Olympia FC Warriors explained

Clubname:Olympia
Fullname:Olympia Football Club Warriors
Nickname:Warriors, The Grecians
Founded:1960
Ground:Empire Couriers Park, home of the Warriors, 1,000-capacity, Warrane
Chairman:George Verrious
Manager:Matt Kilsby
Website:https://www.olympiafc.com.au/
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Olympia Football Club Warriors, known as Olympia FC Warriors, is a professional soccer club based in Hobart, Australia. The club competes in the Southern Championship. The club also fields teams in all junior and youth divisions. Olympia play their home games at Empire Couriers Park, formally known as Warrior Park, in Warrane, Tasmania.

History

Olympia was formed in 1960 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.[1]

Olympia 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 1960s they won 5 consecutive state championship, 5 Southern titles, 2 Ampol Cup wins, 3 Falkinder Cup wins and 2 Association Cup wins.

Olympia built strong teams throughout the 1980s and 1990s who were highly competitive. The Club has tasted success in Cup competitions in more recent times winning the Statewide Cup in 2013 and Pre-season Cups in 2013, 2014 and 2015. It won the Tasmanian Victory League (State Champions) in 2015.

Seasons

SeasonLeagueMilan Lakoseljac CupFFA Cup
width=13%Name (national level)width=2%width=2%width=2%width=2%width=2%width=2%width=2%width=2%width=2%Positionwidth=8%Tasmanian Finalswidth=8%NPL Finals
2012South Premier League (2)2183104244−2276thDNQQuarter-finals
2013Victory League (2)211047513516344thSemi-finalDNQbgcolor=goldChampions
2014Victory League (2)211326513417413rdSemi-finalDNQFirst roundDNQ
2015Victory League (2)21153383146948bgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=goldChampionsSemi-finalQuarter-finalDNQ
2016NPL Tasmania (2)2190125147+4274thQuarter-finalsDNQSemi-finalDNQ
2017NPL Tasmania (2)2113445928+3143bgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2ndDNQbgcolor=goldChampionsRound of 32
2018NPL Tasmania (2)219394540+5305thNot heldDNQQuarter-finalsDNQ
2019NPL Tasmania (2)2418248031+4956bgcolor=silver2ndNot heldDNQSemi-finalDNQ
2020NPL Tasmania (2) 146173227+5195th Not heldCancelledTBDCancelled

Honours

1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1996, 2015

1963,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1988

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter Pless. Olympia rebadge their club. Walter Pless on Association Football. 7 December 2009 . 16 January 2010.