What is South Melbourne FC?
'''South Melbourne Football Club''', formerly called '''South Melbourne Hellas''', is an [[Australia]]n semi-professional [[soccer]] club based in [[Albert Park, Victoria|Albert Park]], a suburb of [[Melbourne]]. The currently competes in the [[National Premier Leagues Victoria]] (NPL Victoria), and plays its home games at [[Lakeside Stadium]]. South Melbourne was founded in 1965 by [[Greek Australians]] and has strong connections to Melbourne's Greek community, which is the largest in the world outside Greece. During the [[National Soccer League]] (NSL) era between 1977 and 2007, South Melbourne were a very successful club. South Melbourne was one of only two clubs that competed in every season of the NSL (the other being [[Marconi Stallions FC|Marconi Stallions]]). South Melbourne won the NSL four times, as well as many [[Dockerty Cup]]s and Victorian State League titles. South Melbourne represented the [[Oceania Football Confederation]] (OFC) at the first ever [[FIFA Club World Cup]], held in [[2000 FIFA Club World Cup|2000]] in [[Brazil]]. South Melbourne was chosen by the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics]] (IFFHS) as the [[Oceania]]n Club of the 20th Century.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171219132224/http://iffhs.de/xx-century-clubs-real-madrid/</ref> In 2023, South Melbourne was announced as one of the eight clubs that will compete in the first ever season of the [[National Second Division]] (NSD), the upcoming second level of the [[Australian soccer league system]], in 2025. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Soccer clubs in Melbourne]]