Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club

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Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club
Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club Logo.png
Nickname(s)Vic Uni, Varsity
Short nameVUWAFC
Founded1943; 81 years ago
GroundKelburn Park, Wellington
ChairmanChris Scarrott
CoachMen's: Michael Roxburgh - Women's: Andre Cantin-Buckley
LeagueMen's: Capital 1
Women's: Capital Football W-League
2023Men's: Capital 1, 4th of 10
Website Club website

Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club (VUWAFC) is an amateur football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. The clubrooms are located beneath the Wellington Cable Car at Kelburn Park, across the road from the Victoria University Kelburn Campus, [1] however, many of the club's home games are played on artificial turf at Boyd Wilson Field. The club is affiliated to the Capital Football which is in turn affiliated with New Zealand Football. The Women's First Team competes in the W-League competition and the Men's First Team competes in the Capital 1 competition. The club has a strong association with Victoria University of Wellington but membership within the club is not restricted to past or present students of the university.

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History

Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club was founded in 1943 and is the third-oldest University football club in New Zealand. [2] It now has 19 teams (4 women's and 15 men's) and over 300 registered members. [2] Past players include New Zealand international Alan Preston and Brian Sutton-Smith who was awarded the first Education PhD in New Zealand. [2] The club's top period was in the 1950s when it played in the Capital Football top grade as well as making the semi-final of the Chatham Cup. [2] [3] Since then the club has mainly played in the Capital Premier and Capital 1 grades. [4] They have made the fourth round of the Chatham Cup a number of times including in 1979 Chatham Cup, 1988 Chatham Cup, 1994 Chatham Cup and 2014 Chatham Cup. [4]

Club honours

VUWAFC Men's and Women's First team honours include:

League standings

League standings for all women's teams as of 28 August 2018

DivisionNamePositionPlayedWonDrawLossGFGAGDPointsNotes
PremierWomen's Firsts2nd14111244143441Promoted to W-League
Division 1 (1)Women's Reserves1st98102442025Champions: Division 1 First Half of the Season
Division 1 (2)Women's Reserves2nd96122281419Promoted to Women's Premier
Division 2 (1)Women's Thirds5th72141217(5)7
Division 2 (2)Women's Thirds8th7106924(15)3Relegated to Division 3
Division 2 (1)Unified6th7205201916
Division 2 (2)Unified6th72231217(5)8

Note - Women's Tier two competitions (Division 1 - Division 3) were split into two rounds as indicated by (1) and (2).

League standings for all men's teams as of 28 August 2018

DivisionNamePositionPlayedWonDrawLossGFGAGDPointsNotes
Capital 1Men's Firsts1st18122453302338Promoted to Capital Premier
Capital 2Men's Reserves (Gossies)4th1810355150133
Capital 3Stallions9th1833122952(23)12Relegated to Capital 4
Capital 3Men's Thirds7th185494057(17)19
Capital 4Accies2nd18114340261437Promoted to Capital 3
Capital 5 (1)Beavers7th93062127(6)9
Capital 5 (2)Beavers7th94051525(10)12
Capital 6 (1)Unibrow8th92161331(18)7
Capital 6 (2)Unibrow9th92071335(22)6Relegated to Capital 7
Capital 6 (1)Scarfies9th91261022(12)5Relegated to Capital 7
Capital 7 (2)Scarfies10th92161734(-17)7Relegated to Capital 8
Capital 7 (1)Raiders4th95132523216
Capital 7 (2)Raiders2nd961232141819Promoted to Capital 6
Capital 8 (1)Unicycles1st972047113623Promoted to Capital 7
Capital 7 (2)Unicycles4th95132222016
Capital 8 (1)Wanderers4th96032016418
Capital 8 (2)Wanderers1st97112112922Promoted to Capital 7
Capital 9 (1)Unicorns5th943236211515
Capital 9 (2)Unicorns4th95312721618
Capital 10 (1)Goldenrods7th92251725(8)8
Capital 10 (2)Goldenrods9th92251636(20)8Relegated to Capital 11
Capital 11 (1)Unilateral1st86202671920Promoted to Capital 10
Capital 10 (2)Unilateral10th91171227(-15)4Relegated to Capital 11
Masters 4Bombers10th1851123459(-25)16Relegated to Masters 5

Note - Men's Tier two competitions (Capital 5 - Capital 12) were split into two rounds as indicated by (1) and (2).

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