Sydney Olympic FC
| Full name | Sydney Olympic Football Club | ||
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| Nicknames | Olympic Blues Πανελλήνιος (Panellinios; Panhellenic) | ||
| Founded | 28 November 1957 | ||
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| President | Chris Charalambous | ||
| Coach | David Magrone | ||
| League | NPL NSW (men's) | ||
| 2025 | 7th of 16 | ||
| Website | sydneyolympicfc | ||
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Sydney Olympic FC is a semi-professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW). A member-owned club, its senior men's team plays at the Belmore Sports Ground, in the National Premier Leagues NSW (NPL). Its senior women's team plays at The Crest, in the NPL NSW Women's. Both leagues are situated in the second tier of the Australian league system. It also competes in the Australian Championship as a foundation club.
One of many Greek Australian soccer clubs, it was formed in November 1957 as Pan Hellenic SC, and rose to Football NSW's first division in 1961. The club failed to find on-field success in the state league, though strong fan support and financial stability gained it entry into the National Soccer League (NSL) as a charter member in 1977, when it adopted its current name. Olympic would play 27 seasons in the league, winning two championships and two NSL Cups. Following the NSL's demise in 2004, the club returned to NSW's first division, where it has remained since. While the club has historically fielded women's teams in decades past, its modern women's team was founded in 2006, and won promotion to the first division in 2018.
Sydney Olympic have won three NSW men's titles. It reached the NPL's national semi-finals in 2018, and its best performances in the Australia Cup are round of sixteen finishes in 2014 and 2015. Among Olympic's records are the two highest-attended NSL regular season matches – 18,985 in a 1998–99 match against the Northern Spirit, and 18,376 in a 1979 match against Newcastle KB United.