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| clubname = South Melbourne
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| fullname = South Melbourne Football Club
| nickname = Lakers, Gunners, Hellas, Blues
| founded  = 1959
| ground   = [[Lakeside Stadium]]
| capacity = 15,000
| chairman = Leo Athanasakis
| chrtitle = President
| coach    = Chris Taylor
| owntitle = Captain
| owner    = Micheal Eagar
| league   = [[National Premier Leagues Victoria|NPL Victoria]]
| season   = 2013
| position = 1st
| website  = http://www.smfc.com.au
| current  = 2014 National Premier Leagues
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'''South Melbourne FC''' is an Australian semi-professional [[Association football|soccer]] club from [[South Melbourne, Victoria|South Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. Its the most successful soccer club in Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/?0cf3370ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e20f92300f7371e|title=Oceania's club of the Century|work=IFFHS official website|accessdate=13 October 2009}}</ref> with four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented [[Oceania Football Confederation|Oceania]] in the [[2000 FIFA Club World Championship]]. Along with the [[Marconi Stallions]], they were the only two consistent clubs in the [[National Soccer League]]. The club currently competes in the [[Victorian Premier League]].

==Honours==
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===Club===
'''Domestic'''
*'''[[Victorian Premier League]]'''
:Champions (8): 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1976, 2006
:Runners-up (5): 1971, 1975, 2005, 2006, 2009
*'''[[Victorian State League Division 1]]'''
:Champions (1): 1960
*'''[[Dockerty Cup]]'''
:Winners (7): 1974, 1975, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
*'''Victorian Ampol Night Soccer Cup'''
:Winners (4): 1969, 1970, 1976, 1982
*'''Buffalo Cup'''
:Winners (1) 1988
*'''[[Hellenic Cup]]'''
:Winners (1) 1984, 2007, 2009, 2011
*'''[[National Soccer League]]'''
:Premiers (3): 1992/93, 1997/98, 2000/01
:Champions (4): 1984, 1990/91, 1997/98, 1998/99
:Finalists (7): 1989/90, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2001/02, 2003/04
:Conference Winners (2): 1984, 1985
*'''National Soccer League Cup'''
:Winners (2): 1989/90, 1995/96
*'''Australian Club of the Decade''' (1): 1990's

'''Continental'''
*'''[[OFC Champions League]]'''
:Winners (1): 1999
*'''Oceania Confederation Club of the Century'''

'''Worldwide'''
*'''[[FIFA Club World Cup]]'''
:Finalists (1): 2000

'''Youth'''
*'''[[National Soccer Youth League|National Youth League]]'''
:Champions (3): 1984, 1991, 1994
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===Individual===
'''[[Johnny Warren Medal]]/Player of the Year'''
*1986 – Bobby Russell
*1988 – [[Paul Wade]]
*1992/93 – [[Paul Trimboli]]
*1997/98 – [[Paul Trimboli]]

'''[[Joe Marston Medal]]'''
*1997/98 – [[Fausto De Amicis]]
*1998/99 – [[Goran Lozanovski]]

'''Leading Goalscorer'''
*1983 – Doug Brown
*1984 – Doug Brown
*1985 – [[Charlie Egan]]
*1991/92 – [[Kimon Taliadoros]]
*1992/93 – [[Francis Awaritefe]]

'''Sam Papasavas Award (Under 21 NSL player of the year)'''
*1983 – [[Oscar Crino]]
*1988 – [[Paul Trimboli]]
*1989 – [[Paul Trimboli]]

'''NSL Goalkeeper of the Year'''
*1998/99 – [[Michael Petkovic]]
*2000/01 – [[Michael Petkovic]]
*2001/02 – [[Michael Petkovic]]

'''NSL Coach of the Year'''
*1980 – John Margaritis
*1988 – Brian Garvey
*1992/93 – Jim Pyrgolios
*1997/98 – [[Ange Postecoglou]]
*2000/01 – [[Mike Petersen]]

'''Bill Fleming Award'''
*1971 – Jim Pyrgolios
*1974 – Jimmy Armstrong

'''Victorian Premier League Top Goalscorer Award'''
*1966 – [[Kostas Nestoridis]]
*1972 – Jimmy Armstrong
*1974 – Jimmy Armstrong

'''Victorian Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year'''
*2005 – [[Dean Anastasiadis]]
*2006 – [[Dean Anastasiadis]]
*2010 – [[Peter Zois]]
2013-( Peter Gavalas)
'''Weinstein Medal'''
*1975 – Reno Lia

'''Jimmy Rooney Medal'''
*2006 – [[Fernando de Moraes]]

'''Victorian Premier League player of the year'''
*2010 – [[Fernando de Moraes]]

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==References==
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==Other websites==
*[http://www.smfc.com.au/ South Melbourne FC official site]

[[Category:Australian football clubs]]