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Western Eagles FC

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{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Western Eagles F.C.

| image = File:Western Eagles Football Club logo.jpg

| current = Victorian State League Division 4 West

| fullname = Western Eagles Football Club

| nickname = Polonia, Eagles

| founded = 13 August 1950 as Polonia S.C.

| ground = Polish Club, 19 Carrington Drive
Albion, Victoria

| capacity = 2,000

| chairman = Peter Marmura

| manager =

| league = Victorian State League Division 2

| season = 2024

| position = 1st
Victorian State League Division 3

| website = http://westerneaglesfc.com.au/

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Western Eagles FC is an Australian football (soccer) club based in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.

The club's foundation meeting was held on 13 August 1950, at 93 Brighton Road, St. Kilda Victoria. The meeting decided that the club would be known as "Polonia Sports Club".

Polonia SC was one of the powerhouses of Victorian and Australian soccer in the 1950s and 1960s, before making a brief revival in the 1980s. Western Eagles is currently in Victorian State League Division 2 and plays its home games at Carrington Drive,

Albion.

Club history

= Foundation =

With the conclusion of the Second World War, many Poles did not want to remain in or return to their homeland for various reasons and as such made the decision to emigrate to Australia and begin a new life for themselves and their families. They were ex-servicemen and women, displaced persons, etc.

As Poles have done for countless generations, they began to form various organisations to uphold their old traditions and their identities, to alleviate their homesickness, finding solace with their own kind in a strange and at times inhospitable new land. Sport has always been a major enjoyment to Poles and as such a Polish Soccer Club was inevitable.

The foundation meeting was held on 13 August 1950 at 93 Brighton Road, St Kilda. The Meeting was an initiative of Zdzislaw Zabuski, Boleslaw Mlewski, Jacek Wyszogrodzki and the Polish Association in Victoria. The first committee was elected on 27 August 1950 and consisted of Wladyslaw Kowalik – President, Wiktor Kwiatkowski – Hon. Secretary, Franek Skowronski – Treasurer, Kazimierz Zielinski – Team Manager, Boleslaw Mlewski – Coach, Mieczyslaw Terlikowski – Team Manager. The meeting decided that the club would be named Polonia Sports Club.

File:Polonia Club Presidents 1950-1970.png

= The early years =

"Polonia" being Latin for Poland and the colours of white and red adopted. Polonia played its first game in September 1950, against JUST(Division 3 Champions and holders of the Australian World Cup) and defeated them 4:3. The club's first official league game took place at Williamstown Racecourse, on 7 April 1951 defeating Geelong United 3:1. It was the beginning of a meteoric climb and the beginning of the golden fifties and sixties for the club. Polonia became 4th Division Champions in their first season of existence in 1951, and 3rd Division Champions in 1952 winning the league without dropping a single point !John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1952D3T.html" ozfootball.net In 1953 Polonia finished Division 2 Runners-up winning promotion to Division 1, and becoming World Cup Champions. Players, who starred in these early days and will be remembered by many were Stefan Czauderna and Boleslaw Zablocki, pivot for the Victorian team that played the touring England team in 1951 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.Doug Butcher "http://melbournesoccer.blogspot.com/p/history-documents.html?m=1" Soccer Touring Teams to Australia Results 1950–1959, page 19 Stasek Galecki was the best left wing in the State of Victoria at the time, and Augus Dziura, a fine goal scoring center forward.

File:1951 end of season photograph.jpg

By 1954 Polonia had climbed into the First Division, losing just one league game in 3 years. It had taken only four years to get from the bottom to the top of the Victorian soccer pyramid structure.

The club reached the Dockerty Cup final for the first time in their history in 1955. The final played on 22 October, at Ascot Vale ended with a 1:1 draw to Hakoah, with the opening goal from Polonia's Peter Schipperheyn in the 51-minute. The side lost the Cup final replay 2:0 on 5 November.

During its early years the club was fortunate to secure services of Zdzislaw Zabuski, an engineer and businessman, and the club's most loyal supporter, who provided employment for many of the Polonia players. His knowledge of local conditions proved extremely useful. Mr Zabuski was elected club President in 1951.

Julian Chrzanowski was one of the club's first committee members and players. Mr Chrzanowski was a member of the Polish Resistance in World War II, before he was captured and send to Auschwitz concentration camp. He barely survived and was offered the chance to migrate to Australia or the United States. He arrived to Australia in 1949. He became the foundation member of Polonia. He played in the club's first game, and was a member of the championship teams of 1951 and 1952.

W.R.Thomas, President of Victorian Soccer Football Association was Polonia's most influential and noteworthy supporters. He recalls in 1951, prior of taking the Victoria State team on tour of New Zealand, arranging with Polonia club President Zdzislaw Zabuski, to play a trail game against the newly formed Polonia Soccer Club. He was shocked when the lowly and newly formed fourth Division team soundly beat his Touring team 7:1. He then became one of the club's great followers, even with his son, Brian, was a playing member of Polonia first team, representing the club in the 1954 season, debuting in Division One.

In 1956, the year of the Melbourne Olympic Games, Polonia officials took the opportunity to approach visiting membersof the Polish Olympic Committee who agreed

to allow some of Poland's best players to come to Melbourne. Polonia was fortunate to have amongst its ranks, the dynamic figure of Ted Lezon, a person gifted with explosive energy and controversial temperament which gave the Club plenty of drive and lift and who to this day is still an influence to the present. In 1956, Ted Lezon was entertaining officials of the Polish Olympic Teams and jokingly said "What about Polonia getting some top class players from Poland", that remark set the ball rolling, Dr Charles Walker, who was Club president at the time, had influential connections in Poland and the joke became reality.

Dr. Charles Walker was a Polish doctor born in Lviv, Poland. Dr Walker arrived in Australia just before the Second World War, and as a doctor was part of the Australian Army Force that combat against the Japanese in Papua New Guinea. Dr Walker began his work with the club in 1950 as a medical volunteer. By 1952 he was elected club President, role he fulfilled in the following years ; 1953, 1955–1956, 1958–1963.

On 13 June 1959, the first five of a long line of Polish stars arrived in Melbourne. They were Roch Dronia, Ryszard Szczepanski, Kaz Szygalski, Marian Gasior and Wieslaw Janczyk.

The highlight era in the club's history, were the early 1960s. In the season of 1960 and 1961 Polonia won back to back State League Championship, and becoming 1961 Dockerty Cup Winners beating George Cross 4:2 in the Final on 7 October, at Olympic Park with goals from Zygmund Gross, Zdzislaw Maruszkiewicz and a brace from Mieczyslaw Jurecki. This most successful side in the club's history also won the prestige "World Cup" tournament. Some of the most influential players of that time were; Mieczyslaw Jurecki, Wieslaw Janczyk, Wieslaw Gamaj, Zdzislaw Maruszkiewicz, Jerzy Dudon, Charlie Morks, Marian Gasior, Remo Guardiani, Ryszard Szczepanski, Roch Dronia, Kazimierz Szygalski, Zygmunt Gross, Henryk Gronowski, Ference Voros. President of Polonia SC at that time was Dr. Charles Walker. Our club also had representatives at international level. Players that had the honor to represent the Australian national team were George Pittoni, Lolly Vella and Robert Wemyss. Mieczyslaw Jurecki and Kazimierz Kowalec had the opportunity to play in the Australian "B" team.Greg Stock and Thomas Esamie http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1964B.html There was a number of players that were Poland's national team representatives ; Wieslaw Janczyk, Edward Jankowski, Zygmunt Gadecki, Norbert Gajda, Henryk and Robert Gronowski, Mieczyslaw Jurecki, Edmund Zientara.

