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Wikipedia - Sydney Olympic FC
Sydney Olympic Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club, based in Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales, that plays in the National Premier Leagues NSW. The club was founded as Pan-Hellenic Soccer Club in 1957 by Greek immigrants. In 1977, the club changed its name to Sydney Olympic and became a founding member of the Phillips Soccer League, later named the National Soccer League (NSL), the inaugural national football league of Australia, remaining a member of the competition until its demise in 2004.
Sydney Olympic have won many trophies in Australian football, including two NSL Championships, two NSL Cups, the NSL Minor Premiership and three NSW Premier League Championships. The club has also won the Johnny Warren Cup, the Brett Emerton Cup, the National Youth League Championship, the National Youth League Minor Premiership and the NSW Premier League Club Championship.
Sydney Olympic has traditionally been one of the most well supported football teams in Australia, setting numerous domestic crowd attendances. A crowd of 18,985 attended Sydney Olympic's victory over Northern Spirit in 1998 at North Sydney Oval, a record crowd attendance between two clubs during the regular season of the NSL, defeating the previous record of 18,367 set when Newcastle KB United played Sydney Olympic in 1979 at Marathon Stadium. The greatest crowd attendance for a Grand Final was recorded during the 2001/02 season when 42,735 people were present at Subiaco Oval to see Sydney Olympic defeat Perth Glory.
Echipa Sydney Olympic a câștigat trei campionate ale Noii Gali de Sud, nouă Cupe ale Federației Noii Gali de Sud și trei Cupe ale Primarului Noii Gali de Sud. De asemenea, a participat de mai multe ori la Cupa Federației Australiene, ajungând în finală în 2000 și 2012.
Stadionul de casă al echipei Sydney Olympic este Belmore Sports Ground, cu o capacitate de aproximativ 18.000 de locuri. Clubul are o rivalitate de lungă durată cu echipa Sydney United, cele două echipe fiind cunoscute sub numele de „Derby-ul din Sydney”.
Sydney Olympic este cunoscut pentru istoria sa bogată și legăturile sale strânse cu comunitatea greacă din Sydney. Clubul a produs mai mulți jucători notabili de-a lungul anilor, inclusiv pe Ned Zelic, Vlado Bozinovski și Michael Theo. Sydney Olympic continuă să fie o forță majoră în fotbalul din New South Wales și rămâne unul dintre cele mai populare cluburi din stat.