White City Woodville are a football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 club

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 from Adelaide

Adelaide

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, South Australia

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. White City Woodville play in the South Australian Premier League

South Australian Premier League

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 formed in 2006. They are based at Frank Mitchell Park in Woodville West

Woodville, South Australia

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 in Adelaide's western suburbs. They are a Serbian Australian

Serbian Australian

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-backed club and are also known by the name of Beograd. Their rival

Sports rivalry

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 club is the Croatian Australian

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-supported Adelaide Raiders

Adelaide Raiders

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. They were formerly coached by former Socceroos legend Milan Ivanović

Milan Ivanovic

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. They are currently coached by ex NSL Adelaide City player Robbie Saraceno who was appointed as head coach for the 2012 season.

History

The Beograd Sports and Social club was formed on Saturday 19 November 1949 and a meeting arranged at the railway lawns, North Terrace, Adelaide

North Terrace, Adelaide

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. The first Committee was: President Ilija Ilic, Vice President Miodrag Zivkovic, Secretary Danilo Cukic, Treasurer  Nikola Kleut and committee members Dusan Naumovic, Vaso Kekovic, Stanoje Vukovic and Peter Nikolich.

Beograd played its first league game on 15 April 1950 at its home ground in the South Parklands against Prospect, winning the game 5-2. Beograd moved to its current home of Frank Mitchell Park in 1956. In 2006, the Club celebrated its 50th anniversary.

In 1979 Beograd won the State League First Division Championship for the first time. This milestone also coincides with the year Beograd changed its playing colours from blue, white and red to the Serbian colours of Red, blue and white. In addition, flood lights were also installed in 1979 by Branko Petakovic and the president was Milan Stepanovic.

In 1992 Beograd changed its name to White City Woodville and still plays under this name today. The name of the ground at Woodville West was changed to Frank Mitchell Park in honour of the Club's servant who devoted many years of his life to the White City Soccer Club and its juniors.

Club honours

1st Division Champions: 1979, 1983 & 1993

1st Division Minor Premiers: 1996

2nd Division Champions: 1955, 1967, 1971, 1989 & 1994

Federation Cup Winners: 1980, 1983, 1993, 1996 & 2005

U/23 Cup Winners: 1997, 2003

U/23 Cup Finalist: 2002

U/19 Premier League Champions: 1999, 2003, 2006

U19 Cup Winners: 1999

U19s Federation Cup Winners: 2006

First Team Squad