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club based in

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. The club's premier team competes in the

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through which they have qualified for the

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Club history

The club was formed in 1953 by

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as Apollon AFC and is commonly known as 'The

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'. The club changed its name to Christian Youth FC (CYFC) in 1959, and became Wellington Olympic in 1983. The local Greek community continues to be the basis of the club's support and a significant number of players are of Greek heritage.

Current squad

''Squad for the 2021 Central League''

Staff

''For 2022 season'' *Head Coach: Rupert Kemeys *Assistant Coach: Jamie O'Connor *Strength & Conditioning Coach: James Mac Aodhagáin

Honours

League Records

Most Appearances *Harry Kotsapas, 377 games, 1973–1993 *Nick Halikias, 354 games, 1975–1993 *Alkis Ioannou, 260 games, 1975–1992 *Chris Christie, 252 games, 1977–2002 *Spiros Androutsos, 231 games, 1972–1995 Most Goals in a Season *Geoff Brown, 35 goals, 2004 Most Goals Top 5 Overall *Harry Kotsapas, 132 goals, 1973–1993 *Chris Christie, 98 goals, 1977–2002 *Imre Foldi, 87 goals, 1990–1999 *Spiros Androutsos, 84 goals, 1972–1995 *Jimmy Haidakis, 83 goals, 2003-

Notable players

Leo Bertos Leonida Christos Bertos (born 20 December 1981) is a New Zealand professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Hamilton Olympic in the National Premier Leagues. Leo Bertos is currently the head coach of Northern NSW NPL side West ...

Kosta Barbarouses Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μπαρμπαρούσης; born 19 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays in Australia's A-League Men for Wellington Phoenix FC. Club ca ...

Simon Elliott Simon John Elliott (born 10 June 1974, in Wellington) is a retired New Zealand International footballer who most recently served as head coach of USL Championship side Sacramento Republic FC. Semi-professional and college career Elliott play ...

Raf de Gregorio Raf de Gregorio (born 20 May 1977 in Wellington) is a New Zealand former professional association football player. Club career De Gregorio began his senior club career with Wellington United in 1997 before spending time in Europe with Bohemi ...

Stu Jacobs Stu Jacobs (born 25 October 1965) is a New Zealand association football player and manager who represented New Zealand and coached the New Zealand Men's Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. In October 2016 he was awarded Capital F ...

* Clayton Lewis

References

External links

Wellington Olympic AFC Website
Association football clubs in Wellington Greek-New Zealand culture Sport in Wellington City Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in New Zealand Diaspora sports clubs {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub