Dianella White Eagles SC

Dianella White Eagles

Full name	Dianella White Eagles Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	Serbia, White Eagles,
Founded	1978
Ground	Dianella Reserve
Capacity	1,500
Chairman	Aleksa Tesic
Manager	Marc Wingell
League	Football West State League Division One
2008	5th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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. The club was renamed Dianella White Eagles later on as to reduce the ethnical tension between former Yugoslav clubs, due to the outbreak of the Yugoslav War in the 1990s. 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 first team currently plays in the Western Australian State League first division.

Bobby Despotovski, former Perth Glory player and Australian international of Serbian origin, has good links with the club, and a few years ago, his shop, Bobby 10 Football World, was the main sponsor of Dianella.

Honours

1993 First Division Winners

1990 Second Division Runners Up

1983 Third Division Runners Up

External links

• Official club website