, the much-travelled Mendez is a former player of Admira Wacker and Notts County in Europe and for Malaysian side Kedah FA. He is also a former Australia national football team player from 1994-2000.- External links :*... (1998–2001) Ian Rush Ian Rush Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield... (1999–2000) Pablo Cardozo Pablo Cardozo Pablo Cardozo is a former Australian football striker.-Career:Cardozo played mostly in Australia, but also had unsuccessful spells in Europe and also played in New Zealand with Waitakere United... (1998–2003) Ante Juric Ante Juric Ante Jurić is an Australian association football player and was recently the player/coach for Penrith Nepean United in the New South Wales Premier League in Australia... (1997–2005) Clint Bolton Clint Bolton Clint Brian Bolton is an Australian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Heart in the Australian A-League. He was one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the history of the National Soccer League, which preceded the A-League... (2001–2003) Glen Moss Glen Moss Glen Moss is a New Zealand association football goalkeeper who currently plays for A-League club Gold Coast United, and has represented New Zealand at international level.-Return to the A-League:... (2003–2004) Iain Fyfe Iain Fyfe Iain Fyfe is an Australian football player who currently plays as defender for Busan I'Park in the K-League.- Club career :On completion of his SASI program in 2000, Iain joined hometown NSL club Adelaide City... (2003–2004) Siraj Al-Tall (2007–2009) |
Former coaches
John Doyle (2005) Mike Urakalo (2006) Chris KalantzisChris Kalantzis
Chris Kalantzis is an Australian association football player. He began his career with Sydney Olympic, First Grade, at the age of 15. He was then signed by the Greek team Panathinaikos, where he played for five years. During these years he represented the Australian Socceroos in many games....
(2007) Milan Blagojevic
Milan Blagojevic
Milan Blagojevic is a retired Australian soccer player.-Playing career:During a long and distinguished professional career, Blagojevic made 31 appearances for the Socceroos, 255 National Soccer League appearances as well as playing overseas for Germinal Ekeren , SC Heerenveen , Johor...
(2008) Aytek Genc
Aytek Genc
Aytek Genc is a former Turkish Australian football player and was the coach of the Sydney Olympic FC in the NSW Premier League. Considered one of the most technically gifted players in the NSL, he featured in over 350 professional games over a career period of 15 years...
(2009) Nick Theodorakopoulos
Nick Theodorakopoulos
Nick Theodorakopoulos is a football coach from Australia.-Managerial career:He previously coached in the predecessor to the A-League, the NSL with now-defunct Parramatta Power....
(2009) André Gumprecht
Andre Gumprecht
André Gumprecht is a former German football player who is currently playing for Australian club Lake Macquarie City FC-Club career:...
(2010) Steve O'Connor
Steve O'Connor
Steve O'Connor played 290 games in the Australian National Soccer League and represented Australia in the national team with 44 Socceroo appearances.-Background:...
(2010)