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club, see Sydney Swans
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South Melbourne FC is a football (soccer) club based in South Melbourne, Victoria

South Melbourne, Victoria

South Melbourne is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the Cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne...

, Australia

Australia

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.

Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania

Oceania Football Confederation

The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...

in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship

2000 FIFA Club World Championship

The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship was the pilot edition of the FIFA Club World Championship held in Brazil from 5 January to 14 January 2000...

. Along with the Marconi Stallions

Marconi Stallions

The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...

, they were one of two clubs to compete in every season of the National Soccer League

National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...

.

The club currently competes in the Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League

The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...

.

According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, an international organisation recognised by FIFA

FIFA

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, South Melbourne were Oceania's best club of the 20th century.

Formation in 1959

The club was formed in 1959 with the amalgamation of three struggling Melbourne soccer clubs – South Melbourne United, the oldest of the three clubs with a history dating back to the early 1900s – the Greek-backed Yarra Park Aias (Ajax), and Hellenic. Theo Marmaras, initiator of the merger proposal and president of Hellenic, became the first president of the new club. In recognition of the large Greek Australian

Greek Australian

Greeks are the seventh-largest ethnic group in Australia, after those declaring their ancestry simply as "Australian". In the 2006 census, 365,147 persons declared having Greek ancestry, either alone or in conjunction with another ethnicity....

support base of Hellenic and Yarra Park, which were also the best-supported of the three clubs, the new club was named South Melbourne Hellas, the name by which it was to be known for the majority of its 50 years. The first emblem reflected the colour scheme of the Flag of Greece

Flag of Greece

The flag of Greece , officially recognized by Greece as one of its national symbols, is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white...

. The first uniform consisted of jersey of white with a red 'V' around the collar, the was also that of South Melbourne United, as well as blue shorts and blue and white hooped socks. Later on they would adopt predominantly blue and white strips, with various designs throughout the seasons, with the most common being a predominantly royal blue strip.

1960–1969

South Melbourne won the Victorian First Division (North) championship of 1960, the club’s inaugural year of competition. The club was promoted to the Victorian State League First Division the following year, where it finished fifth in its first year. With a number of astute signings – Tommy Anderson (George Cross), Ernie Ackerley (Manchester United), Leo Damianakos (Kalamata), and Jim Pyrgolios (Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos FC

Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

), the club won the division championship in 1962, 1964, and 1965. In 1965, South Melbourne secured the services of 35 year old former AEK Athens FC

AEK Athens FC

AEK Athens F.C. , the Athletic Union of Constantinople, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece. Outside Greece, the club is also known as AEK Athens, however, the word Athens is not part of the club's official title.Established in Athens in 1924 by Greek refugees...

star Kostas Nestoridis

Kostas Nestoridis

Kostas Nestoridis , is a Greek former footballer. He debuted for the Greek National Football Team in 1951 and won 17 caps for his country, scoring 3 goals. Born in Athens of Pontian Greek heritage in 1930, his football career started at Panionios where he played until 1955...

as player-coach. The result was a significant increase in crowd attendances (more than double) and a fourth league title in 1966. Eager to repeat its success, the club recruited a number of Greek and local footballers, but they failed to make any impact. By 1969, the import experiment was considered a failure and most of the Greek players returned to their homeland.

1970–1977

In 1970, the club focused its attention on recruiting local footballers. It soon signed two players that would become South Melbourne’s greatest players, Steve Walker and striker Jim Armstrong. South Melbourne missed out on the title by a point in the 1971 season, edged out by Footscray JUST

Footscray JUST

Footscray JUST is a defunct association football club from Melbourne, Australia.Established in 1950 by migrants from Yugoslavia they played in the Victorian leagues with a fair amount of success, winning five Victorian State League titles, and three Dockerty Cup titles...

, but with Armstrong scoring goals aplenty, South Melbourne went on to win the championship in 1972. The season also saw coach Bill Curran consolidate the first team’s strength by signing midfielder Peter Bourne (Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

) and promoting youngsters Giovanni Batticiotto and Bill Hasapis. The club continued its successful run with the 1974 title, second place in 1975, and with star recruits Jimmy Mackay

Jimmy Mackay

James Birrell "Jimmy" Mackay is a former football player. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany....

, Peter Ollerton

Peter Ollerton

Peter Ollerton is a former Australian football forward who represented Australia 55 times between 1974 and 1977 scoring 20 goals. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and also represented Victoria.He was recently named as Head Coach of Victorian Premier League...

and Duncan Cummings, capped off its final year in the Victorian State League by winning the 1976 championship.

National Soccer League foundation club

South Melbourne joined Mooroolbark

Mooroolbark FC

Mooroolbark is an Australian association football club based in Mooroolbark, an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. They currently play in Victorian Provisional League 1 South-East.-History:...

, Heidelberg United

Heidelberg United

Heidelberg United Football Club is a football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia...

, and Footscray JUST

Footscray JUST

as Melbourne’s participants in the newly-formed National Soccer League (NSL) in 1977. A mass exodus of its best players (Armstrong, Bourne, Mackay, Walker), saw the team slump to 11th place in its inaugural year, but a recruiting drive by coach Dave McClaren gave the club a respectable third in 1978. It wasn’t to last. South Melbourne finished at the bottom of the league table in 1979.

1978–1989

The recruitment of Alan Davidson

Alan Edward Davidson

Alan Edward Davidson was an Australian football player. His mother is Japanese.-Club career:Davidson began his domestic senior football career in 1976 and 1977, playing for Altona City SC which had been his junior club...

