Bundoora United has solidified its championship and promotion from FV state league 4 north.
United’s treasurer Malina Triantafylidis said the club and its community is beyond excited at the achievement and the challenges that will come with state league north-west 3.
“It’s major for our club, we’re only a community club based in South Morang, so this is a massive achievement,” she said.
“We are extremely excited, amongst football it’s a quite well known fact that state 4 is quite a hard league to get out of, the teams are very well put together.
“So the fact that we’ve managed to get out of state league 4 in our second year playing at that level, it hasn’t been done before, so we’re very proud of our boys.”
With one game still remaining and top spot secured, speaking before the game Triantafylidis said the team will be approaching this game as they have been all season.
To wrap up their 2023 campaign United will face third placed Melbourne University.
“We did have a massive celebration last week as we got the points that we needed to win the championship, but the game will be played like any other game,” she said.
“They’re going in to win.
“I think this week, those players that were on the bench last week will get game time this week.
“But the team that we put together this year is so strong that I believe it doesn’t matter which players are playing, the team is just as strong.”
With the challenge of state league north-west 3 looming, Triantafylidis said the club has a strong base that is up for the challenge without the need of much recruitment throughout the off season.
“I think we have the perfect core to our team as it stands,” she said.
“It would be very hard to get those players to not play for us next year, because they are really excited heading into state league 3, so I would say the team would very much stay the same.”
There is one player who has caught Triantafylidis’ eye throughout the season, Benji Quattrone.
The 17-year-old has booted eight goals from his 16 appearances throughout the year, making him the sides second highest scorer.
“We gained Benji from Melbourne City this year and he’s actually the youngest in the side… he’s definitely one to watch,” she said.
“The coaches have worked really hard with Benji, because we feel as the executive committee that it’s really important to create a very clear player pathway.
“We really want to get those younger players developed and move them up, as far as they can go.”
