Chelsea Hajduk
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Dandenong City Soccer Club, formerly known as Chelsea Hajduk, is an Australian association football (soccer) club from Melbourne
, Victoria
. The clubs home is at Frank Holohan Soccer Complex in the suburb of Endeavor Hills. The club was originally founded in 1981 as Parkmore Hajduk, then later became Chelsea Hajduk by the Croatian Australian
community in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs. In 2008 Chelsea Hajduk merged with Dandenong City. The club currently competes in the Victorian State League Division 2 South-East, the highest league the club has played in so far. The club is also a regular participant in the Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament
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Hajduk Parkmore merged with Chelsea
Hajduk Chelsea merged with Dandenong City
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. The clubs home is at Frank Holohan Soccer Complex in the suburb of Endeavor Hills. The club was originally founded in 1981 as Parkmore Hajduk, then later became Chelsea Hajduk by the 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 :...
community in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs. In 2008 Chelsea Hajduk merged with Dandenong City. The club currently competes in the Victorian State League Division 2 South-East, the highest league the club has played in so far. The club is also a regular participant in the 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...
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Notable former players
- Ljubo MiličevićLjubo MilicevicLjubo Miličević is an Australian football player who currently plays for Hajduk Split in the Prva HNL.-Early Career and Overseas:...
- Australian International - Anthony PelikanAnthony PelikanAnthony Pelikan is an Australian football player who currently plays for the Melbourne Knights in the Victorian Premier League. He also played in the National Soccer League for 5 seasons with the Melbourne Knights. He spent a season with Dinamo Zagreb but was unable to crack into the senior...
- NSL player - Eugene GalekovićEugene GalekovicEugen-Josip "Eugene" Galeković is an Australian football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Adelaide United in the A-League and internationally for Australia.-Club career:...
- Australian international - Antun KovačićAntun KovacicAntun Kovacic is an Australian football player who currently plays for Churchill Brothers SC in the I-League.-Club career:...
- NSL & A-League player - Ante MilicicAnte MilicicAnte 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 - Fadil MuriqiFadil MuriqiFadil Muriqi is a former Kosovar Albanian footballer who is best known for his time with KF Prishtina during the 1980s as part of the "Golden Generation".-Prishtina:...
- Joey Rahjer - NSL player
- David Davutovic - Football Journalist
- Steven Topalovic - Gold Coast United Youth & Football SuperstarFootball SuperstarFootball Superstar is an Australian reality television series that airs on FOX8. It is hosted by Lee Furlong and Kris Smith. The show aims to find a new football star from male contestants aged 16 to 21...
Honours
- Victorian State League Division 2 Sth-East Champions: 2011
- Victorian State League Division 3 Sth-East Champions: 2004
- Victorian Provisional League Division 1 Sth-East Champions: 2003
- Victorian Provisional League Division 1 Champions: 1987
- Victorian Amateur League Division 1 Chmpions: 1982
- Victorian Provisional Cup Winners: 2003
- Australian-Croatian Soccer TournamentAustralian-Croatian Soccer TournamentThe 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...
Runner-Up: 2005
Bayside Football Association
- Division 1 Winner - Dandenong Thirds: 2010
- Division 2 Winner - Dandenong Thirds: 2009
- Bayside FA Cup Runner-Up - Dandenong Thirds: 2009
- Division 2 Runner-Up - Chelsea Old Boys: 2008
- Premier League Winner - Chelsea Young Boys: 2005
- Division 1 Winner - Chelsea Young Boys: 2004
- Division 2 Runner-Up - Chelsea Old Boys: 2004
- Division 2 Winner - Chelsea Young Boys: 2003
- Division 3 Winner - Chelsea Old Boys: 2003
Senior team finishing position
- 1980 - District League Division Three (8th)
- 1981 - District League Division Three (6th)
- 1982 - Amateur League Division One (1st - promoted)
- 1983 - Provisional League Division Four (8th)
Hajduk Parkmore merged with Chelsea
- 1984 - Provisional League Division One (5th)
- 1985 - Victorian Provisional League Division One (12th - relegated)
- 1986 - Victorian Provisional League Division Two (2nd - promoted)
- 1987 - Victorian Provisional League Division One (1st - promoted)
- 1988 - Victorian League Division Four (2nd - promoted)
- 1989 - Victorian League Division Three (2nd - promoted)
- 1990 - Victorian League Division Two (5th)
- 1991 - State League Division Two (?)
- 1992 - State League Division Two (7th)
- 1993 - State League Division Two (7th)
- 1994 - State League Division Two (8th)
- 1995 - State League Division Two (11th - relegated)
- 1996 - State League Division Three (13th)
- 1997 - State League Division Three (3rd)
- 1998 - State League Division Three (14th - relegated)
- 1999 - State League Division Four (13th)
- 2000 - State League Division Three South-East (3rd)
- 2001 - State League Division Three South-East (5th)
- 2002 - State League Division Three South-East (11th - relegated)
- 2003 - Provisional League Division One South-East (1st - promoted)
- 2004 - State League Division Three South-East (1st - promoted)
- 2005 - State League Division Two South-East (5th)
- 2006 - State League Division Two South-East (8th)
- 2007 - State League Division Two South-East (7th)
- 2008 - State League Division Two South-East (4th)
Hajduk Chelsea merged with Dandenong City
- 2009 - State League Division Two South-East (4th)
- 2010 - State League Division Two South-East (7th)
- 2011 - State League Division Two South-East (1st - promoted)
See also
- List of Croatian football clubs in Australia
- Australian-Croatian Soccer TournamentAustralian-Croatian Soccer TournamentThe 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 AustralianCroatian AustralianCroatia 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 :...