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Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is a soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. The club, established by members of Oakleigh's Greek Australian community, currently competes in the NPL Victoria. The Club is located at the Jack Edward’s Reserve, Edward Street, Oakleigh. ==History== South Oakleigh Soccer Club was established on 12 December 1972. The club soon changed its name to Oakleigh Soccer Club. In the 1970s and 1980s, the club steadily gained success by winning a number of Victorian Provisional, Metropolitan and State League divisional titles. The club won the Championship in its first two years of competition, taking out the Victorian District League East in 1973 and 1974. Oakleigh won their next title in 1978, when the club took out the Victorian District League Division 1, winning promotion to the Victorian Provisional League Division 2, which they won in their first year in 1979. The club achieved three successive promotions in 1981, 1982 and 1983, taking the club from the Victorian Provisional League Division 1 to Victorian Metropolitan League Division 2. The club won back to back titles in 1985 and 1986, the latter title granting them Victorian State League (later rebranded to the Victorian Premier League and then National Premier Leagues Victoria) status for the first time. The club finished 12th in their first season in Victoria's top flight of football. The club was re-branded Oakleigh Cannons S.C. in the 1990s to expand its appeal beyond its predominantly Greek Australian support base. The club changed its name again to Oakleigh Cannons Football Club and gained promotion to the Victorian Premier League in 2003.〔http://www.oakleighcannonsfc.com.au/?page_id=7〕 The club finished runners up in their first season back in the top flight in 2004, but lost to both Bulleen Zebras and Altona Magic in the finals series. In the 2005 season, the club finished in 5th place to again qualify for the finals series, beating Fawkner-Whittlesea in the elimination final but then losing to Heidelberg United in the semi final. The club won its first VPL Premiership in 2006, finishing 12 points clear at the top of the table.〔http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/2006VCT.html〕 Disappointing, the club lost to Altona Magic in the qualifying final and Heidelberg United in the semi final. The club again made the finals series in 2007, but lost to Melbourne Knights FC in the semi final, making it four successive years of finals disappointment for the South East club. Led by Arthur Papas, Oakleigh just missed out on the 2011 championship title, won by Green Gully SC on goal difference after both sides finished the season with 43 points. Oakleigh made the grand final that year, facing up against minor premiers Green Gully, but lost 3-2 after extra time, with Hamid Basma scoring the winner in the 95th minute. Oakleigh again made the grand final in 2012, playing against Dandenong Thunder SC at Aami Park in Melbourne. They lost 2-1 after Nate Foster scored a 81st-minute winner for Thunder. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oakleigh Cannons FC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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