Melbourne Hakoah
| Full name | Melbourne Hakoah |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Hakoah |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Dissolved | 1983 |
| Ground | Middle Park |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| League | Victorian State League |
Melbourne Hakoah is a defunct Australian sports club which had a predominantly Jewish Australian supporter base, akin to Hakoah Vienna. The club's best known section was soccer.
History
The club was founded in 1927, and within a decade was one of the leading sides in the Victorian First Division. The club broke ground by becoming the first successful non-Anglo migrant backed club in the state, laying the foundation for the dominance of other migrant run clubs after World War II. While the club was unable to win a league title post-war, it still managed several victories in the Dockerty Cup, including four consecutive titles in the 1950s. Gradually, the club's supporter base dwindled due to assimilation and lack of renewal from younger supporters, and it eventually merged with South Melbourne's Victorian league reserve side in the early 1980s.
Honours
- Victorian Premier League titles: 4
- 1934, 1935, 1938, 1943
- Dockerty Cup titles: 8
- 1935, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1973
External links
- Association football clubs established in 1927
- Association football clubs disestablished in 1983
- Hakoah sport clubs
- Jewish football clubs
- Soccer clubs in Melbourne
- Men's soccer clubs in Melbourne
- Defunct soccer clubs in Australia
- Jews and Judaism in Melbourne
- 1927 establishments in Australia
- 1983 disestablishments in Australia
- Australian soccer club stubs