Central United F.C.
| Full name | Central United Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Central | |
| Founded | 1962 (as Central Soccer Club) | |
| Ground | Kiwitea Street Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Capacity | 3,500[1] | |
| Chairman | Mate Tolj | |
| Manager | Ashleigh Taylor | |
| League | NRFL Northern Conference | |
| 2024 | NRF League One, 1st of 8 (promoted) | |
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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".
History
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 [2] they subsequently entered the NRF Championship in 2022.
Current squad
Season by season record
National League
| Season | Qualifying league | League | National League | Chatham Cup |
Top scorer | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | ||||
| 2021 | NRF Championship | —[2] | Not eligible | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 31 | +39 | 50 | 1st | R3 | 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 | R3 | Sam Lloyd | 18 | ||||||||||
| 2025 | NRFL Conference | — | R2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | |
| Promoted | |
| Relegated |
International competitions record
Continental
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Oceania Club Championship | Group C | Lotoha'apai | 16–0 | 1st | ||
| Tafea | 2–2 | ||||||
| SF | Nadi | 0–1 | |||||
Honours
- New Zealand National Soccer League
- Northern League
- Champions (4): 2004, 2007, 2008, 2016
- NRF League One
- Champions (2): 2022, 2024
- Chatham Cup
References
- ^ https://www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz/stadiums/
- ^ 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.