Hobart Zebras Football Club (also known as ''Tilford Zebras'' or just ''Zebras'') was an

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club based in

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

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, Australia. The club is one of the biggest and most successful clubs in Tasmania. It competes in competitions run by the governing body

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, including the NPL Tasmania. The club uses the colours of

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and have historical ties and links to the club. They merged with Clarence United FC after the 2019 season to form

Clarence Zebras FC Clarence Zebras Football Club is a soccer club based in the City of Clarence, Tasmania, which was formed in September of 2019 as a result of the amalgamation of Clarence United FC and Hobart Zebras FC. They compete in the NPL Tasmania, the s ...

History

The club was founded in 1956 under the name "Juventus Soccer Club". The club competed on the national stage in the

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and 1986 NSL Cup competitions. They were primarily known as "Hobart Juventus" until 1997. In 1997, Australian soccer made the decision to end ethnic affiliations between Australian football teams, as a result the club changed its name to Hobart Zebras FC in 1998. Despite the ban on such affiliations, the club still has strong links to the expatriate Italian community in Hobart. Hobart Zebras are one of the states most successful sides, having been state champions 8 times, most recently in 1993, and southern champions 9 times, most recently in 2004. 2007 saw the club win the State Premiership, Southern Premiership and the Summer Cup. 2010 saw the club under new management with former player Romeo Frediani. This turned out to be a trophyless year for the club starting a disappointing era under Frediani. The women's team won the Super League in 2019. At the end of the 2019 season, they merged with Clarence United to form

Managers

*2010–2011: Romeo Frediani *2012: Eammon Kelly *2015: Chris Hey *2016–2017: Peter Savill *2017: Tommy Fotak *2017–2018: Gabriel Markaj *2018–2019: David Smith

Seasons - Men

Honours

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: 9 times (1969,1971,1972,1973,1983,1984,1985,1993,2007) * State Championship Runners-up: 1966,2004 * Southern Premierships: 10 times (1969,1971,1972,1973,1979,1983,1984,1985,2004,2007) * Southern Premiership Runners-up: 6 times (1960,1965,1966,1967,1970,2003) *KO Cup Winners: 7 times (1967,1971,1975,1982,1983,2001,2003) *KO Cup Runners-up: 7 times (1969,1976,1978,1981,1987,1988,1989) *Falkinder Cup Runners-up: 3 times (1963,1966,1967) *Falkinder Association Cup Winners: Twice (1970,1973) *Summer Cup Winners: 9 times (1971,1972,1978,1981,1984,1986,1987,1989,2007,2008,2009) *Summer Cup Runners-up: 7 times (1976,1982,1985,1990,1991,1992,1996) *Association Cup Runners-up: Once (1968) *Ascot Gold Cup Winners: Once (1960) *Ascot Gold Cup Runners-up: Once (1961) *DJ Trophy Runners-up: Once (1976) *Lloyd Triestino Cup Winners: Once (1974) *Cadbury Trophy Winners: 5 times (1984,1987,1989,1990,1991) *Cadbury Trophy Runners-up: 3 times (1982,1983,1985) *Cadbury Charity Trophy: Once (1992) *Cadbury Charity Runners-up: Once (1991)

Notable past players

List includes players from Hobart Zebras youth or senior teams that have gone on to represent the Australian national team. *

Dominic Longo Dominic Longo (born 23 August 1970) is an Australian retired football (soccer) player. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

References

External links

Official website
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