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Western Knights SC
Western Knights Soccer Club is an Australian association football, soccer club currently playing in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia in Perth, Western Australia. Its home ground is Nash Field, in the Town of Mosman Park. Since 2018, the club expanded its junior program to include Len Packham Reserve in the City of Cockburn as well as Nash Field. History Western Knights was established by Croatian immigrants in the state of Western Australia under the name of Metropolitan in 1968, joining the semi-professional Second Division (third tier) the following year as Croatia. In 1970, under their new name of North Perth Croatia, they were promoted from the Second Division to the First Division. Throughout the years following, Croatia went up and down from First Division to the Premier Division. With the moving from division to division also came the moving from different home grounds over the years. Wellington Square, Perth, Wellington Square in East Perth, Litis Stadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WKSC may refer to: *WKSC-FM, a contemporary hit radio station (103.5 FM) licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois, United States *WKSC (AM), a defunct radio station (1300 AM) formerly licensed to serve Kershaw, South Carolina, United States {{Call sign disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preston Makedonia
Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a semi-professional soccer club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1947 to play non-professional soccer matches against other teams in the local community until 1959, and 12 years later, they joined the Victorian Soccer Federation (now Football Victoria), the club's first season in an officially sanctioned competition. The club won promoted in 2022 from NPL 3 Victoria and in 2024 from VPL 1 to return top flight football Victoria NPL in 2025. The Lions currently compete in the NPL Victoria competition, which is the third tier in the Australian soccer league system.The club won the VPL/NPL Victoria in seasons 1980, 1994, 2002 and 2007. History Foundation The club was founded in 1947 and was affiliated with the Victorian Soccer Federation (now Football Victoria) in 1959. Based in the suburb of Preston, Victoria, the club was originally created as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament
The Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament, also known as Croatian Soccer Tournament () is an annual tournament run by the Croatian Soccer Federation of Australia and New Zealand, an organisation founded in 1974. The inspiration for the tournament came from the successful examples in North America with the Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament founded in 1964 and West Coast Croatian Soccer Tournament founded in 1973. The Tournament kicked off in 1974 with a trial event staged in Melbourne where six soccer clubs participated at Melbourne Croatia's ground, Montgomery Park in Essendon. Only six clubs participated. The Tournament's beginning was spawned from Melbourne Croatia's expulsion from the Victorian Soccer Federation in 1972, with the clubs leadership including Tony Vrzina and Josip Solic together with Mirko Furjanic, the now Honorary President of the Tournament, being instrumental in getting the Tournament established. The first official Tournament was staged in 1975, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Croatian Football Clubs In Australia
The Croatian community of Australia has played an important part in the history of Australian association football, soccer. Countless clubs have been formed over the years in every state and territory, except for the Northern Territory. At present there are 31 active Croatian soccer clubs operating in Australia. The first Croatian soccer/sporting club founded in Australia was HSNK Zora (no longer in existence), which was founded in 1931, Sydney. Currently the oldest surviving Croatian club in Australia is the Adelaide Raiders, founded in 1952 as Adelaide Croatia. The most successful and largest Croatian clubs in Australia are the Melbourne Knights and Sydney United, both clubs played in the National Soccer League for 21 seasons. The Croatian community holds the Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament which has been held annually since 1974. It is the largest 'ethnic' based soccer cup competition in Australia as well as the oldest national soccer competition in Australia, with cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Football West State Cup
Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2017 for the Football West State Cup. Clubs entered from the National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2017 Amateur League competition, and from regional teams from the South West, Goldfields and Great Southern regions. This knockout competition was won by Western Knights, their third title. The competition also served as the Western Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2017 FFA Cup. The two finalists – Sorrento FC and Western Knights – qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32 A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w .... Format Preliminary rounds A total of 58 teams took part in the competition, from Perth-based a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football West State Cup
The Football West State Cup is a soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ... competition held between clubs in the Australian state of Western Australia, known as the Belt Up Cup for sponsorship reasons. It serves as preliminary rounds for the Australia Cup, previously known as the FFA Cup, with the 2 finalists also entering the final stages of that competition. History Several knockout competitions have been held since 1895 in various forms,Kreider, R.N. (2012) Paddocks to Pitches. The Definitive History of Western Australian Football. Published by SportsWest Media with one of the two major Western Australian knockout cup competitions initially called the Challenge Cup, from 1903 to 1959 as the Challenge Cup and Shield, between 1960 and 1995 as the D’Orsogna Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Micevski
