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Melbourne Hakoah is a defunct Australian sports club which had a predominantly Jewish Australian supporter base^{[ citation needed]}, akin to Hakoah Vienna^{[ citation needed]}. The club's best known arm was its soccer club.^{[ citation needed]}

History

The club was founded in 1927, and within a decade was one of the leading sides in the Victorian First Division.^{[ citation needed]} The club broke ground by becoming the first successful non-Anglo migrant backed club in the state, laying the foundation for the dominance of other migrant run clubs after World War II^{[ citation needed]}. While the club was unable to win a league title post-war, it still managed several victories in the Dockerty Cup, including four consecutive titles in the 1950s^{[ citation needed]}. Gradually, the club's supporter base dwindled due to assimilation and lack of renewal from younger supporters, and it eventually merged with South Melbourne's Victorian league reserve side in the early 1980s^{[ citation needed]}.

Honours

• Victorian Premier League titles: 4
  • 1934, 1935, 1938, 1943
• Dockerty Cup titles: 8
  • 1935, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1973

External links

Official

• Melbourne Hakoah Official Site

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