Papakura City FC is a New Zealand football (soccer) club based in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand. The club currently competes in the AFF/NFF Conference. The club also fields teams in all junior divisions, as well as a Women's team that competes in the Lotto NRFL Women's Premier League. Papakura play their home games at McLennan Park, Papakura.
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| Full name | Papakura City Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1959 | ||
| Ground | McLennan Park, Papakura | ||
| Chairman |  David Johnson | ||
| Manager | Joshua Greet | ||
| Coach | Peter Martin | ||
| League | NRF League One | ||
| 2024 | NRF League One, 4th of 8 | ||
| Website | www.papakuractyfc.org.nz | ||
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Club history
editThe club was founded in 1959, and is based at McLennan Park, Papakura. Papakura City was the first club to be coached by future All Whites national coach Ricki Herbert. Papakura City's best performance in the Chatham Cup was a quarter-final appearance in 2005. The men's squad has included in the past several ex and current international players including Junior Bukalidi (Fiji), Apisai Smith (Fiji), Valerio Nawatu (Fiji), Nicholas Lawrence (Fiji), Daniel Billot (NZ U20's) and Harry Hillary-Jenkins (PNG). Ex-club members who have gone on to higher honours include Tim Payne (current Wellington Phoenix FC) and All Whites), Thomas Spragg (NZ U-17 and U-20), Alex Greive (current Dundee United). Current club membership stands at 815, with 64 teams covering all age groups (junior and youth - boys and girls, senior men, senior women).
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