Brunswick Zebras Football Club

This article is about the 1964 club based in Brunswick East. For the 1997 break off club based in Fawkner, see Brunswick Juventus FC.

Brunswick Zebras
Full nameBrunswick Zebras Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)Zebras
Founded1948 as part of Juventus
1964 as Brunswick United Juventus Juniors
1997 Brunswick Zebras Juniors
GroundSumner Park, Brunswick East
ChairmanCarlo Carli
LeagueMen: VSL 3 North-West
Women: VWSL 1 North-West
2024Men: 3rd
Women: 10th
Websitehttp://www.brunswickzebras.com/

Brunswick Zebras Football Club is an Australian semi-professional association football (soccer) club that is based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Brunswick East.[2][3] Nicknamed the 'Zebras',[4] the club fields both senior and reserves teams for men & women, and operates a junior academy under license from Football Victoria.[5] For the 2019 Football Victoria season, the senior men finished seventh of the state league fourth division,[6] and the senior women were premiers of the state league third division,[7] both in the northern conferences. To date, the club have been national champions and premiers on one occasion each,[8] Victorian state league premiers on eight occasions,[9] state cup winners on six occasions,[10] and winners of various lower state competitions throughout its existence.

The club was founded in 1948 as 'Juventus' by the Italian community of Melbourne[11] and operates from the original clubrooms at Sumner Park. Under the name 'Brunswick Juventus', the club participated in the National Soccer League from 1984 to 1988, where they would be national champions in 1985 and southern conference premiers in 1986. The club again participated in the national competition for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons under the names 'Brunswick Pumas' and 'Melbourne Zebras' respectively.[12]

History

Name history

Name Period
Juventus 1948–1979
Brunswick United Juventus 1980–1993
Brunswick Pumas 1993–1994
Melbourne Zebras 1994–1995
Brunswick Zebras 1996–2021
Brunswick Juventus Junior 2021
Brunswick Zebras 2022-present

Establishment and early success (1949–1969)

The club was established by Melbourne's Italian community in 1948 as 'Juventus', named after the Italian club. The decision to name the club Juventus was due to the agreement of political neutrality by the founding members as the club was partly established remnants of several smaller clubs in Melbourne, including Savoia that was founded in the early 1930s, and is believed to have been Victoria's first Italian sporting club.[13] The first competitive match was played on 16 April 1949, being the first round of the Victorian third tier league, that is now the Victorian State League Division 1 as of 2019. Juventus defeated Brighton SC 8-2 away, in what would be the beginning of a thirteen game winning streak[14] that would ultimately help the club finish second and be promoted at the season's conclusion.[15]

Brunswick Juventus became the dominant side in Victoria in the 1950s, winning six titles, including five consecutive titles from 1952 to 1956, and were arguably the club which ushered in the European migrant dominance of Victorian soccer which remains to the present. In the 1960s, while the club remained more than competitive, the rise of other migrant clubs, principally the Greek backed South Melbourne and the Yugoslav backed Footscray JUST, saw this dominance ended and the club waited until 1970 to add to its trophies.

Financial difficulties and mixed results (1970–1981)

The club largely struggled in the league during the 1970s due to financial difficulty after their 1970 championship and Dockerty Cup victory.[16][17] With the exception of finishing third in 1977, the team would finish no higher than mid-table and narrowly avoided relegation multiple times.[12] though there were would be another four Dockerty Cup wins during this time. As a result, the club decided not to pursue membership of the newly established National Soccer League in 1977, and would later change the club name from 'Juventus' to 'Brunswick United Juventus' in 1980.[17] However, they generally continued to be called Brunswick Juventus.

Improved results and first national league stint (1982–1988)

With financial stability being regained in the early 1980s, the team finished third in both 1982 and 1983. When the national federation decided to implement a geographical conference system for the 1984 season to reduce travel expenses, Brunswick applied for the southern conference and were accepted, becoming the first Italian backed Melbourne club to compete at a national level.[13] Brunswick would reach the finals in their debut season, but it would be the 1985 season that would see the club peak in its glory.

