Olympia Football Club Warriors, known as Olympia FC Warriors, is a professional association football 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 ...
, 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
Warrane is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, within the City of Clarence local government area. It is approximately from Hobart's CBD. It is located between Rosny Park and Mornington and runs parallel to the Tasman Highway.
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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
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'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
Greek Australians ( el, Ελληνοαυστραλοί, ) are Australians of Greek ancestry. Greek Australians are one of the largest groups within the global Greek diaspora. As per the 2021 census, 424,750 people stated that they had Greek an ...
heritage. This decision was made ahead of the club's fiftieth anniversary celebrations, and taken with the full blessing of Football Federation Tasmania.
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
Honours
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State Championship: 1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1996, 2015
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State Championship Runners-up: 1963
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Southern Premierships: 1963,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1988
*Southern Premier Runners-up: 1964,1969
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Milan Lakoseljac Cup Winners: 1964,1968,1972,1988,1995,
2013
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*Milan Lakoseljac Cup Runners-up: 1963,1965,1967, 1975, 2011
*Summer Cup Winners: 1975,1998,1999,2005, 2013, 2014, 2015
*Summer Cup Runners-up: 1983,1987
*Cadbury Charity Cup Runners-up: 1987
*Cadbury Trophy Winners: 1986
*Cadbury Trophy Runners-up: 1987,1988,1990,1991
*DJ Trophy Runners-up: 1977
*Falkinder and Association Cup Winners: 1963,1966,1967
*Falkinder and Association Cup Runners-up: 1965
*Association Cup: 1961,1965,1966,1967
*Lloyd Triestino Cup Winners: 1975
*Lloyd Triestino Cup Runners-up: 1973,1974
*Bohemian Cup Runners-up: 1986
References
External links
Official Website
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Association football clubs established in 1960
National Premier Leagues clubs
Soccer clubs in Tasmania
1960 establishments in Australia
Sport in Hobart
Greek-Australian culture
Diaspora sports clubs in Australia