South Melbourne FC

==South Melbourne Hellas==
===1959-1996===
The club were founded in 1959 as South Melbourne Hellas, playing with a badge inspired by the flag of Greece. They became founder members of the National Soccer League in 1977.
South_Melbourne_Hellas_logo.png|Alternative version without the 'Hellas' phrase.
==South Melbourne Lakers==
===1996-1999===
A rebrand to South Melbourne Lakers was undertaken in 1996 on the orders of Soccer Australia, who wanted less ethnically-loaded club names and emblems.
==South Melbourne FC==
===1999-present===
By 1999, the club name had changed to the simpler South Melbourne FC. After the NSL folded in 2004, with no application to join the A-League lodged, South Melbourne joined the Victorian Premier League in 2005.
Category:Melbourne, Victoria
Category:Victoria
Category:Soccer in Australia
Category:National Soccer League
Category:A-League Men
Category:Sports teams in Australia
Category:1959