Otumoetai FC

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Otumoetai FC
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Full nameOtumoetai Football Club
Founded1964;60 years ago (1964)
GroundFergusson Park, Matua, Tauranga
Capacity1,000
ManagerJoseph Dixon [1]
League NRFL Southern Conference
2023 NRFL Southern Conference, 6th of 8
Website Club website

Otumoetai FC is a football club based in Matua, Tauranga, New Zealand. They currently play in the NRFL Southern Conference. [2]

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History

The club were formed in 1964, [3] [4] and play their games at Fergusson Park. [5]

Otumoetai first competed in the Chatham Cup in 1988, making the third round twice in 2012 and 2023. [3]

In 2023 Pāpāmoa signed an agreement with Tauranga City to form a shared-entity FC Tauranga Moana. [6] [7] Initially only having youth teams, Otumoetai joined Papamoa and Tauranga City to form a women's team in 2024 to take part in the NRFL Women's Championship. [8] [9]

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