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A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers (A.P.I.A. stands for Associazione Poli-sportiva Italo Australiana, which in English means Italian Australian Multicultural Sporting Association) is an Italian Australian football (soccer) club based in Sydney, Australia. The club was formed in 1954 by Italian migrants and played in the Australian National Soccer League from 1979 to 1992, winning the league in 1987. They are currently members of the New South Wales Premier League.
They play their home games at Lambert Park, which is in Leichhardt. The current squad is led fiercely by Captain Michael Galluzzo and coached by the astute Johnny Romeo. The current coaching staff includes Manny Zinno as the willy manager, Joey Piazza in a statistics and media role and bus driver, Mark "my brother is Jon" Brady.
[edit] Notable Former Players
England
- Brian O'Donnell (1979-80)
Scotland
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[edit] National
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- 1966
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- 1982, 1988
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- 1987
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- 1981, 1989
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- 1966, 1971, 1974
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- 1962, 1967
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- 1964, 1966, 1967, 1975
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- 1964, 1965, 1967, 1976
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- 2003
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- 2007
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