Hobart Olympic
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| Full name | Hobart Olympic Football Club |
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| Founded | 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Domain Athletic Centre , Hobart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Emanuel Roussos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Farrell Shaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Southern Premier League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hobart Olympic Football Club is one of four Football (soccer) Clubs that represents Hobart in the Tasmanian Southern Premier League. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as womens teams. Hobart Olympic play their home games at the Domain Athletic Centre, in Hobart, Tasmania.
Hobart Olympic was formed in 1957 as "The Grecians", and for the most part of their history have been predomiantly 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, until ethnic affiliations were removed from Australian football.
Hobart Olympic 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 1960's. During the 60's they won 5 consecutive state championship, 5 Southern titles, 2 Ampol Cup wins , 3 Falkinder Cup wins and 2 Association Cup wins.
Hobart Olympic built strong teams throughout the 1980's and 1990's who were highly competitive, but have so far failed to recapture their former glory.
[edit] Honours
- State Championship: (7 times)1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1996
- State Championship Runners-up: 1963
- Southern Premierships: (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