File:Polonia 1960 Championship Team.jpg

In 1963 Polonia finished Runners-up in three competitions. In the Victorian State League, two points behind JUST, taking just 3 points in their final four games. The State League Leading Goalscorer that season was Edward Jankowski with 21 goals. Same year Polonia lost in the Final of the Dockerty Cup to ... JUST, losing 2:4 at Olympic Park. The team also lost in the Final of Australia Cup, which was the first national club tournament in the country initiated in 1962. The 1963 final was contested by two Melbourne clubs, with Slavia Melbourne beating Polonia 3:2 in a replay, after a scoreless draw in the first game. In the final replay, Des Palmer scored a hat-trick for the winners. On its way to the final Polonia faced Adelaide Juventus, George Cross, Brisbane Azzuri, and Sydney Prague in the semi-final, winning 3:1. Polonia did manage to win the 1963 Ampol Cup, pre-season competition, beating South Melbourne Hellas in the Final.Mark Boric "http://melbournesoccer.blogspot.com/2013/05/not-sure-what-sgt.html?m=1" Melbourne Soccer 23 May 2013

In 1981, 20 years after winning their last league title, Polonia finally topped the Victorian Metropolitan League Division 1, clinching a place back into the State League after a 4-year absence. The outstanding players of that team were Leszek Dzielakowski, Richard Lipiarski, Marian Jaworski, John Wallace, Greg Gamanski, Brendon Lakic, Tadeusz Krysinski, Peter Chapnik, Richard Sekulski, Stan Klain, Michael Pichner, Dave Gibson and Alex Marshall. In charge of the team was Kaz Kowalec, a former great player himself.

Stefan Mila was awarded the 1983 Victorian State League Gold Medal – Player of the Year Award.

The 1984 season Polonia finished Runners-up in the State League ending the season three points behind Morwell Falcons, and reaching the Dockerty Cup Final, losing to Fawkner 3:2 after extra time. Same year Janusz Przybyla was the State League's top Goalscorer netting 23 goals, despite been out injured for five games.

In 1987 Maribyrnong Polonia won its third Victorian State Championship. The team finished on top of the league with 42 points, three-point ahead of Green Gully. The club's woes began the following season. Due to poor management of the club's finances and by overpaying most of its players, the club had no choice but to start selling its best players. From 1989 to 1992 Polonia suffered successive relegations.

File:87 Marinbyrnong Polonia.gif

Polonia has been gifted with having some of the most influential people in Polish circles amongst its ranks, the likes of Ted Lezon, who has served in every capacity within the club and is accredited with single-handedly saving the club from extinction, soon after its glorious 1987 State League Championship Win. He has been a mentor to many of the present committee and still casts his long shadow today. The late Tomasz Ostrowski, gifted writer, journalist, philosopher extraordinary and Champion of Polish causes.

Polonia secured approval to play its matches at Maribyrnong at the old Tracy Speedway venue and in an effort to assimilate with the local community renamed themselves "Polonia Maribyrnong Soccer Club". They remained at this venue until 1991, at which time they moved to the Polish Sports and Recreation Centre, Albion where facilities were created for their permanent stay.

Polonia has always been a force to contend with in Victorian Soccer circles and has won countless titles. Polonia won the Victorian Championship on three occasions, in the seasons of 1960, 1961 and 1987.

= 1998–2019 =

Since 1998 Polonia is known as Western Eagles Football Club, changing club name from Sunshine Heights, which the club has been known as from 1991, after the move to the club's new home at Albion,"http://www.football-chaos.com/2019/01/polish-club.html?m=1" football-chaos.com 15 January 2019 a privately own venue based in the western suburbs of Melbourne. The "Polonia" being dropped as a requirement of the Victorian Soccer Federation to shed their ethnic appeal in 1992.

File:Polish Club, 19 Carrington Drive Albion, Victoria.jpg

One of the darkest chapters in the club's history was the disastrous merger venture with Melbourne City. For reasons not known or understood to this day by many supporters, the club's committee made a decision to merge with and compete as Melbourne City in the Victorian State League Division 1 in the 1999 season. In the 2000 season due to the legacy of that merger Western Eagles found themselves in the Victorian Provisional League Division 3. With new club President Darren Bednarski, who embed new life to the club and with the appointment of Leszek Dzielakowski as head coach, the club started a brief revival with three promotions in five years, rising from Provisional League Division 3 to Victorian State League Division 3, where the club finished in 8th position in the 2005 season, coached by Milorad Gelic. In this period the Club won its first league Championship in 16 years, topping the Victorian Provisional League Division 2 in 2003 on 46 points – 5 points ahead of Ballarat. This was the first year the club was in charge by the new Club President – Tadeusz Ziegler. Players who were most involved in that period were ; Darren Bednarski, Ivan Devcic, Paul Dzielakowski, Wojciech Galon, Kamil Gamanski, Andrew Gurman, Konrad Leski, Lukasz Lewinski, Adam Mostowski, Alex Samayoa, Marek Szczepanski and Slawomir Zientara.

The 2006 season was disastrous. The club was hit by crisis after crisis, coaching changes and a player walkout, which saw the club relegated back to Provisional League.

Wojciech Laskowski was elected Club President in 2010, the year the club was celebrating its 60th year of existence. The team coached by Sinisa Opacic became Provisional League 2 champions, topping the league table with 44 points. On 6 August 2011 the club organised a 60th Anniversary Gala where the Eagles had over 200 supporters gather, with former greats and the current team members at the Polish Sport and Recreation Centre. They spoke about legends of years past, relived the glory years and discuss the current club situation.

The club's head coach for the 2013 and 2014 season was Srecko Baresic-Nikic, a former professional player himself in Europe. He, together with the club committee and players, planned to bring Western Eagles back on the Victorian football map. The 2013John Punshon http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/2013SD4WR.html ozfootball.net season Eagles finished 5th on the table with 32 points, and still manage to win promotion to Division 3 due to the new competition format for state level football in Victoria, ending the season with a 3:1 win over league champions Corio. The team also had a solid run in the 2013 edition of the FFV State Knockout Cup were the club reached Round 5, going down to Preston Lions 1:2, after an entertaining game at Albion. The team played throughout the 2013 season facing many injury problems, giving a chance to play many of the club's youth players, one of them being Thomas Deng,David Davudovic http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/a-league/teams/victory/thomas-deng-credits-western-eagles-polonia-with-launching-his-blossoming-career/news-story/752a54c177599a0183a2614085f7418b. Herald Sun, 2018 who in 2014 signed with the A-League Club Melbourne Victory and made his first international appearance for Australia Under-20 side. Deng made his senior football debut for Western Eagles against Williamstown. Kacper Hubiak became the club's top goalscorer for the fourth consecutive season, with 15 goals, first player to do so in the club's 63-year history. Despite a solid start to the 2014 season where Eagles were sitting in second position in the table after Round 8 with 16 points, the team had a disappointing end to the year losing the last 4 games, including a crushing 8:1 defeat in round 20 to the league champions Essendon Royals. It was the third biggest league defeat in the club's history.

Since the reactivation in 2000, the club is fortunate to have a dynamic, hardworking and controversial figure amongst its ranks, a former player himself, Mark Szpakolski, who gives the club plenty of drive and passion. The likes of Joe Gorczynski, Janusz Przybyla, Leszek Dzielakowski and Wladyslaw Pejko, who are supporting the club by providing constructive and positive influence to others involved. Also, the supportive role of Steve Janus, who was one of the club's major sponsor for more than 15 years.

At the beginning of the 2016 season the club committee and its junior players, was presented with a cheque from Hyundai Australia as part of the "Goals For Grassroots" program. The presentation took place at Etihad Stadium before the A-League fixture between Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers. A dismal run of form saw the team slip to the bottom of the league table with only 6 points from its opening 10 games of the 2016 season. The Eagles rally in the second half of the season to finished in 10th place with 23 points. The side's relegation was confirmed by a lost in the relegation playoff to FC Strathmore 1:0, by a way of a penalty kick in the first half, on 24 September, at Paisley Park.Tim Michell https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/sport/fc-strathmore-claims-gritty-playoff-win-over-western-eagles-to-earn-promotion-to-state-league-3-northwest/news-story/a94fb5c0b5dd1f612fd268d876a07c67 Herald Sun, September 26, 2016

On 15 July 2017 the club's 1500th league game celebration took place at Albion. On this historic occasion the team under Daniel Krasic responded and made the club proud with a 2:1 win over Altona North, courtesy of a Matthew Lodkowski and Jack Karyakos goals. On the day the club's oldest player Stefan Czauderna (90) who walked out with our youngest junior player, lead the senior team out to the pitch. Members of local government and Brimbank Council, Honorable Consul for the Republic of Poland – Dr George J. Luk, Secretary of the SPK Victoria – Bogdan Platek, club members, former players and coaches, sponsors and supporters, all gathered to celebrate the club's achievement. Polonia finished the season in 8th place.