, George Campbell

George Campbell (footballer)

George Campbell is a former Scottish professional football player. He was born in the Highland town of Caol near Fort William in Scotland, and played for Aberdeen F.C. in the Scottish Premier League...

(Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

), Steve Blair, Branko Buljevic

Branko Buljevic

Branislav "Branko" Buljević is a former Croatian Australian football player. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 30 times in total between 1972 and 1975.Throughout his club career, after playing with OFK Belgrade in the Yugoslav First...

, Alun Evans

Alun Evans

Alun William Evans is an English former footballer who made his name as a centre forward in the Liverpool side rebuilt by Bill Shankly at the start of the 1970s. He was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.-Career:...

(Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

), and Charlie Egan, helped South Melbourne climb the NSL ladder in the early part of the decade, with South becoming runners up in the NSL in 1981, which was their best ever NSL placing at the time. They also won the Ampol Cup in 1982. Some solid player signings such as (Oscar Crino

Oscar Crino

----Oscar Crino is a former Australian international footballer who played as a central midfielder.Crino played primarily in the National Soccer League with South Melbourne, Footscray JUST and Preston...

, Doug Brown, Bobby Russell and John Yzendoorn

John Yzendoorn

John Yzendoorn is an Australian former international association footballer who played for Heidelberg United, South Melbourne and Brunswick Juventus in the National Soccer League.-Club career:...

) gave the club some respectability, but a combination of committee problems and a string of coaches, never allowed the team to settle and gain consistency. South Melbourne finished first on the league ladder in 1984, but in a newly-restructured NSL competition, it also had to win the finals series to win the title. The club powered past local rivals Heidelberg United

Heidelberg United

Heidelberg United Football Club is a football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia...

in the Southern Division play-offs, and edged out Sydney Olympic in the Grand Final to win the 1984 national championship.

After the departure of George Campbell

George Campbell (footballer)

to rivals Preston Makedonia in 1983/84, Branko Buljevic

Branko Buljevic

to Footscray Just in 1985 and others, South Melbourne could not repeat the success of the previous year. Despite finishing in first place, it was knocked out of the finals series by local rivals Brunswick Juventus

Brunswick Juventus

Brunswick Juventus is an Australian association football club from Brunswick, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was a participant in the National Soccer League, where they were champions in 1985, and Victorian Premier League, in which they won eight titles...

and Preston

Preston Lions FC

The Preston Lions Football Club are an Australian football club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

. A major overhaul by coach Brian Garvey saw a number of new signings being made, including youngsters Paul Trimboli

Paul Trimboli

Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

, David Healy, Kimon Taliadoros

Kimon Taliadoros

Kimon Taliadoros is a former Australian footballer, sports commentator and businessman.-Football career:Taliadoros played over 11 seasons in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne, Marconi, Sydney Olympic, Collingwood Warriors and Parramatta Power...

and Harry Micheil. The young team put in some memorable performances as the decade came to a close, finishing in the top half of the league table, but failed to win another championship. The club appointed Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás

Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954...

as coach for the 1989/90 season, helping South win the NSL Cup tournament for that season, as well backing up their 1988 Dockerty Cup

Dockerty Cup

The Dockerty Cup is a football competition held between clubs in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Harry Dockerty, a former president of the Victorian Soccer Federation. It has been in recess since 1996, except for the year 2004...

win with victory in the 1989 tournament.

1990–1999

The club's change of fortune continued next season, with the club winning its second national championship, beating Melbourne Croatia

Melbourne Knights

Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...

on penalties after a tense 1–1 score line in normal time. The team boasted some of the finest Australian football talent in Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou

Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou is a former Australian football player and manager of Brisbane Roar.-Club career:Postecoglou played 193 games from 1984 to 1993 for South Melbourne in the National Soccer League, where he was involved in their 1984 and 1990–91 titles, the latter as captain, before moving...

, Michael Petersen, Paul Wade

Paul Wade

Paul Wade is a retired Australian football player, who is best known for his long-term role as captain of the Socceroos, Australia's national football team.-Club career:...

, Mehmet Durakovic

Mehmet Durakovic

Mehmet Duraković is a retired Australian-Albanian soccer player and currently serving football manager. As of June 2011, he is the currently serving head manager of Melbourne Victory...

, Paul Trimboli

Paul Trimboli

, and Con Boutsianis

Con Boutsianis

Con Boutsianis is an Australian Football player and former International, noted for his ability in dead ball situations. Con is known affectionately by fans as 'Boutsi'....

. The feat could not be repeated the next year as the club was eliminated by eventual premiers Adelaide City

Adelaide City

Adelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League...

in a Preliminary Final.

Former player Jim Pyrgolios replaced Puskás for the 1992/93 season which saw the club finish first on the points table during the regular season. South Melbourne was again eliminated during the finals series by Adelaide City and Marconi-Fairfield, the latter inflicting a 7–0 thrashing. In 1993/94, the club finished second, but failed yet again to progress to the Grand Final, courtesy of Melbourne Croatia and their nemesis, Adelaide City. For the 1994/95 season, the club hired former Socceroos coach Frank Arok

Frank Arok

Ferenc 'Frank' Arok is a retired Serbian football player and coach of Hungarian descent....

to replace Pyrgolios. The round one game from that season was the club's last at its Middle Park

Middle Park (stadium)

Middle Park was a Football venue located in Middle Park, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1959, it was used by South Melbourne FC as a home ground from their inception in 1959, as well as Melbourne Hakoah, until the ground was demolished in 1994 as part of works for the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit...

home before moving temporarily to Olympic Park

Olympic Park Stadium

Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...

while they awaited the completion of their new home, the 14,000-capacity Lakeside Stadium

Lakeside Stadium

Lakeside Stadium is an athletics track and soccer stadium in Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia...

