Gold Coast Knights
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Gold Coast Knights Soccer Club is an Australian football (soccer)
club from the city of Gold Coast, Queensland
. It is a Croatian Australian
backed club which was founded in 1978. The club's home ground is the Croatian Sports Centre in the suburb of Carrara. The club competes in the Gold Coast Premier League
, where it has been one of the leading sides for the past few decades. The Gold Coast Knights soccer club also hosted the Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament
in 1995, and will again host the tournament in 2012.
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 from the city of Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
. It is a 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 :...
backed club which was founded in 1978. The club's home ground is the Croatian Sports Centre in the suburb of Carrara. The club competes in the Gold Coast Premier League
Gold Coast Soccer
Gold Coast Soccer is a Football Queensland administrative zone encompassing Gold Coast, Queensland.-Premier League:The clubs are:-First Division:The clubs are:-External links:*...
, where it has been one of the leading sides for the past few decades. The Gold Coast Knights soccer club also hosted 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...
in 1995, and will again host the tournament in 2012.
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...