Brunswick finished second on the southern ladder[18] but would defeat Heidelberg United, South Melbourne and Preston in the southern conference play-offs before eventually defeating Sydney City over two legs in the national grand final.[19] In 1986 Brunswick finished first on the southern conference table,[20] but consecutive losses to Adelaide City and Footscray JUST in the conference play-offs ended their season[21] and was the last season in which they were to be finals competitive at national league level. Finishing eighth and thirteenth respectively in the 1987 and 1988 seasons saw Brunswick be relegated back to the Victorian state system.

Return to state league and second national league stint (1989–1996)

With two non-competitive seasons in the national league, the senior team commenced 1989 in the state league where they would finish second, and would repeat this feat in 1990. After its last first place finish at the highest state level in 1977, the club would break its twenty one year gap, finishing ahead of second-placed and fellow Italian backed club Bulleen by ten goals after being equal on thirty-eight points.[22] Another competitive season in 1993 saw Brunswick be re-admitted to the national league for the 1993–94 season, changing its name to 'Brunswick Pumas' in accordance with federation's ruling of removing ethnicism from club names.

The return to the national wouldn't be as successful as the clubs first stint, with the pumas finishing second last.[23] The season after, the club would change its name again for the fourth time in its history to 'Melbourne Zebras' in an attempt to gain a larger support base around Melbourne. On the field, the squad's performances slightly improved in finishing third last.[24] However, with a stronger fan base not developing fast enough for the federations liking, and in a greater attempt to remove ethnicism from the sport as a whole, the federation decided to remove the Zebras and Heidelberg United from the 1995–96 season at late notice. Outraged, both clubs obtained court injunctions to prevent the league season going ahead. Eventually, the injunction was lifted in the Federal Court of Australia to allow the league to start, albeit several weeks late.[25][26]

Club break off and re-establishment (1997–present)

Following dismissal from the national league, the club was allowed to return to the state league system's first tier league for a second time. It was at this time however that the club had developed dissension among its members, that resulted in the club being split into three groups. The 'Brunswick' group that contained the original Australian Business Number remained based at Sumner park, a tenancy that continues as of 2019. The 'Juventus' group would merge with fellow Italian backed clubs Box Hill, Bulleen, and Clayton to create 'Bulleen Inter Kings', taking with it the license to compete in the premier league for the 1997 season. The third group, referred to as the 'Zebras' group would merge with Italian backed Thomastown Devils to become 'Thomastown Zebras', to also compete in the premier league. In 2000, the two clubs would re-merge to create the 'Bulleen Zebras', and later the Moreland Zebras in 2009.[27] Both Moreland and Whittlesea Ranges, now both playing in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, Victoria's second tier of state soccer, disputedly claim a lineage to the Brunswick Zebras Football Club and all of its achievements prior to the unfortunate events of 1996.[28]

In 2003, under then president John Lewis, the club formed its first ever senior women's team. Coached by Paul Connolly, the team entered the Victorian state league division 3 north-west conference. In 2006, the club won its first senior women's premiership, with Connolly's team winning the division 3 north-west title ahead of second-placed Whittlesea Stallions.[29] The team was promoted to division 2 north-west for the 2007 season.

In 2007, after a ten-year hiatus, the senior men's team were granted a license to compete in state tier seven league, then known as 'Provisional League Division 3' in the North-West conference.[30] In 2008, the club renamed itself for a fifth time to its present name of 'Brunswick Zebras Football Club' and updated its emblem.