, on the site of the former Lake Oval

Lake Oval

The Lake Oval was an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Albert Park, Victoria. It was the home of the South Melbourne Football Club from 1878 until their relocation to Sydney in 1982 , and also of the South Melbourne Cricket Club...

. The club finished sixth on the ladder, but was eliminated again in the Preliminary Final by the Melbourne Knights. Arok left the club after a disappointing 1995/96 season, which saw South miss the finals for the first time since 1989.

Forced name and emblem change

In 1996, the club was required by Soccer Australia

Football Federation Australia

Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...

, along with clubs all over the country, to change its emblem and name in an attempt to move football into the Australian mainstream and away from direct club-level association with its migrant roots. As a consequence, South Melbourne Hellas reappeared as South Melbourne Lakers. Its new name and emblem was not well received by many of its Greek supporters. The name change also drew attention from American NBA club L.A. Lakers, who threatened legal action.

Under new coach and former captain Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou

, the club bounced back in season 1996/97, finishing third on the table and eventually being eliminated by Sydney United

Sydney United

Sydney United Football Club are an Australian football club from Sydney, Australia, established in 1957 by Croatian Australians in the area...

in the Preliminary Final. The club capped off the end of the decade with impressive performances, becoming Australian champions in 1998 and 1999, thanks to performances by Paul Trimboli

Paul Trimboli

, Vaughan Coveny

Vaughan Coveny

Vaughan Coveny is a former football player, who frequently represented New Zealand from 1992 onwards. Coveny's senior club career spanned 20 years, with his most notable stint being at South Melbourne during their National Soccer League era. He was primarily a striker although he also played as a...

, Con Blatsis and former PAOK FC

PAOK FC

P.A.O.K. F.C. is a Greek association football club based in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is the largest supported football club in Macedonia.PAOK FC is the football department of Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans , a multi-sport club. Since its formation in 1926 the football club...

star John Anastasiadis

John Anastasiadis

Yiannis Anastasiadis is a former Australian football player of Greek background.-Club career:...

. In the 1998 Grand Final South defeated league newcomer Carlton

Carlton S.C.

Carlton Soccer Club is a defunct Australian association football club. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1997/98 season until round eight of the 2000/2001 season, after which it folded. The club was strongly linked to the Carlton Australian Rules club, and suffered from poor...

2–1 with a controversial late goal by Boutsianis. That win was followed up in 1999 by a come-from-behind 3–2 win against Sydney United in the Grand Final. By now, South Melbourne had dropped the Lakers moniker and become South Melbourne Soccer Club, and sported a new emblem – the current blue and white shield with stars (each star representing a national championship). They followed up their fourth domestic title with the 1999 Oceania Club Championship

Oceania Club Championship 1999

The 1999 Oceania Club Championships was held in September 1999. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. The competition was held in Fiji .-Participants:...

, a win that qualified them for the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil.

2000–

Grouped with Vasco Da Gama

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama |Rowing Club]]), usually known as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a famous and traditional Brazilian multisports club from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on August 21, 1898...

, Necaxa

Necaxa

Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

, and Manchester United in the 2000 FIFA Club World Championships, South Melbourne lost all three games. Despite the losses, the club gained some respectability amongst its peers with its performance, as well as some much needed exposure on the world stage, something that had been severely lacking for Australian football clubs at the time.

On its return from Brazil, South Melbourne failed to make the finals in the 1999/2000 season, finishing well outside the top six finals spots. Before the new season started Postecoglou left South Melbourne in order to take up the position of Australian youth coach, and was replaced by former South player and team mate Mike Petersen. At the end of the 2000/01 home and away season, South had finished a comfortable 8 points clear of Wollongong

Wollongong Wolves

The South Coast Wolves Football Club is an Australian Association football club based in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia currently playing in the NSW Premier League.The club was formed in 2009 as a not for profit organisation, run and owned by the community since the financial...

, but lost both legs of its major semi final against the Wolves 2–1, meaning South would have to win the prelimanary final in order to earn a rematch. South duly did so with a 2–0 victory over Sydney Olympic, but in the grand final put in a lacklustre performance, once more losing 2–1.

Prior to the start of the 2001/2002 season, South suffered a major blow as Petersen, along with several players including Boutsianis and Andy Vlahos

Andy Vlahos

Andrew Vlahos is an Australian-Greek football , who currently plays and coaches for Hume City in the Victorian Premier League....

left to join the Football Kingz. A young squad under the management of Eddie Krnčević

Eddie Krncevic

Edward "Eddie" Krnčević is a retired Australian footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.The son of Croatian immigrants, he played most of his professional career in Belgium.-Football career:...

struggled, occupying the bottom rungs of the table half way through the season, before the return in controversial circumstances of Boutsianis sparked a major revival, which saw the club finish fifth in the standings, eventually being eliminated by eventual champions Olympic Sharks in the finals.

Krnčević was replaced by former player Danny Wright for the 2002/03 season, but the club failed to reach the finals by a point. Stuart Munro took over as coach for the 2003/04 season, with the club finishing fifth, eventually being eliminated by a penalty deep into extra time against Adelaide United in what turned out to be South's final game in the NSL.

