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Old Xaverians | ||
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Names | ||
Full name | Old Xaverians Football Club | |
Nickname(s) | Old Xavs | |
Club song | "We are the boys from the Old Xavs" | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 1923 | |
Colours | ||
Competition | VAFA | |
President | Matt Cosgrave | |
Coach | James Byrne | |
Premierships | (14): 1981, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016 | |
Ground(s) | Toorak Park | |
Uniforms | ||
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Other information | ||
Official website | oldxavs.com.au |
The Old Xaverians Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Kew, an inner suburb of Melbourne.
The club was established in 1923 by alumni of Jesuit school Xavier College in Kew. The club is one of the most successful in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, having won 14 VAFA Premier Section flags, with its first in 1981. It won an unprecedented six premierships in six years between 1995 and 2000.
The OXFC currently fields nine teams in the VAFA competition (seven men's, two women's). It plays senior home games at Toorak Park, Armadale, while the other men's teams are based at Stradbroke Park, Kew. The women's team, established in 2017 and a foundation member of the VAFA's Premier Women Section, plays home games at Xavier College, Kew.