Wellington Olympic AFC

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Full nameWellington Olympic Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Greeks
Founded1953 as Apollon AFC
GroundWakefield Park
Capacity1,000
ChairmanPaul Kotrotsos
Manager Paul Ifill
League Central League
National League
2023 Central League, 1st of 10 (champions)
National League, 1st of 10 (champions)
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Wellington Olympic Association Football Club is a New Zealand Amateur association football club based in Berhampore, Wellington. The club's premier team competes in the Central League through which they have qualified for the New Zealand National League. [1]

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Club history

The club was formed in 1953 by Greek immigrants as Apollon AFC and is commonly known as 'The Greeks'. The club changed its name to Christian Youth FC (CYFC) in 1959, and became Wellington Olympic in 1983. The local Greek community continues to be the basis of the club's support and a significant number of players are of Greek heritage. [2]

Current squad

As of 8 March 2024 [3]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Scott Basalaj
2 DF Flag of Fiji.svg  FIJ Gabrieli Matanisiga
3 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Adam Supyk
4 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Dylan Wood
5 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Justin Gulley (vice-captain)
6 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Tor Davenport-Petersen
8 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Eddie Wilkinson
9 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Hamish Watson
10 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Oliver Colloty
11 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Kailan Gould
12 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Christopher Kotrotsos
13 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL William Vincent
14 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jack-Henry Sinclair
15 DF Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  COK Ben Mata (captain)
16 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Joshua Apaapa-Preston
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Devon Thurston
18 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Luke Tongue
19 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Samuel Mitrakas
20 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Tamupiwa Dimairo
21 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Isa Prins
22 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Lukas Halikias
23 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gavin Hoy
24 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jonty Roubos
25 MF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Joel Coustrain
26 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Oliver Davies
27 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Kaelin Nguyen
28 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Joshua Rudland
41 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Alex Britton
42 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Matthew King

Staff

For 2024 season

Season by season record

Performance in OFC competitions

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2023 OFC Champions League National PO Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 1–13–54–6
2024 OFC Champions LeagueNational PO Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 3–30–13–4

Honours

National

Champions (1): 2023
Champions (1): 2024
Champions (1): 2009

Regional

Champions (5): 2010, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023
Season(s)Achievement
1970 [2] Joined the Central Region League (Division Two)
1991 [4] Central Region League (Division One) winners
1994 [4] Chatham Cup Runner-Up
National U19s Youth Championships Winners
1995 [4] SuperClub Plate Champions
2009 [2] Winners of the Chatham Cup
2010 [2] Men's Central League Winners
Club Team of the Year (2009) - Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Awards 2010
2016 [4] Men's Central League Winners
2021 [5] Men's Central League Winners
2022 Men's Central League Winners

League records

Most Appearances [4]

Most Goals in a Season [4]

Most Goals Top 5 Overall [4]

Notable players

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References

  1. ↑ "Who'll join Rangers and Olympic in the National League?". New Zealand Football . Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About Olympic". www.olympicafc.org.nz. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Our full squad for the 2024 season". Wellington Olympic. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024– via Instagram.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Club Honours". www.olympicafc.org.nz. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Rollo, Phillip (15 August 2021). "Wellington Olympic claim Central League title with win over Miramar Rangers". Stuff .
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