With the combined factors of the demise of the NSL, and poor financial management, South Melbourne fell into voluntary administration and lost most of its squad. With Melbourne being allocated just one license for an Hyundai A-League team, which was widely expected to go to a new franchise, and with South in extreme financial difficulty, South chose not to lodge an application to join the new competition.

Return to Victorian competition

Entering the Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League

The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...

in 2005 as South Melbourne Football Club, and with a new team under former player and new coach John Anastasiadis

John Anastasiadis

Yiannis Anastasiadis is a former Australian football player of Greek background.-Club career:...

, the club reached the Preliminary Final of the VPL, going down to their old rivals Heidelberg United. The season was highlighted by fluctuating crowd attendances at home games, national media attention paid to crowd trouble with fans of Preston Lions

Preston Lions FC

The Preston Lions Football Club are an Australian football club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

, but also by good performances by a young and talented side, which before the season had been a relegation favourite. In 2006, South finished third on the table courtesy of a strong home record, including a record 7–0 thrashing of old foe Melbourne Knights. South eventually progressed to the final by defeating Green Gully and Altona Magic

Altona Magic

Altona Magic Soccer Club is a football team based in Altona North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They currently play in the Victorian State League Division 1.-History:...

in successive weeks. In the final itself, once more against Altona Magic, a second half goal by Gianni De Nittis

Gianni De Nittis

Gianni De Nittis is an Australian football player who played for South Melbourne FC in the Victorian Premier League.-Club career:...

was enough to see South win the game 1–0, and win their eighth Victorian championship, their first in 30 years and first since returning to the competition in 2005. In 2007 South Melbourne had a poor year finishing in 7th spot missing the finals. After a poor start in 2008, Anastasiadis resigned. With another former player Michael Michalakopoulos taking charge, the team moved away from the relegation zone, but still missed the finals. South reached the finals in 2009, but bowed out immediately. Michalakopoulos was replaced as coach by another former player in Vaughan Coveny, but a six point deduction imposed on the club after a pitch invasion saw the club miss the finals. The club also participated in the 2010 Singapore Cup

2010 Singapore Cup

The 2010 Singapore Cup started on 24 May 2010. It was the 13th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament....

. Coveny's contract was not renewed at the end of season, and he was replaced by former coach Eddie Krncevic.

2010/11 A-League Proposal

On 14 February 2007, South Melbourne announced their interest in becoming the second Victorian club in the A-League

A-League

The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

. In June 2008 South Melbourne FC sent a letter of interest to join the league along with ten other teams. In 2008, South Melbourne lodged an application for the 2nd Melbourne licence as part of the Southern Cross FC consortium. On 26 September 2008, the Football Federation Australia announced it was commencing exclusive negotiations with the rival 'Melbourne Heart FC

Melbourne Heart FC

Melbourne Heart FC is an Australian professional football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2008, the club has competed in the A-League, the highest division of football in Australia, since its inaugural 2010–2011 season. It is the twelfth club to have played in the league...

' bid for the 2nd licence.

Traditional club rivalries

South Melbourne has, and has had, a variety of rivalries over the years. Its best known rivalry is with fellow Melbourne Greek-founded club Heidelberg United

Heidelberg United

Heidelberg United Football Club is a football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia...

(known, traditionally, as the Greek Derby) , particularly from the mid 1970s until the mid 1980s, when both sides were near the top simultaneously. Heidelberg's decline from the mid 1980s onwards, and their eventual demotion from the NSL altogether, lessened the rivalry somewhat, as the clubs did not meet in a competitive match for ten years until South dropped down into the Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League

The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...

in 2005.

South also had rivalries with Sydney Olympic and West Adelaide Hellas, both Greek-founded teams from interstate. Though the latter rivalry was somewhat minor, the one with the former gained somewhat more significance over the years. South had defeated Olympic in the 1984 Grand Final, and coupled with Heidelberg's decline and eventual demotion, the two sides became clearly the two leading Greek-backed teams in the country, and fought for that unofficial mantle.

City rivalries

South's strongest city-based rivalry aside from Heidelberg, has been with the Melbourne Knights

Melbourne Knights

. Since the Knights entry into the NSL in 1984, the two sides have been the best performers of the Melbourne NSL teams, as well as for the final few seasons, the only two left from Melbourne. As well as playing numerous finals matches against each other, they also played in the 1990/91 Grand Final, which South won in dramatic circumstances. The return to the VPL of both sides however has lessened the rivalry somewhat.

Though Carlton SC was a short-lived entity, games between the two sides generally drew good crowds as well as providing good contests on the field. The rivalry peaked in 1997/98, Carlton's debut year, when the teams finished in the top two spots on the table at the end of the home and away season, and going on to meet in the Grand Final, which South won with a controversial late goal.

A rivalry also exists between fans of South and those of the Preston Lions, fuelled primarily not by football, but by the Macedonian issue

Macedonia naming dispute

A diplomatic dispute over the use of the name Macedonia has been an ongoing issue in the bilateral relations between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia since the latter became independent from former Yugoslavia in 1991...

. In more recent times contests between the two sides have been classified as "home club member only" games, after fans from both sides were involved in scuffles in 2005, their first competitive meeting for over a decade, as Preston had been relegated from the NSL 12 years earlier.

Other rivalries

As South has usually been at or near the top of the standings throughout its history, as well as in the past being one of the best supported clubs in the country, rivalries with other clubs from interstate also formed, though these tended to ebb and flow depending on the success and pulling power of the other sides. In the early to mid-1990s in particular, rivalries with Adelaide City

Adelaide City

and the Marconi Stallions

Marconi Stallions

were fairly strong. Later on, as these rivalries fell away, Perth Glory

Perth Glory FC

Perth Glory Football Club is a professional football club in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, competing in Australia's top football competition the A-League. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League...

