Dianella White Eagles SC

Full name Dianella White Eagles Soccer Club
Nickname(s) Serbia, White Eagles,
Founded 1978
Ground Dianella Reserve
Ground Capacity 1,500
President Slobodan Bajic
Manager Vesko Zmukic
League Football West State League Division One
2015 6th
Website Club home page

Dianella White Eagles SC is an Australian soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia which was established by the local Serbian Australian community. The team was formed under the name of Dianella Serbia in 1978, with the name changed to the current one in the 1990s to reduce the ethnic tension between former Yugoslav clubs, due to the outbreak of the Yugoslav War. In recent times, the club has seen a major influx of players and personnel who were refugees of the Yugoslav War, mainly from the Krajina region in Croatia, and from Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club's crest shows a football with the double headed eagle (the national emblem of Serbia) on a badge with the Serbian national colours, red, blue and white, in the background. The senior team currently (2016) plays in the Western Australian State League first division.

Bobby Despotovski, the former Perth Glory player and Australian international of Serbian origin, had links with the club; his former shop – Bobby 10 Football World – being one of their main sponsors.

Coaching Staff & Squad List

The 2016 season coaching staff is as follows:

Coach Role
Vesko Zmukic First Team Manager/Coach
Dragan Njegic Reserves Manager/Coach
Mauro Marchione Under 18's Manager/Coach

The 2016 season First Team Squad List for Dianella white eagles is as follows:

Player Position Country
Yosri Gharsallah GK  Tunisia
Branimir Dragojevic (c) RB  Australia
Yann Castrec CB  France
Bojan Radinovic CB  Serbia
Jason Stepanovski LB  Australia
Phillip Angelo CM  Australia
Ermias Haile CM  Eritrea
Mohamed Awad CM  Australia
Mwansa Musonda LW  Sierra Leone
Camillo Cardenas RW  Colombia
Johan Pubill CF  France
Milos Bajic GK  Australia
Michael Rizidis RB  Australia
Chris Rizidis CF  Australia
Michael Kelly CF  Australia
Aleksandar Milandinovic CF  Australia
Ali Safak LW  Turkey
Dragan Njegic CF  Serbia

Honours

1993 First Division Winners

1990 Second Division Runners Up

1983 Third Division Runners Up

External links

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