Savoia SC
football club
The Savoia Soccer Club was an Australian association football (soccer) club based in Melbourne during the 1930s. The club is believed to have been the first in the state of Victoria to have been founded by Italian migrants. The club is also known to have been one of few sporting organisations to have been dissolved by the state authorities in Australia due to the fact that Fascist Italy was a member of the Axis powers during World War II, Australia's enemy at the time. The club is believed to have been based at Royal Park in Parkville, and former club members later assisted in the establishment of Victoria's most successful Italian sporting club 'Brunswick Juventus' in 1948. In late 1996 the club split and is now Brunswick Juventus Junior FC and Moreland Zebras Juventus FC respectively.
History
The club was founded sometime in the early 1930s and was named after the Italian royal family, 'Casa Savoia'. The English language translation of the name was 'Savoy' which became the club's nickname. While the exact year of foundation remains uncertain, Juventus state the club's origins could be as early as the 1920s. While the club's movements prior to 1933 remain unknown, Savoy's movements in 1933 & 1934 were formally recorded as the club competed in the presently operating Football Victoria state soccer league system. In these two years, Savoy competed in the Victorian third-tier league, that is (as of 2020) the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3, finishing mid-table in both seasons.
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