Central United F.C.

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Central United FC

Full name	Central United FC
Nickname(s)	Central
Founded	1962 as Central
Ground	Kiwitea Street Stadium, Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Ivan Vuksich
Manager	Jose Figueira
League	Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier
2011	Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier, 5th
Home colours Away colours

Central United Football Club (formed in 1962) is an amateur Association football (soccer) club based in Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier.

The team was officially called Central until 1996, when it added "United" to its name.

History

The football club, formed by a group of young Croatian immigrants from Dalmatia, played initially in the lower division of the Northern League before rising to become one of New Zealand's top football clubs by the late 1990s.

Titles

Central United FC were the New Zealand champions in 1999, 2001 and were runner-up in 1998.

Central United FC also won the Chatham Cup in 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007 and 2012 and were runners-up in 2000 and 2001.

Stadium

Their home ground, Kiwitea Street Stadium, is located in the suburb of Sandringham.

Current Players

Goalkeepers

• Jacob Spoonely
• Patrick George
• Blaz Bugarin

Defenders

• Nick Dale
• Kris Carpenter
• Takuya Iwata
• Nick Patterson
• Jacob Hall
• Ivan Vicelich
• Riki van Steeden

Midfielders

• Sam Jenkins
• Jason Hicks
• David Mulligan
• Albert Riera
• Mauro Rodriguez

Strikers

• Paul Urlovic
• Milosh Nikolic
• Adam Dickinson
• Ouadhah Ragued
• Daniel Koprivcic
• Emiliano Tade
• Guilherme Pereira Chitan

External links

• Official Website
• The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website