Hawkes Bay United
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Wikipedia - Hawke's Bay United FC
Hawke's Bay United was a professional Association football club based in Napier, New Zealand. HB United most recently played in the ISPS Handa Premiership – a semi-professional franchise based league, which ran independently of the winter club season. Local winter clubs provide the player pool for each franchise. Their home stadium is Bluewater Stadium.
History
Hawke’s Bay United (HBU) was founded in 2005 under the name of Napier City Soccer, as the summer entity of Central League club Napier City Rovers. In the inaugural NZFC season (2004–05), they finished 5th out of 8. The following season, Napier City Soccer was renamed to their current moniker of "Hawke's Bay United" and changed their kit colour to the Hawke's Bay provincial sporting colours of white and black, as part of an effort to greater represent the greater East Coast instead of just the city of Napier. The rebranded Hawkes Bay United finished last in the season standings.
Palmaresul lui Hawkes Bay United include trei Cupe Chatham (2009, 2011, 2017) și o Campionat Național de Fotbal al Noii Zeelande (2016-2017). Echipa a participat de cinci ori la Liga Campionilor OFC, ajungând în sferturile de finală în 2011 și 2017.
Hawkes Bay United este cunoscută pentru stilul său de joc ofensiv și pentru baza puternică a suporterilor. Clubul are o rivalitate deosebit de puternică cu echipa vecină, Team Wellington.