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Napier City Rovers 
Full name Napier City Rovers Nickname(s) The Blues Founded 1973 Ground Bluewater Stadium
Napier, New Zealand
(Capacity: 4,000 (seated))Chairman Russell Booth League Central Premier League 2011 2nd 
Home coloursNapier City Rovers are an association football (soccer) team based in Napier, New Zealand. They are currently competing in the Central Premier League.
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Club history
The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City.
Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier knockout football competition (the Chatham Cup) four times, in 1985, 1993, 2000, and 2002, and won the old New Zealand National Soccer League in 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2000. They represented New Zealand at the Oceania Club Championship in 2001, finishing third.
The Hawke's Bay region, of which Napier is a part, were represented by Napier City Soccer in the first year of New Zealand's new Football Championship in the summer of 2004, the only region that was not represented by an amalgamated franchise. That changed the following year with the change of name also to Hawke's Bay United. As with all teams making up the new franchises, they continue to compete in local winter football leagues, and also in the Chatham Cup.
Major Honours
- National Champions 1989, 1993, 1998, 2000.
- Chatham Cup Winners 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002.
Notable former players
Bill Harris
Brian Gayle- Roy Stanger
Brian McAllister- Che Bunce
- Chris Jackson
- Gary Locke
- Gary Parker
- Greg Brown
- Andy Rennie
- Jonathan Gould
- Kevin Hagan
- Mark Paston
- Paul Halford
- Sandy Davie
Scott O'Donnell- Shane Smeltz
- Nick Woolward
- Martin Akers
- Perry Cotton
- Malcolm Wilson
Performance in OFC competitions
- Oceania Club Championship (1 appearance)
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- 2000-01 - 3rd Place - Won against AS Vénus
3 - 2 (stage 4 of 4)
- 2000-01 - 3rd Place - Won against AS Vénus
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Staff and board members
- President: Barrie Hughes
- Chairman: Russell Booth
- Secretary : Jill Wilson
- Treasurer : Chrystal Divers
External links
Lower Hutt City · Miramar Rangers · Napier City Rovers · Olympic · Palmerston North Marist · Petone · Tawa AFC · Maycenvale United · Wairarapa United · Western Suburbs
Categories:- New Zealand association football clubs
- Association football clubs established in 1973
- Sport in Napier, New Zealand
- New Zealand association football club stubs
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