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Olympic FC
Full name	Olympic Football Club
Nickname(s)	Olympic
Founded	1967; 58 years ago
Ground	Goodwin Park
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Manos Saridakis
Head Coach	Chris Grossman
League	NPL Queensland
2024	6th of 12
Website	http://olympicfc.net.au/
Home colours	Away colours

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Olympic Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was founded in 1967 and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Queensland, with home matches played at Goodwin Park. The club has grown tremendously in the past 15 years growing from 190 registered players to over 855 players.^[1]

History

Olympic FC was founded in 1967 by Greek immigrants, under the name Pan Rhodian Soccer Club, affiliated with Queensland Soccer Association. The following year the club joined the Queensland Soccer Federation, changing its name to Brisbane Olympic United as a condition of joining the federation.^[2] The club colours were originally blue and white until changing to red and white in the late 2000s. In 2008, the club again changed its name to Olympic FC upon joining the Queensland State League (QSL). After playing in the QSL in 2008 and 2009, the club elected to play in the Brisbane Premier League for the 2010 season.

The Queensland State League was ultimately superseded by the National Premier Leagues competition. In 2013, Olympic FC was awarded a licence to compete in the inaugural Queensland National Premier Leagues season, a recognition of the club's stature in the state.^[3] The NPL is Australia's second highest footballing tier.

Club performance

Olympic has won NPL Queensland competition on one occasion. In the competition's inaugural 2013 season, Olympic secured a league premiership with two rounds remaining, defeating Moreton Bay United 3–1. Olympic FC then secured a victory over Brisbane City 3–3 (3–0) on penalties in the NPL Queensland Grand Final at Goodwin Park. Since 2013, Olympic FC has continued to perform well in the competition, securing multiple top table finishes.

The club lost 2–1 to Lions FC again in the 2018 NPL Queensland Grand Final at Lions Stadium.

Olympic FC has played in the national rounds of the FFA Cup on two occasion. The club qualified in 2014, progressing to the Round of 16 before losing narrowly to the Central Coast Mariners, an A-League, professional side. The club qualified again in 2018, but lost to local rivals Lions FC in the Round of 32.

Home ground

Olympic FC first played at Pineapple Park, a field near the Gabba Cricket Ground in Kangaroo Point. In the 1970s, Olympic moved to Dutton Park. In 1982, the club moved to the current home ground in Yeronga, Goodwin Park.

Notable players

Olympic FC has developed notable players. Michael Zullo, A-League champion and Socceroo, played for Olympic FC as a boy.

Jai Ingham and Dane Ingham both spent formative years at the club before playing professionally in the A-League. Both brothers have played for New Zealand internationally, with Dane Ingham notably starting all of New Zealand's matches at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, competing against Cristiano Ronaldo when playing Portugal. Dane was just 18 when making his debut, making him the second youngest player to ever play at the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Matt Lugo
2	DF	AUS	Jackson Simpkin
3	MF	AUS	Sebastion Scaroni
4	DF	AUS	Luka Jankovic
5	DF	AUS	Nathan Beagley
6	MF	AUS	Sam Keogan
7	MF	AUS	Daniel Leck
8	MF	JPN	Fumiya Sono
9	FW	AUS	Cyrus Dehmie
10	FW	AUS	Linden Farr
11	FW	AUS	Lathan Dunn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	AUS	Costa Psaros
13	DF	AUS	James Nikolovski
14	MF	AUS	Ali Ahmad
16	FW	AUS	Brandon McMorrow
17	DF	AUS	Danny Driver
18	FW	AUS	Wil Avis
20	MF	AUS	Riley Thomson-King
21	GK	AUS	Ben Wood
23	DF	AUS	Kody Maude
24	DF	AUS	Tom Larkham
30	DF	AUS	Matt Reid

Staff

Chris Grossman	NPL Head Coach

References

^ "History – Olympic FC". Olympic FC. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
^ "History – Olympic FC". Olympic FC. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "History". olympicfc.net.au. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "History – Olympic FC". Olympic FC. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[2] "History – Olympic FC". Olympic FC. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[3] "History". olympicfc.net.au. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

