Hume City FC
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| Full name | Hume City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Anadoluspor, Anadolu |
| Founded | 1979 as Holland Park FC |
| Ground | ABD Stadium |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Chairman | Steve Kaya |
| Manager | Dean Hennessey |
| League | NPL Victoria |
| 2015 | 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
Hume City Football Club is a football club based in Broadmeadows a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established by the local Turkish Australian community, the club competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria. The club, known by the local Turkish Australian community as Anadoluspor, is the most successful Turkish Australian-backed football club in Australia.
The club was established as Holland Park Football Club in 1979 by Cengiz Binyazar, Halit Kirdar and Abdullah Saglam. The club officially registered with the Victorian Soccer Federation in 1979, with Emin Aslan holding the position of president in its inaugural season.
In 1993, the club decided on a change of direction and to take the club to higher places, out of the amateur divisions. The first step was the move to Reddish Reserve and to rename the club North Coburg Soccer Club. The club took on many more juniors. North Coburg achieved promotion from State League 4 in 1996, finishing the season in second place, and promoted again from State League 3 in 1999, finishing third. In the club's first ever season in Victorian State League Division 2 Nth-West, they surprised everyone and finished in fourth place, narrowly missing out on a promotion playoff place. In 2001, the club did make the finals series after placing 3rd in the league but didn't win their playoff. In 2002, after coming close the previous two season, the club achieved promotion from State League 2 N/W to State League 1 – the highest level the club had ever reached at the time. The club achieved four successive mid-table finishes in State League 1.
In 2006, the club was known as Coburg United Soccer Club and played its home matches at Knights Stadium in North Sunshine, Victoria. North Coburg achieved promotion in 2007 after a second-place finish to reach the Victorian Premier League for the first time in the club's history. The achievement marked a meteoric rise by the club, achieving four promotions in eleven years to go from State League 4 to the top division of football in Victoria. After making it into the Victorian Premier League in 2007, the club was almost relegated if it wasn’t for a 93rd-minute header by one of its local heroes Tansel Baser against Frankston Pines FC.
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