Brimbank Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional

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club from

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. The club competes in the

Victorian State League Division 1 State League 1 is a semi-professional association football league in Victoria, Australia. Sitting at level 4 of the Victorian league system, below the three NPL Victoria divisions, it forms part of the fifth tier of the overall Australian league ...

West. The club was founded in 1986 by the local Italian community in Sunshine and the surrounding suburbs of

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's west.

Recent history

Brimbank Stallions FC finished second in the 2015

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season just missing out on promotion. 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

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player

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. The club has ambitions to become a

National Premier Leagues Victoria The National Premier Leagues Victoria, commonly known as NPL Victoria, is a semi-professional soccer league in Victoria, Australia. The league is a part of the National Premier Leagues, and is the highest level within the Victorian soccer leagu ...

club.

References

External links

Brimbank Stallions FC (official website)
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