Napier City Rovers FC

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Napier City Rovers
Napier City Rovers FC logo.png
Full nameNapier City Rovers
Nickname(s)The Blues
Founded1973;52 years ago (1973)
Ground Bluewater Stadium, Napier, New Zealand
Capacity4,000 (seated)
ChairmanGraeme Sole
ManagerBill Robertson
League Central League
National League
2024 Central League, 3rd of 10
National League, 4th of 10
Website www.cityrovers.co.nz

Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central League.

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Club history

Chart of yearly ladder positions for Napier City Rovers Performance chart nzsl NAP.svg
Chart of yearly ladder positions for Napier City Rovers

The team was founded in 1973 by the merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier knockout football competition (the Chatham Cup) five times, in 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, and 2019, and won the old New Zealand National Soccer League in 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2000. They represented New Zealand at the Oceania Club Championship in 2001, finishing third. The Hawke's Bay region, of which Napier is a part, was represented by Napier City Soccer in the first year of the Football Championship in 2004.

Squad

Squad for the 2024 Central Premier League [1] 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
2 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL George Andrew
3 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Adam Hewson
4 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Kaeden Atkins
5 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jack Albertini
6 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Matthew Jones
7 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Liam Schofield
8 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Sam Lack
9 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Cameron Emerson
10 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kieran Richards
11 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Jonathan McNamara
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Alex Mort
13 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Harry Mason
15 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jim Hoyle
16 FW Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ethan Spencer
17 DF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Fergus Neil
18 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Oscar Faulds
19 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Benjamin Stanley
20 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Christian Leopard
21 GK Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Kyle Baxter
22 GK Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Ben Graney

Season-by-season record

SeasonQualifying leagueLeague National League Chatham
Cup 		Top scorer
PWDLFAGDPtsPosPWDLFAGDPtsPosNameGoals
2021 Central League 1852113751−14177thCancelled [n 1] R3 Flag of England.svg Kailan Gould 11
2022 188463528+7284th91351423−968th R4 Flag of England.svg Jonathan McNamara 9
2023 1810355032+18333rd92161326−1379th R4 Flag of England.svg Deri Corfe 21
2024 1813145323+30403rd95222114+7174th QF Flag of Sweden.svg Oscar Faulds27
2025 188464524+21285thDid not qualify R4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Sam Lack11

Honours

Chatham Cup
Preceded by Winner
1985 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
1993 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
2000 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
2002 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner
2019 Chatham Cup 		Succeeded by
2020 Competition cancelled due COVID-19
2021 Cashmere Technical

Performance in OFC competitions

2000–01  – 3rd place
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayPosition
2001 Oceania Club Championship Group A Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Unitech 2–02nd
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Laugu United 1–1
Flag of Tonga.svg Lotoha'apai 9–0
Flag of Fiji.svg Foodtown Warriors 4–0
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wollongong Wolves 0–1
Semi-finals Flag of Vanuatu.svg Tafea 2–4
Third place play-off Flag of French Polynesia.svg Vénus 3–2

Notes

  1. ↑ 2021 National League season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Northern regions;. [2] Championship played as South Central Series, with the northern clubs missing in the first edition.

References

  1. ↑ "Competition".
  2. ↑ "National League Championship cancelled, new interregional competition announced and Chatham Cup moved to 2022". New Zealand Football.
  3. ↑ "Oceania Club Competitions 2000". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 February 2022.

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