Oakland Clippers
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| Full name | Oakland Clippers | ||
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| Founded | 1966 | ||
| Dissolved | June 4, 1969[1] | ||
| Ground |
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California | ||
| Capacity | 47,416 | ||
| Chairman | Joseph O'Neill & H.T. Hilliard | ||
| League |
NPSL (1967) NASL (1968) | ||
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The Oakland Clippers were a soccer team based out of Oakland, California that played in the non-FIFA sanctioned National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). Their home field was Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum.
The Clippers brought the first-ever national professional championship in any sport to the City of Oakland. Following the 1967 season, it joined the newly formed North American Soccer League (NASL), the result of the merger between the NPSL and the United Soccer Association (USA). From September 1968 to June 1969 the Oakland Clippers, now playing as the California Clippers, played an independent schedule against top foreign club teams while waiting for the North American Soccer League to become reconstituted.
Year-by-year
| Year | League | W | L | T | Pts | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NPSL | 19 | 8 | 5 | 185 | 1st, Western Division | Won Championship |
| 1968 | NASL | 18 | 8 | 6 | 185 | 2nd, Pacific Division | Did not qualify |
Team Roster
1967[2]
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| Player | Position | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baesso, Mario | D | September 5, 1945 | -- | -- | Sao Paolo, Brazil |
| Bena, Stevan | D | August 23, 1935 | 5'11" | 170 | Serbia |
| Conde, Leonel | G | -- | 6'2" | 174 | Uruguay |
| Constancia, Jose | F | March 19, 1945 | -- | -- | Willemstad, Curaçao |
| Čop, Milan | M, D | October 5, 1941 | 5'10" | 168 | Slavonski Brod, Croatia |
| Crawford, Roel | M | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Davidović, Dimitri | D, M | May 21, 1944 | 5'10" | 160 | Aleksandrovac, Serbia |
| Djukic, Dragan | M | March 29, 1939 | 6'1" | 160 | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Gavrić, Momčilo | D | August 4, 1938 | 5'10" | 170 | Sinj, Croatia |
| Hoftvedt, Trond | M | May 30, 1941 | 5'10" | 166 | Oslo, Norway |
| Lievano, George | F | -- | -- | -- | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Lukić, Ilija | F | December 12, 1942 | 5'9" | 150 | Serbia |
| Lunnis, Roy | D | November 4, 1939 | -- | -- | London, England |
| Marin, Edgar | F, M | March 22, 1943 | 5'5" | 135 | San Jose, Costa Rica |
| Milosevic, Sele | F | April 4, 1940 | 6'0" | 167 | Šabac, Serbia |
| Mitić, Ilija | M, F | July 19, 1940 | 5'10" | 160 | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Quiros, William | F, M | October 10, 1941 | 5'5" | 143 | Alajuela, Costa Rica |
| Reynolds, Tom | G | September 6, 1955 | 5'11" | 180 | Alameda, California, USA |
| Rowan, Barry | F | April 24, 1942 | 5'9" | 163 | Willesden, England |
| Saccone, Ademar | F, M | October 11, 1934 | 5'10" | 160 | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Scott, Melvyn | M | September 26, 1939 | -- | -- | Claygate, England |
| Stojanović, Mirko | G | July 11, 1939 | 6'0" | 190 | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Wiestal, Kay-Arne | F | -- | 5'10" | 165 | Sweden |
| Zuniga, Jose | F | -- | -- | -- | Costa Rica |
References
- ↑ "Oakland Clippers Friendlies". NASLJerseys.com.
- ↑ "1967 Oakland Clippers Roster". JustSportsStats.com. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
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