Hellenic F.C.

Hellenic

Full name

Hellenic Football Club

Nickname(s)

Greek Gods

Founded

1958

Home colours

Away colours

Hellenic FC is a South African association football club based in Cape Town. They were nicknamed The Greek Gods.

Established in 1958 by Greek South Africans, Hellenic campaigned in the lower amateur leagues of Cape Town. But by the 1970s they were one of the most attractive teams in the county and regularly pulled in crowds of more than 20,000.

They played in the final of the Castle Cup in 1976, losing 2–0 to Cape Town City.

In early 2004, the club's franchise was sold by the Greek owners to the Ndlovu family who renamed it Premier United and moved it to Benoni, Gauteng. In 2011, the Hellenic franchise took over the former Blaauwberg City FC, under the management of Mark Byrne. Byrne is looking to revive the quality of the 1970s, to become one of the best youth developments in the country. In 2013, the club acquired a SAB League franchise (South African 4th Division).

Gallery

Wally Gould & Sergio dos Santos (Photo: Hilton Teper)
Hellenic Bench 1972 Left To Right: Johnny Byrne manager, Eric Welsh, Gregory Kytides, Tony Allen and Volkmar Gross (Photo: Hilton Teper)
Bernd Patzke and Motie Lubetzky (Photo: Hilton Teper)
George Eastham (Photo: Hilton Teper)

Former players

Tony Allen (D) (1972–1973)
Richard ("Ziggy") Anderson (1969–71)
Jeff Astle (F) (1974)
Des Backos (F) (1975–1976)
Alan Ball (M) (guest, 1976) 4 apps, 1 goal
Gordon Banks (GK) (guest, June 1971) 2 apps.
Jim Begbie (D) (1976–1977)
Ken Brownlee (M) (1965) 1 app.
David Byrne (c1977-1982)
Kevin Byrne
Nigel Callaghan (M) (1993-1994)
Antonio Carneiro (M) (1964–1968) 29 apps, 5 goals
Jeff Cook (F) (1976–1977)
Jim Craig (D) (1972) 16 apps.
Fernando Custodio (F) (1964–1965; 1966–1970) 107 apps, 69 goals
Walter da Silva (F) (1964–1965) 26 apps, 18 goals
Carlos Das Neves
Mario Das Neves
Paulo Das Neves
Wilf De Bruyn (F) (1970–1982) (Footballer of the Year 1972) 192 goals
Dimitris Aidiniotis (F) (1963–1965)
George Deimezis (F) (1963–1965)
Sergio Dos Santos (M) (1968–1976)
Alberto Barrenechea (M) (1982 )
George Eastham (M) (1971; 1972) 26 apps, 2 goals in 1971 (Player of the Year 1971)
Dimitri Filiakouris (F) (1964–1967) 89 apps, 58 goals
Costa Florentzos (D) (c1963-1968)
Keith Forrest (M) (1975–1976; 1978–1982)
Wolfgang Gayer (M) (1973) 11 lge goals
Garry Gibson (D) 1983-1985
Richard Gomes (1982-1988)
Ian Goodall (M) (1976–1977) 17 apps, 1 goal
Wally Gould (M) (1967; 1969–1973; 1974) 125 apps, 50 goals (first two spells)
Bruce Grobbelaar (GK) (2001–2002) 1 app.
Volkmar Gross (GK) (1972–1974) 36 apps.
Paul Shrubb (M) (1976)

Tommy Hannan (M) (1968) 2 apps.
Ryan Hartslief (2005–2006)
Tommy Henderson (M) (1972) 5 apps.
Dave Hilley (F) (1974–1976)
Gavin Hunt
Roger Hunt (F) (1971) 6 apps, 4 goals
Willie Hunter (M) (1971) 21 apps, 2 goals
Dave Huson (M) (1973–1976) (Foreign Player of the Year 1974)
Johnny Kelly (D) (1965–1966) 22 apps.
Gregory Kytides (D) (1967–1973) (Best soccer player of Hellenic Soccer Club in 1968)
Motie Lubetzky (D) (1973–1976)
Tony Lupton (GK) (1967–1977)
Bobby McKay (D) (1969–1970) 19 apps.
John Martis (D) (1969) 2 apps.
Vassilis Mastragoulis (M) (1964–1966) 76 apps, 15 goals
Bobby Moore (D) (guest, May 1974) 10 apps.
Calvin Palmer (D) (1971) 24 apps, 4 goals
John Paskin (F) (1980–1983)
Bernd Patzke (D) (1973)
Jimmy Pearson (M) (1966) 27 apps, 7 goals
Jackie Plenderleith (D) (1967–1968) 16 apps.
Jose Quinonez (M) (1965) 12 apps, 2 goals
Peter Rath (D) (1969–1973)
Ramon Rodriguez (F) (1965) 13 apps, 5 goals
Ian St John (F) (1971) 23 apps, 4 goals
Kurt Scherr (M) (1970) 20 apps, 2 goals
Nic Sevastopoulos (M) (1964; 1967–1968) 35 apps, 5 goals
Martin Sheehan (D) (1976)
Arno Steffenhagen (F) (1972–1973) 17 lge goals
Rodger Cooke (1983–1984)
Willie Stevenson (M) (1971) 5 apps.
Melvyn Teubes (D) (1963–1969)
Albert Uytenbogaardt (GK) (1962)
Pat van den Hauwe (D) (1990s)
Roy Vernon (F) (1972) 2 apps.
Jurgen Weber (M) (1972–1973) 38 apps, 4 goals
Eric Welsh (M) (1973–1976)
Mark Williams (F) (1992)
Ron Wilson (D) (1971–1977) 190 apps.
Jackie Wren (GK) (1964–1967; 1970–1971) 86 apps.
David Butterfield 1988