Tauranga City United AFC is a semi-professional football (soccer) club in Tauranga

Tauranga

Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...

, New Zealand

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 compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2

Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2

The Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 is a New Zealand Association football semi-professional status league competition that is run by the Auckland Football Federation and includes soccer clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand. It is open to clubs from the Northland,...

.

It was formed in 2000 from a merger of Tauranga City F.C. and Mount Maunganui F.C.

Club history

TCU's best 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...

 season was in 2002

2002 Chatham Cup

The 2002 Chatham Cup was the 75th 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. The competition comprised a preliminary round and four rounds proper followed by...

, when they reached the final, only to be defeated by Napier City Rovers

Napier City Rovers

Napier City Rovers are an association football team based in Napier, New Zealand. They are currently competing in the Central Premier League.-Club history:The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City....

 2-0. Mount Maunganui FC had previously reached the final in 1986, losing a two-legged tie to North Shore United

North Shore United

North Shore United is a semi-professional football club based in North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2.Their home ground, Allen Hill Stadium, is located in the suburb of Devonport.-History:...

 4-2 on aggregate.

Mount Maunganui played in the New Zealand National Soccer League

New Zealand National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is a name given to competitions in which New Zealand's top soccer clubs play each other, at least two times, on a home and away basis . At the completion of the competition, the best-performed team is declared as the New Zealand champion...

 from 1986 to 1992; Tauranga City United played in the league from 2000 to 2003.

Prominent players

Declan Edge

Declan Edge

Declan John Edge is a former soccer player who represented New Zealand in the 1980s and 90s....

 (Mt. Maunganui, later Three Kings United

Three Kings United

Three Kings United is an semi-professional association football club based in Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier....

 coach) Tony Lochhead

Tony Lochhead

Tony James Lochhead is a New Zealander football defender who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix of the A-League.-Club career:Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001...

 (Three Kings United

Three Kings United

Three Kings United is an semi-professional association football club based in Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier....

) Richard Wilson (Mt. Maunganui)

External links

• Official website