The Old Xaverians Football Club was established in 1923 by alumni of Jesuit school Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia. The club is one of Australia's most successful in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.
The Old Xavs have won a total of twelve VAFA Section A flags. The Club dominated the competition during the late 1990s, taking the Section A premiership every year from 1995 through 2000.
Section A Premiers – 1981, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010.
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