Waikato FC
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Waikato Football Club | ||
| Seat | Hamilton | ||
| founding | 2004 | ||
| Colours | black red Gold | ||
| president | Brendon Coker | ||
| Website | waikatofc.co.nz | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Declan Edge | ||
| Venue | Waikato Stadium | ||
| Places | 26,350 | ||
| league | ASB Premiership | ||
| 2011/12 | 7th place | ||
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Waikato Football Club is in Hamilton , New Zealand beheimateter football club . The club was founded in 2004 and currently plays in the New Zealand Football Championship , New Zealand's highest league.
Most home games are played at Waikato Stadium , Hamilton. For top games, they move to the larger stadiums in Rotorua and Mount Maunganui .
The first season
Surprising top three result
The first season after the founding was a reasonably successful season. In the inauguration season in the New Zealand Football Championship, they finished third after a poor start at the end of the season.
Waikato's first competitive game was away at YoungHeart Manawatu , which they won 4-0 and thus took the lead. Unfortunately, they only won one of the next nine games, dropping them to seventh on the table. Then they won five games in a row, one of them away against championship favorites Auckland City . In the rest of the season they only lost two games and thus fought for third place and thus a place in the "Elimination Final" of the playoffs against Waitakere United . Waikato lost that game 4-1 at Trusts Stadium, Auckland . This defeat put an end to hopes for the championship title.
Awards
Craig Flowerday was voted Player of the Year by the players and goalkeeper Mark Fulcher by the fans. David Samson was named Young Player of the Year. Striker Colin Gardyne won the Sky Sports Goal of the Year trophy. He was also Waikato's top scorer, along with Brett Derry.
Former players
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Godwin Beubeu (2006 to 2007) -
Che Bunce (2004 to 2006, 2007 to 2008) -
Damien Fonoti (2006) -
Tim Schaeffers (2006 to 2007)
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Aaron Scott (2006 to 2008)
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Michael Utting (2004 to 2005)
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Shaun Van Rooyen (2007 to 2009)
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Stanley Waeta (2006 to 2009)
