Olympic Kingsway
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- Austrália - Západná Austrália - State League 1 72 Austrália - Západná Austrália - Premier League 45 Austrália - priateľské zápasy 29 Austrália - FFA Cup - kvalifikácia 8 Austrálsky pohár 2 Austrália - Pre-Season Cup 2 Japonsko - J-League 1
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Wikipedia - Olympic Kingsway SC
The Olympic Kingsway Sports Club, often referenced as Kingsway Olympic, is an association football (soccer) club from Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1953 by Macedonian immigrants from Macedonia after breaking away from Stirling Macedonia. They moved to their current location at the Kingsway Sporting Complex in Madeley in 1973. Currently, they have 400 players in teams ranging from Under 6 to under 16, as well as senior Saturday and Sunday Teams. The club is currently competing in the 2023 season in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia.
History
The club was founded in 1953 and was promoted to the top division of the State of Western Australia in 1959. For the 1978 season, the club was renamed Olympic Kingsway. They won both the 1978 and 1980 Western Australian State League titles, which qualified them for the 1979 and 1981 NSL Cups. During this period, they also won the Top 4 Cup three times in succession (1978–1980).
They moved back to the Amateur Premier Division for six seasons (2006–2011).
Since the 1990s, Olympic Kingsway has developed many future Australian professional football players, including Nick Ward, Stan Lazaridis, Richard Garcia and Daniel De Silva.
Kingsway bol založený v roku 1969 ako Kingsway Olympic. V NSL hrá od roku 1977. Tím nikdy nezískal titul NSL, no v rokoch 1994 a 2000 vyhral NSL Cup.
Kingsway je známy svojou silnou mládežníckou akadémiou, ktorá vyprodukovala množstvo hráčov pre austrálsky národný tím. Medzi bývalých hráčov Kingsway, ktorí reprezentovali Austráliu, patria:
* Mark Bosnich
* Paul Okon
* Tony Popovic
* Craig Moore
* Scott Chipperfield
Kingsway je jedným z najznámejších futbalových klubov v Austrálii a má silnú fanúšikovskú základňu. Klub je známy aj svojím komunitným zapojením a je aktívnym členom miestnej komunity.