Oratia United
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Oratia United AFC is a semi-professional association football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand
. They comepete in the US1 Premiership
.
Their home ground is Parrs Park in the suburb of Oratia
.
, the top league in the United Soccer federation, which covers the northern part of New Zealand's North Island. The team competed in the northern section of the now-defunct Superclub competition
in 1993
and 1994
.
The team's best performance in the Chatham Cup
, the nation's leading knockout football competition, came in both 1989
and 1998
, when the team reached the last 16 stage of the competition.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. They comepete in the US1 Premiership
US1 Premiership
The United Soccer 1 Men's Premiership is a semi-professional status New Zealand Association football league competition involving member football clubs of the . It is the highest level football competition in the Northland, North Auckland and West Auckland regions.The inaugural US1 Premiership...
.
Their home ground is Parrs Park in the suburb of Oratia
Oratia
Oratia is a suburb of west Auckland in New Zealand, located in the former territorial authority of Waitakere City.It is approximately 16km to the north west of Auckland CBD , and sits at the eastern edge of the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area...
.
Club history
The club was founded as a junior club side in 1973, adding its first senior team in 1976. Its first team currently plays in the US1 PremiershipUS1 Premiership
The United Soccer 1 Men's Premiership is a semi-professional status New Zealand Association football league competition involving member football clubs of the . It is the highest level football competition in the Northland, North Auckland and West Auckland regions.The inaugural US1 Premiership...
, the top league in the United Soccer federation, which covers the northern part of New Zealand's North Island. The team competed in the northern section of the now-defunct Superclub competition
Superclub competition
The Superclub competition was a national association football league competition which ran in New Zealand from 1993 to 1995. It replaced the first incarnation of the New Zealand National Soccer League and was itself replaced by the National Summer Soccer League....
in 1993
1993 Superclub competition
The 1993 Superclub competition was the inaugural season of a nationwide association football club competition in New Zealand. It replaced the New Zealand National Soccer League which had run from 1970 to 1992. The 1993 competition was won by Napier City Rovers over West Auckland side Waitakere...
and 1994
1994 Superclub competition
The 1994 Superclub competition was the second season of a nationwide association football club competition in New Zealand. It was won by North Shore United.-Structure:...
.
The team's best performance in the Chatham Cup
Chatham Cup
The Chatham Cup, currently known as the ASB Chatham Cup for sponsorship purposes, is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's football...
, the nation's leading knockout football competition, came in both 1989
1989 Chatham Cup
The 1989 Chatham Cup was the 62nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions . National League teams received a bye until the final 64 stage...
and 1998
1998 Chatham Cup
The 1998 Chatham Cup was the 71st annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions , with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the third round . In all, 130 teams took...
, when the team reached the last 16 stage of the competition.