Dandenong Thunder SC

Dandenong Thunder SC is a soccer club from Dandenong, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They are an Albanian Australian-backed club. In 2016, Thunder will compete in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 East.

In 2012, Dandenong claimed the famous treble of the Victorian Premier League Minor Premiership, the FFV State Knockout Cup & the VPL Championship Final.

History

Early years

The club was founded in 1970 as South Dandenong by Albanian migrants. Even today the club is primarily backed and supported by Albanians and Albanian-Australians living in Melbourne. They started competing in the Victorian District League East Division, which was the eighth tier of football (soccer) in Victorian Football Pyramid. For decades they were playing in the lower divisions until the mid-1990s when they started to climb the entire Victorian pyramid. In 1994 they were playing in State League Division 3, and every year managed to get promotion to a higher level until they reached the Victorian Premier League in 1998.