Clubname: | Pāpāmoa FC |
Fullname: | Pāpāmoa Football Club |
Ground: | Gordon Spratt Reserve, Papamoa Beach |
Capacity: | 1,000 |
Chairman: | Maaka Nelson[1] |
Manager: | Vacant |
League: | NRFL Southern Conference |
Season: | 2023 |
Position: | NRFL Southern Conference, 5th of 8 |
Website: | https://papamoafc.co.nz/ |
Pāpāmoa FC is a football club based in Papamoa Beach, Tauranga, New Zealand. They currently play in the NRFL Southern Conference.
The club were formed in 1995,[2] by Alan Bright and Iain Cargill.[3] The crest features the sun, sea and the sand, representing the clubs philosophies.[4]
The club has competed in the Chatham Cup seven times first competing in 1999, with their best appearance being in 2018 and 2022 where they reached the fourth round.[2] In 2018 they were knocked out by Birkenhead United losing 5–1, and in 2022 they lost 3–0 to Hamilton Wanderers.
Pāpāmoa signed an agreement in 2023 with Tauranga City to form a shared-entity FC Tauranga Moana.[5] Initially only having youth teams, Otumoetai joined Papamoa and Tauranga City to form a women's team in 2024 to take part in the NRFL Women's Championship.[6]