- S.K. Victoria Wanderers F.C.
Infobox Football club
clubname = S.K. Victoria Wanderers
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founded =1958
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chairman = flagicon|Malta Brian Azzopardi
manager = flagicon|Malta Mark Buttigieg
league = First Division League
season = 2007-08 | position = Second Division League
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leftarm2=FFFFff|body2=FFFFff|rightarm2=FFFffff|shorts2=FFFFff|socks2=FFFFffS.K. Victoria Wanderers Football Club is a Maltese football club from the town of Victoria,
Gozo . They were founded in1958 and throughout the clubs 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 presentVictoria 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. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gozohist.html#63 RSSSF.com] ] 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. The last time the club competed at the top level of football on the island was in2006 . In 08/09 they will again try their luck in Division 1, after winning the Second Division Championship in 07/08.Players
Honours
*Gozo First Division
**Champions: 1978-1979*Gozo Second Division
**Champions: 1962-1963, 1967-1968, 1977-1978, 1983-1984, 1991-1992, 2007-2008*Second Division Knock-Out Cup
**Champions: 1977-1978, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2007-2008*Second Division Challenge Cup
**Champions: 2006-2007, 2007-2008*ESSO Cup
**Champions: 1964-1965*Galea Cup
**Champions: 1965-1966References
External links
* [http://www.skvw.org S.K. Victoria Wanderers Football Club Official Website]
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