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Footscray JUST
Footscray Jugoslav United Soccer Team, commonly referred to as J.U.S.T, Footscray or simply JUST, was an association football club from Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia. The club was established by Yugoslavs, Yugoslav migrants in 1950, and was a founding member of the National Soccer League. History Early years (1950–1961) The football team JUST was founded through the initiative of Ivan Kuketz (Serbo-Croatian: ''Kukec''), a Melbourne hotelier and vice president of Brighton SC, Brighton Soccer Club. Kuketz was impressed by Post-war immigration to Australia, post-war migrant footballers from Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia who had recently joined Brighton. Kuketz, himself an immigrant of Croats, Croatian descent had migrated to Australia in the 1930s envisioned a team composed solely of players from the respective nations of the new club members. With the assistance of Jovan "John" Ivanovic, Kuketz took the new arrivals from Brighton and began scouting players from migr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footscray, Victoria
Footscray ( ) is an inner-city Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong Local government areas of Victoria, local government area and its council seat. Footscray recorded a population of 17,131 at the . Footscray is characterised by a very diverse, multicultural central shopping area, which reflects the successive waves of immigration experienced by Melbourne, and by Footscray in particular. Once a centre for Greek, Italian and former Yugoslavian migrants, it later became a hub for Vietnamese and East African immigrants in Melbourne. It has recently begun to undergo rapid development and gentrification, and ''Time Out (magazine), Time Out'' magazine placed Footscray at 13th in its '50 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World' for 2019, reflecting its evolving reputation, citing in particular its diverse array of intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dockerty Cup
The Dockerty Cup is an annual association football single-elimination tournament, knock-out competition open to all Victorian clubs across the Australian soccer league system, Victorian football league system. The tournament is named after the former president of Football Federation Victoria Harry Dockerty. Since 2014 the Cup is also a qualifying competition for the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, where the four finalists enter the competition proper at the round of 32. The Dockerty cup winner also qualifies to the next season's FV Community Shield, in a one-off match against the current NPL Victoria champion. History The Dockerty Challenge Cup competition was established in 1909 by Harry Dockerty. It coincided with re-establishment of the 1909 in Victorian soccer, Victoria's 'British Association' league in 1909 after the economic depression of the 1890s. In 1909, the first Cup competition involved six teams (St Kilda SC (1908–1934), St Kilda SC, Brighton SC, Prahra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide City
Adelaide City Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Oakden, a north-eastern suburb of Adelaide. The club was a founding member of the now-defunct National Soccer League (NSL) and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues South Australia (NPL SA). The club was founded in 1946 by Adelaide's Italian community, who named the club Juventus. Adelaide City was one of 14 founding members of the National Soccer League in 1977 and competed concurrently in every edition of the competition before withdrawing a few weeks before the beginning of the league's final season. The club is one of Australia's most successful, their first major silverware coming in 1979 when they defeated St George in the NSL Cup final. Under legendary manager Zoran Matić, they won three National Soccer League titles in 1986, 1992 and 1994, alongside two further cup wins in 1989 and 1992. The club also became the first Australian representative to win a continental title, when they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragoslav Sekularac Serbian White Eagles Banquet 2007
Dragoslav (Cyrillic: Драгослав) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from '' drag'' ("dear, beloved") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names."Behind the Name", 's.v.'' https://www.behindthename.com/name/dragoslav/ref> Notable people with the name include: * Dragoslav Avramović, Yugoslav/Serbian economist and politician * Dragoslav Bokan, Serbian film director and writer * Dragoslav Čakić, Croatian footballer *Dragoslav Jevrić, Serbian footballer *Dragoslav Mitrinović, Serbian mathematician *Dragoslav Srejović, Serbian archaeologist *Dragoslav Stepanović, Serbian footballer *Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer *Jovan Dragoslav (fl. 1300–15), Serbian nobleman See also * * I. Dragoslav *Drago (other) *Dragoljub *Dragomir *Slavic names Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Performance Chart NSL FOO
A performance is an act or process of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Performance has evolved globally, from ancient rituals to modern artistic expressions. Expanding the article with historical and cultural perspectives would improve its scope. Ancient & Classical Theater: Rooted in rituals (Egyptian passion plays, Indigenous storytelling), early performances led to Greek tragedy, Sanskrit drama, and Chinese opera. Medieval & Early Modern Performance: Includes mystery plays in Europe, Commedia dell’arte in Italy, and Kabuki & Noh in Japan. Contemporary & Political Performance: Modern forms include agitprop theater, Forum Theater, and performance art as activism. By highlighting global traditions, the article would better reflect performance as a universal human expression shaped by history and culture. Management science In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Men's National Soccer Team
