Following dismissal from the national league, the club was allowed to return to the state league system's first tier league for a second time. It was at this time however that the club had developed dissension among its members, that resulted in the club being split into three groups. The 'Brunswick' group that contained the original Australian Business Number remained based at Sumner park, a tenancy that continues as of 2019. The 'Juventus' group would merge with fellow Italian backed clubs Box Hill, Bulleen, and Clayton to create 'Bulleen Inter Kings', taking with it the license to compete in the premier league for the 1997 season. The third group, referred to as the 'Zebras' group would merge with Italian backed Thomastown Devils to become 'Thomastown Zebras', to also compete in the premier league. In 2000, the two clubs would re-merge to create the 'Bulleen Zebras', and later the Moreland Zebras in 2009. Both Moreland and Whittlesea Ranges, now both playing in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 2, Victoria's second tier of state soccer, disputedly claim a lineage to the Brunswick Zebras Football Club and all of its achievements prior to 1996.