Canberra Football Club is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n football (soccer) club from the city of Canberra

Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...

 that competes in the ACT competitions including the ACT Premier League

ACT Premier League

The ACT Premier League, known as the Gatorade Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is an association football competition contested by clubs affiliated to Capital Football...

. The club was founded in 1958 as Canberra Croatia by local Croatian Australians, later taking the names HOPE, Croatia Deakin, Canberra Metro and Canberra Deakin, before becoming Canberra FC. The club has competed in the top level ACT league every year since 1960, and also had a successful stint in NSW State League

New South Wales Premier League

The New South Wales Premier League is the highest state-level men's soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. Nationally, it is considered one grade lower than the A-League...

 from 1988-1994.

Colours and badge

The club colours are red and white reflecting the club's Croatian heritage. The badge depicts the flagpole of Parliament House

Parliament House, Canberra

Parliament House is the meeting facility of the Parliament of Australia located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. The building was designed by Mitchell/Giurgola Architects and opened on 1988 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia...

, a symbol of Canberra, over red and white check reflecting the Coat of arms of Croatia

Coat of arms of Croatia

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Consistent success in the ACT Premier league

Canberra FC has an impressive record in the ACT Premier league. In 2011, the Croatian-based club has won their 20th league championship, their 10th in the last 11 years. This consistent dominance in the ACT premier league has made them the standard-bearers for football in the nation’s capital and has earned them a great deal of respect.

Notable former players

• Peter Buljan
  Peter Buljan
  Peter Buljan is an Australian football player. -External links:***...
  
   - Under 23 Australian International
• Andrew Barisic
  Andrew Barisic
  Andrew Barisić is a Croatian Australian football player who currently plays for Persebaya 1927 in Liga Primer Indonesia.- Club career :...
  
   - A-League player
• Ivan Gruicic - NSL player
• Velimir Kupersak - NSL player
• Ante Juric
  Ante Juric
  Ante Jurić is an Australian association football player and was recently the player/coach for Penrith Nepean United in the New South Wales Premier League in Australia...
  
   - Australian International
• Brad Maloney
  Brad Maloney
  Brad Maloney , was an Australian professional association football player who played for several National Soccer League clubs, including Marconi Fairfield, Perth Glory and Newcastle Breakers. Maloney won the Johnny Warren Medal for player of the year in NSL season 1998/99...
  
   - Australian International
• Ante Milicic
  Ante Milicic
  Ante Milicic is an Australian former football player. He is currently one of the assistant managers of A-League club Melbourne Heart. He is of Croatian Australian origin....
  
   - Australian International
• Andy Rakic
  Andy Rakic
  Andrew Rakić is an Australian football defender, who plays for FC Victoria Rosport in Luxemburg.He previously played for Eintracht Trier.-External links:*...
  
   - NSL player
• Josip Simunic
  Josip Šimunic
  Josip Šimunić is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatian national team.-Club career:...
  
   - Croatian International
• Zeljko Susa
  Zeljko Susa
  Zeljko Susa is a retired Croatian-Australian football player.-References:* at Playerhistory....
  
   - Under 23 Australian International
• Goran Talevski - NSL Player
• Nikolai Topor-Stanley
  Nikolai Topor-Stanley
  Nikolai Topor-Stanley is an Australian professional football player who currently plays as a defender for the Newcastle Jets in the A-League.-Club career:...
  
   - Australian International
• Ivan Zelic
  Ivan Zelic
  Ivan Zelic was born in Canberra on 24 February 1978. He is a former international footballer as well as a current writer, film-maker, actor and model.-Club career:...
  
   - Under 23 Australian International
• Ned Zelic
  Ned Zelic
  Nedijeljko "Ned" Zelić is a former Australian football player.-Club career:Zelic started his career in the old Australian National Soccer League,where he played with clubs Sydney Croatia and Sydney Olympic...
  
   - Australian International
• Kofi Danning
  Kofi Danning
  Kofi Danning is an Ghanaian born Australian football player who plays for the A-League club Brisbane Roar. -Early life:Kofi Danning was born in Kumasi in southern central Ghana...
  
   - A-League Player & Under 20 Australian International

Competition Winners

• NSW State League Grand Final Runner-Up: 1989, 1990, 1991
• NSW State League Regular Season Runner-Up: 1989, 1990
• NSW State League Finalists: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
• NSW Challenge Cup Champions: 1989-1990
• ACT First Division / Premier League
  ACT Premier League
  The ACT Premier League, known as the Gatorade Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is an association football competition contested by clubs affiliated to Capital Football...
  
   Minor Premiers: 1962 - 1963 - 1966 -1969 - 1973 - 1979 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1995 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011
• ACT First Division / Premier League
  ACT Premier League
  The ACT Premier League, known as the Gatorade Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is an association football competition contested by clubs affiliated to Capital Football...
  
   Premiers (Grand-Final winners): 1962 - 1963 - 1966 - 1967 - 1973 - 1978 - 1979 - 1987 - 1988 - 1995 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2009 - 2010
• ACT Federation Cup Champions: 1962 - 1964 - 1972 - 1974 - 1978 - 1984 - 1985 -1986 - 1995 - 2002 - 2004 - 2006 - 2007 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011
• ACT Club Championship: 1977 - 1979 - 1980 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1995 - 2002 - 2004 - 2005
• Ampol Cup Champions: 1963 - 1972 - 1973 - 1987 - 1988
• Roberston Cup Champions: 1962
• National Youth League Champions: 2004
• Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament
  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...
  
   Champions: 1975 - 1986 - 1992 - 1994 - 2001 - 2005
• Argentina Cup: 1983-1984

See also

• List of Croatian football clubs in Australia
• Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament
  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...
  
  
• Croatian Australian
  Croatian Australian
  Croatia has been a source of migrants to Australia, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2006, 128,051 persons resident in Australia identified themselves as having Croatian ancestry.- History :...
  
  

External links

• Official Website of Canberra FC