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| Full name | Melbourne Hakoah |
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| Nickname(s) | Hakoah |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Dissolved | 1983 |
| Ground | Middle Park |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| League | Victorian State League |
Melbourne Hakoah is a defunct Australian sports club which had a predominantly Jewish Australian supporter base[ citation needed ], akin to Hakoah Vienna [ citation needed ]. The club's best known arm was its soccer club.[ citation needed ]
The club was founded in 1927, and within a decade was one of the leading sides in the Victorian First Division.[ citation needed ] The club broke ground by becoming the first successful non-Anglo migrant backed club in the state, laying the foundation for the dominance of other migrant run clubs after World War II [ citation needed ]. While the club was unable to win a league title post-war, it still managed several victories in the Dockerty Cup, including four consecutive titles in the 1950s[ citation needed ]. Gradually, the club's supporter base dwindled due to assimilation and lack of renewal from younger supporters, and it eventually merged with South Melbourne's Victorian league reserve side in the early 1980s[ citation needed ].
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