Hungaria (soccer)

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Hungaria were a soccer club based in Wellington, New Zealand.

The club was formed in 1962 by Hungarian immigrants who settled in New Zealand's capital city. The club played in the Central Region league before being invited to join the first ever New Zealand National Soccer League in 1970. The team finished 7th out of 8 teams that season, winning just 3 games. It was to be the club's only season in the National League as they forfeited their place to join a composite entry, Wellington City, for the 1971 and 1972 seasons.

In 1973, the club went solo again, this time in Division Two of the Central League, finishing 2nd. The following season, the club went one better and topped the table, winning promotion to Division One. The club remained there until the end of the 1977 season when they finished bottom of the 10-team division to be relegated back to Division Two. The club had two unsuccessful seasons in Division Two before joining into Wellington City permanently in 1979, later to become Wellington United in its present guise.