Hawke's Bay United FC
Full name | Hawke's Bay United Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Bay | ||
Founded | 2005 | ||
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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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.
History
Hawke’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
- 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
Current as of 6 December 2018[1]
Managers
- Jonathan Gould (2006–09)
- Matt Chandler (2009–11)
- Chris Greatholder (2011–14)
- Brett Angell (2014–2018)
References
- ^ "About Us | Hawkes Bay United". Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
External links
- Official site Archived 1 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Use dmy dates from June 2019
- Use New Zealand English from June 2019
- All Wikipedia articles written in New Zealand English
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Pages using football kit with incorrect pattern parameters
- Webarchive template wayback links
- Association football clubs in New Zealand
- Association football clubs established in 2005
- Sport in the Hawke's Bay Region
- 2005 establishments in New Zealand