, with good crowds and generally good performances, came into play, with Perth's record non-finals crowd still being against South, and South getting numerous 10,000 plus crowds against the Glory. In the last season of the NSL the two teams battled out for the "Australian Day Cup", which South Melbourne retained after a 0–0 draw at home.

International

FIFA Club World Cup 2000 Finalists
Oceania Club Cup Winners 2000
Oceania Confederation Club of the Century
2010 Singapore Cup
2010 Singapore Cup
The 2010 Singapore Cup started on 24 May 2010. It was the 13th staging of the annual Singapore Cup tournament....

Quarter-finalists

National

National Soccer League Champions 1984, 1990/91, 1997/98, 1998/99
National Soccer League Premiers 1984, 1985, 1992/93, 1997/98, 2000/01
National Soccer League Finalists 1989/1990, 1991/1992, 1993/1994, 1994/1995, 1996/1997, 2001/2002, 2003/2004
National Soccer League Cup Winners 1989/90, 1995/96

State

Victorian Premier League (State League) Champions 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 2006
Victorian Premier League (State League) Finalists/Runners Up 1971, 1975, 2005, 2006, 2009
Victorian Division 1 North Champions 1960
Dockerty Cup
Dockerty Cup
The Dockerty Cup is a football competition held between clubs in Victoria, Australia. It is named after Harry Dockerty, a former president of the Victorian Soccer Federation. It has been in recess since 1996, except for the year 2004...

Winners 1974, 1975, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
Victorian Ampol Night Soccer Cup Winners 1969, 1970, 1976, 1982
Buffalo Cup Winners 1988
Hellenic Cup
Hellenic Cup
The Hellenic Cup is an Australian football tournament contested by Greek Australian clubs, mostly from Melbourne, Victoria . Starting in 1983, it was an attempt to formalise the previously scattered approach to holding such tournaments in the 1960s and 1970s.The Hellenic Cup Tournament trophy is...

Winners 1984, 2007, 2009, 2011

Youth

National Youth League
National Soccer Youth League
The National Soccer Youth League, also known as the National Youth League, was an Australian national football league run in parallel to the National Soccer League. The aim of the league was to provide a pathway for young players to play regular high-level football, and allow reserve players from...

Champions 1984, 1991, 1994

Individual Honours

Johnny Warren Medal
Johnny Warren Medal
The Johnny Warren Medal is the award for best player in the Australian national football club competition. It was first awarded in the National Soccer League in 1990, and upon the NSL's demise in November 2004, was carried forward into the A-League, the competition in Australia...

/Player of the Year

1986 – Bobby Russell
1988 – Paul Wade
Paul Wade
Paul Wade is a retired Australian football player, who is best known for his long-term role as captain of the Socceroos, Australia's national football team.-Club career:...
1992/93 – Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...
1997/98 – Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

Joe Marston Medal
Joe Marston Medal
The Joe Marston Medal is an A-League award given to the player of the match in the A-League Grand Final each year. Introduced in 1990, previously the award was also given to the best player in the National Soccer League grand final. The medal is named after Joe Marston, who played for Australia...

1997/98 – Fausto De Amicis
Fausto De Amicis
Fausto De Amicis is a former Australian soccer player. He was a member of the Australian team that scored a record 31 goals against American Samoa in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. Overall, De Amicis was involved in four National Soccer League title winning sides, twice with the Melbourne Knights,...
1998/99 – Goran Lozanovski
Goran Lozanovski
Goran Lozanovski is a former Australian football player of Macedonian descent. He won two National Soccer League titles with South Melbourne, taking out the Joe Marston Medal for best on ground in the 1999 Grand Final against Sydney United. He was also particularly noted for his ability at...

Leading Goalscorer

1983 – Doug Brown
1984 – Doug Brown
1985 – Charlie Egan
Charlie Egan
Charles Egan is a former Australian international football player of Scottish heritage.He played in Scotland early in his career but moved to Australia to play for Frankston Pines in the Victorian State League. He transferred to South Melbourne Hellas three years later where he made a household...
1991/92 – Kimon Taliadoros
Kimon Taliadoros
Kimon Taliadoros is a former Australian footballer, sports commentator and businessman.-Football career:Taliadoros played over 11 seasons in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne, Marconi, Sydney Olympic, Collingwood Warriors and Parramatta Power...
1992/93 – Francis Awaritefe
Francis Awaritefe
Francis Edgar Awaritefe is an Australian former football player, and is currently Director of Football at Melbourne Victory...

Sam Papasavas Award (Under 21 NSL player of the year)

1983 – Oscar Crino
Oscar Crino
----Oscar Crino is a former Australian international footballer who played as a central midfielder.Crino played primarily in the National Soccer League with South Melbourne, Footscray JUST and Preston...
1988 – Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...
1989 – Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

NSL Goalkeeper of the Year

1998/99 – Michael Petkovic
Michael Petkovic
Michael Petkovic is a former Australian football player.Petkovic last played as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League...
2000/01 – Michael Petkovic
Michael Petkovic
Michael Petkovic is a former Australian football player.Petkovic last played as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League...
2001/02 – Michael Petkovic
Michael Petkovic
Michael Petkovic is a former Australian football player.Petkovic last played as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League...