The club appointed Patrick Mangion as the new coach during the 2018 pre-season, who replaced Danny Krasic in mid March. After a 1:1 draw against Altona North in round 4, Eagles won nine games in a row. During this time they secured first position and held it for the remainder of the season. Western Eagles managed to secure the State League 4 Championship of the 2018 season after only 18 rounds.Lance Jenkinson "http://www.starweekly.com.au/sports/western-eagles-seal-title-with-three-to-go/".Starweekly, 20 August 2018 Eagles claimed the title in front of their home fans on 4 August, beating Truganina Hornets 2:1, having come from being 1:0 down: Matthew Lodkowski equalized in the 69th minute of the game and Stefan Dimeski scored the winner three minutes before full-time. Matthew Lodkowski became the leading goalscorer in State League Division 4 with 32 goals for the season, surpassing Janusz Przybyla tally of 23 (State League), and making him Western Eagles highest goalscorer in a single season. Western Eagles won the 2018 Division 4 season with a nine-point margin.

File:Western Eagles - Round 1 of the 2018 season, 24 March.jpg

= 2020– =

In October 2019, the club announced Steve Iosifidis.LANCE JENKINSON https://www.starweekly.com.au/sports/iosifidis-back-drivers-seat-western-eagles/ Star Weekly 2 DECEMBER 2019 as the new senior coach for the 2020 season. Iosifidis a former professional player, back-to-back NSL titles winner with South Melbourne under Ange Postecoglou. All Victorian football competitions in 2020 were cancelled due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

The 2021 season Eagles were sitting in second place, just two points behind league leaders Upfield, when a decision was taken and the Victorian football season once again was being disrupted due to the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, with the season being suspended from August 2021 from government-imposed lockdowns, with promotion and relegation suspended."https://www.footballvictoria.com.au/news/metropolitan-melbourne-2021-season-status"Football Victoria, Sep 3, 2021

The 2023 season was an extremely tight one, with only 5 points separating second and sixth at the conclusion of the regular season. Western Eagles stormed home with 6 wins from its final 10 matches to finish fourth, only four points behind the runners-up Craigieburn City.

On 7 April 2024, it was announced that Legia Warsaw Soccer School is coming to Western Eagles FC in July and run a week-long camp. After months of hard work behind the scenes between Legia Warsaw, Western Eagles FC and Polonia Sports Club Sydney, with help from Marcin Góralczyk and Kamil Siwik, Poland’s biggest soccer club will visit Polish Club Albion and run a week-long camp for 50 young players. Legia send two coaches, Tomasz Babel and Szymon Lesiakowski to lead the July 1-5 camp. Western Eagles committee headed by Peter Marmura would work close with Adam Biziuk - President of Polonia Sports Club from Sydney, partnering together to ensure that the camp could run in Melbourne and Sydney as a first of many more to come. That season Western Eagles went on to win the 2024 Victorian State League Division 3, winning promotion to State League Division 2 for the first time since 1991. The Eagles under coach Paul Falzon finished the season four points clear of Williamstown SC and Altona North.Tara Murray https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/sport/western-eagles-climb-the-mountain/ Star Weekly 29 Aug 2024

Club name changes

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| Name

! | Period

Polonia1950–1972
Maribyrnong Polonia1973–1990
Sunshine Heights Polonia1991–1992
Sunshine Heights1993–1997
Western Eagles1998–present

Honours

= League =

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  • Victorian State League{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/CHAMPS.html|title = Victorian Premier League Champions}}

: Champions (3): 1960, 1961, 1987

: Runners-Up (4) : 1955, 1963, 1968, 1984

: Champions (1) : 1981

: Runners-Up (1) : 1979

: Runners-Up (1) : 1953

: Champions (2) : 1952, 2024

: Champions (2) : 1951, 2018

  • Victorian Provisional League 2 (North-West)

: Champions (2) : 2003, 2010

  • Victorian Provisional League 3 (North-West)

: Runners-Up (1) : 2000

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= Cup =

National

  • Australia Cup{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/auscuphist.html|title=Australia – List of Cup Winners|access-date=12 January 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100113112537/http://rsssf.com/tablesa/auscuphist.html| archive-date= 13 January 2010 |website=RSSSF| url-status= live}}

: Runners-up (1) : 1963

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State

  • Dockerty CupJohn Punshon http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/Cup.html

: Winners (1) : 1961

: Runners-Up (4) : 1955, 1963, 1976, 1984

  • State League Cup

: Winners (1) : 1960

  • Ampol Cup{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/Pre-SeasonCup.html|title = Victorian Pre-Season Cup Winners}}

: Winners (2) : 1963, 1964

  • Buffalo Cup

: Winners (1) : 1984

  • Laidlaw World Cup

: Winners (2) : 1953, 1961

  • Armstrong Cup

: Winners (3) : 1957, 1959, 1973

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= Women =

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  • Victorian Women's State League Division 2

:Champions (1) : 2012

:Runners-up (1) : 2011

  • Victorian Women's State League Division 3

: Champions (1) : 2008

  • Victorian Women's State League Division 4

: Champions (1) : 2023Harper Sercombe https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/sport/eagles-expanding-programs/ Star Weekly 16 Oct 2023

  • Victorian Women's State League Division 5

:Runners-Up (1) : 2022

  • Victorian Women's Metropolitan League (North-West)

: Runners-up (1) : 2007

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Individual honours

Victorian State League Gold Medal – Player of the Year{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/GoldMed.html|title = Victorian Premier League Best & Fairest}}

  • 1983 – Stefan Mila

Bill Fleming Medal{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/BFMed.html|title=Media Panels Victorian Premier League Player of the Year|website=www.ozfootball.net}}

  • 1956 – Robert Wemyss
  • 1960 – Wieslaw Janczyk

Sporting Globe Medalhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-GeBc7j6xA6VEVHOWlHQ19RZ2s/view Victorian Soccer Federation yearbook 1964, page 101

  • 1960 – Wieslaw Janczyk
  • 1961 – Mieczyslaw Jurecki
  • 1962 - Stanislaw Szklarek

Victorian Provisional League 2 Best & Fairest

  • 2002 - Alex Samayoa

Victorian State League Leading Goal Scorer{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/Scorer.html|title = National Premier Leagues Victoria Golden Boot}}

  • 1961 – Mieczyslaw Jurecki 17 goals
  • 1963 – Edward Jankowski 21 goals
  • 1984 – Janusz Przybyla 23 goals

Victorian State League Division 1 Leading Goal Scorer

  • 1981 - Tadeusz Krysinski 14 goals

Victorian State League Division 3 Leading Goal Scorer

  • 1952 - Julian Chrzanowski

Victorian State League Division 4 Leading Goal Scorer

  • 1951 - Julian Chrzanowski
  • 2018 - Matthew Lodkowski 32 goals

International Representatives

Notable Former Coaches

  • {{flagicon|Poland}}Wieslaw Janczyk 1960–61, 1965–66
  • {{flagicon|Poland}}Edmund Zientara 1964
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|Poland}} Kazimierz Kowalec 1968–1972, 1980–82
  • {{flagicon|Poland}} Eugeniusz Lerch 1975–76
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|Poland}} Edward Widera 1978, 2009
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|Poland}} Leszek Dzielakowski 1983, 1989, 2000–01, 2016
  • {{flagicon|Australia}}{{flagicon|Israel}}Miron Bleiberg 1986–87
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|Poland}} Janusz Przybyla 1988–1990, 1998, 2002
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} Milorad Gelic 2005, 2014
  • {{flagicon|Australia}}{{flagicon|Croatia}}Srecko Baresic – Nikic 2013–14
  • {{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|Greece}} Steve Iosifidis 2020–2022

