Olympic Kingsway
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Wikipedia - Olympic Kingsway SC
The Olympic Kingsway Sports Club, often referenced as Kingsway Olympic, is an association football (soccer) club from Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1953 by Macedonian immigrants from Macedonia after breaking away from Stirling Macedonia. They moved to their current location at the Kingsway Sporting Complex in Madeley in 1973. Currently, they have 400 players in teams ranging from Under 6 to under 16, as well as senior Saturday and Sunday Teams. The club is currently competing in the 2023 season in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia.
History
The club was founded in 1953 and was promoted to the top division of the State of Western Australia in 1959. For the 1978 season, the club was renamed Olympic Kingsway. They won both the 1978 and 1980 Western Australian State League titles, which qualified them for the 1979 and 1981 NSL Cups. During this period, they also won the Top 4 Cup three times in succession (1978–1980).
They moved back to the Amateur Premier Division for six seasons (2006–2011).
Since the 1990s, Olympic Kingsway has developed many future Australian professional football players, including Nick Ward, Stan Lazaridis, Richard Garcia and Daniel De Silva.
Olympic Kingsway har en lang og stolt historie, der går tilbage til begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede. Holdet vandt sin første internationale titel i 1956 ved at vinde AFC Asian Cup. Siden da har holdet vundet Asian Cup yderligere tre gange (1962, 1973 og 1976) og har været i finalen fem gange.
Olympic Kingsway har også deltaget i FIFA World Cup tre gange (1974, 2006 og 2010). Holdets bedste resultat i turneringen var at nå 16-delsfinalen i 2006.
I nyere tid er Olympic Kingsway blevet et af de førende hold i Asien. Holdet har vundet AFC Champions League to gange (2014 og 2018) og har været i finalen fire gange.
Olympic Kingsways hjemmebane er Stadium Australia i Sydney. Stadionet har en kapacitet på over 70.000 og er et af de største sportsstadioner i verden.
Olympic Kingsway er et af de mest succesrige og velkendte fodboldhold i verden. Holdet har en stor og passioneret fanskare og er altid en frygtet modstander.