# 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 via a 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 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.

## 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.

## 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 play-off | Vénus | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 |