Dandenong City SC
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Dandenong City Soccer Club, formerly known as Chelsea Hajduk, is an Australian
The club was founded in 1981 as Parkmore Hajduk, then was renamed Chelsea Hajduk by the
History
In 2008, Dandenong City Soccer Club was approached by Chelsea Soccer Club about a possible merger of the two clubs. Chelsea was competing in Victorian State League 2 at the time. Chelsea SC, known colloquially as Hajduk, after the Croatian football club HNK Hajduk Split, had around 250 juniors and 350 total players at the club, struggling to accommodate all of its sides. The amalgamation was finalised in December 2008. The newly combined club kept the name Dandenong City Soccer Club and continued to play out of the former's home ground of Frank Holohan Soccer Complex.[1]
Dandenong City finished in fourth place in the 2009 Victorian State League Division Two South-East its first season as a new club.
This was not to matter, though, as through City's acceptance into the
Dandenong City appointed Aaron Healey as the head coach for the upcoming 2015 season.[8] Healey was previously the club's technical director. The NPL1 division split into an East and West conference in 2015, with both conferences compromising of 10 teams, playing each team in their own conference twice and the teams in the opposite conference once. Dandenong finished 3rd in the East conference, seven points off the second-placed Melbourne Victory FC Youth.[9] A highlight of the season came in a 5–0 win over promoted side Melbourne Victory at the Frank Holohan Soccer Complex.[10]
City experienced an inconsistent first half of the season in 2016, entering the mid-season transfer window in 4th place in NPL2 East, with 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, 12 points off the promotion play-off second place. It finished the 2016 season in 3rd place, 21 points off second-placed neighbours
For the 2017 NPL2 East season, City announced that
After three seasons of coming close, Dandenong City, under the management of Željko Kuzman, finally achieved promotion to the top flight in 2018, after taking out the NPL2 East league title.
The 2019 season was the first time in the club's history competing in the state's top flight. For their debut season in the NPL Victoria top division, City signed former professional footballers
In the post-season, head coach Moric took up a position with new A-League side Western United FC and Ognenovski was appointed as Dandenong City's coach for the 2020 season.
Current squad
As of February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Senior coaching staff
- Technical Director of Football: Ljuban Palinić
- First Team Coach: Nick Tolios
Honours
- Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament Champions: 2019
- Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament Runner-Up: 2005, 2012
- National Premier Leagues Victoria 2Champions: 2018, 2023
- Victorian State League Division 2 South-East Champions: 2011
- Victorian State League Division 3 South-East Champions: 2004
- Victorian Provisional League Division 1 South-East Champions: 2003
- Victorian Provisional League Division 1 Champions: 1987
- Victorian Amateur League Division 1 Champions: 1982
- Victorian Provisional Cup Winners: 2003
Bayside Football Association
- Division 1 Winner – Dandenong Thirds: 2010
- Division 2 Winner – Dandenong Thirds: 2009
- Bayside FA Cup Runner-Up – Dandenong Thirds: 2009
- Division 2 Runner-Up – Chelsea Old Boys: 2008
- Premier League Winner – Chelsea Young Boys: 2005
- Division 1 Winner – Chelsea Young Boys: 2004
- Division 2 Runner-Up – Chelsea Old Boys: 2004
- Division 2 Winner – Chelsea Young Boys: 2003
- Division 3 Winner – Chelsea Old Boys: 2003
Senior team finishing position
- 1980 – District League Division Three (8th)
- 1981 – District League Division Three (6th)
- 1982 – Amateur League Division One (1st – promoted)
- 1983 – Provisional League Division Four (8th)
Hajduk Parkmore merged with Chelsea
- 1984 – Provisional League Division One (5th)
- 1985 – Victorian Provisional League Division One (12th – relegated)
- 1986 – Victorian Provisional League Division Two (2nd – promoted)
- 1987 – Victorian Provisional League Division One (1st – promoted)
- 1988 –Victorian League Division Four (2nd – promoted)
- 1989 – Victorian League Division Three (2nd – promoted)
- 1990 – Victorian League Division Two (5th)
- 1991 – State League Division Two (?)
- 1992 – State League Division Two (7th)
- 1993 – State League Division Two (7th)
- 1994 – State League Division Two (8th)
- 1995 – State League Division Two (11th – relegated)
- 1996 – State League Division Three (13th)
- 1997 – State League Division Three (3rd)
- 1998 – State League Division Three (14th – relegated)
- 1999 – State League Division Four (13th)
- 2000 – State League Division Three South-East (3rd)
- 2001 – State League Division Three South-East (5th)
- 2002 – State League Division Three South-East (11th – relegated)
- 2003 – Provisional League Division One South-East (1st – promoted)
- 2004 – State League Division Three South-East (1st – promoted)
- 2005 – State League Division Two South-East (5th)
- 2006 – State League Division Two South-East (8th)
- 2007 – State League Division Two South-East (7th)
- 2008 – State League Division Two South-East (4th)
Hajduk Chelsea merged with Dandenong City
- 2009 – State League Division Two South-East (4th)
- 2010 – State League Division Two South-East (7th)
- 2011 – State League Division Two South-East (1st – promoted)
- 2012 – State League Division One (11th – relegated)
- 2013 – State League Division Two South-East (2nd)
- 2014 – National Premier Leagues Victoria 2(10th)
- 2015 – National Premier Leagues Victoria 2(3rd East, 7th overall)
- 2016 – National Premier Leagues Victoria 2(3rd East, 7th overall)
- 2017 – National Premier Leagues Victoria 2(2nd East, 4th overall, lost promotion playoff)
- 2018 – National Premier Leagues Victoria 2(1st – promoted)
- 2019 – National Premier Leagues Victoria (7th overall – 1st year in NPL)
See also
- List of Croatian soccer clubs in Australia
- Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament
- Croatian Australian
- Croatian Eagles
References
- ^ "About Us". dandenongcityfc.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "2009 Victorian State League Division Two South-East Table". OzFootball.
- ^ "2011 Victorian State League Division Two South-East – Final Table".
- ^ "2013 Victorian State League Division Two South-East – Final Table".
- ^ "FFV – Metropolitan Match Centre".
- ^ "Summary – Victoria NPL 2 – Australia – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway".
- ^ "Dandy City Hajduk confirms Ivan Đuzel as Senior Coach for 2014".
- ^ "Club Announcement – Senior Coach".
- ^ "Summary – Victoria NPL 2 – Australia – Results, fixtures, tables and news – Soccerway".
- ^ "Melbourne Victory II vs. Dandenong City – 27 June 2015 – Soccerway".
- ^ Kulas, Damir. "Foundation coaches Healey, McDonagh depart City". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Kulas, Damir. "Dandenong City capture experienced Munro". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ Kulas, Damir. "Dandenong City score Dugandzic coup". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "FFV – NPL Match Centre – SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "NPL Victoria 2019 season preview". Herald Sun. Melbourne. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "From the Finals Series to the NPL: Valeri and Santalab join new club". Hyundai A-League. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Ladder for NPL VIC Men". SportsTG. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Dandenong City Hajduk win successful 45th Australian Croatian Soccer Tournament". Croatia Week. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.