SSC Yugal
| Full name | Dalmatinac, Yugal, Ryde-Yugal, Yugal-Prague, S.S.C. Yugal, Auburn Yugal, Liverpool Yugal |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1956-57 |
| Dissolved | 1992 |
| Ground | Liverpool Showground, ES Marks Athletics Field, Concord Oval, Mona Park, Ernie Smith Reserve |
Sydney Soccer Club Yugal is a defunct association football club from Sydney, Australia. The club, formed by Yugoslav immigrants in the mid-1950s, was originally known as Dalmatinac due to the Dalmatian origins of most of its founders. It competed initially in the Granville District competition before joining the New South Wales Federation of Soccer Club's Second Division Competition in 1958, the same year as other former giants of soccer in New South Wales, Pan-Hellenic, later known as Sydney Olympic FC and Polonia.
The Club experienced fierce rivalries with Sydney Croatia and White Eagles (later Avala), due to these clubs' large Croatian and Serbian supporter bases and Yugal's Yugoslav supporter base. Fierce rivalries of an underlying political nature were also experienced with the soccer clubs of Venezia-Giulia (now defunct) with its Italo-Istrian supporter base and Blacktown City with its Bosnian (Volksdeutsche) German supporter base. Yugal merged with former Champion Club Prague to be known as Yugal-Prague from the 1973 season until late in the 1970s when they became known as Sydney Soccer Club Yugal. The Yugal-Prague licensed Club was originally located in Pagewood, and later as S.S.C. Yugal the licensed club moved to Haymarket.
The Club struggled to survive once the Former Yugoslav States began to gain Independence, in the late 1980s and early 1990s they attempted mergers with Auburn and Liverpool before ultimately disbanding in 1992.
Yugal, formerly called Dalmatinac, came into being in 1956 when several young Yugoslav immigrants, mainly coming from Dalmatia, got together to kick a football around a park in Liverpool. Martin (Marin) Batistic first thought of forming a club and as a player and an organiser he did much to help put the club on its feet. Martin tragically died in 1959 and did not live to see the fulfillment of his ambitions for the club. Another tireless worker for the club was Ivan Pudarich, who was first a player, then became President in 1958.
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