Blue Kumuls (Mount Hagen)

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Blue Kumuls
Blue Kumuls Mount Hagen logo.png
Full nameBlue Kumuls Soccer Club
Foundedbef. 1980's
League Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
2019 Highlands Conference: 2nd
Quarter-Finals

Blue Kumuls is a semi-professional association football club based in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea. The club was founded sometime before 1980's.

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The club has taken part in three editions of the Papua New Guinea National Club Championship with their best finish coming in 2005 when they finished fourth. They also finished as runners-up in the Highlands Regional League on two occasions. [1] [2]

The club is currently under the leadership of Elias Wapsiat and is taking part in the 2019 edition of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, and are through to the playoffs after having finished second in the Highlands Conference. In 2021/2022 season, Blue Kumuls Football Club merged with Aporo Mai of Kutubu form Ape Aporo FC and we finished first in the highlands conference undefeated. Unfortunately we could not make it to semi-finals. We lost to Lae Natives of Lae, Morobe Province [3] [4]

History

The first records of the club playing competitively was in the 1997 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship. However, the side failed to make an impact on the competition. [5] The club also took part in the 1998 edition, but also failed to make the knockout stages. [6]

In 1999, the club took part in the Highlands Regional League and topped their pool. It is unclear whether the side won the competition. [7] However, in 2001, the side returned, and were beaten in the final by Momads. [1] This fate was repeated four years later when the side fell 3–1 against Momads in the Grand Final. [2] The two sides were due to play in the following season's final on 21 May 2006, but the match was abandoned at half-time due to bad light and never rescheduled. [8] Later that year, the club took part in the Papua New Guinea National Club Championship for the second time. They placed bottom of their pool behind Sobou FC, University and West United. [8]

The side reached the 2008 Highlands Regional League final for the fourth time, where they were set to play Momads again. However, the match was not played due to an appeal over the eligibility of some of the Momads team – now operating under the name of Welgris Highlanders – having played in the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League earlier in the season. [9]

The side's competitive record is unclear until late 2018, when it was confirmed they would be competing in the 2019 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League in the Highlands Conference. [10] The side had a slow start to the competition, drawing 1–1 with Simbu Angra on the opening day, [11] before a 4–2 win over Aporo Mai was followed by a 3–0 defeat at the hands of Mount Hagen FC. [3] [12] A win against Enga Laima was followed by a defeat to unbeaten leaders Kagua Erave, leaving the side third on seven points at the halfway stage, three behind Mount Hagen in second. [3] [13] A 2–0 reverse victory against Mount Hagen on 23 March was enough to draw them level with their local rivals, [14] and two wins from their next four – including an incredible 10–4 victory against Simbu Angra which helped them overturn their goal difference deficit – was enough to qualify them for the next round in second place behind Kagua Erave. [3] [4] [15] The side were drawn against four-time champions Toti City in the playoff quarter-finals, and went down 8–1. [16]

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Regional Competitions

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