Chicago Croatian

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Chicago Croatian
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1985 CONCACAF Champions Cup Honduras Central America.
Photo from left to right top row: Coach Frank Basan, Joseph Malkoc, Yaro Dachniwsky, Leo Kulinczenko, George Rudman, Joseph Konarsky, Vlado Crnjak, Manager Joe Tadijanovic,
bottom row:John Galovic, Slavko Petrina, Tony Novacio, Tony Tadijanovic, Dusko Budimir, Zygmund Tryna.
Founded1949
Dissolved1990
StadiumHanson Stadium
League National Soccer League (Chicago)

Chicago Croatian was an American soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois. The club competed professionally in the US Open Cup, the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the National Soccer League (Chicago). All their home matches were played in Hanson Stadium and Winemac Stadium in Chicago.

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The club was founded in the 1950s and is historically the most successful Croatian soccer club in the US. The height of the Croatians success came in the 1970s and 1980s, when the team reached the final of the prestigious US Open Cup in 1974, 1979 and 1984. [1] They qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1975 and 1980 but withdrew from the competition. They participated in the 1985 CONCACAF Champions Cup [2] and were knocked out of the competition in the 1st round by Honduras champions Club Deportivo Olimpia. Both legs of the match where played in Honduras: the 1st leg was played in San Pedro Sula and the 2nd leg in Tegucigalpa; the attendance was over 40,000 spectators for each match.

Honors

US Open Cup Results

CONCACAF Champions Cup 1985

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Yaro Dachniwsky
2 DF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO John Galovic
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Leo Kulinczenko
4 DF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Vlado Crnjak
5 DF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Dusko Budimir
6 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Slavko Petrina
7 MF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Joseph Konarsky
8 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Tony Novacio
9 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Joseph Malkoc
10 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tony Tadijanovic
11 FW Flag of Poland.svg  POL Zygmund Tryna
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Robert Herman

Managers

References

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  2. "CONCACAF Champions League 1985 Season Summary | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
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