Eastern Suburbs AFC

Eastern Suburbs A.F.C.

Full name	Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Lilywhites
Founded	1934 (1934)
Ground	Bill McKinlay Park
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Tom Street
Manager	Danny Hay
League	ISPS Handa Premiership
2019–20	4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club is a professional Association football club based in the suburb of Kohimarama in Auckland, New Zealand. The club competes in the ISPS Handa Premiership, the highest level of domestic football in the country.

Alongside their ISPS Handa Premiership club status, in the winter the club fields a reserve team in the highest level of winter football in New Zealand, which is contested regionally, in the NRFL Premier.

Club history

Eastern Suburbs was formed in 1934 as a result of the merger of Tamaki United AFC (formed 1924) and Glen Innes (formed 1930). One of the country's strongest clubs, it has won all major honours in the country, including winning the prestigious national Chatham Cup on six occasions.

Danny Hay is the current Head Coach of the Eastern Suburbs Premier First Team while the Premier Winter Team is coached by Hoani Edwards.

Current squad

Squad for 2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NZL	Danyon Drake
3	DF	NZL	Dylan de Jong
4	DF	NZL	Kelvin Kalua
5	DF	NZL	Alec Solomons
6	DF	NZL	Adam Thomas (captain)
7	MF	NZL	Michael Built
8	FW	ENG	Adam Thurston
9	FW	URU	Martín Bueno
10	FW	NZL	Reid Drake
11	MF	SOM	Mohammed Awad
12	MF	NZL	Kingsley Sinclair

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	NZL	Leon van den Hoven
16	DF	NZL	Christian Gray
17	FW	ENG	Stephen Hoyle
19	MF	NZL	Joel Clissold
20	FW	NZL	Jake Mechell
21	MF	NZL	Ryan Verney
22	GK	NZL	Declan Viljoen
23	MF	NZL	Campbell Strong
25	GK	NZL	Mackenzie Waite
24	MF	NZL	Jade Mesias
32	DF	NZL	Hayden Johns

Staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Danny Hay
Assistant Coach	Kane Wintersgill
Goalkeeping Coach	Miroslav Nikolić
Fitness Coach	Sunz Singh Royston Dsouza
Head Physiotherapist	Luke Burgess
Youth Coach	Hoani Edwards
Youth Assistant Coach	Tim Payne
Administration Manager	Tracey Kingdon

Honours

• New Zealand Football Championship
  • Champions (1): 2018–19

• Chatham Cup
  • Champions (6): 1951, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1969, 2015

• New Zealand National Soccer League
  • Champions (1): 1971

• Northern Premier League
  • Champions (3): 1965, 1966, 2015

• Auckland FA
  • Champions (7): 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1962

External links

• Official site
• Auckland Football Federation