Napier City Rovers FC explained

Clubname:Napier City Rovers
Fullname:Napier City Rovers
Nickname:The Blues
Ground:Bluewater Stadium, Napier, New Zealand
Capacity:4,000 (seated)
Chairman:Graeme Sole
Manager:Bill Robertson
League:Central League
Season:2023
Position:Central League, 3rd of 10
National League, 9th of 10
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Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central Premier League.

Club history

The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City.

Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier knockout football competition (the Chatham Cup) five times, in 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, and 2019 won the old New Zealand National Soccer League in 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2000. They represented New Zealand at the Oceania Club Championship in 2001, finishing third.

The Hawke's Bay region, of which Napier is a part, were represented by Napier City Soccer in the first year of New Zealand's new Football Championship in the summer of 2004, the only region that was not represented by an amalgamated franchise. That changed the following year with the change of name also to Hawke's Bay United. As with all teams making up the new franchises, they continue to compete in local winter football leagues, and also in the Chatham Cup.

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 Central Premier League[1]

Staff

Season by season record

SeasonQualifying leagueLeagueNew Zealand National LeagueChatham
Cup
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2021Central League1852113751−1417 7th Cancelled3Rstyle=text-align:left11
2022188463528+728 4th91351423−96 8thstyle=text-align:left9
20231810355032+18333rd92161326−1379th4Rstyle=text-align:left21

Honours

Performance in OFC competitions

2000–01 – 3rd Place – Won against AS Vénus 3 – 2 (stage 4 of 4)

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayPosition
2001Oceania Club ChampionshipGroup A Unitech2–02nd
Laugu United1–1
Lotoha'apai9–0
Foodtown Warriors Labasa4–0
Wollongong Wolves0–1
Semi Final Tafea2–4
3rd play-off Vénus3–2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition.
  2. Web site: Oceania Club Competitions 2000 . . 13 February 2022.