Croydon Kings

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Croydon Kings

Full name

Croydon Kings Soccer Club

Nickname(s)

Polonia

Founded

1950

Ground

Polonia Reserve
(Capacity -)

2007

Premier League, 1st





Home colours





Away colours

The Croydon Kings are a football (soccer) club in Adelaide, South Australia. Croydon Kings play in the FFSA South Australian Best Super League. They play home games at Polonia Reserve at Croydon in the Adelaide's west. They are one of the most successful sides in South Australian football. The club's ethnic background is Polish and the club was founded as the Polonia Adelaide Sports Club.

[edit] History

The Polonia Adelaide Sports Club was founded on 16th June 1950 by Alex Cmielewski and Karol Metanomski. The club is associated with five sports - football, volleyball, tennis, chess and basketball

The football team entered the 3rd division of the SASFA competition in 1952 and won the championship in its first year. They remained unbeaten throughout the year.

In the same year Polonia became the first 3rd division team to win the Association Cup after beating 1st division sides Juventus and Sturt before beating another 1st division side Beograd 3-1 in the final.

In 1954 while still in the 2nd division Polonia created another piece of history when they beat Juventus 3-1 in the final of the Association Cup to become the only team to have the cup twice while outside the 1st division.

The club has been one of the more prominent forces in South Australian football over the years with many trophies to show for their great achievements.

In 2007 Polonia won the Best Premier League and secured promotion to the Best Super League.