Matamata Swifts

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Matamata Swifts
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Full nameMatamata Swifts Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Swifts
Founded1930
GroundMatamata Domain Matamata, New Zealand
Capacity900
ChairmanDwayne Barlow
ManagerDuncan Lowry
League NRFL Southern Conference
2025 NRFL Southern Conference, 6th of 8

Matamata Swifts AFC is a semi-professional association football club in Matamata, New Zealand.

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Matamata Swifts competes in the WaiBOP SoccerShop Premiership. The club will also compete in the Chatham Cup, having reached a record last 32 position in New Zealand's only national cup competition. In the 2021 season, The Swifts finished 10th in the WAIBOP Soccer Shop Premiership, narrowly avoiding relegation to the Championship.

History

Matamata Swifts Association Football Club was established in 1930 and football has been played at different levels and with varying success every year since.

In 2019, Matamata Swifts AFC fielded four senior teams (three men and one ladies), nine junior teams (players aged 8 to 12) and eight mini-kickers teams (players aged 4 to 7). The club supports football at Matamata College, which fielded five youth teams in 2019. Matamata's historical rivals are Te Awamutu AFC.

Current squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Andrew Gibbs
13 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Callum Roberson
2 MF Flag of the Philippines.svg  PHI Radge Avegonzado
3 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Chris Monteith
4 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jamie Baxter
5 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Adam Harris
6 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ruben Wigelsworth
7 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Brad West
8 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Scott Parsonage
9 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Chris Walker
10 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Andrew Clothier
11 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Kyle Wisnewiski
12 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Mike Smith
13 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Dwayne Signel
16 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Lawrence Clothier
17 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Danny Styles
18 MF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Hardy Ross
19 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Hayden Turlington
20 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Bjorn Vossen
21 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Sam Hills
22 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Mike Candy
23 MF Flag of the Philippines.svg  PHI Anton Ganas

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Honours

References

  1. "Matamata Swifts 2019 | Matamata Swifts Football".