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 | fullname = Olympic Football Club
 | nickname = ''Olympic''
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+| founded = {{start date and age|1967}}
 | dissolved =
 | ground = [[Goodwin Park]]
 | capacity = 1,500
-| chairman = Peter Ioannidis
+| chairman = Manos Saridakis
 | mgrtitle = Head Coach
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+| manager = [[Chris Grossman]]
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 }}
 '''Olympic Football Club''' is a semi-professional [[Association football|soccer]] club based in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. The club was founded in 1967 and currently competes in the [[National Premier Leagues Queensland]], with home matches played at [[Goodwin Park]]. The club has grown tremendously in the past 15 years growing from 190 registered players to over 855 players.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.olympicfc.net.au/club/history/|title=History – Olympic FC|work=Olympic FC|access-date=2018-08-01|language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==History==
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 The Queensland State League was ultimately superseded by the National Premier Leagues competition. In 2013, Olympic FC was awarded a licence to compete in the inaugural Queensland [[National Premier Leagues]] season, a recognition of the club's stature in the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.olympicfc.net.au/club/history/|publisher=olympicfc.net.au|access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> The NPL is Australia's second highest footballing tier.
-==Club Performance==
+==Club performance==
 Olympic has won NPL Queensland competition on one occasion. In the competition's inaugural 2013 season, Olympic secured a league premiership with two rounds remaining, defeating [[Moreton Bay United FC|Moreton Bay United]] 3–1. Olympic FC then secured a victory over [[Brisbane City FC|Brisbane City]] 3–3 (3–0) on penalties in the NPL Queensland Grand Final at Goodwin Park. Since 2013, Olympic FC has continued to perform well in the competition, securing multiple top table finishes.
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 Olympic FC first played at Pineapple Park, a field near the Gabba Cricket Ground in Kangaroo Point. In the 1970s, Olympic moved to Dutton Park. In 1982, the club moved to the current home ground in Yeronga, [[Goodwin Park]].
-==Notable Players==
+==Notable players==
 Olympic FC has developed notable players. [[Michael Zullo]], A-League champion and [[Socceroo]], played for Olympic FC as a boy.
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 ==Current squad==
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+{{fs player| no=1  | nat=AUS |pos=GK | name=Matt Lugo}}
-{{fs player| no=2  | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Shelford Dais}}
+{{fs player| no=2  | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Jackson Simpkin}}
-{{fs player| no=3  | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=[[Zac Anderson]]}}
+{{fs player| no=3  | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Sebastion Scaroni}}
-{{fs player| no=4  | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Jack Glover}}
+{{fs player| no=4  | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Luka Jankovic}}
-{{fs player| no=5  | nat=NZL |pos=DF | name=Alex Barlow}}
+{{fs player| no=5  | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Nathan Beagley}}
-{{fs player| no=6  | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=[[Matt Mundy]]}}
+{{fs player| no=6  | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Sam Keogan}}
 {{fs player| no=7  | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=[[Daniel Leck]]}}
-{{fs player| no=10 | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=[[Steve Whyte]]}}
+{{fs player| no=8  | nat=JPN |pos=MF | name=Fumiya Sono}}
-{{fs player| no=13 | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=[[Isaka Cernak]]}}
+{{fs player| no=9  | nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=[[Cyrus Dehmie]]}}
+{{fs player| no=10 | nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=Linden Farr}}
+{{fs player| no=11 | nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=Lathan Dunn}}
 {{fs mid}}
-{{fs player| no=14 | nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=[[Shannon Brady]]}}
+{{fs player| no=12  | nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=Costa Psaros}}
+{{fs player| no=13  | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=[[James Nikolovski]]}}
+{{fs player| no=14 | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Ali Ahmad}}
+{{fs player| no=16 | nat=AUS |pos=FW | name=Brandon McMorrow}}
 {{fs player| no=17 | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Danny Driver}}
-{{fs player| no=18 |nat=AUS  |pos=MF | name=Lachlan Sayers}}
+{{fs player| no=18 |nat=AUS  |pos=FW | name=Wil Avis}}
-{{fs player| no=19 | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Jean-Philippe Lasm}}
+{{fs player| no=20 | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Riley Thomson-King}}
-{{fs player| no=21 | nat=AUS |pos=GK | name=Brandon Cuminao}}
+{{fs player| no=21 | nat=AUS |pos=GK | name=Ben Wood}}
-{{fs player| no=22 | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=James Cuminao}}
+{{fs player| no=23 | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Kody Maude}}
-{{fs player| no=23 | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Prasiddha Paudyal}}
+{{fs player| no=24 | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Tom Larkham}}
-{{fs player| no=28 | nat=AUS |pos=MF | name=Taj Hudson}}
+{{fs player| no=30 | nat=AUS |pos=DF | name=Matt Reid}}
 {{fs end}}
+==Staff==
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|-
+| [[Chris Grossman]] || NPL Head Coach
+|}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://olympicfc.net.au/ Olympic FC Official Website]
+* {{official website|http://olympicfc.com.au/}}
 {{AUS fb general}}
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 [[Category:National Premier Leagues clubs]]
-[[Category:Soccer clubs in Queensland]]
 [[Category:Queensland State League soccer teams]]
 [[Category:Brisbane Premier League teams]]