Bay Olympic is an association football club based in New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Northern League.

Bay Olympic
Full nameBay Olympic Football Club
Nickname(s)Bay
Founded1998 (as Bay Olympic Soccer and Sports Club)
GroundOlympic Park
New Lynn, Auckland
Capacity3,500
Club coordinatorHélène Hunt
ChairmanJohn O'Hagan
Head coachPeter Smith
LeagueNorthern League
2024Northern League, 6th of 12
[[2024 New Zealand National League|Current season]]

They have won the NRFL Premier League three times.

History

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Chart of yearly ladder positions for Bay Olympic in NZ 1st division soccer
 
The Bay Olympic clubrooms at Olympic Park

The club was formed from the merger of Blockhouse Bay (founded 1948) and Green Bay-Titirangi United (founded 1973) in 1998. Blockhouse Bay had been a prominent Auckland team, and were winners of the 1970 Chatham Cup, and losing finalists in 1975. Bay Olympic were losing finalists of the 2010 Chatham Cup. They made it to the semi-final stage of the Chatham Cup for 2011 and also won the 2011 NRFL Premier League.

Present day

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Bay Olympic ended the 2018 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier in the 12th spot, being relegated to Division One.[1]

Current squad

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As of 13 June 2021[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   NZL Oliver Pocock
2 DF   NZL Ryan Shen
3 DF   NZL Leo Hall
4 DF   NZL Marcus Milnes
5 DF   CZE Martin Bejbl
6 MF   NZL Callum McNeill
7 FW   GER Ibrahim Nadir
8 MF   NZL Hamed Basiri
9 FW   FIJ Al-taaf Sahib
10 MF   RSA DeAndre Vollenhoven
11 FW   NZL Kayne Vincent
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   NZL Ilham Hameedi
15 MF   NZL William Eng
16 MF   NZL Patch Bowen
17 FW   NZL Jacob Woolford
18 FW   NZL Teddy Tadesse
19 MF   NZL Ryusei Ishibashi
20 MF   NZL Sean Leadley
21 GK   JPN Hideyasu Sasaki
22 DF   NED Jack van Luijken
23 GK   NZL Nathan Garrow

Season by season record

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Season Qualifying league League New Zealand National League Chatham
Cup
Top scorer
P W D L F A GD Pts Pos P W D L F A GD Pts Pos Name Goals
2021[3] Northern League 18 7 4 7 26 38 -12 25 6th Did not qualify R5   Han Hong-gyu 5
2022[4] 22 7 2 13 34 46 -12 23 8th R5   Darren White 7
2023[5] 22 4 3 15 33 55 -22 15 10th R3   Ibrahim Nadir 10
Champions
Runners-up
Third Place
Top scorer in competition


References

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  1. ^ "NRFL Results September 1 – NRFL". nrfl.co.nz. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ "2021 Northern and Central League Player Lists".
  3. ^ "2021 Northern League – New Zealand". Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ "2022 Northern League – New Zealand". Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  5. ^ "2023 Northern League – New Zealand". Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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Chatham Cup
Preceded by Winner*
1929 Chatham Cup
Succeeded by
*As Blockhouse Bay