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's Association football, soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The team played its 1922 New Zealand v Australia soccer match, first match in 1922 and originally participated in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). In this confederation, Australia won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, and dominated many FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns during earlier rounds. The team won Australia 31–0 American Samoa, 31–0 against American Samoa national football team, American Samoa in World Cup qualification, achieving the world record for the largest victory in a senior international match. Despite this, the team only managed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavia Melbourne SC
The Slavia Melbourne Soccer Club is a defunct Australian association football (soccer) club that was based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club was founded in 1950 by Czech migrants and became a leading club in Australian football. Slavia competed in the Victorian State League from 1956 to 1970 and 1973 to 1980. Through its history the club went by a number of names, starting out as Slavia, then Port Melbourne Slavia, Essendon Slavia and finally Prahran Slavia. The golden era of the club was in the 1960s where the club won many titles, most notably the Australian Cup in 1963. The club never won the Victorian State league, finishing Runner-Up on two occasions in 1966 and 1977. For the 1967–68 season, the club incredibly signed the former Czechoslovakian national goalkeeper, Viliam Schrojf, who had starred with the national team in the 1962 World Cup (albeit was at fault for his role in losing the 1962 World Cup Final vs Brazil). By the 1980s the club had fallen on hard times and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Springs George Cross FC
Caroline Springs George Cross Football Club is an Australian association football, soccer club based in Fraser Rise, Victoria, Fraser Rise, a north-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and plays in the Victorian Premier League, Victoria Premier League 1, the second tier of football in Victoria, and third in Australia. George Cross play at the City Vista Recreation Reserve, following a move from Chaplin Reserve in 2019, where the club spent 38 seasons. The move to Fraser Rise coincided with a name change for the club, from Sunshine George Cross to the current name. The club was founded by Maltese immigrants. Having been one of eight Victorian clubs to have participated in Australia's National Soccer League, the club's best achievement was reaching the playoffs as finalists in the 1986 season. Winners of the Australian Cup (football), Australian Cup in 1964, Sunshine George Cross were named champions of the 1977 Victorian State League and were also runners up on 9 oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Melbourne FC
South Melbourne Football Club is an Australian semi-professional Association football, soccer club based in suburb of Albert Park, Victoria, Albert Park, in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, with matches played at Lakeside Stadium. The club was founded in 1959 by Greek migrants following World War II as South Melbourne Hellas (), with a basis in the Greek Australians, Greek community. The club has won four Australian national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, numerous Dockerty Cups and represented Oceania Football Confederation, Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. Along with the Marconi Stallions FC, Marconi Stallions, they were one of two clubs to compete in every season of the National Soccer League. The club was chosen by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the Oceania Club of the Century for the 20th century. History Formation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Eagles FC
Western Eagles FC is an Australian football (association football, soccer) club based in the List of Melbourne suburbs, western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The club's foundation meeting was held on 13 August 1950, at 93 Brighton Road, St. Kilda Victoria. The meeting decided that the club would be known as "Polonia Sports Club". Polonia SC was one of the powerhouses of Victorian and Australian soccer in the 1950s and 1960s, before making a brief revival in the 1980s. Western Eagles is currently in Victorian State League Division 2 and plays its home games at Carrington Drive, Albion, Victoria, Albion. Club history Foundation With the conclusion of the World War II, Second World War, many Polish people, Poles did not want to remain in or return to their homeland for various reasons and as such made the decision to Emigration, emigrate to Australia and begin a new life for themselves and their families. They were ex-servicemen and women, displaced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rale Rasic
Zvonimir "Rale" Rašić OAM (; 26 December 1935 – 8 June 2023) was a Serbian-Australian association football player, coach and media personality. Playing career Born in Dole, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Rasic begin his career playing in Yugoslav clubs. Also known as Zvonko Rasic, Zvonko being a usual diminutive for Zvonimir, he played with FK Proleter Zrenjanin,Klubovi at Football Association of Zrenjanin official website , and |