Club Presidents

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Name

!Year

Wladyslaw Kowalik1950
Zdzislaw Zabuski1951
Dr. Charles Walker1952–53, 1955–56, 1958–63
Victor Ertel1957
Marian Zarzycki1964–66, 1968–71
Janusz Klimecki1967
Basil Sowacki1972–73, 1975
George Kerry1974
Wladyslaw Suwinski1975–77
George Pater1978
Mieczyslaw Zurek1979–1985, 1994
Richard Makarucha1986–88
Tadeusz Lezon1989–90, 1992
Joe Gorczynski1991–92
Henry Dressler1993
Miroslaw Rybak1995–97
Wally Klain1998
John Pater1999

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|Name

!|Years

Darren Bednarski2000–02
Tadeusz Ziegler2003–06
Adam Drahan2007, 2015
Steve Janus2008–09
Wojciech Laskowski2010–14, 2016
Adam Jaskulowski2017
Kerri PopczykDariusz Buchowiecki "https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/polish/en/audiotrack/new-president-western-eagles-fc" SBS Radio, 15 April 20182018–19
Darek Lodkowski2020–23
Peter Marmura2024-25

|}

Western Eagles Divisional history<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/W/WesternEaglesDH.html|title = Western Eagles Divisional History}}</ref>

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SeasonLeaguePositionGamesWinsDrawsLossesGFGAPoints
bgcolor="#ffd700

|1951

Victorian Division 4114131070527
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|1952

Victorian Division 3118180089836
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|1953

Victorian Division 22181341661630
1954Victorian Division 1318864362422
bgcolor=silver

|1955

Victorian Division 12181251452229
1956Victorian Division 1418954552223
1957Victorian Division 1818828363218
1958Victorian State League6221048453624
1959Victorian State League622877373123
bgcolor="#ffd700

|1960

Victorian State League1221651542037
bgcolor="#ffd700

|1961

Victorian State League1221633511935
1962Victorian State League8229310302921
bgcolor=silver

|1963

Victorian State League2221363632132
1964Victorian State League6221066462526
1965Victorian State League822778192421
1966Victorian State League8227510242619
1967Victorian State League9227213414516
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|1968

Victorian State League222985292526
1969Victorian State League8228410223720
1970Victorian State League8228410344320
1971Victorian State League722949212622
1972Victorian State League9227312263817
1973Victorian State League8227411162818
1974Victorian State League10227312242717
1975Victorian State League10225611163616
1976Victorian State League1222251520449
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|1977

Victorian State League1222241621478
1978Victorian Metropolitan League Division 13221147241926
bgcolor=silver

|1979

Victorian Metropolitan League Division 12221174391929
1980Victorian Metropolitan League Division 13221147271826
bgcolor="#ffd700

|1981

Victorian Metropolitan League Division 11221633532335
1982Victorian State League5261178473729
1983Victorian State League62610610383526
bgcolor=silver

|1984

Victorian State League2261574643737
1985Victorian State League6261079352927
1986Victorian State League12266713233019
bgcolor="#ffd700

|1987

Victorian State League1281864432342
1988Victorian State League123010614414226
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|1989

Victorian State League16303423197610
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|1990

Victorian State League Division 1122641210334120
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|1991

Victorian State League Division 215307617236420
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|1992

Victorian State League Division 313288614335022
1993Victorian State League Division 472812511323229
1994Victorian State League Division 482811512424127
1995Victorian State League Division 47261178393137
1996Victorian State League Division 44261538552748
1997Victorian State League Division 44261556583050
1998Victorian State League Division 410267811404829
1999| colspan="9" |

Merged with and competed as Melbourne City

bgcolor=silver

|2000

Victorian Provisional League Division 3 N/W2221471613249
2001Victorian Provisional League Division 2 N/W3221264461842
2002Victorian Provisional League Division 2 N/W4221084532938
bgcolor="#ffd700

|2003

Victorian Provisional League Division 2 N/W1221372441646
bgcolor=#ACE1AF

|2004

Victorian Provisional League Division 1 N/W3221084443138
2005Victorian State League Division 3 N/W822868373730
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2006

Victorian State League Division 3 N/W12223118135510
2007Victorian Provisional League Division 1 N/W722868313230
2008Victorian Provisional League Division 1 N/W822859383329
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2009

Victorian Provisional League Division 1 N/W11225413233518
bgcolor="#ffd700

|2010

Victorian Provisional League Division 2 N/W1221453411944
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2011

Victorian Provisional League Division 1 N/W11226313323921
2012Victorian Provisional League Division 2 N/W822859333928
bgcolor=#ACE1AF

|2013

Victorian State League Division 4 W522958352732
2014Victorian State League Division 3 N/W621759303226
2015Victorian State League Division 3 N/W622859283529
bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2016

Victorian State League Division 3 N/W10227213324423
2017Victorian State League Division 4 W822679304325
bgcolor="#ffd700

|2018

Victorian State League Division 4 W1201721702253
2019Victorian State League Division 3 N/W9226610293724
2020Victorian State League Division 3 N/W

| colspan="8" | Season cancelled due to COVID-19

2021**Victorian State League Division 3 N/W2141004311830
2022 Football Victoria season|2022Victorian State League Division 3 N/W922679303625
2023 Football Victoria season|2023Victorian State League Division 3 N/W4221075362936
-bgcolor="#ffd700

|2024 Football Victoria season|2024

Victorian State League Division 3 N/W1221453481947
2025 Football Victoria season|2025Victorian State League Division 2 N/W

class="wikitable"

|bgcolor=gold|Champions

|bgcolor=silver|Runners-up

|bgcolor="ACE1AF"|Promoted

|bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|Relegated

  • Total games played 1629 – W 689 – D 363 – L 577 GF 2739 GA 2265 in 72 seasons
  • Divisional History source from OzFootball.net (1951–2010)

BGCOLOR="#808080" style="color: white"

| colspan="10" align="left"|


**2021 season suspended from August 2021 from government-imposed COVID-19 lockdowns. Promotion and relegation was suspended.


All-time table

class="wikitable"
Leaguenumber of seasonstotal gamesWinDrawLossGFGA
State League*3273028716128211211036
State/Division 15114533031176120
State/Division 22482010188980
State/Division 31225710550102436400
State/Division 4102381164874471306
Provisional League 15110372647168170
Provisional League 25110573122217121
Provisional League 312214716132
TOTAL72162968936357727392265

BGCOLOR="#808080" style="color: white"

| colspan="10" align="left"|


*Level 1 on the Victorian league system was the Victorian Division 1 from 1909 to 1957, Victorian State League from 1958 to 1990, Victorian Premier League from 1991 to 2013, National Premier League from 2014.


League records against other league clubs 1951-2024

class="wikitable"

!

