Sydney United FC

Early years

Formed in 1958 as a sports club, the Sydney United Football Club played its first season in 1958 (undefeated) in the old NSW Soccer Football Association (NSWSFA). After transferring to the NSW Soccer Federation (a breakaway league established in 1959), they competed in the third division. In 1961, they were promoted to the second division and in 1963 to first. Teams like St. George Budapest, Pan-Hellenic (who later become Sydney Olympic), APIA-Leichhardt, Yugal and Hakoah were United's major rivals. For the seasons of 1964 and 1965 a part of the name changed (from Croatia to Metropolitan Adriatic), reverting to Croatia in 1966. However, this was not the last name change; the NSWSF ordered Croatia and Yugal in 1968 to anglicise their names after several incidents of crowd violence. Croatia changed their name again to South Sydney Croatia, since they resided in the South Sydney area with the local Croatian club at Surry Hills. After a few lean seasons during the late 1960s and early 1970s, United won their first NSW Premiership in 1977 with Luka Fabijinic as coach and Atti Aboyni as the team's striker. The team beat Auburn 2–0 in front of a crowd of more than 6,500 at the Sydney Sports Ground. In 1978, Aboyni took over as captain and coach of the team. Croatia amassed 62 regular-season goals (Aboyni scoring 21 of them) and winning the minor premiership for the first time; they lost 2–1 to Sutherland in the grand final replay (the first game was a 1–1 draw)…

National

National Soccer League premiers (3): 1986 (Northern Division), 1996–97, 1998–99 National Soccer League Grand Final runners-up (3): 1988, 1996–97, 1998–99 National Soccer League finalists (9): 1985, 1986, 1988, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99 NSL Cup winners: 1987 NSL Cup runners-up: 1994 Australia Cup runners-up: 2022 National Soccer League Regular Season runners-up (2): 1985 (Northern Conference), 1988 State

National Premier Leagues champions (2): 2013, 2016 National Premier Leagues NSW champions (6): 1977, 1982, 1983, 2006, 2020, 2026 National Premier Leagues NSW runners-up (5): 1978, 1981, 2011, 2016, 2019 National Premier Leagues NSW premiers (8): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2009, 2013, 2016 National Premier Leagues NSW regular season runners-up (3): 1983, 2011, 2026 Rothmans Cup/Waratah Cup winners (9): 1974, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2025, 2026 Rothmans Cup/Waratah Cup runners-up (4): 1971, 1976, 2019, 2022 National Premier Leagues NSW finalists (22): 1967, 1970, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025, 2026 NSW Division 1 champions: 1962 NSW Division 2 champions: 1960 Continental Cup winners: 2005 Ampol Cup winners (2): 1986, 1987 Youth

National Youth League champions (2): 1991–92, 1994–95 National Youth League runners-up (2): 1993–1994, 1996–97 National Youth League (Northern Division) champions (4): 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95,…