S.K. Victoria Wanderers F.C.

S.K. Victoria Wanderers
Full name S.K. Victoria Wanderers
Founded 1958
Ground Gozo Stadium
Ground Capacity 4000
Manager Malta Mark Buttigieg
League Gozo First Division

S.K. Victoria Wanderers Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Victoria, Gozo. They were founded in 1958 and throughout the club's history, they have won the Gozitan League championship once, as Victoria United during the 1978–79 season.

History

The club was originally founded as Victoria City in 1958 to play in the Second Division of the Gozo Football League; the town of Victoria already had a long tradition in Maltese football through several older defunct clubs and the still present Victoria Hotspurs.

Early years

Victoria picked up their first piece of silverware during 1962–63 by winning the Gozitan Second Division, they were promoted to the top level of the island's football system. Their name was changed to SK Wanderers in 1963 for their step up to the top league.

After four seasons in the Gozitan First Division, the club were thrown out of the league and banned for two seasons.[1] To get around this, the club refounded as Sabina United for the following season in the Second Division, where they managed to gain promotion straight back into the top division. For their second return to the top division in 1968, they went under the name Victoria Wanderers, but were relegated straight back down.

League success

This time they stayed for a longer spell in the Second Division, eventually gaining promotion in the 1973–74 season as Victoria United, the league had also been expanded from six clubs, to eleven for a season. However, this was to be a yo-yo time for a club and they bounced between the two leagues during the decade, picking up the Second Division title for the third time in 1977–78.

Victoria United were crowned champions of Gozo in 1978–79, just a year after they had won the Second Division. This was the most prestigious title ever won by the club to date and the only time they have finished top in the whole of Gozo. It didn't last long for the club as they were soon bouncing between the leagues again, winning a fourth Second Division title.

Recent times

During 1991 the name of the club was changed back to one which they had used during the 1960s; SK Victoria Wanderers, the first season back under that name the club won the Second Division. Since winning the Second Division Championship in 07/08, the club have played continually in the First Division, finishing 3rd in 2011/2012.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
25 Serbia GK Branko Vrndic
19 Nigeria DF David Monday Udoh
3 Malta DF Mario Azzopardi
2 Malta DF Eman Bugeja
5 Malta DF Mark Buhagiar
6 Malta DF Simon Gatt
11 Malta FW Eric Chidi
8 Serbia MF Predrag Djordjevic
18 Malta MF Nicholas Vella
16 Malta MF Joseph Refalo
10 Malta MF Christopher Sciortino
15 Malta MF Lauran Dimech
21 Nigeria FW Ajibade Adesina
9 Malta FW Sam Harland

Honours

References

  1. ↑ RSSSF.com
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