Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament
The Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament is a 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 Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament founded in 1964. The Australian tournament kicked off in 1974 with a trial event staged in Melbourne, Australia where six soccer clubs participated at Melbourne Croatia's ground Montgomery Park in Essendon. The first official tournament was staged in 1975, hosted by Sydney Croatia and taken out by Canberra FC who defeated Sydney Croatia 3-1 in the Final. Since then it has gone on to become the largest and oldest ethnic football tournament in Australia, having been hosted in every state and territory except for the Northern Territory. It also holds the honour of being the oldest national soccer competition still running in Australia.
History of Tournaments
Tournament Winners
- Sydney United, 9 titles
- St Albans Saints, 7 titles
- Canberra FC, 6 titles
- Adelaide Raiders, 5 titles
- Melbourne Knights, 3 titles
- Whyalla Croatia, 1 title
- Western Knights, 1 title
- Ljubuski FC, 1 title
- Hajduk Sydney, 1 title
- O'Connor Knights, 1 title
- Auckland Croatia, 1 title
- Rocklea United, 1 title
See also
References
(1) Adelaide Advertiser "Raiders confident" 4 October 2002, page 103
Official website AusCroSoccer.com