The 2011 season saw the club and the senior men win its first premiership in twenty years, finishing first in the seventh tier state league.[31] With the club seeing itself as 'a sports club with a social purpose', the 2016 season saw the club have 500 registered players, 200 of which were female.[32]

In 2019, one of the club's women's senior teams finished first in the state tier four league northern conference. It was the club's second senior women's premiership. As of 2019, the club is headed by politician Carlo Carli.[33]

In 2021, the club announced that it was changing its name for a fifth time to 'Brunswick Juventus Junior Football Club'. Along with the name change, the club publicised a new logo which included the historic Zebra, in recognition of the name used from 1994 to 2020.[4] It has since been reverted to Brunswick Zebras.

Former managers

Honours

National

State Men's

State Women's

Sources:[34][18][19][20][10][9][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "ABN Lookup". November 2014.
  3. ^ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Ballarat City to Bunyip & District".
  4. ^ a b "Club Name Change - Brunswick Juventus Junior Football Club". 23 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Brunswick Zebras FC".
  6. ^ "Ladder for Brunswick Zebras FC". GameDay.
  7. ^ "Ladder for Brunswick Zebras FC". GameDay.
  8. ^ "The Australian National Soccer League".
  9. ^ a b "Victorian Premier League Champions".
  10. ^ a b "Dockerty Cup".
  11. ^ "People Like Me".
  12. ^ a b "Victorian Football Club Archive - Maidstone United to Murray United".
  13. ^ a b "Club History - Moreland ZebrasMoreland Youth".
  14. ^ "Victoria Division Three 1949 - Fixtures/Results".
  15. ^ "Victorian Division Two - 1950 Season Table".
  16. ^ Radecki, Patrick (2013). "The history of Italian soccer clubs in Victoria: The disappearance of Brunswick Juventus".
  17. ^ a b "History - Brunswick Zebras FC".
  18. ^ a b "Australian National Soccer League".
  19. ^ a b "1985 National Soccer League Playoff results".
  20. ^ a b "Australian Soccer".
  21. ^ "Australian Soccer".
  22. ^ "Victorian Premier League - 1991 Season Table".
  23. ^ "Australian Soccer".
  24. ^ "Australian Soccer".
  25. ^ Cockerill, Michael (20 September 1995). "Court clears deck for A-teams". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  26. ^ Cockerill, Michael (1 October 1995). "A-League far from the big league". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015. Following an exhaustive and acrimonious legal process in which the lawyers (as usual) were the only winners, a revamped national competition - to be known as the A-League - will kick-off next weekend.
  27. ^ "ICHIST.PDF".
  28. ^ "The forgotten story of … Brunswick Juventus' 1985 NSL championship | Joe Gorman". TheGuardian.com. 7 September 2015.
  29. ^ "2006 Victorian Women's State League Division Three North-West - Final Table".
  30. ^ "2007 Victorian Provisional League Division Three North-West - Final Table".
  31. ^ "2011 Victorian Provisional League Division Three North-West - Final Table".
  32. ^ "The 'singing wolf' at the heart of Brunswick's community soccer revival". 15 September 2016.
  33. ^ "Board - Brunswick Zebras FC".
  34. ^ "Victorian Ampol Night Soccer Cup Winners".
  35. ^ "1958 The Sun Cup - Results".
  36. ^ "1958 Victorian State League Cup - Results".
  37. ^ "Victorian Pre-Season Cup Winners".
  38. ^ "Ladder for Men's Provisional League Div 2 North-West Reserves".
  39. ^ "2013 Victorian Women's State League Division Four North - Final Table".
  40. ^ "Ladder for Men's State League 4 North Reserves".
  41. ^ "Ladder for Men's State League 4 North Reserves".
  42. ^ "Ladder for Men's State League 4 North Reserves".
  43. ^ "Ladder for Women's State League 3 North".
  44. ^ "Ladder for Metropolitan League 9 North-West".
  45. ^ "Ladder for Metropolitan League 5 North-West".
  46. ^ "Ladder for Summerland Metropolitan League 6 North-West".
  47. ^ "FFV - Metropolitan Match Centre".
  48. ^ "2010 Victorian Women's Metropolitan League North-West - Final Table".
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