David Micevski (born 25 February 1986) is an Australian footballer who has played for Stirling Lions. He is currently playing for State League 1 club Subiaco AFC. Club career He was identified by former Perth Glory technical manager, Mich d'Avray as one of the brightest young prospects in the WA State League. He played an instrumental part of Perth Soccer Club's victorious league and cup double winning team in 2005. The attack-minded midfielder signed on loan to Perth Glory for the tail end of the 2005/2006 A-League season, mainly due to injuries to the club's first team players. The club signed him on a full term contract before the start of the 2006/2007 season and his performances for the club has led to his call up to the Olyroos Australian national under 23 side. After parting ways with Perth Glory he signed for the Western Knights Western Knights Soccer Club is an Australian soccer club currently playing in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia in Pert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Skorich
Anthony Skorich (born 19 March 1990) is an Australian footballer. Biography Skorich was born in Perth. He attended John Curtin College of the Arts and graduated in 2007. In May 2009, Skorich was signed to a professional contract by Perth Glory. On 15 February 2011, Skorich was released by the Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi .... A-League career statistics (''Correct as of 21 March 2011'') References External links Perth Glory profile Australian people of Croatian descent A-League Men players Australian men's soccer players Living people Perth Glory FC players 1990 births People educated at John Curtin College of the Arts Soccer players from Perth, Western Australia Men's association football forwards 21st-century Australian sportsmen< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrija Jukic
Andrija Jukic (born 3 January 1987) is an Australian footballer who plays for Western Knights SC. Club career He tried out for the FOX8 reality TV show Football Superstar, but narrowly missed out on making the Perth Top 10, placing 11th, After this Jukic signed for his home town club Perth Glory's 2008/09 Youth League team, where he was a standout. He made his senior debut for Perth Glory as a substitute on 21 December 2008 against Sydney FC Sydney Football Club, commonly known as Sydney FC, is a professional association football, soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They compete in the top-tier men's league in Australia, the A-League Men. Established in 2004, .... On 26 February 2009, Jukic signed a two-year deal with Perth Glory. Andrija scored his first goal in the A-League and for his club against Central Coast Mariners on 31 January 2010.http://www.a-league.com.au/Scoreboard_HAL/0000420168/scoreboard.html Andrija was a part of the Perth G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Deans
Craig Deans (born 7 May 1974) is an Australian former soccer player and former head coach of the Newcastle Jets. Playing career Deans was a central defender for multiple Australian clubs, with most of his appearances coming in the National Soccer League. He made only two appearances in the A-League before a long period of injury Deans forced him into retirement as a professional player in 2007. He had success with the Perth Glory, winning two titles at the club. Coaching career In 2008, Deans became the inaugural youth team coach for the Newcastle Jets for their team in the new A-League National Youth League. On 5 October 2011, he was appointed interim manager of the Newcastle Jets after the sacking of Branko Culina. He returned to his previous job when a full time manager was appointed. In 2014 he took over the club's youth team, and then in 2015 he became the head coach of the Women's team. In the 2015/16 W-League season he won the Coach of the Year award for rebuilding a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommi Tomich
Tomislav "Tommi" Tomich (born 14 February 1980) is an Australian goalkeeper who plays for Sydenham Park. Biography Tomich has previously played with Bassendean Caledonians, Cockburn City, Melbourne Knights FC, Western Knights and a stint with Perth Glory in the 2000. In November 2006 Tomich joined Perth Glory as a replacement for injured keeper Jason Petkovic. His consistent performances had earned him a one-year deal until the end of the 2007–08 season as first-choice goalkeeper until Jason Petkovic recovered. He was not offered another contract at Perth Glory and instead signed for local Perth club ECU Joondalup before moving to South Melbourne in 2008. In the same year he was loaned to Melbourne Victory FC in the A-League while Michael Theoklitos is injured and later to Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Kerr
Samantha May Kerr (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a striker (association football), striker for Women's Super League club Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea, and the Australia women's national soccer team, Australia women's national team, which she has captained since 2019. Known for her speed, skill, and tenacity, Kerr is widely considered one of the best strikers in the world, and one of Australia's greatest athletes. Kerr is the all-time leading Australian international scorer, with List of international goals scored by Sam Kerr, 69 international goals, and was the NWSL records and statistics#Top scorers, all-time leading scorer in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States until 2024. She is the only female soccer player to have won the Golden Boot in three different leagues and on three different continents—the A-League Women, W-League (Australia/New Zealand) in 2017-18 W-League, 2017� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
