Full name | Western Eagles Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Polonia, Eagles | |||
Founded | 13 August 1950 as Polonia S.C. | |||
Ground | Polish Club, 19 Carrington Drive Albion, Victoria | |||
Capacity | 2,000 | |||
Chairman | Peter Marmura | |||
League | Victorian State League Division 3 | |||
2024 | 1st | |||
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.