The Oakland Clippers were a soccer team based out of Oakland, California

Oakland, California

Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

 that played in the non-FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

 sanctioned National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)

National Professional Soccer League (1967)

The National Professional Soccer League was a North American professional soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. It had ten charter members, nine from the United States and one from Canada...

. Their home field was Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

The Clippers brought the first-ever national professional championship in any sport to the City of Oakland. Following the 1967 season, it joined the newly formed North American Soccer League (NASL)

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

, the result of the merger between the NPSL and the United Soccer Association (USA)

United Soccer Association

The United Soccer Association is a former professional soccer league featuring teams from the United States and Canada. The league survived only one season before merging with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League. All the teams in the league were imported...

. From September 1968 to June 1969 the Oakland Clippers, now playing as the California Clippers, played an independent schedule against top foreign club teams while waiting for the North American Soccer League to become reconstituted.

Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1967	NPSL	19	8	5	185	1st, Western Division	Won Championship
1968	NASL	18	8	6	185	2nd, Pacific Division	Did not qualify

Notable players

Leonel Conde

Leonel Conde

Leonel Conde is a retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper. He played professionally in Uruguay, Mexico and the United States.In 1960, Conde played for C.A. Cerro in his native Uruguay before moving to Mexican club Atletico Morelia. He played through at least 1965 in Mexico. In 1967, Conde signed...

 Milan Čop

Milan Cop

Milan Čop is a former Croatian football player. He capped 10 times for Yugoslavia.-External links:**...

 Momcilo Gavrić

Momcilo Gavric

Momčilo "Gabbo" Gavrić was born in Sinj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1938. He was born in a large family. Gavric aspired to play professional soccer. In 1959 he left Sinj for Beograd, and immediately, began playing with first division side OFK Beograd...

 Edgar Marín

Edgar Marín

Edgar Marín Leví is a retired Costa Rican footballer.-Club career:Between 1967 and 1969, Marín played for Deportivo Saprissa, as well as in the NASL for the Oakland Clippers and Kansas City Spurs....

 Ilija Mitić

Ilija Mitic

Ilija Mitic is a former Serbian American professional soccer player. He was a star of the North American Soccer League, its 7th all-time leading scorer with 239 points in 166 games, including 101 goals....

 Mirko Stojanović

Mirko Stojanovic

Mirko Stojanović is a former Croatian footballer.-External links:* *...

 Dimitri Davidović

Dimitri Davidovic

Dimitri Davidovic is a Belgian of Serbian descent former football player, and currently a football manager...

 Samuel Njuguna