!Played

!Wins

!Draws

!Losses

!Goals F:A

!First league meeting

Brunswick Zebras

| 64

| 22

| 17

| 25

| 79:95

| 1954

Ringwood City

| 58

| 18

| 13

| 27

| 82:107

| 1957

St.Kilda Hakoah

| 50

| 14

| 12

| 24

| 72:88

| 1954

Box Hill

| 46

| 29

| 8

| 9

| 92:46

| 1954

Footscray JUST

| 46

| 14

| 14

| 18

| 65:70

| 1954

George Cross

| 44

| 15

| 9

| 20

| 52:60

| 1958

Slavia Prahran

| 42

| 17

| 11

| 14

| 53:43

| 1956

Melbourne Hungaria

| 36

| 14

| 12

| 10

| 50:34

| 1960

South Melbourne

| 34

| 9

| 6

| 19

| 44:59

| 1961

Melbourne Knights

| 26

| 9

| 3

| 14

| 29:42

| 1962

Fitzroy United Alexander

| 24

| 14

| 5

| 5

| 50:26

| 1964

Moreland City

| 24

| 13

| 6

| 5

| 55:35

| 1954

Corio

| 24

| 11

| 3

| 10

| 48:35

| 1992

Sunbury United

| 24

| 8

| 6

| 10

| 35:42

| 1991

Williamstown

| 24

| 6

| 7

| 11

| 29:38

| 1995

Fawkner

| 23

| 7

| 5

| 11

| 30:33

| 1983

Brighton

| 20

| 13

| 2

| 5

| 47:20

| 1954

Lions USC

| 20

| 10

| 5

| 5

| 36:23

| 1962

Geelong Rangers

| 20

| 9

| 5

| 6

| 32:22

| 1993

Western Suburbs

| 18

| 9

| 1

| 8

| 31:23

| 1978

Records

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Colspan="3"|Biggest victories in the League
width="80"|Score

!width="180"|vs

!width="120"|Date

11:0

|Monbulk

|7 June 1997

10:0

|Heidelberg

|26 May 1951

9:0

|Heidelberg

|14 April 1951

9:0

|Woodlands

|28 June 1952

9:1

|Footscray City

|21 July 1956

8:0

|White Eagles

|14 April 1952

8:0

|Fairfield

|2 August 1952

8:0

|Box Hill

|7 April 1956

8:0

|Brighton

|29 March 1958

8:0

|South Melbourne

|21 May 1983

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Colspan="3"|Biggest losses in the League
width="80"|Score

!width="180"|Vs

!width="120"|Date

0:9

|Green Gully

|27 August 1989

0:7

|Sandringham City

|25 May 1991

1:8

|Essendon Royals

|30 August 2014

0:6

|Hakoah

|29 May 1971

0:6

|Bentleigh Greens

|11 March 1991

0:6

|Clifton Hill

|27 April 1991

1:7

|Surf Coast

|11 September 2010

{{col-end}}

class="wikitable"
Colspan="4"|Highest scoring League games
width="70"|Goals

!width="180"|vs

!width="120"|Date

!width="70"|Score

11

|Monbulk

|7 June 1997

|11:0

10

|Heidelberg

|26 May 1951

|10:0

10

|Footscray City

|21 July 1956

|9:1

10

|West Preston

|9 July 2000

|8:2

10

|Truganina Hornets

|12 May 2018

|8:2

9

|Heidelberg

|14 April 1951

|9:0

9

|Royal Caledonians

|17 May 1952

|8:1

9

|Woodlands

|28 June 1952

|9:0

9

|Moreland

|14 June 1958

|2:7

9

|Green Gully

|27 August 1989

|0:9

9

|Frankston Pines

|3 September 1989

|5:4

9

|Westgate

|10 June 1990

|4:5

9

|Corio

|14 May 2005

|6:3

9

|Essendon Royals

|30 August 2014

|1:8

9

|Westvale

|19 June 2021

|8:1

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Colspan="3"|Biggest victories in Australia/FFA/Dockerty Cup
width="80"|Score

!width="180"|vs

!width="120"|Date

12:2

|Pucka Rovers

|30 August 1952

11:1

|Warrnambool Wolves

|9 March 2013

9:1

|Bayswater

|17 July 1954

8:1

|Williamstown

|18 July 1953

8:1

|Prahran

|4 August 1956

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Colspan="3"|Biggest losses in Australia/FFA/Dockerty Cup
width="80"|Score

!width="180"|Vs

!width="120"|Date

0:7

|Frankston Pines

|12 February 1995

0:6

|Moreland City

|14 March 2020

1:6

|Sydenham Park

|5 March 2022

0:5

|Prahran Slavia

|1 April 1979

0:4

|St Albans Saints

|11 March 1996

0:4

|Westvale

|8 March 2014

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-3}}

class="wikitable"
Colspan="3"|Biggest winning streak
width="80"|Games

!width="100"|From

!width="100"|To

28

|Round 7 1951

|Round 2 1953

9

|Round 5 2018

|Round 14 2018

7

|Round 11 1961

|Round 17 1961

6

|Round 13 1960

|Round 18 1960

6

|Round 20 1960

|Round 3 1961

6

|Round 16 1981

|Round 21 1981

{{col-3}}

class="wikitable"
Colspan="3"|Biggest losing streak
width="80"|Games

!width="100"|From

!width="100"|To

8

|Round 7 1986

|Round 14 1986

8

|Round 15 2006

|Round 22 2006

7

|Round 14 1967

|Round 20 1967

7

|Round 3 1977

|Round 9 1977

7

|Round 6 1989

|Round 12 1989

7

|Round 18 2014

|Round 3 2015

{{col-3}}

class="wikitable"
Colspan="3"|Biggest unbeaten streak
width="80"|Games

!width="100"|From

!width="100"|To

40

|Round 1 1951

|Round 8 1953

18

|Round 8 1960

|Round 3 1961

17

|Round 13 2000

|Round 7 2001

16

|Round 11 1961

|Round 4 1962

15

|Round 4 1955

|Round 18 1955

14

|Round 1 2018

|Round 15 2018

{{col-end}}

Western Eagles – Polonia – Championship Teams

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Division

!Players used

1951

|Division 4

|1. Stefan Czauderna, 2. Jan Mazurek, 3. Boleslaw Zablocki, 4. Augustyn Dziura, 5. Stanislaw Galecki, 6. Henryk Jakubowski, 7. Tadeusz Koszanski, 8. Tadeusz Bialek, 9. Emanuel Wolany, 10. Ludwik Cebula, 11. Jan Garcarczyk, 12. Mieczyslaw Terlikowski, 13. Julian Chrzanowski, 14. Stanislaw Bialas, 15. Stanislaw Grabski, 16. Jozef Kopacz, 17. Bronislaw Langiewicz, 18. Mikolaj Pavlov Coach Boleslaw Mlewski

1952John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1952D3T.html" Ozfootball.net

|Division 3

|1. Stefan Czauderna, 2.Jan Mazurek, 3. Boleslaw Zablocki, 4. Augustyn Dziura, 5. Stanislaw Galecki, 6. Henryk Jakubowski 7. Julian Chrzanowski, 8. Jozef Czerkiewicz, 9. Palka, 10. Zdenek, 11. Jan Zuraszek, 12. Jan Garcarczyk, 13 Lacko, 14. Tadeusz Bialek, 15. Jozef Kopacz Coach Boleslaw Mlewski

1960John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1960SLR.html" ozfootball.net

|bgcolor=gold|State League

|1. John Morks, 2. Mieczyslaw Jurecki, 3. Kazimierz Szygalski, 4. Roch Dronia, 5. Jerzy Dudon, 6. Wieslaw Gamaj, 7. Ryszard Szczepanski, 8. Wieslaw Janczyk, 9. Zdzislaw Maruszkiewicz, 10. Remo Guardiani, 11. Marian Gasior, 12. Bruno Rueter, 13. Harry Capobus, 14. Anton Brkic, 15. Vince Parlatoni, 16. Henryk Jakubowski, 17. Bernard Biro Coach Wieslaw Janczyk

1961John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1961SLR.html" ozfootball.net

|bgcolor=gold|State League

|1. John Morks, 2. Mieczyslaw Jurecki, 3. Kazimierz Szygalski, 4. Roch Dronia, 5. Jerzy Dudon, 6. Wieslaw Gamaj, 7. Ryszard Szczepanski, 8. Wieslaw Janczyk, 9. Zdzislaw Maruszkiewicz, 10. Remo Guardiani, 11. Marian Gasior, 12. Henryk Gronowski, 13. Robert Gronowski, 14. Ference Voros, 15. Zygmunt Gross, 16.Mike Terlikowski, 17.Bruno Reuter, 18 Anton Brkic Coach Wieslaw Janczyk

