Hawke's Bay United was a professional Association football club based in Napier, New Zealand. HB United most recently played in the ISPS Handa Premiership – a semi-professional franchise based league, which ran independently of the winter club season. Local winter clubs provide the player pool for each franchise. Their home stadium is Bluewater Stadium.
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| Full name | Hawke's Bay United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Bay | ||
| Founded | 2005 | ||
| Dissolved | 2021[1] | ||
| Ground | Bluewater Stadium Napier | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Paula Walker | ||
| Coach | Chris Greatholder, Bill Robertson | ||
| League | ISPS Handa Premiership | ||
| 2018–19 | 7th | ||
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History
editHawke’s Bay United (HBU) was founded in 2005 under the name of Napier City Soccer, as the summer entity of Central League club Napier City Rovers. In the inaugural NZFC season (2004–05), they finished 5th out of 8. The following season, Napier City Soccer was renamed to their current moniker of "Hawke's Bay United" and changed their kit colour to the Hawke's Bay provincial sporting colours of white and black, as part of an effort to greater represent the greater East Coast instead of just the city of Napier. The rebranded Hawkes Bay United finished last in the season standings.
Current squad
edit- As of 17 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
editCurrent as of 6 December 2018[2]
| Position | Name |
| Co-Coach | Chris Greatholder |
| Co-Coach | Bill Robertson |
| Youth Coach | Bruce Barclay |
| Team Manager | |
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Managers
editJonathan Gould (2006–09)
Matt Chandler (2009–11)
Brett Angell (2014–2018)
References
edit- ^ Voerman, Andrew (14 March 2021). "Auckland City to face Team Wellington in final as a national football league era ends". Stuff. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "About Us | Hawkes Bay United". Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
External links
edit- Official site Archived 1 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine