Waitakere United

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Waitakere United
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Full name Waitakere United
Founded 2004
Ground Douglas Field,
Waitakere City, New Zealand
Chairman Flag of New Zealand Rex Dawkins
Manager Flag of New Zealand Chris Milicich
League NZFC
2007/2008 NZFC 1st
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Waitakere United is a football (soccer) club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They are one of the franchises in the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC). They play their home games at Douglas Field, part of the Trusts Stadium complex in Henderson. For the 2007-8 season, Douglas Field was under extensive renovation forcing Waitakere United to play most of their home fixtures at Fred Taylor Park in Whenuapai.

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[edit] History

Waitakere United was formed as a special franchise club in 2004 to play in the (NZFC), New Zealand's top domestic football competition. The team represents 12 member clubs from Mt Albert to the Kaipara.

In the inaugural season (2004/2005) of the (NZFC), Waitakere United finished runners-up to champions Auckland City FC but they followed up with a very disappointing 6th place in the next season. In the following season, however, Waitakere finished as (NZFC) premiers but lost in the grand final once again to Auckland City FC 3 - 2.

Due to the withdrawal of Vanuatu's Port Vila Sharks, Waitakere was given a berth in the inaugural OFC Champions League as (NZFC) premiers. They finished atop their group, edging out Auckland City and New Caledonia's AS Mont-Dore. They went on to defeat Ba F.C. of Fiji in the final, becoming the first OFC-League champions. Commins Menapi scored a crucial away goal that proved the difference as the tie finished 2 - 2 in aggregate.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Constituent Clubs

Waitakere United represents 12 clubs from Mt Albert to the Kaipara

[edit] Current Season Standings

# Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Waitakere United 21 16 3 2 51 14 37sm=n 51
2 Auckland City FC 21 16 2 3 44 16 28sm=n 50
3 Team Wellington 21 15 2 4 51 21 30sm=n 47
4 Hawke's Bay United 21 8 5 8 29 33 -4sm=n 29
5 Waikato FC 21 5 5 11 24 34 -10sm=n 20
6 YoungHeart Manawatu 21 5 2 14 32 57 -25sm=n 17
7 Otago United 21 3 4 14 13 43 -30sm=n 13
8 Canterbury United 21 3 3 15 22 48 -26sm=n 12


[edit] Current squad

As of April 18, 2008

No. Position Player
1 Flag of New Zealand GK Richard Gillespie
2 Flag of New Zealand DF Jonathan Perry
3 Flag of New Zealand DF Shane Pascoe
4 Flag of New Zealand DF Matt Cunneen
5 Flag of New Zealand DF Danny Hay
6 Flag of England DF Darren Bazeley
7 Flag of New Zealand MF Jason Hayne
8 Flag of the Solomon Islands FW Commins Menapi
9 Flag of the Solomon Islands FW Benjamin Totori
10 Flag of New Zealand FW Allan Pearce
11 Flag of England MF Neil Sykes
12 Flag of Fiji FW Roy Krishna
13 Flag of New Zealand FW Daniel Koprivcic
14 Flag of New Zealand MF Hoani Edwards
No. Position Player
15 Flag of Wales MF Christopher Bale
16 Flag of England MF Neil Emblen
17 Flag of New Zealand MF Jake Butler
18 Flag of Fiji MF Ronil Kumar
19 Flag of New Zealand MF Mikael Munday
20 Flag of New Zealand DF Jason Rowley
21 Flag of New Zealand DF Graham Pearce
22 Flag of New Zealand DF Simon Barker
23 Flag of New Zealand FW Blair Konik
24 Flag of New Zealand DF Tim Meyers
26 Flag of New Zealand MF Byron Paulus
27 Flag of New Zealand DF Tom Webb
28 Flag of New Zealand GK Arran Rowley
31 Flag of Wales MF Paul Seaman

[edit] Former Players

  • Flag of England Marcus Phillips (footballer) (2005-06)
  • Flag of New Zealand Simon Barker (2007)

[edit] Current Players

[edit] Honours

Preceded by
Auckland City FC
NZFC Premier
2006-07
2007-08
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Auckland City FC
NZFC Champion
2007-08
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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