Old Xaverians Football Club
| Old Xaverians | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Old Xaverians Football Club | |
| Nickname | 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 | 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 Toorak, 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). And are renowned as one of the most successful clubs in the VAFA. With Toorak park in Armadale being the seniors main home ground, the other men's teams (including the u19's) are based at Stradbroke Park, Kew East. 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.