Canberra Olympic
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| Full name | Canberra Olympic Football Club |
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| Founded | 1955 |
| Ground | O'Connor Enclosed |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | John Efkarpadis |
| Manager | Frank Cachia |
| League | NPL Capital Football |
| 2016 | 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Canberra Olympic FC is an Australian semi-professional Association football club based in the suburb of O'Connor in the north of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The club was founded in 1955, and currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Capital Football.
Olympic was founded in the early 1950s by the local Greek community of Canberra. Formally The name Olympic was formally decided in a General Meeting of players and committee member in 1955 with the alternative name AEK losing out in the vote.
Olympic have won the ACT top division league (premiership) on six occasions under the names Canberra Olympic, Olympic and Downer Olympic. The most recent title was the NPL Capital Football premiership in 2016. However, this title did not come without controversy, Cooma FC lodging a protest complaint with Capital Football after Cooma manager, Gaby Wilk, claimed his team should have been awarded three additional points in a match against Tuggeranong United, in which Tuggeranong fielded a player who was ineligible due to being an Under-20 Squad player. This protest was dismissed, Olympic being named league winners and eventually winning the championship, in the process defeating Cooma in the Semi-Final.
In addition to this, Olympic have won six grand finals (championship). The most recent being 2016 NPL Capital Football Grand Final, defeating Canberra FC 3-0 at Deakin Stadium in front of 2,782 people.
In 1980, as Downer Olympic, the club won their closest premiership ahead of Croatia Deakin (now Canberra FC) by one goal. After 21 games both clubs finished on 32 points and had scored 53 goals with Olympic claiming the title on the back of their superior defence with the side conceding only 16 goals compared to Deakin's 17.
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