NSL Coach of the Year

1980 – John Margaritis
1988 – Brian Garvey
1992/93 – Jim Pyrgolios
1997/98 – Ange Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou
Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou is a former Australian football player and manager of Brisbane Roar.-Club career:Postecoglou played 193 games from 1984 to 1993 for South Melbourne in the National Soccer League, where he was involved in their 1984 and 1990–91 titles, the latter as captain, before moving...
2000/01 – Mike Petersen
Mike Petersen
Michael Petersen is a retired Australian soccer player. He is an inductee of the Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame.-Club career:...

Bill Fleming Award

1971 – Jim Pyrgolios
1974 – Jimmy Armstrong

Victorian Premier League Top Goalscorer Award

1966 – Kostas Nestoridis
Kostas Nestoridis
Kostas Nestoridis , is a Greek former footballer. He debuted for the Greek National Football Team in 1951 and won 17 caps for his country, scoring 3 goals. Born in Athens of Pontian Greek heritage in 1930, his football career started at Panionios where he played until 1955...
1972 – Jimmy Armstrong
1974 – Jimmy Armstrong

Victorian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year

2005 – Dean Anastasiadis
Dean Anastasiadis
Dean Anastasiadis is a Greek Australian football player. A goalkeeper, he played for many years at a variety of clubs in the National Soccer League. This included being part of the 2000–01 championship side at Wollongong Wolves, and the 1997–98 Grand Final runner up Carlton SC side,...
2006 – Dean Anastasiadis
Dean Anastasiadis
Dean Anastasiadis is a Greek Australian football player. A goalkeeper, he played for many years at a variety of clubs in the National Soccer League. This included being part of the 2000–01 championship side at Wollongong Wolves, and the 1997–98 Grand Final runner up Carlton SC side,...
2010 – Peter Zois
Peter Zoïs
Peter Zoïs is an Australian Association football player, who currently plays for Victorian Premier League side Oakleigh Cannons.-Career:...

Weinstein Medal

1975 – Reno Lia

Jimmy Rooney Medal

2006 – Fernando de Moraes
Fernando de Moraes
Fernando Jorge Lima de Moraes, commonly referred to as Fernando, is a Brazilian, and naturalised Australian, Footballer currently playing for South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League...

Victorian Premier League player of the year

2010 – Fernando de Moraes
Fernando de Moraes
Fernando Jorge Lima de Moraes, commonly referred to as Fernando, is a Brazilian, and naturalised Australian, Footballer currently playing for South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League...

Top Club Goal Scorers

2011 - Jesse Krncevic 11
2010 - Fernando de Moraes
Fernando de Moraes
Fernando Jorge Lima de Moraes, commonly referred to as Fernando, is a Brazilian, and naturalised Australian, Footballer currently playing for South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League...

13
2009 - Goran Zorić 10
2008 - Fernando de Moraes
Fernando de Moraes
Fernando Jorge Lima de Moraes, commonly referred to as Fernando, is a Brazilian, and naturalised Australian, Footballer currently playing for South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League...

9
2007 - Ricky Diaco
Ricky Diaco
Ricky Diaco is an Australian football player who played as a striker for the Melbourne Victory in the inaugural season of the A-League....

10
2006 - Fernando de Moraes
Fernando de Moraes
Fernando Jorge Lima de Moraes, commonly referred to as Fernando, is a Brazilian, and naturalised Australian, Footballer currently playing for South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League...

12
2005 - Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny is a former football player, who frequently represented New Zealand from 1992 onwards. Coveny's senior club career spanned 20 years, with his most notable stint being at South Melbourne during their National Soccer League era. He was primarily a striker although he also played as a...

8
2003-04 - Michael Curcija
Michael Curcija
Michael Dragan Curcija is an Australian football striker. He currently plays for Oakleigh Cannons in the Victorian Premier League.-Club career:...

13
2002-03 - Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny is a former football player, who frequently represented New Zealand from 1992 onwards. Coveny's senior club career spanned 20 years, with his most notable stint being at South Melbourne during their National Soccer League era. He was primarily a striker although he also played as a...

11
2001-02 - Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny is a former football player, who frequently represented New Zealand from 1992 onwards. Coveny's senior club career spanned 20 years, with his most notable stint being at South Melbourne during their National Soccer League era. He was primarily a striker although he also played as a...

9
2000-01 - Con Boutsianis
Con Boutsianis
Con Boutsianis is an Australian Football player and former International, noted for his ability in dead ball situations. Con is known affectionately by fans as 'Boutsi'....

14
1999-00 - Michael Curcija
Michael Curcija
Michael Dragan Curcija is an Australian football striker. He currently plays for Oakleigh Cannons in the Victorian Premier League.-Club career:...

19
1998-99 - Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny is a former football player, who frequently represented New Zealand from 1992 onwards. Coveny's senior club career spanned 20 years, with his most notable stint being at South Melbourne during their National Soccer League era. He was primarily a striker although he also played as a...

14
1997-98 - John Anastasiadis
John Anastasiadis
Yiannis Anastasiadis is a former Australian football player of Greek background.-Club career:...

12
1996-97 - Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

10
1995-96 - Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny
Vaughan Coveny is a former football player, who frequently represented New Zealand from 1992 onwards. Coveny's senior club career spanned 20 years, with his most notable stint being at South Melbourne during their National Soccer League era. He was primarily a striker although he also played as a...

9
1994-95 - Ivan Kelic
Ivan Kelic
Ivan Kelic was an Australian football player who played for NSL clubs Melbourne Knights, Sydney Olympic and South Melbourne FC....

