Canterbury United Dragons

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Canterbury United Dragons
Full nameCanterbury United Dragons
Nickname(s)The Dragons
Founded2002;22 years ago (2002)
Dissolved2021;3 years ago (2021) [1]
Ground English Park, Christchurch
Capacity3,000
ChairmanJulian Bowden
ManagerLee Padmore
League ISPS Handa Premiership
2019–20 10th (regular season)
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Canterbury United Dragons was a semi-professional football club from Christchurch, New Zealand. The team plays most of its matches at English Park in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in Nelson. The club last played in the ISPS Handa Premiership, the now folded top level of football in New Zealand.

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History

Chart of yearly ladder positions for Canterbury United in NZ 1st division soccer Performance chart nzsl CAN.svg
Chart of yearly ladder positions for Canterbury United in NZ 1st division soccer

The club was founded in 2002 as a conglomerate of various Christchurch area clubs, in order to form a strong team to take part in the 2002 New Zealand National Soccer League. [2] In 2004, the league was replaced by the New Zealand Football Championship, run on a regional franchise basis, and Canterbury United became one of the eight competing teams. [3]

In Canterbury United's first season in the New Zealand Football Championship they missed out on the playoffs by four competition points, ultimately finishing fourth. [3] In 2007, the club rebranded themselves as the "Canterbury United Dragons" with a new logo and mascot. [4]

Current squad

As of 23 January 2021 [5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Eddie Ashton
3 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ben Stroud
5 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Tom Schwarz
6 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Matthew Jones
7 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG George King
8 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Luke Tongue
9 FW Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Garbhan Coughlan
10 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ihaia Delaney
12 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Samuel Field
13 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Andrew Storer
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Sean Liddicoat
15 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Max Chretien
16 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Cory Mitchell
17 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Simon Chretien
18 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuya Taguchi
19 FW Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Lyle Matthysen
20 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jacob Richards
21 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Caleb Cottom
22 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Danny Knight
24 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Edward Wilkinson

Club Officials

Coaching and Medical Staff [6]

Managers

Honours

ASB Phoenix Challenge [10]

ASB Premiership Youth League

Statistics and records

Year-by-year history

Wellington League History
SeasonTeamsLeague Ladder
Position		Finals
Qualification		Finals
Position
2002 105thdid not qualify
2003 106thdid not qualify
2004–05 84thdid not qualify
2005–06 83rdQualified for PlayoffsRunners-up
2006–07 84thdid not qualify
2007–08 88thdid not qualify
2008–09 88thdid not qualify
2009–10 84thQualified for PlayoffsRunners-up
2010–11 84thQualified for Playoffs3rd
2011–12 82ndQualified for Playoffs3rd
2012–13 83rdQualified for Playoffs3rd
2013–14 85thdid not qualify
2014–15 98thdid not qualify
2015–16 84thQualified for Playoffs3rd
2016–17 106thdid not qualify
2017–18 103rdQualified for Playoffs3rd
2018–19 103rd [12] Qualified for Playoffs3rd
2019–20 1010th No playoffs due to Covid-19 [13]

Season summaries

Season Stats
SeasonPosWDLGFGAGDPTS
2002 58463130+128
2003 67563434026
2004–05 47683138-727
2005–06 313263622+1441
2006–07 49483330+331
2007–08 833152248-2612
2008–09 822101132-218
2009–10 45362316+718
2010–11 46262019+120
2011–12 29233812+2629
2012–13 39143419+1528
2013–14 56442216+622
2014–15 842102232-1014
2015–16 48242823+526
2016–17 66663228+424
2017–18 311343520+1536
2018–19 310443429+534
2019–20 10 [nb 1] 24101936-1710

Notes

  1. ↑ Season finished early due to Covid-19 [13]

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