Manukau City AFC

Manukau City AFC
Full name	Manukau City Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	MCAFC
Short name	MCAFC
Founded	1964
Ground	Walter Massey Park [1] [2]
Chairman	Duncan Edwards
Manager	Kevin Fallon [3]
League	Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier Division
2017	2nd (Promoted)
Website	Club website
	Home colours
	Home colours

Last updated May 26, 2019

Manukau City AFC are an association football club based in Mangere East, Auckland, New Zealand. Their Massey Road ground lies between Mangere and Otahuhu, close to Middlemore Hospital.

Mangere East, is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, under the governance of Auckland Council. It is located to the south of Favona, north of Papatoetoe, west of Middlemore, east of Mangere and Mangere Bridge, and southwest of Otahuhu.

Auckland is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. Auckland is the largest urban area in the country, with an urban population of around 1,628,900. It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,695,900. A diverse and multicultural city, Auckland is home to the largest Polynesian population in the world. The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki or Tāmaki-makau-rau, meaning "Tāmaki with a hundred lovers", in reference to the desirability of its fertile land at the hub of waterways in all directions.

Otahuhu is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand - 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the southeast of the CBD, on a narrow isthmus between an arm of the Manukau Harbour to the west and the Tamaki River estuary to the east. The isthmus is the narrowest connection between the North Auckland Peninsula and the rest of the North Island, being only some 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) wide at its narrowest point, between the Otahuhu Creek and the Mangere Inlet. As the southernmost suburb of the former Auckland City, it is considered part of South Auckland.

Recent history

Since the club's founding in 1964, Manukau City have grown into a club with 200 people involved across 13 teams.

They have had to overcome 'significant adversity' over the years due to deficient funds.^[4] The club's best season in the Chatham Cup came in 2012, when they reached the quarter-finals, but the away trip to Caversham in Dunedin left the club struggling for funds.

The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's association football. It is held annually, with the final contested in September. The current champions of the Chatham Cup are Birkenhead United, who defeated Western Suburbs on penalties in the 2018 final.

The 2012 ASB Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 85th knockout football competition.

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The club were consigned to the lower leagues after winning just two of 22 matches in 2014,^[5] but recovered to become champions of the 2016 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division Two under the management of former national coach Kevin Fallon.^[6]

Kevin Barry Fallon is an English-born football coach residing in New Zealand. He is the father of New Zealand international footballer Rory Fallon and currently the coach of the Cook Islands national football team.

Players

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

As the governing body of association football, FIFA is responsible for maintaining and implementing the rules that determine whether an association football player is eligible to represent a particular country in officially recognised international competitions and friendly matches. In the 20th century, FIFA allowed a player to represent any national team, as long as the player held citizenship of that country. In 2004, in reaction to the growing trend towards naturalisation of foreign players in some countries, FIFA implemented a significant new ruling that requires a player to demonstrate a "clear connection" to any country they wish to represent. FIFA has used its authority to overturn results of competitive international matches that feature ineligible players.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Iona Lupena ^[7]
		MF	Josh Karika ^[7]
		MF	Ishak Mohammed ^[7]
		MF	Gichin Fuhiniu ^[7]
		FW	Ubaldo Núñez ^[8]
		FW	Andre Estay^[9]
			Hone Fowler( captain )^[10]

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Leo Berlim^[11]
		GK	Ron Lal^[12]
			Stephen Money^[12]
			Paul Day^[13]
			Jeremias Perez^[13]
		FW	Iwa Shaker^[14]

Events

Manukau City AFC Family Fun Day(5 March 2016)^[15]
MCAFC Women's Social(annual)^[16]
Football for Freedom seven-a-side Tournament (2013)^[17]

Staff

^[18]

Role	Name
Chairman	Ricahrd Grima
Secretary	Maia Fowler
Head Coach	Kevin Fallon ^[19]
Ladies's Head Coach	role unfilled ^[20]
Junior Club Coordinator	Eddie Davids
Youth/Senior Club Coordinator	Eddie Davids/Rosie Leota

Coaches

Ricky Espinoza (2011−2014)^[21]
Stan Khan (−20??)^[21]
Kevin Fallon (2016–)^[22]

Honors

Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 (1): 2016^[23]

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