1981John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1981ML1R.html" ozfootball.net

|Metropolitan League Division 1

|1. Leszek Dzielakowski (22/0), 2. Richard Lipiarski (22/0), 3. Marian Jaworski (22/0), 4. Joe Herman (9/0), 5. John Wallace (22/5), 6. Greg Gamanski (19/1), 7. Andrew Czapnik (4/1), 8. Chris Gerick (11/0), 9. Brendan Lakic (22/14), 10. Tadeusz Krysinski (20/14), 11. Peter Chapnik (22/7), 12. Richard Sekulski (19/4),13. Stan Klain (15/0), 14. Micheal Pichner (17/1), 15. Tadeusz Rachwalski (2/0), 16. Alex Marshall (12/4) Coach Kazimierz Kowalec (Games played / Goals scored )

1987John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1987SLT.html" ozfootball.net

|bgcolor=gold|State League

|1. Zdzislaw Kostrzewa (12/0), 2. Richard Lipiarski (28/0), 3. Gerry Bennett (28/0), 4. Aki Kotzamichaelis (28/3), 5. Greg Warszawski (17/9), 6. Peter Chapnik (25/4), 7. Jan Wycislik (27/5), 8. Gordan Flavell (24/0), 9. Brendan Lakic (26/3), 10. Kees Storm (28/11), 11. Miroslaw Smolarek (22/0), 12. Joe Kiss (16/0), 13. Rob Nelson (28/0), 14. Alex Marshall (17/4), 15 Janusz Baran (12/0), 16 Steve Chetcuti (5/0), 17 Paul Drinoczky (3/0), 18 Leszek Gregorczuk (3/0), 19 Janusz Przybyla (1/0), 20 Bobby Stojcevski (1/0), 21 Luke Ognenovski (1/0) Coach Miron Bleiberg (15), Rob Nelson (13) (Games played / Goals scored )

2003John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/2003P2NWR.html" ozfootball.net

|Provisional League Division 2

|1. Slawomir Zientara (18/0), 2. Andrew Jezard (13/0), 3. Marek Szczepanski (16/2), 4. Lukasz Lewinski (19/0), 5. Eric Zsembrey (17/1), 6. Alex Samayoa (22/4), 7. Andrew Gurman (8/2), 8. Kamil Gamanski (17/5), 9. Ivan Devcic (20/13) 10. Wojciech Galon (22/2), 11. Konrad Leski (17/10), 12. Adam Dachs (4/0), 13. Andrew Najda (9/0), 14. Milton Lopez (7/0), 15. Mark Tassone (14/0), 16. Fortunato Lariccia (11/0), 17. Piotr Marmura (8/1), 18. Tomasz Wierzbicki (17/1), 19. Andrew Mottram (5/0), 20. Ante Lanzaneo (13/1), 21. Krzysztof Grabowski (3/0), 22. Mateusz Kowalski (3/0), 23. Krzysztof Slodyczka (1/0) Coach Nino Comegna (Games played / Goals scored )

2010John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/2010PD2NWR.html" ozfootball.net

|Provisional League Division 2

|1. Marek Klek, 2. Lukasz Galon, 3. Charles Mizzi, 4. Adam Melideo, 5. Darko Dukic, 6. Adrian Purganic, 7. Andrew Donato, 8. Mateusz Kowalski, 9. Kacper Hubiak, 10. Wojciech Galon, 11. Robert Chelchowski, 12. John Strycharski, 13. Owen Sacco, 14. Robert Rubinich, 15. Adrian Kozulin, 16. Lukasz Lewinski, 17. Maciej Slodyczka, 18. Phillip Mucha, 19. Konrad Leski Coach Sinisa Opacic

2018"http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-8746-0-478191-0&pool=1&a=LADDER" footballfedvic.com.au

|Division 4

|1.Akim Abdul, 2.Charles Mizzi, 3.Dion Portelli, 4.John Roberts, 5.Marcel Pedersen, 6.Murray Haining, 7.Mateusz Kowalski, 8.Jack Karyakos, 9.Robert Chelchowski, 10.Matthew Lodkowski, 11.Stefan Dimeski, 12.Kane Manicaro, 13.Juan Igic, 14.Michael Luzar, 15.Maciej Slodyczka, 16.Lukasz Lewinski, 17.Benjamin Michael, 18.Sebastian Miekus, 19.Ange Soumbassis,20.Maciej Sztendur, 21.Max Perrins, 22.Lukasz Kopij, 23.Matuesz Slodyczka, 24.Haron Abdulovski, 25.Oktay Oztekin Coach Patrick Mangion

2024

|Division 3

|1.Marc O'Rourke, 2. Mikhael Reid, 3. Dane Garbett, 4. Connor Bencich, 5. Joel Pilcher, 6. Gordan Jozeljic, 7. George Dioudis, 8. Malik Furlong, 9. Kacper Hubiak, 10. Matthew Napoli, 11. Konrad Dobraszkiewicz, 12. Nicholas Blicharz, 13. Teddy Negrit, 14. Damon Todorov, 15. Christopher Coleman, 16. Timothy Williams, 17. Matthew Sirgiovanni, 18.Ryan Comito, 19. Jeremy Vun,20. Juan Ramirez, 21.Antonio Komso, 22. Matthew Lodkowski, Coach Paul Falzon

File:Polonia 1960 Victorian Champions.png| 1960

Cup Competition

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"

! Season

! Competition

! Round

! Club

! Score

Dockerty Cup 1951|1951

|Dockerty Cup

|R2

|International Harvesters|International Harvesters

|3:1

|

|R3

|JUST

|1:3

Dockerty Cup 1952|1952

|Dockerty Cup

|R2

|Melbourne University

|w/o

|

|R3

|Pucka Rovers

|12:2

|

|QF

|JUST

|3:1

|

|SF

|Juventus

|2:6

Dockert Cup 1953|1953

|Dockerty Cup

|R2

|APM Maryvale

|5:3

|

|R3

|Williamstown

|8:1

|

|QF

|Northcote

|5:0

|

|SF

|Hakoah

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1954|1954

|Dockerty Cup

|R2

|Park Rangers

|6:3

|

|R3

|Bayswater

|9:1

|

|QF

|JUST

|0:1

Dockert Cup 1955|1955

|Dockerty Cup

|R2

|Park Rangers

|1:0

|

|R3

|Prahran

|7:1

|

|QF

|Box Hill

|2:2, 3:0

|

|SF

|Wilhelmina

|1:1, 4:2

|

|Final

|Hakoah

|1:1, 0:2

Dockert Cup 1956|1956

|Dockerty Cup

|R2

|Geelong

|5:0

|

|R3

|Prahran

|8:1

|

|QF

|Wilhelmina

|4:2

|

|SF

|Brighton

|1:1, 1:2

Dockert Cup 1957|1957

|Dockerty Cup

|R2

|Yallourn

|3:2

|

|R3

|Brighton

|1:0

|

|QF

|Hakoah

|2:1

|

|SF

|Moreland

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1958|1958

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Brighton

|4:1

|

|QF

|Juventus

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1959|1959

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Juventus

|2:4

Dockert Cup 1960|1960

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Slavia Port Melbourne

|1:0

|

|QF

|Box Hill

|5:0

|

|SF

|Juventus

|2:3

Dockert Cup 1961|1961

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Footscray Capri

|2:2, 5:0

|

|QF

|JUST

|6:3

|

|SF

|Wilhelmia

|1:0

|

|Final

|George Cross

|4:2

Dockert Cup 1962|1962

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Croatia

|2:1

|

|GR

|Juventus

|2:1

|

|GR

|Hakoah

|0:2

|

|GR

|JUST

|1:0

|

|SF

|George Cross

|0:2

Australia Cup 1963|1963

|Australia Cup

|R2

|George Cross

|0:0 p. 4:3

|

|QF

|Brisbane Azzurri

|3:0

|

|SF

|Sydney Prague

|3:1

|

|Final

|Slavia Port Melbourne

|0:0

|

|Final

|Slavia Port Melbourne

|2:3 a.e.t.

