Wanganui East Athletic

Wanganui East Athletic Football Club — also known simply as Wanganui Athletic — are an association football team based in the New Zealand North Island city of Wanganui. They are traditionally the strongest team from the city, and played in the top flight of New Zealand football in both league and cup competitions. The team was founded in 1929 as Wanganui East Athletic, but briefly changed their name to Wanganui FC between 1974 and 1976 before reverting to their original name.

Wanganui Athletic Football Club
Full nameWanganui Athletic Football Club
Nickname(s)WAFC
Founded1929
GroundWembley Park, Wanganui
Capacity2000
CoachJason King
LeagueLotto Central Federation League
2019Central Federation League (5th)

National competition

Athletic played in the 1993, 1994, and 1995 regional superclub championships, reaching the national league stage in 1993, where they finished seventh.

Athletic reached the last 16 stage of New Zealand's premier knockout cup competition, the Chatham Cup in 1970, and went one stage further to become quarter-finalists in 1996.

Wanganui United

In 2009 the team entered a partnership with local rivals Wanganui City to form a top level team, Wanganui United, with both clubs feeding the squad. The idea behind this was to push the level of football in Wanganui. The idea was short-lived; after the 2010 season Wanganui United disbanded, with the players released back to their respective clubs.

Honours
  • 1981 Central League Division Two
  • 1987 Central League Division Three North
  • 1992 Central League Premier Division
  • 1994 Central Superclub Plate
  • 1996 Central Superclub Championship
  • 2010 Western Premiership Championship
  • 2014 Federation League Championship

First Team Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Matt Calvert (Captain)
18 GK Heath King
2 DF James Satherly
3 DF Jake Simcox
4 DF Steve Burney
15 DF Zeb Small
6 DF Jordan Candish
16 DF Jai Stewart
8 MF Kelvin Hove
5 MF Taku Hove
17 MF David Garner
No. Position Player
10 MF Ryan Holden
7 MF Logan Hughes
13 MF Josh Parker
18 MF Kelvin Hove
11 MF Ross Kinnerly
4 MF Ryan Donaldson
19 FW Jude Hiri
14 FW Scott Burney
9 FW Quinn Mailman
12 FW Jordan Gilmore
13 FW Josh Smith
20 FW Rhys Crane
10 FW Divnesh Dayal
13 FW Eric Zhang

New Zealand representation from Wanganui Athletic


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