Hobart United
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Hobart United Football Club is a Football (soccer)
Club that plays out of Hobart, Tasmania. As well as a senior team the club also have a reserve team and regularly field youth or women's teams. Hobart United plays their home games at Pontville Oval in Brighton, Tasmania
. Hobart United is well known for its large Sub-Saharan African team.
late in 2002 when Jacky Kuel, Patrick Ochaya, Fawaz Ateem, and Awak
Mario-Ring formed the first team. At this time a healthy debate emerged over
the name and direction of the club. Patrick, the club's first president, felt that
the new club should embrace multiculturalism to strengthen the ties between
Africa and Australia. He proposed naming the club Hobart United. The club then
gained its major sponsors (the Migrant Resource Centre and Little India).
significant turning point for the club. United went unbeaten all season to seal its first
premiership title.
First Division. A strong and vocal crowd of supporters with their drums and
chants, proclaimed Hobart United the Summer Cup new champion. Hobart United won, claiming the Division One
Championship title and gaining access to the Premier League for 2006.
, the division 1 champions, following their last placed finish in the 2006 Southern Premier League
. Taroona won 7-1 on aggregate, and as a result, Hobart United was relegated to division 1 for the 2007 season, and Taroona will take their place.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
Club that plays out of Hobart, Tasmania. As well as a senior team the club also have a reserve team and regularly field youth or women's teams. Hobart United plays their home games at Pontville Oval in Brighton, Tasmania
Brighton, Tasmania
Brighton is a suburb 27km north of Hobart, in Tasmania, Australia. It lies between Pontville and the outer Hobart suburb of Bridgewater on the Midland Highway. At the 2006 census, Brighton had a population of 3,145.-History:...
. Hobart United is well known for its large Sub-Saharan African team.
Honours
- 2004 2nd Division Premiers
- 2005 Summer Cup Champions
- 2005 1st Division Premiers
- 2008 1st Division Premiers
- 2010 Summer Cup Champions
2003: Laying the Foundations
Hobart United FC emerged from the Tasmanian African community. It waslate in 2002 when Jacky Kuel, Patrick Ochaya, Fawaz Ateem, and Awak
Mario-Ring formed the first team. At this time a healthy debate emerged over
the name and direction of the club. Patrick, the club's first president, felt that
the new club should embrace multiculturalism to strengthen the ties between
Africa and Australia. He proposed naming the club Hobart United. The club then
gained its major sponsors (the Migrant Resource Centre and Little India).
2004: Second Division Champions
The appointment of Atef Abdaltam as head coach in early 2004 marked asignificant turning point for the club. United went unbeaten all season to seal its first
premiership title.
2005: Div 1 Summer Cup Champions
Under Mohand's presidency, Hobart United FC accepted promotion to theFirst Division. A strong and vocal crowd of supporters with their drums and
chants, proclaimed Hobart United the Summer Cup new champion. Hobart United won, claiming the Division One
Championship title and gaining access to the Premier League for 2006.
2006
Hobart United played a two-legged play-off vs TaroonaTaroona SC
Taroona Football Club is a football club which represents Taroona in the Tasmanian Southern Premier League.Hobart United played a two-legged play-off vs Taroona, the division 1 champions, following their last placed finish in this years Southern Premier League...
, the division 1 champions, following their last placed finish in the 2006 Southern Premier League
Southern Premier League (Tasmania)
The Tasmania South Premier League is, jointly with the Tasmania North Premier League, the highest level association football competition in Tasmania. Nationally, it is one grade lower than the A-League and is controlled by the Football Federation Tasmania...
. Taroona won 7-1 on aggregate, and as a result, Hobart United was relegated to division 1 for the 2007 season, and Taroona will take their place.