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Austria

|6:1

|

|GR

|Slavia Port Melbourne

|3:2

|

|GR

|Juventus

|3:3

|

|GR

|South Melbourne Hellas

|2:1

|

|SF

|Croatia

|2:0

|

|Final

|JUST

|2:4

Dockert Cup 1964|1964

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Lions

|4:0

|

|QF

|South Melbourne Hellas

|1:3

Dockert Cup 1965|1965

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Makedonia

|0:2

Dockert Cup 1966|1966

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Lions

|4:2

|

|QF

|Juventus

|0:0, 3:1

|

|SF

|Hakoah

|2:3

Dockert Cup 1967|1967

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|St Albans

|7:0

|

|QF

|Slavia Port Melbourne

|1:1, 0:2

Dockert Cup 1968|1968

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Dandenong City

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1969|1969

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Ringwood City Wilhelmina

|2:3

Dockert Cup 1970|1970

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|South Melbourne

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1971|1971

|Dockerty Cup

|R5

|Box Hill

|2:2, 0:0, 1:1, 2:1

|

|R6

|Keilor City

|0:2

Dockert Cup 1972|1972

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|George Cross

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1973|1973

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Box Hill

|0:1

Dockert Cup 1974|1974

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Mooroolbark

|0:3

Dockert Cup 1975|1975

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Fitzroy United Alexander

|2:2, 1:3

Dockert Cup 1976|1976

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Keilor Austria

|2:0

|

|R2

|Juventus

|1:0

|

|QF

|Box Hill

|4:0

|

|SF

|Essendon Lions

|1:0

|

|Final

|Footscray JUST

|0:2

Dockert Cup 1977|1977

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Port Melbourne

|6:0

|

|R2

|Frankston City

|2:1

|

|QF

|Preston

|2:3

Dockert Cup 1978|1978

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Geelong

|2:3

Dockert Cup 1979|1979

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Footscray JUST

|3:0

|

|R2

|Frankston Pines

|1:0

|

|Quarter-final

|Prahran Slavia

|0:5

Dockert Cup 1980|1980

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Park Rangers

|2:1

|

|R2

|Green Gully

|1:1, pen.

Dockert Cup 1981|1981

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Couburg

|2:0

|

|R2

|Green Gully

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1982|1982

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Port Melbourne

|5:1

|

|R2

|Albions Rovers

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1983|1983

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Preston Makedonia

|6:1

|

|R2

|Morwell Falcons

|1:5

Dockert Cup 1984|1984

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Altona City

|5:0

|

|R2

|South Oakleigh

|2:1

|

|QF

|Box Hill

|3:2

|

|SF

|Thomastown

|5:4

|

|Final

|Fawkner

|2:3

Dockert Cup 1985|1985

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Broadmeadows

|3:2

|

|R2

|Morwell Falcons

|0:3

Dockert Cup 1986|1986

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|North Dandenong

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1987|1987

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Northcote City

|0:2

Dockert Cup 1988|1988

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Mordialloc

|1:0

|

|R2

|Fawkner

|4:1

|

|R3

|Heidelberg United

|1:2

Dockert Cup 1989|1989

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Heidelberg City

|2:1

|

|R2

|Morwell Falcons

|1:3

Dockert Cup 1990|1990

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Melbourne JUST

|0:3

Dockert Cup 1991|1991

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Bulleen

|0:2

Dockert Cup 1992|1992

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Corio

|2:3

Dockert Cup 1995|1995

|Dockerty Cup

|GR

|Darebin United

|1:2

|

|GR

|Frankston Pines

|0:7

|

|GR

|Nunawanding City

|2:2

Dockert Cup 1996|1996

|Dockerty Cup

|GR

|Glenroy

|5:0

|

|GR

|Altona East

|0:2

|

|GR

|St Albans Saints

|0:4

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! Season

! Competition

! Round

! Club

! Score

Dockert Cup 2004|2004

|Dockerty Cup

|R1

|Caulfield United

|2:2, p. 4:3

|

|R2

|Brimbank

|0:1

Dockert Cup 2011|2011

|Mirabella Cup

|R1

|Werribee City

|0:3

Dockert Cup 2012|2012

|FFV State Knockout Cup

|R1

|Altona North

|2:3

2013

|FFV State Knockout Cup

|R2

|Warrambool Wolves

|11:1

|

|R3

|Sebastopol Vikings

|4:2

|

|R4

|Hoppers Crossing

|1:1, p. 4:2

|

|R5

|Preston Lions

|1:2

Dockert Cup 2014|2014

|Dockerty Cup

|R2

|Westvale

|0:4

FFA Cup 2015|2015

|FFA Cup

|R2

|Middle Park

|1:0

|

|R3

|Corio

|0:3

FFA Cup 2016|2016

|FFA Cup

|R2

|St Kevin's Old Boys

|0:2

FFA Cup 2017|2017

|FFA Cup

|R1

|Glen Waverley

|4:3

|

|R2

|Monash University

|0:3

FFA Cup 2018|2018

|FFA Cup

|R1

|Melbourne University

|2:0

|

|R2

|Cairnlea FC

|2:5 aet

FFA Cup 2019|2019

|FFA Cup

|R1

|Lalor United

|0:2

FFA Cup 2020|2020

|FFA Cup

|R2

|Westvale

|3:0 w/o

|

|R3

|Moreland City

|0:6

FFA Cup 2021|2021

|FFA Cup

|R2

|Ashburton United

|3:0

|

|R3

|Doncaster Rovers

|1:2

2022

|Australia Cup

|R2

|North Caulfield FC

|3:2

|

|R3

|Sydenham Park

|1:6

2023

|Australia Cup

|R2

|Sebastopol Vikings

|0:1

2024

|Australia Cup

|R1

|St Albans Gospic Bears

|6:0

|

|R2

|Spring Gully United

|3:1

|

|R3

|Doncaster Rovers

|7:1

|

|R4

|Knox City

|2:1

|

|R5

|Hoppers Crossing

|2:2 p.1:3

2025

|Australia Cup

|R2

|Wyndham FC

|3:0 w/o

|

|R3

|Yarra Jets FC

|6:1

|

|R4

|Mill Park

|

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Dockerty Cup Finals

class="wikitable"
width=50|Year

!width=90|Champion

!width=90|Runner up

!width=50|Score

!width=90|Goal Scorer

!width=180|Polonia Lineup

!width=60|Venue

!width=50|Crowd

1955John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1955DockertyCup.html" ozfootball.net

|Hakoah

|Polonia

|2:0

|J.Gottesman 60,

R.Piercy 85

| Stefan Czauderna, Harry Capobus, Henryk Jakubowski; Bob Wemyss, Bill Lawrie, Stanislaw Plekan, Andrew Czerkaski, Robert Strahan, Peter Schipperheyn, John Backley, Jim Johnson

|Showgrounds, Ascot Vale

|6500

1961John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1961DockertyCup.html" ozfootball.net

|Maribyrnong Polonia

|George Cross

|4:2

| M.Jurecki (2)

Z.Gross

Z.Maruszkiewicz (Polonia)

SG: B.Copeland (2) (George Cross)

| Henryk Gronowski, Robert Gronowski, Marian Gasior, Wieslaw Janczyk, Zdzislaw Maruszkiewicz, Richard Szczepanski, Jerzy Dudon, Zygmunt Gross, Mieczyslaw Jurecki, Wieslaw Gamaj, Roch Dronia

|Olympic Park

|5000

1963John Punshon "http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1963DockertyCup.html" ozfootball.net

|Footscray JUST

|Maribyrnong Polonia

|4:2

| I.Pikl 40, 66

T.Stankovic 80

M.Pejovic 85 (JUST)