13
1993-94 - Francis Awaritefe
Francis Awaritefe
Francis Edgar Awaritefe is an Australian former football player, and is currently Director of Football at Melbourne Victory...

11
1992-93 - Francis Awaritefe
Francis Awaritefe
Francis Edgar Awaritefe is an Australian former football player, and is currently Director of Football at Melbourne Victory...

18
1991-92 - Kimon Taliadoros
Kimon Taliadoros
Kimon Taliadoros is a former Australian footballer, sports commentator and businessman.-Football career:Taliadoros played over 11 seasons in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne, Marconi, Sydney Olympic, Collingwood Warriors and Parramatta Power...

15
1990-91 - Kimon Taliadoros
Kimon Taliadoros
Kimon Taliadoros is a former Australian footballer, sports commentator and businessman.-Football career:Taliadoros played over 11 seasons in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne, Marconi, Sydney Olympic, Collingwood Warriors and Parramatta Power...

& Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

9
1989-90 - Peter Tsolakis 13
1989 - Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

10
1988 - Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...

& Ange Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou
Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou is a former Australian football player and manager of Brisbane Roar.-Club career:Postecoglou played 193 games from 1984 to 1993 for South Melbourne in the National Soccer League, where he was involved in their 1984 and 1990–91 titles, the latter as captain, before moving...

8
1987 - Paul Wade
Paul Wade
Paul Wade is a retired Australian football player, who is best known for his long-term role as captain of the Socceroos, Australia's national football team.-Club career:...

8
1986 - Danny Crainie
Danny Crainie
Daniel "Danny" Crainie is a Scottish retired journeyman football player who played for twelve football clubs in Scotland, England, Australia and Ireland....

6
1985 - Charlie Egan
Charlie Egan
Charles Egan is a former Australian international football player of Scottish heritage.He played in Scotland early in his career but moved to Australia to play for Frankston Pines in the Victorian State League. He transferred to South Melbourne Hellas three years later where he made a household...

21
1984 - Doug Brown
Doug Brown
Doug Brown may refer to:*Doug Brown , American distance runner and two-time Olympian , who represented United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

22
1983 - Doug Brown
Doug Brown
Doug Brown may refer to:*Doug Brown , American distance runner and two-time Olympian , who represented United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics...

16
1982 - Charlie Egan
Charlie Egan
Charles Egan is a former Australian international football player of Scottish heritage.He played in Scotland early in his career but moved to Australia to play for Frankston Pines in the Victorian State League. He transferred to South Melbourne Hellas three years later where he made a household...

20
1981 - Alun Evans
Alun Evans
Alun William Evans is an English former footballer who made his name as a centre forward in the Liverpool side rebuilt by Bill Shankly at the start of the 1970s. He was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.-Career:...

14
1980 - Branko Buljevic
Branko Buljevic
Branislav "Branko" Buljević is a former Croatian Australian football player. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 30 times in total between 1972 and 1975.Throughout his club career, after playing with OFK Belgrade in the Yugoslav First...

10
1979 - Alun Evans
Alun Evans
Alun William Evans is an English former footballer who made his name as a centre forward in the Liverpool side rebuilt by Bill Shankly at the start of the 1970s. He was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.-Career:...

5
1978 - Duncan Cummings
Duncan Cummings
Duncan Cummings is an Australian former association football player.-Club career:Cummings joined Melbourne Hakoah as a 12 year-old in 1970. After six seasons with Hakoah he transferred to South Melbourne for a $10,000 transfer fee...

10
1977 - Peter Ollerton
Peter Ollerton
Peter Ollerton is a former Australian football forward who represented Australia 55 times between 1974 and 1977 scoring 20 goals. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and also represented Victoria.He was recently named as Head Coach of Victorian Premier League...

6
1976 - Unknown
1975 - Unknown
1974 - Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Jim or Jimmy Armstrong may refer to:*Jim Armstrong , Northern Ireland guitarist*Jim Armstrong , a sportswriter for the Denver Post...

22
1973 - Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Jim or Jimmy Armstrong may refer to:*Jim Armstrong , Northern Ireland guitarist*Jim Armstrong , a sportswriter for the Denver Post...

13
1972 - Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Jim or Jimmy Armstrong may refer to:*Jim Armstrong , Northern Ireland guitarist*Jim Armstrong , a sportswriter for the Denver Post...

20
1971 - Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Jim or Jimmy Armstrong may refer to:*Jim Armstrong , Northern Ireland guitarist*Jim Armstrong , a sportswriter for the Denver Post...

13
1970 - Unknown
1969 - Unknown
1968 - Jim Pyrgolios & Frank Micic
Frank Micic
Frank Micic is an Australian former association football player.-Club career:After playing junior football in Zadar, Micic moved to Australia where played for JUST in the Victorian State League. Micic played 18 seasons for JUST between 1959 and 1977 broken only by a season stint with South...

8
1967 - Kostas Nestoridis
Kostas Nestoridis
Kostas Nestoridis , is a Greek former footballer. He debuted for the Greek National Football Team in 1951 and won 17 caps for his country, scoring 3 goals. Born in Athens of Pontian Greek heritage in 1930, his football career started at Panionios where he played until 1955...

12
1966 - Kostas Nestoridis
Kostas Nestoridis
Kostas Nestoridis , is a Greek former footballer. He debuted for the Greek National Football Team in 1951 and won 17 caps for his country, scoring 3 goals. Born in Athens of Pontian Greek heritage in 1930, his football career started at Panionios where he played until 1955...

