# Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament

The Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament, also known as Croatian Soccer Tournament (Croatian: Hrvatski nogometni turnir) is an annual tournament run by the Croatian Soccer Federation of Australia and New Zealand, an organisation founded in 1974. The inspiration for the tournament came from the successful examples in North America with the Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament founded in 1964 and West Coast Croatian Soccer Tournament founded in 1973.
The Tournament kicked off in 1974 with a trial event staged in Melbourne where six soccer clubs participated at Melbourne Croatia's ground, Montgomery Park in Essendon. Only six clubs participated. The Tournament's beginning was spawned from Melbourne Croatia's expulsion from the Victorian Soccer Federation in 1972, with the clubs leadership including Tony Vrzina and Josip Solic together with Mirko Furjanic, the now Honorary President of the Tournament, being instrumental in getting the Tournament established.
The first official Tournament was staged in 1975, hosted by Sydney Croatia and won out by Canberra FC who defeated Sydney Croatia 3–1 in the Final. The Tournament has gone on to become the largest and oldest ethnic football tournament in Australia, having been hosted in every state and territory except for the Northern Territory. It also holds the honour of being the oldest national soccer competition still running in Australia.
Melbourne Knights and Sydney United are the only two clubs to hold Life Membership to the Australian Croatian Soccer Federation due to their pioneering in the early days in establishing the Tournament, as well as their success on the national footballing stage.

## List of Tournaments

| Year | Host | Winner | Women's Winner |
| 2025 | Gold Coast Knights (4) | TBA (TBA) | TBA |
| 2024 | St Albans Saints (3) | Sydney United (11) | North Geelong Warriors (5) |
| 2023 | Adelaide Raiders (8) | Sydney United (10) | St Albans Saints |
| 2022 | Kralj Tomislav Sydney (3) | St Albans Saints (10) | North Geelong Warriors (4) |
| 2021 | Gold Coast Knights (N/A) | Cancelled due to COVID19 | (N/A) |
| 2020 | North Geelong Warriors (N/A) | Cancelled due to COVID19 | (N/A) |
| 2019 | Dandenong City | Dandenong City | Canberra FC (8) |
| 2018 | Gold Coast Knights (3) | Melbourne Knights (7) | Canberra FC (7) |
| 2017 | Canberra FC (5) | St Albans Saints (9) | Canberra FC (6) |
| 2016 | Adelaide Raiders (7) | St Albans Saints (8) | Canberra FC (5) |
| 2015 | Brisbane Knights (4) | Melbourne Knights (6) | North Geelong Warriors (3) |
| 2014 | South Coast United (2) | North Geelong Warriors | Canberra FC (4) |
| 2013 | Melbourne Knights (5) | Melbourne Knights (5) | Canberra FC (3) |
| 2012 | Gold Coast Knights (2) | Melbourne Knights (4) | Auckland Croatia |
| 2011 | Kralj Tomislav Sydney (2) | Melbourne Knights (3) | Canberra FC (2) |
| 2010 | Auckland Croatia | Melbourne Knights (2) | North Geelong Warriors (2) |
| 2009 | Adelaide Raiders (6) | Adelaide Raiders (5) | North Fremantle (3) |
| 2008 | North Geelong Warriors (4) | St Albans Saints (7) | North Fremantle (2) |
| 2007 | Western Knights (2) | Ljubuski FC | North Fremantle |
| 2006 | Sydney United (3) | Sydney United (9) | Canberra FC |
| 2005 | Melbourne Knights (4) | Canberra FC (6) | North Geelong Warriors |
| 2004 | Canberra FC (4) | O'Connor Knights |
| 2003 | Luddenham Bosna | Auckland Croatia |
| 2002 | Adelaide Raiders (5) | Adelaide Raiders (4) |
| 2001 | Brisbane Knights (3) | Canberra FC (5) |
| 2000 | St Albans Saints (2) | St Albans Saints (6) |
| 1999 | Hurstville Zagreb | Hajduk Sydney |
| 1998 | North Geelong Warriors (3) | St Albans Saints (5) |
| 1997 | Adelaide Raiders (4) | Adelaide Raiders (3) |
| 1996 | Canberra FC (3) | Sydney United (8) |
| 1995 | Gold Coast Knights | Adelaide Raiders (2) |
| 1994 | South Coast United | Canberra FC (4) |
| 1993 | Melbourne Knights (3) | Melbourne Knights |
| 1992 | North Geelong Warriors (2) | Canberra FC (3) |
| 1991 | Adelaide Raiders (3) | St Albans Saints (4) |
| 1990 | St Albans Saints | St Albans Saints (3) |
| 1989 | Brisbane Knights (2) | Sydney United (7) |
| 1988 | Canberra FC (2) | Sydney United (6) |
| 1987 | Sydney United (2) | Sydney United (5) |
| 1986 | Melbourne Knights (2) | Canberra FC (2) |
| 1985 | Adelaide Raiders (2) | St Albans Saints (2) |
| 1984 | Irymple Knights | Adelaide Raiders |
| 1983 | North Geelong Warriors | St Albans Saints |
| 1982 | Brisbane Knights | Brisbane Knights |
| 1981 | Kralj Tomislav Sydney | Sydney United (4) |
| 1980 | Glenorchy Knights | Western Knights |
| 1979 | Western Knights | Sydney United (3) |
| 1978 | Canberra FC | Sydney United (2) |
| 1977 | Adelaide Raiders | Whyalla Croatia |
| 1976 | Melbourne Knights | Sydney United |
| 1975 | Sydney United | Canberra FC |
| 1974 ^ | Melbourne Knights | Sydney United |
^ 1974 Tournament was a trial event

## Tournament Winners

* Sydney United, 11 titles
* St Albans Saints, 10 titles
* Melbourne Knights, 7 titles
* Canberra FC, 6 titles
* Adelaide Raiders, 5 titles
* Dandenong City, 1 title
* North Geelong Warriors, 1 title
* Whyalla Croatia, 1 title
* Western Knights, 1 title
* Ljubuski FC, 1 title
* Hajduk Sydney, 1 title
* O'Connor Knights, 1 title
* Auckland Croatia, 1 title
* Brisbane Knights, 1 title

## Women's Tournament Winners

* Canberra FC, 8 titles
* North Geelong Warriors, 5 titles
* North Fremantle 3 titles
* St Albans Saints 1 title
* Auckland Croatia 1 title