OBAC Odesa

Odesa British Athletic Club (In Russian: «Одесский британский атлетический клуб» ОБАК in short, meaning: Odesian British Athletic Club) was an earlier Imperial Russian athletic club from Odesa, which was established on 1878 by British workers of the Indo-European Telegraph Company who in 1877 moved from Kerch to Odesa.

History

The city of Odesa was the biggest city of the Imperial Russian South-West (see, Southwestern Krai) and was a municipality (Gradonachalstvo, an Imperial Russian administrative unit of the same level as governorate (gubernia) and oblast).[1] In 1877 to the city from Kerch moved the Indo-European Telegraph Company that employed many Brits (subjects of British Crown).[1] In 1878 they organized the Odesa British Athletic Club (OBAC) which among other sports competitions cultivated the game of association football.[1]

They played at the field located in a neighborhood of Malofontanskaya doroga (Little-fountain Road), not far from a sea shore.[1] For a long time OBAC was composed exclusively out of English only and beside playing between themselves, they conducted annual meetings with footballers of the Romanian city of Galați.[1]

Honors

  • Odesa Football Championship: 1911, 1912,

☆2> 1913

Statistics

Odesa Football League

Season Games Wins Drews Loses Goals Points Standings Trophies
1911 6 5 0 1 13–3 10 1 Cup of "Sports Journal"
1911/12 16 11 3 2 41–13 25 1 Jacobs Cup
1912/13 14 10 3 1 42–8 23 2 Серебряный призёр Bokhanov Shield
1913/14 14 7 1 6 28–23 15 4
1914/15 16 7 2 7 16 6
1915/16 10 3 1 6 16–20 7 4
1916/17 10 8 3

Known Players

References


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