Papakura (soccer)
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Papakura City FC is a semi-professional football (soccer)
club in Papakura
, Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2
.
. Papakura City was the first club to be coached by future All Whites national coach Ricki Herbert
. Papakura City's best performance in the Chatham Cup
was a quarter-final appearance in 2005
.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club in Papakura
Papakura
The Papakura District was the name of a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that existed from 1989 until 2010. The area made up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area....
, Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2
Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2
The Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 is a New Zealand Association football semi-professional status league competition that is run by the Auckland Football Federation and includes soccer clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand. It is open to clubs from the Northland,...
.
Club history
The club was founded in 1959, and is based at McLennan Park, PapakuraPapakura
The Papakura District was the name of a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that existed from 1989 until 2010. The area made up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area....
. Papakura City was the first club to be coached by future All Whites national coach Ricki Herbert
Ricki Herbert
Ricki Lloyd Herbert, CNZM is a New Zealand former association football player who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain...
. Papakura City's best performance in the Chatham Cup
Chatham Cup
The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ASB Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's football...
was a quarter-final appearance in 2005
2005 Chatham Cup
The 2005 Chatham Cup was the 78th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions , with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. In all, 129 teams took part in the competition...
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