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, a municipality of Clarence.
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.
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, winning the Statewide Cup in 2013 and pre-season cups in 2013, 2014 and 2015. It won the Tasmanian Victory League in 2015.
Seasons
SeasonLeagueMilan Lakoseljac CupFFA CupName (national level)PositionTasmanian FinalsNPL Finals2012South Premier League (2)2183104244−2276thDNQ—Quarter-finals—2013Victory League (2)211047513516344thSemi-finalDNQChampions—2014Victory League (2)211326513417413rdSemi-finalDNQFirst roundDNQ2015Victory League (2)211533831469481stChampionsSemi-finalQuarter-finalDNQ2016NPL Tasmania (2)2190125147+4274thQuarter-finalsDNQSemi-final DNQ2017NPL Tasmania (2)2113445928+31432nd2ndDNQChampionsRound of 322018NPL Tasmania (2)219394540+5305thNot heldDNQQuarter-finalsDNQ2019NPL Tasmania (2)2418248031+49562ndNot heldDNQSemi-finalDNQ2020NPL Tasmania (2) 146173227+5195th Not heldCancelledTBDCancelled
Honours State Championship: 1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1996, 2015 State Championship Runners-up: 1963 Southern Premierships: 1963,1965,1966,1967,1968,1987,1988 Southern Premier Runners-up: 1964,1969 Milan Lakoseljac Cup Winners: 1964,1968,1972,1988,1995, 2013, 2017 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