Waitakere United

Waitakere United ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ce da ke birnin Waitakere, New Zealand . Sun kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da ke buga gasar ISPS Handa Premiership . Sun buga wasanninsu na gida a Fred Taylor Park da ke Kumeū da kuma The Trusts Arena.

 Tarihi 
An kafa Waitakere United a matsayin ƙungiyar ikon mallakar kamfani ta musamman a shekara ta 2004 don buga wasa a Gasar Kwallon Kafa ta New Zealand (NZFC), babbar gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta cikin gida a New Zealand. Ƙungiyar ta wakilci ƙungiyoyi 12 mambobi daga Mt Albert zuwa Kaipara .

A kakar wasa ta farko (2004–05) ta NZFC, Waitakere United ta kare a matsayi na biyu a gasar zakarun Auckland City, amma ta biyo baya da matsayi na 6 a kakar wasa mai zuwa. Duk da haka, a kakar wasa mai zuwa, Waitakere ta kare a matsayin firaministan NZFC amma ta sha kashi a babban wasan karshe a hannun Auckland City FC da ci 3-2.

Saboda janyewar da Port Vila Sharks ta Vanuatu ta yi, Waitakere ya samu gurbi a gasar cin kofin zakarun OFC ta farko a shekarar 2007, a matsayin wanda ya fara jagorantar NZFC. Sun kare a saman rukuninsu, inda suka doke AS Mont-Dore ta Auckland City da New Caledonia .  Sun ci gaba da kayar da Ba FC ta Fiji a wasan karshe, inda suka zama zakarun farko na OFC-League .  Commins Menapi ya zura kwallo mai muhimmanci a waje wadda ta tabbatar da bambancin yayin da wasan ya kare da ci 2-2 a jimilla. Daukar wannan gasar ya bai wa United damar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 2007 a Japan, inda suka sha kashi a wasan 'wasa-wasa' da Sepahan 1-3. 

Waitakere United ta kare kambunta a gasar zakarun Turai ta 2007-08 OFC, inda ta doke Kossa a wasan karshe da ci 6-3 a jimillar kwallaye. A wannan kakar wasa, Douglas Field ya fuskanci gagarumin gyara wanda ya tilastawa Waitakere United buga yawancin wasanninta na gida a Fred Taylor Park da ke Whenuapai .

Waitakere ta yi gogayya mai kyau da maƙwabciyarta Auckland City . Da canjin tsarin ƙwallon ƙafa a New Zealand a farkon 2021, da kuma ƙirƙirar sabuwar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta New Zealand,  hakan ya kawo ƙarshen Waitakere United, kuma sakamakon haka ya kawo ƙarshen wasan Auckland Derby. 

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