Matamata Swifts

Matamata Swifts AFC is a semi-professional association football club in Matamata, New Zealand.

Matamata Swifts
Full nameMatamata Swifts Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Swifts
Founded1930
GroundMatamata Domain Matamata, New Zealand
Capacity900
ChairmanDwayne Barlow
ManagerScott Parsonage
LeagueWaiBOP SoccerShop Premiership
2019SoccerShop Premiership
7th

Matamata Swifts competes in the WaiBOP SoccerShop Premiership. The club will also compete in the Chatham Cup, having reached a record last 32 position in New Zealand's only national cup competition.

History

Matamata Swifts Association Football Club was established in 1930 and football has been played at different levels and with varying success every year since.

In 2019, Matamata Swifts AFC fielded four senior teams (three men and one ladies), nine junior teams (players aged 8 to 12) and eight mini-kickers teams (players aged 4 to 7). The club supports football at Matamata College, which fielded five youth teams in 2019. Matamata's historical rivals are Te Awamutu AFC.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK  AUS Seamus Casey
2 MF  PHI Radge Avegonzado
3 DF  NZL Chris Monteith
4 DF  NZL Jamie Baxter
5 DF  NZL Adam Harris
6 DF  NZL Ruben Wigelsworth
7 MF  NZL Brad West
8 MF  NZL Scott Parsonage
9 FW  NZL Chris Walker
10 MF  NZL Andrew Clothier
11 MF  NZL Kyle Wisnewiski
12 MF  ENG Mike Smith
13 DF  NZL Dwayne Signel
16 MF  NZL Lawrence Clothier
17 DF  ENG Danny Styles
18 MF  CHI Hardy Ross
19 MF  NZL Hayden Turlington
20 DF  NZL Bjorn Vossen
21 MF  ENG Sam Hills
22 DF  NZL Mike Candy
23 MF  PHI Anton Ganas

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Honours
  • 2010 Promotion to Lotto NRFL Division 1
  • 2009 Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division 1, Winners
  • 2008 Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division 1, Runners-Up
  • 2007 Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division 1, Runners-Up
  • 2006 Waikato Premier League, Winners
  • 2006 Caper Cup, Winners
  • 2005 Waikato Premier League, Winners
  • 1995 Northern League Division 4, Runners-Up
  • 1994 Northern League Division 4, Runners-Up
  • 1985 Northern League Division 4 (South), Winners

References
  1. http://www.matamataswifts.com/list/matamata-swifts-2019/
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