Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament

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The Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament was started in 1974 in Melbourne, Australia with only six soccer clubs participating at Melbourne Croatia's ground in Essendon. The first official tournament was in 1975, hosted by Sydney United and taken out by Melbourne Tornado.

Former National Soccer League clubs Melbourne Knights and Sydney United as well as state league sides Adelaide Raiders, St. Albans Saints and Western Knights enter teams in tournament competition.

In 2006, the 32nd tournament was held in Sydney. (The winners of the men's competition were HAŠK Melbourne, and the winners of the women's competition were Canberra Deakin who won 3 - 0.

The tournament is organized by the Croatian Soccer Federation of Australia and New Zealand and the 2007 edition will be held in Perth, Western Australia for the first time in decades.

The 2007 tournament in Perth was one of the greatest in Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament history. A record amount of teams saw Ljubuski FC take out the tournament defeating Fremantle Croatia in the final 1-0.

[edit] History of Tournaments

Year	Winner	Host
2007	Ljubuski FC	Western Knights
2006	Sydney United	Sydney United
2005	Melbourne Knights	Melbourne Knights
2004	Sydney United	Canberra FC
2003	Auckland Croatia	Sydney Bosna
2002	Adelaide Raiders	Adelaide Raiders
2001	Canberra FC	Brisbane Croatia
2000	St Albans Saints	St Albans Saints
1999	Hajduk Sydney	Zagreb Sydney
1998	St Albans Saints	North Geelong Warriors
1997	HAŠK Melbourne	Adelaide Raiders
1996	HAŠK Melbourne	Canberra FC
1995	Adelaide Raiders	Gold Coast Croatia
1994	Canberra FC	Wollongong Croatia
1993	Melbourne Knights	Melbourne Knights
1992	Canberra FC	North Geelong Warriors
1991	HAŠK Građanski	Adelaide Raiders
1990	St Albans Saints	St Albans Saints
1989	Sydney United	Brisbane Croatia
1988	Sydney United	Canberra Deakin
1987	Sydney United	King Tomislav
1986	Canberra FC	Melbourne Knights
1985	Sydney United	Adelaide Raiders
1984	Adelaide Raiders	Mildura Zagreb
1983	St Albans Saints	North Geelong Warriors
1982	Brisbane Croatia	Brisbane Croatia
1981	Sydney United	Kralj Tomislav Sydney
1980	North Perth Croatia	Glenorchy Croatia
1979	Melbourne Tornado	Western Knights
1978	HAŠK Melbourne	Canberra FC
1977	Whyalla Croatia	Adelaide Raiders
1976	Sydney United	Melbourne Knights
1975	HAŠK Melbourne	Sydney United