Bay Olympic

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Bay Olympic
Full name Bay Olympic Soccer and Sports Club
Nickname(s) Olympic
Founded 1998
Ground Olympic Park, New Lynn, Auckland
Chairman Steve John
Coach Shane Knowles
League Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier
2011 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier, 1st (Champions)
bottle green jersey, bottle green shorts, bottle green socks
Home colours
Blue jersey with white collar, blue shorts, blue socks
Away colours

Bay Olympic is an association football club based in New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier and other premier divisions.

They have won the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier three times and they are current Champions of the 2011 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier.

History

The club was formed from the merger of Blockhouse Bay (founded 1948) and Green Bay-Titirangi United (founded 1973) in 1998. Blockhouse Bay had been a prominent Auckland team, and were winners of the 1970 Chatham Cup, and losing finalists in 1975. They lost the 1980 Chatham Cup by 11-1 by Three Kings United.

Present day

Bay Olympic were losing finalists of the 2010 Chatham Cup. They have once again made it to the semi-final stage of the Chatham Cup for 2011 and also winning the 2011 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier.

Notable players

This list consist of Past or present notable players that have represented their national teams at the OFC Nations Cup. This list also consist of players who have played in the FIFA Club World Cup with a New Zealand football club:

  • 2008–2009 American Samoa Ramin Ott
  • 2008– MalaysiaSri Lanka Rannesh Radha Krishnan
  • 2010– England Danny Robinson

Manager of the year 2012 was Keaton Pronk

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