M.Jurecki 77

E.Jankowski 83 (Polonia)

|Bruno Putkowski, Marian Gasior, Richard Szczepanski, Wieslaw Janczyk, Zygmunt Gross, Jerzy Dudon, Micheal Mroczkowski (Sent off), Edward Jankowski, Mieczyslaw Jurecki, Edmund Zientara, Roch Dronia

|Olympic Park

|6000

1976

|Footscray JUST

|Maribyrnong Polonia

|2:0

|Palinkas 2, Buljevic 80

|Larry Ostrowsky, Stan Klain, Marian Jaworski, Eddie Marmur, Barney Klimecki, Andrew Czapnik, George Nierobicz, Ricky Lipiarski (John Dykun 71'), Michael Borucinski (Ralph Esposito 56'), Joe Herman, Hugh Humphrey.Coach: John Grimsey.

|Olympic Park

|

1984John Punshon "http://ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/1984DockertyCup.html" ozfootball.net

|Fawkner

|Maribyrnong Polonia

|3:2 a.e.t.

|N.Garvey 13, P.Boyle 32, F.MacLeod 93 (Fawkner)

C.Fattore 40og, D.McCluskey 79 (Polonia)

|Mike Fryszer, Richard Lipiarski, Miroslaw Smolarek, John Gardiner, Danny McCluskey, Nick Kolaric (Leszek Gregorczuk 99), Carl Gilder, Dave Gibson, George Petrov, Joe Tront, Noel Mitten. Coach: John Gardiner.

|Olympic Park

|

Top Goal Scorers

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  • 1951 Julian Chrzanowski
  • 1952 Julian Chrzanowski
  • 1953 Harry Capobus/Stan Plekan
  • 1954 unknown
  • 1955 Peter Schipperheyn 14
  • 1956 George Pittoni 18
  • 1957 N. von Nagy 8
  • 1958 unknown
  • 1959 Enzo Bottari/Roch Dronia 5
  • 1960 Mieczyslaw Jurecki 12
  • 1961 Mieczyslaw Jurecki 17
  • 1962 Robert Gronowski 6
  • 1963 Edward Jankowski 21
  • 1964 Kazimierz Kowalec 13
  • 1965 Kazimierz Kowalec/Czeslaw Plaskota 4
  • 1966 Stefan Katolik 7
  • 1967 Bernard Przybylski 9
  • 1968 Zygmunt Gadecki/Jerzy Swoboda 7
  • 1969 Henryk Siwka 9

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  • 1970 Edward Widera 7
  • 1971 Czeslaw Plaskota/Henryk Siwka 6
  • 1972 Czeslaw Plaskota/Edward Widera 5
  • 1973 Ron Horfiniak 5
  • 1974 Andrew Czapnik/Marian Jaworski 5
  • 1975 Eugeniusz Lerch 5
  • 1976 Hugh Humphreys 5
  • 1977 Tomasz Koter 4
  • 1978 Ralph Esposito 5
  • 1979 Richard Sekulski 14
  • 1980 Tadeusz Krysinski 13
  • 1981 Tadeusz Krysinski 14
  • 1982 Alex Marshall 12
  • 1983 Alex Marshall 12
  • 1984 Janusz Przybyla 23
  • 1985 Greg Warszawski 11
  • 1986 Janusz Przybyla/Alex Marshall 3
  • 1987 Kees Storm 11
  • 1988 Greg Warszawski 11
  • 1989 Bogdan Bonk 8

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  • 1990 Bogdan Bonk/Danny Ward 8
  • 1991 Hussein Latif 5
  • 1992 Hussein Latif 7
  • 1993 Hussein Latif 11
  • 1994 Zlate Bogoevski 9
  • 1995 Kamil Gamanski 9
  • 1996 David Beattie 12
  • 1997 Michael Calandrella 14
  • 1998 Kamil Gamanski 8
  • 1999
  • 2000 Paul Dzielakowski 16
  • 2001 Paul Dzielakowski 11
  • 2002 Ivan Devcic 12
  • 2003 Ivan Devcic 13
  • 2004 Konrad Leski 7
  • 2005 Dominic Murdaca 13
  • 2006 Wojciech Galon 3
  • 2007 Konrad Leski 14
  • 2008 Marcin Goralczyk/Mark Grixti 8
  • 2009 John Strycharski 7

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  • 2010 Kacper Hubiak 10
  • 2011 Kacper Hubiak 13
  • 2012 Kacper Hubiak/Robert Chelchowski 9
  • 2013 Kacper Hubiak 15
  • 2014 Robert Chelchowski 9
  • 2015 Robert Chelchowski 8
  • 2016 Robert Chelchowski 12
  • 2017 Matthew Lodkowski 10
  • 2018 Matthew Lodkowski 32
  • 2019 Matthew Lodkowski 12
  • 2020
  • 2021 Alister Smart 9
  • 2022 Jason Hayne 11
  • 2023 Matthew Lodkowski 11
  • 2024 Kacper Hubiak/Timothy Williams 9

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  • (*No record of scorers from season 1951–1954 and 1958)
width="180"|Name

!width="180"|Years

!width="70"|League Goals

Robert Chelchowski

|2009–2016, 2018–2021

|86

Matthew Lodkowski

|2016–2024

|78

Kacper Hubiak

|2009–2016, 2024

|77

Mieczyslaw Jurecki

|1960–1965

|57

Janusz Przybyla

|1982–1989

|56

Ivan Devcic

|1991–1992, 2000–2003

|56

Brendan Lakic

|1978–83, 1987–89, 1994–95

|46

Kamil Gamanski

|1993–1998, 2001–2005

|44

Tadeusz Krysinski

|1980–1983, 2000

|40

Konrad Leski

|2003–2008, 2010

|38

Paul Dzielakowski

|1990–1992, 1995, 2000–2002

|37

Kazimierz Kowalec

|1964–1972

|35

Alex Marshall

|1981–1983, 1986–1987

|35

Michael Calandrella

|1996–1998, 2001

|34

Greg Warszawski

|1985–1988

|33

Edward Jankowski

|1963–1964

|31

George Pittoni

|1954–1956

|30*

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Longest Serving Players (First Team Appearances)

= 17 seasons =

  • Peter Czapnik (1975–1991)
  • Lukasz Lewinski (1998, 2000–2008, 2010–2011, 2013–2014, 2016–2018)
  • Matthew Kowalski (2003–2016, 2018–2019, 2021)

= 16 seasons =

  • Andrew Czapnik (1969–1977, 1980–1986)

= 14 seasons =

  • Richard Lipiarski (1975–1977, 1979–1989)
  • Maciej Slodyczka (2005–2010, 2012–2019)

= 13 seasons =

  • Edward Marmur (1965–1977)

= 12 seasons =

  • Michael Olinowski (1964–1975)
  • Wojciech Galon (2001–2006, 2010, 2012–2016)
  • Charles Mizzi (2008–2019)

= 11 seasons =

  • Ron Horfiniak (1971–1980, 1983)
  • Brendon Lakic (1978–1983, 1987–1989, 1994–1995)
  • Kamil Gamanski (1993–1998, 2001–2005)
  • Robert Chelchowski (2009–2016, 2018–2019, 2021)

= 10 seasons =

  • Henryk Jakubowski (1951–1960)
  • Czeslaw Plaskota (1964–1973)
  • Zbigniew Szalinski (1968, 1970–1978)
  • Marian Jaworski (1971–1977, 1981–1983)
  • Leszek Dzielakowski (1978–1983, 1985–1986, 1988–1989)

= 9 seasons =

  • Wieslaw Janczyk (1959–1961, 1963–1968)
  • Kazimierz Kowalec (1964–1972)
  • Czeslaw Plaskota (1964–1972)
  • Kacper Hubiak (2009-2016, 2024)

References

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External links

  • [http://westerneaglesfc.com.au/ Western Eagles FC official website]
  • [https://www.facebook.com/westerneaglesfc?fref=ts Western Eagles Facebook Page]
  • [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/W/WesternEagles.html Western Eagles page on OzFootball]
  • [http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/ Football Federation Victoria]
  • [https://www.australiacup.com.au/ Australia Cup]

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