East Keilor Football Club is an

Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

football club located 16 km northwest of

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

in the suburb of

East Keilor Keilor East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Brimbank and Moonee Valley local government areas. Keilor East recorded a population of 15,078 at the ...

. The club was founded in 1967 as a junior club. The Senior club was established in 1971 in B Grade and the club's first premiership was in 1978. The club's second B Grade premiership was in 1992. The club won Senior Division 2 premierships in 2012, 2014 and 2016. After losing the A Grade grand final in 1993 the club's won its only A Grade premiership in 1994. The club fields eight under-age teams. The club has won 28 junior premierships.

Senior Premierships (6)

Division 2 2012, 2014, 2016. B Grade 1978, 1992 A Grade 1994

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References

External links

EDFL Website

Official club website

Books

* History of football in Melbourne's north west – John Stoward - {{EDFL Essendon District Football League clubs 1967 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1967 Sport in the City of Moonee Valley Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne