# Napier City Rovers FC

Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, as of 2024 competing in the Central League.

## Club history

The team was founded in 1973 by the merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier knockout football competition (the Chatham Cup) five times, in 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, and 2019, 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, was represented by Napier City Soccer in the first year of the Football Championship in 2004.

## Squad

Squad for the 2024 Central Premier League
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | DEN | William Tønning |
| 2 | DF | NZL | George Andrew |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Adam Hewson |
| 4 | DF | NZL | Kaeden Atkins |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Jack Albertini |
| 6 | DF | NZL | Matthew Jones |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Liam Schofield |
| 8 | MF | NZL | Sam Lack |
| 9 | MF | NZL | Cameron Emerson |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Kieran Richards |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Jonathan McNamara |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | NZL | Alex Mort |
| 13 | FW | NZL | Harry Mason |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Jim Hoyle |
| 16 | FW | NZL | Ethan Spencer |
| 17 | DF | NZL | Fergus Neil |
| 18 | FW | SWE | Oscar Faulds |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Benjamin Stanley |
| 20 | MF | NZL | Christian Leopard |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Kyle Baxter |
| 22 | GK | NZL | Ben Graney |

## Staff

* Head coach: Bill Robertson
* Assistant coach: Stephen Hoyle
* Goalkeeper coach: Kyle Baxter

## Season-by-season record

| Season | Qualifying league | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | New Zealand National League | Chatham Cup | Top scorer | Top scorer |
| Season | Qualifying league | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | Chatham Cup | Name | Goals |
| 2021 | Central League | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 17 | 7th | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | 3R | Kailan Gould | 11 |
| 2022 | Central League | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 28 | 4th | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 6 | 8th | 4R | Jonathan McNamara | 9 |
| 2023 | Central League | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 33 | 3rd | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 7 | 9th | 4R | Deri Corfe | 21 |

## Honours

* New Zealand National Soccer League
** Champions (4): 1989, 1993, 1998, 2000
* Chatham Cup
** Champions (5): 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2019
* Central Premier League
** Champions (3): 2012, 2015, 2018
Chatham Cup :
| Preceded byManurewa | Winner 1985 Chatham Cup | Succeeded byNorth Shore United |
| Preceded byMiramar Rangers | Winner 1993 Chatham Cup | Succeeded byWaitakere City FC |
| Preceded byDunedin Technical | Winner 2000 Chatham Cup | Succeeded byUniversity-Mount Wellington |
| Preceded byUniversity-Mount Wellington | Winner 2002 Chatham Cup | Succeeded byUniversity-Mount Wellington |
| Preceded byBirkenhead United | Winner 2019 Chatham Cup | Succeeded by2020 Competition cancelled due COVID-19 2021 Cashmere Technical |

## Performance in OFC competitions

* Oceania Club Championship (1 appearance)
          2000–01 – 3rd place – Won against AS Vénus 3 – 2 (stage 4 of 4)
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Position |
| 2001 | Oceania Club Championship | Group A | Unitech | 2–0 | 2nd |
| 2001 | Oceania Club Championship | Group A | Laugu United | 1–1 |
| 2001 | Oceania Club Championship | Group A | Lotoha'apai | 9–0 |
| 2001 | Oceania Club Championship | Group A | Foodtown Warriors Labasa | 4–0 |
| 2001 | Oceania Club Championship | Group A | Wollongong Wolves | 0–1 |
| 2001 | Oceania Club Championship | Semi-final | Tafea | 2–4 |
| 2001 | Oceania Club Championship | 3rd place play-off | Vénus | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 |