21
1965 - Ernie Ackerley 16
1964 - Mike Mandalis 16
1963 - John Margaritis 7
1962 - Adonni Hatzileftheriou 16
1961 - Terry Karayannis 15

Records

Best Result in the NSL: 7–0 vs Newcastle Rosebud at Middle Park
Middle Park (stadium)
Middle Park was a Football venue located in Middle Park, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1959, it was used by South Melbourne FC as a home ground from their inception in 1959, as well as Melbourne Hakoah, until the ground was demolished in 1994 as part of works for the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit...

22/07/1984
Best Result in the VPL: 10–1 vs Moonee Ponds at Middle Park
Middle Park (stadium)
Middle Park was a Football venue located in Middle Park, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1959, it was used by South Melbourne FC as a home ground from their inception in 1959, as well as Melbourne Hakoah, until the ground was demolished in 1994 as part of works for the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit...

30/04/1960
Worst Result in the NSL: 0–7 vs Marconi-Fairfield
Marconi Stallions
The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...

at Parramatta Stadium
Parramatta Stadium
Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.The stadium is used primarily as the home ground of Australian National Rugby League club the Parramatta Eels...

02/05/1993
Worst Result in the VPL: 0–5 vs Maribyrnong Polonia at Olympic Park
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...

14/06/1964
Best Regular Season NSL Crowd: 47,228 vs Marconi-Fairfield
Marconi Stallions
The Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian football club located in Sydney, Australia. The club won the National Soccer League title a record four times, along with South Melbourne FC and Sydney City SC...

at Middle Park
Middle Park (stadium)
Middle Park was a Football venue located in Middle Park, Victoria, Australia. Built in 1959, it was used by South Melbourne FC as a home ground from their inception in 1959, as well as Melbourne Hakoah, until the ground was demolished in 1994 as part of works for the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit...

23/04/1978
Best Regular Season VPL Crowd: 23,000 vs George Cross at Olympic Park
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...

05/08/1962
Best Finals Series NSL Crowd: 23,318 vs Melbourne Croatia (1990/91 Grand Final) at Olympic Park
Best Finals Series VPL Crowd: 8,000 vs Heidelberg United
Heidelberg United
Heidelberg United Football Club is a football club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia...

(2005 Preliminary Final) at Olympic Village
Olympic Village
An Olympic Village is an accommodation centre built for an Olympic Games, usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials, athletic trainers, and other staff. Since the Munich Massacre at the 1972...

11/09/2005
Most Games Coached: 127 – Ange Postecoglou
Ange Postecoglou
Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou is a former Australian football player and manager of Brisbane Roar.-Club career:Postecoglou played 193 games from 1984 to 1993 for South Melbourne in the National Soccer League, where he was involved in their 1984 and 1990–91 titles, the latter as captain, before moving...
Most Games Played: 430 – Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...
Most Goals Scored: 115 – Paul Trimboli
Paul Trimboli
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football player of Italian ancestry. He attended Xavier College and was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.-Club career:...
Most Goals in Season: 22 – Doug Brown (1984), Jimmy Armstrong (1974)
Best Games to Goal Ratio: 0.56 – Doug Brown, 48 goals in 86 games
Most Clean Sheets: 105 – Dean Anastasiadis, 158 games
Biggest Winning Streak: 9 games – 30/09/1984 – 24/03/1985
Biggest Losing Streak: 6 games – 27/10/1995 – 02/12/1995
Biggest Unbeaten Streak: 21 games – 12/08/1984 – 28/04/1985

Current squad

In

Trent Rixon

Trent Rixon is an footballer who is currently playing as a striker for South Melbourne FCin the Victorian Premier League.-References:...

- Northcote City SC

Northcote City SC

Northcote City Soccer Club is a football club from Thornbury, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, that currently plays in the Victorian Premier League. The club was formed in 1960 by local Greek Australians. This club was known as Princes Park Hercules during the 1960s and 1970s...

Bradley Norton

Bradley Norton is an Australian football Defender who was signed by Rini Coolen. After a year on the books Coolen released the player.-Adelaide United:...

- Adelaide United

Glen Trifiro - Northcote City SC

Northcote City SC

Jason Trifiro - Northcote City SC

Northcote City SC

Out

Junior

Meyer Carlos de Camargo Júnior

Meyer Carlos de Camargo, Júnior is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays for South Melbourne FC.-Football career:...

- released (August 2011)

Daniel Vasilevski

Daniel Vasilevski

Daniel Vasilevski is an Australian football player of Macedonian heritage. He currently plays for the South Melbourne.-Club career:...

- Whittlesea Zebras

Carl Recchia

Carl Recchia

Carl Recchia is an Australian football player who played as a central midfielder for the Melbourne Victory in the inaugural season of the Hyundai A-League...

- Whittlesea Zebras

Steven Weir

Steven Weir

Steven Weir is a Scottish football striker playing for Australian side South Melbourne FC .Born in Harthill, Scotland, he started his career with Livingston, where he also spent a spell on loan at Cowdenbeath. He joined Arbroath before moving to Australia where he played for North Eastern Soccer...

- Whittlesea Zebras

Jesse Krncevic - Oakleigh Cannons

Oakleigh Cannons

Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a football club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club was formed in 1972 as the South Oakleigh Soccer Club by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community...

Steven Topalovic - Richmond SC

Richmond SC

Richmond Soccer Club is an Australian association football club from Richmond, Victoria, an inner eastern suburb of Melbourne, Australia. They currently play in the Victorian Premier League.-History:...

Daniel Dragicevic - released

Trent Waterson - released

South Melbourne FC Kit Evolution

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