About Olympic

Olympic AFC also known as "The Greeks"

Founded in 1953 as Apollon AFC
1959 Changed name to Christian Youth (CYFC)
1983 Changed name to Olympic AFC

Played in Division 6 1959-60, Division 5 1961, Division 3 1962-63, Division 2 1964

Home Ground: Newtwon Park

Clubrooms: "The Apollon", 75 Adelaide Rd, Wellington

Club Colours (playing strip - 1st team):

• Shirts: Royal Blue with white/orange trim
• Shorts: Royal Blue with white stripe
• Socks: Royal Blue with white trim

Away strip:

• Shirts: White
• Shorts: White
• Socks: White

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Anecdotal History

The club was formed in 1959, by the late Father Elias Economou, under the name CHRISTIAN YOUTH FOOTBALL CLUB (CYFC). Jim Christie joined the club in 1961 and became President/secretary/treasurer/ selector/player and has been involved in one way or another ever since. Co-selectors were Leonidas Bertos (not the one playing for Barnsley) who also coached, and the Atha Giovanidis.

Apollon 1953

Apollon had 2 teams and nearly every year won its respective grades and were promoted, so they gradually climbed the ladder up to when the Central League was formed in 1963 and the 2nd year CYFC entered the 3rd division of this compitition.

Some of the players that played in the early years were:-

5 Bertos's brothers, Leonidas, Vasso, Laki, Taki, and young Chris,

3 Zaloumis, Taki, Sandy and John

2 Androutsos, Taki and Nick

2 Christies Jim and Costa

That was one team taken care of then there were:-

Basil Kiourktsidis, George Moutzouris, Laki Kaloyianni, Nick Paraskevopoulos, Chris Papanicoloau, John Leonidas and many others

CYFC was then founded by the Greek Community but then had very few expenses there were only registration fees, which were paid once a year (transfer fees were 2 shillings and 6 pence (25c).

The 1st CYFC dance was held on Queens Birthday Sunday in 1963 at the Parthenon Hall. No we did not pick a Miss GOYANZ that was to come later as GOYANZ had not yet been born. On the dance committee were Jim Christie Eleftherios (Lefty) Kondos and Basil Kiourksidis. All the food was donated we approached many Greeks and asked not for money but for food. When we entered the Central League we also appointed our 1st non Greek coach, Billy Wright who then played for Diamonds and Wellington and he brought Jeff and Wally Allen, Tony Kislick (Coronation Street) Atha Coventry and others.

CYFC 1972

After Entering Central League Division 2 in 1970, CYFC remained in this division until 1974 where it was relegated into Central League Division 3. CYFC spent two seasons in Division 3 where it won promotion in 1976 to Central 2 under the guidance of coach Ray Janes. The following year CYFC won promotion to Central League Division 1 for the first time in their history. They finished top of the table by six clear points, losing only game in the process. CYFC's stay in the top Central division was short lived as it only lasted a year where they finished bottom of the table.

Olympic 1983

 In 1981 they failed to survive the higher grade once agian after being promoted from Div 2, CYFC made an immediate return to Div 2 football for the 1982 season. The only highlight of the 1981 season came in the opening game where CYFC beat eventual champions Napier 2-0 - something none of the other ten clubs were able to achieve.

In 1982 coach Peter Halikias helped guide the team to another Div two championship regaining first division status they lost the previous year. In 1983 CYFC changed its name to Wellington Olympic and were coached by Paul Norfolk. The team finished fourth but conceded far too many goals to have any real chance of challenging for the title. 

Olympic 1987

In 1985 Olympic found themselves in farmiler teritory and were relegated to Div two. The following year Olympic cleaned up the Div two title. They were the only unbeaten side in any of the three Centtral League divisions. Second place was a distant 12 points behind them whilst thrid was another 12 points back. They scored a massive 59 goals which at the time was a record for the division. Only Lower Hutt (1985) had socred more than 50 golas and their total was reached in 22 games compared with Olympic's 20. From 1987 Olympic proved itself as a Division One mainstay as it consistantly finished in the top 4 until 1993 when the SuperClub competition was intorduced. The only exception was in 1989 where they finished eightth. The main highlight of six year Division One campaign was winning it in 1991. The team was coached by former player and stalwart George Bertos. George secured the services of Imre Foldi the previous year and Andre Racz in 1991. Between them they scored 28 goals. The championship was not decided until the last game of the season where second placed Miramar had to beat Olympic at Newtown Park to claim the title. The game ended 1-1 and the Central League Division One title was finally ours !!!.

to be continued . . . . . .

Olympic 2003