Wellington Olympic Association Football Club is a New Zealand

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club based in Berhampore,

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. The club's premier team competes in the

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, through which they can qualify for the

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Club history

The club was formed in 1953 by

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as Apollon AFC and is commonly known as 'The

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'. The club changed its name to Christian Youth FC (CYFC) in 1959, and became Wellington Olympic in 1983. The local Greek community continues to be the basis of the club's support and a significant number of players are of Greek heritage.

2024 squad

2024 staff

*Head coach: Paul Ifill *Assistant coaches: Ekow Quainoo, Taylor-Hall Jones

Performance in OFC competitions

Honours

National

* New Zealand National Football League ::Winners (1):

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* ASB Charity Cup ::Winners (1):

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

* Chatham Cup ::Winners (2):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Regional

::Winners (5): 2010, 2016,

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League records

Most appearances *Harry Kotsapas, 377 games, 1973–1993 *Nick Halikias, 354 games, 1975–1993 *Alkis Ioannou, 260 games, 1975–1992 *Chris Christie, 252 games, 1977–2002 *Spiros Androutsos, 231 games, 1972–1995 Most goals in a season *Geoff Brown, 35 goals, 2004 Most goals overall *Harry Kotsapas, 132 goals, 1973–1993 *Chris Christie, 98 goals, 1977–2002 *Imre Foldi, 87 goals, 1990–1999 *Spiros Androutsos, 84 goals, 1972–1995 *Jimmy Haidakis, 83 goals, 2003-2009

Notable players

* Leo Bertos * Kosta Barbarouses * Simon Elliott * Raf de Gregorio * Stu Jacobs * Clayton Lewis

References

External links

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The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer website
. Association football clubs in Wellington Greek-New Zealand culture Sport in Wellington City Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in New Zealand Diaspora association football clubs {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub