Central United F.C.

New Zealand football club

For the Samoan football club, see AST Central United FC.

Football club

Central United FC

Full name| Central United Football Club
Nickname(s)| Central
Founded| 1962; 62 years ago (1962) (as Central Soccer Club)
Ground| Kiwitea Street
Auckland, New Zealand
Capacity| 2,500 (500 seated)
Chairman|  Mate Tolj
Manager|  Paul Posa
League| NRFL Northern Conference
2024| NRF League One, 1st of 8 (promoted)

Home colours

Central United Football Club is an amateur association football club based in Sandringham, Auckland, New Zealand who complete in the NRFL Northern Conference.

The team was officially called Central Soccer Club until 1996 when it changed its name to "Central United Football Club".[citation needed]

## History

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Following a restructure of New Zealand's national league system their spot in the Northern League was taken by sister club Auckland City FC ahead of the 2021 season [1] they subsequently entered the NRF Championship in 2022.

## Current squad

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## Season by season record

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### National League

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Season  | Qualifying league  | League  |  | New Zealand National League | Chatham
Cup | Top scorer

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P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Name  | Goals
2021  | NRF Championship | —[1] | Did not qualify | —  | — | —
2022  | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 50 | 1st  | 3R | Unknown |
2023 | NRFL Conference | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 42 | −20 | 15 | 9th  | PR |  Ben Ruffell,  Luke Pank | 4
2024 | NRF League One | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 27 | +51 | 51 | 1st  | 3R |  Sam Lloyd | 18
| Champions

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| Promoted
| Relegated

## International competitions record

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### Continental

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Continental results  Season  | Competition  | Round  | Club  | Home  | Away  | Aggregate

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1999 | Oceania Club Championship | Group C  |  | Lotoha'apai | 16–0  | 1st
| Tafea | 2–2
SF  |  | Nadi | 0–1

## Honours

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Chart of yearly ladder positions for Central United in NZ 1st division soccer

* New Zealand National Soccer League
* Champions (2): 1999, 2001
* Northern League
* Champions (4): 2004, 2007, 2008, 2016
* NRF League One
* Champions (2): 2022, 2024
* Chatham Cup
* Champions (5): 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2012

## References

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1. ^ a b "Football: Auckland City FC find way to survive New Zealand club football restructure". Newshub. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

## External links

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* Official website
* The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website

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NRFL Conference

Seasons|

* 1965→2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Clubs|

| Northern Conference|

* Albany United
* Beachlands Maraetai
* Bucklands Beach
* Northland
* Oratia United
* Te Atatu
* Waiheke United
* Waitemata
* West Auckland

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Southern Conference|

* Cambridge
* Claudelands Rovers
* Ngongotahā Lakes
* Otumoetai
* Papamoa
* Taupo
* Te Awamutu
* Waikato Unicol

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