South Hobart

Full name	South Hobart Football Club
Founded	1910; 116 years ago (1910)
Ground	South Hobart Oval
Capacity	4,500
Coach	Ken Morton
League	NPL Tasmania
2025	1st of 8 (premiers and champions)
Website	http://southhobartfc.com/
Home colours

South Hobart Football Club is an Australiansoccer club based inHobart,Tasmania. Founded in 1910, the club currently competes in theNPL Tasmania before transition toAustralian Championship. South Hobart plays home games atSouth Hobart Ground and also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as women's teams.

South Hobart has a continuing reputation for identifying quality youth players and involving them in the first team. Former Newcastle Jets forwardAndy Brennan is a feature of this youth academy.^{[citation needed]}

South Hobart is the oldest soccer club in Tasmania, as well as one of the most successful. They have won theState Championship a record 18 times. Add to this 21Southern titles, 11 KO Cups^{[clarification needed]}, 3 Statewide KO Cups^{[clarification needed]} and 6 Falkinder Cups^{[clarification needed]} plus various other trophies, and stands out as Tasmania's most successful club. They played their first match on 21 May 1910. South Hobart won the league for the first time in 1919, and won the next four in a row. Although successful throughout their existence, they have only recently begun to again win trophies at the highest level. The 60s saw the influx of ethnic based clubs, and South Hobart has taken until the 21st century to return to their former glory.

Celebrating their centenary in 2010 the club enjoyed their most successful season ever achieving a clean sweep across Tasmanian soccer, finishing 1st in the Southern Premier League, winning the Championship play-off along with the Statewide Cup, Summer Cup and Steve Hudson Cup^{[clarification needed]}. They also retained all these titles in 2011.

With the creation of theNational Premier Leagues as the official second tier of Australian soccer for 2013, South Hobart finished in first place in Tasmanian division and won the regional championship playoffs. Progressing the Final series they defeatedCampbelltown City SC of South Australia in the semi-final. Taking on one of Australia's most famous and successful former NSL sidesSydney United 58 FC they were defeated 2–0 in the inaugural Grand Final.

2013 saw Kostas Kanakaris score the fastest hat-trick in Australian soccer when he scored three goals in almost 3 minutes againstLauncestion City in the highest scoring match of that time.^[1] In 2014 South Hobart became the first Tasmanian side to qualify for the FFA Cup. The club was drawn againstTuggeranong United in the round of 32, though lost the match 4–5 on penalties after 1–1 result after extra-time.^[2] They competed in the 2015 edition as they went down in penalties again, this time toSydney United 58.^[3]

They will also compete in the inaugural2025 Australian Championship after becoming Tasmanian Premiers in the regular season.

As of 8 October 2025^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Nicholas O'Connell 3 DF  AUS Adam Gorrie 5 DF  JPN Musashi Kokubo 6 DF  AUS Jacob Lancaster 7 MF  AUS Samuel Berezansky 8 MF  AUS Kobe Kemp 9 MF  AUS Bradley Lakoseljac 10 MF  AUS Nicholas Morton 99 FW  SWE Alexander Eliasson 12 MF  AUS Oliver White 13 DF  AUS Reilly Morton

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  AUS Harrison Oates 15 FW  AUS Daniel Arnaiz 16 FW  AUS Patrick Both 17 FW  AUS Alex Walter 18 DF  AUS Eli Wright 19 DF  AUS Tobias Herweynen 20 FW  AUS Rex Maddock 21 FW  AUS Kasper Hallam 22 GK  AUS Kieran Brown 24 GK  AUS Thomas Cordell 25 MF  AUS Alfred Hess

• Renato De Vecchi
• Jay DaSees

South Hobart play their home games atSouth Hobart Ground, D'Arcy Street, South Hobart. The ground is a picturesque ground at the base of the slopes ofMount Wellington with sweeping views over the city and theRiver Derwent. The club's headquarters however and training ground are located nearby at Wellesley Park, Wellesley Street, South Hobart.

As the most successful and oldest currently existing club in Tasmania the club holds a number of records. Some of these include the longest unbeaten run in Tasmanian soccer – 63 games without defeat, the most state championships won and also the record for fastest hat-trick in Australian history when Kostas Kanakaris scored three in two minutes and 51 seconds in part of an 11–0 thrashing of Launceston City on 12 May 2013.^[1][5]

• State Champions:
  • Winners (19): 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1929, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1959, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017
  • 'Runners-up (4): 1926, 2009, 2015, 2018
• Milan Lakoseljac Memorial Trophy (Statewide Cup)
  • Winners (7): 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2025
  • Runners-up (2): 2016, 2018
• National Premier Leagues Tasmania (NPL Tas Premiers)
  • Winners (4): 2013, 2014, 2017, 2025
  • Runners-up (2): 2015, 2018
• Victory Cup / NPL Tas League Cup (NPL Tas Finals)
  • Winners (4): 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
• National Premier Leagues
  • Runners-up: 2013
• Southern Premierships
  • Winners (21): 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1959, 1978, 1980, 1999, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Runners-up (15): 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1936, 1939, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 2001, 2007
• KO Cup
  • Winners (11): 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955
  • Runners-up (8): 1929, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958
• Summer Cup
  • Winners (6): 2001, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2022
  • Runners-up (7): 1971, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2020, 2021
• NPL Summer Series
  • Winners (1): 2018
• Vase Cup
  • Winners: (1): 2001
• Falkinder Cup
  • Winners (6): 1919, 1921, 1924, 1928, 1946, 1948
  • Runners-up (10): 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1947, 1959
• Steve Hudson Cup
  • Winners (4): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Association Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1960
• Ascot Gold Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1960
• Lloyd Triestino Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1975

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