Brimbank Stallions FC

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Brimbank Stallions F.C.
Brimbank Stallions FC logo.png
Full nameBrimbank Stallions Football Club
Founded1986;37 years ago (1986) as Sunshine Park
GroundClub Italia Sporting Club, St Albans
ChairmanAnthony Chapman
Manager Andrew Marth
League Victorian State League Division 1 North-west
20225th
Website Club website

Brimbank Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club from Sunshine. The club competes in the Victorian State League Division 1 West. The club was founded in 1986 by the local Italian community in Sunshine and the surrounding suburbs of Melbourne's west. [1]

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Recent history

Brimbank Stallions FC finished second in the 2015 Victorian State League Division 4 season just missing out on promotion. [2] However the club would go on to win three consecutive promotions in 2016, 2017 and 2018, lifting the club from State 4 to State League 1, the latter two after hiring former National Soccer League player Andrew Marth. [3]

The club has ambitions to become a National Premier Leagues Victoria club. [3]

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References

  1. "About Us | Club Italia Sporting Club". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. "Ladder for Brimbank Stallions FC".
  3. 1 2 "Star Weekly | Stallions' promotion all part of an ambitious plan - Star Weekly". www.starweekly.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2018.