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Football club
Hāwera FC
Full nameHāwera Football Club
Founded1906
GroundTuruturu Park, Hāwera, New Zealand
LeagueTaranaki Premiership
2024Taranaki Premiership, 5th of 8
Websitewww.sporty.co.nz/hawerafootball

Hāwera FC are a New Zealand association football club based in Hāwera, in the South Taranaki region of the North Island. Its home ground is Turuturu Park.

The Hāwera Association Football Club was founded in April 1906.

Hāwera won the original Taranaki Championship and Julian Cup five times, in 1908, 1922, 1923, in 1931 shared the title with Albion AFC and 1937.

Hāwera entered the Chatham Cup for the first time in 1950 and were knocked out in the first ever Taranaki preliminary final. In 1951 Hāwera were knocked out in the Taranaki preliminary rounds by Overseas Football Club (New Plymouth). Hawera didn't enter the cup again until 1989. In 1990 the club reached the third round of the competition for the first time, its best result to date. Its last appearance in the Chatham Cup was in 2009.

The club first joined the Central League Division Three in 1991. With the introduction of the Central League Premier Division in 1992, and restructuring of the league, Hāwera FC were placed in Central League Division Two where the club remained until withdrawing from the competition at the completion of the 1995 season.

Honours

Taranaki Championship – Julian Cup – 1908, 1922, 1923, 1931 (shared), 1937, 1980.

Taranaki Premiership – 1998, 2001.

Duff Rose Bowl – 1936,1996, 2002, 2015.

Central Football Federation Cup – 2015 Champions

References

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  2. ^ Schöggl/Zlotkowski, Hans/Andre (2 December 2021). "New Zealand - List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. Peter/Andre, Kungler/Zlotkowski (5 October 2004). "New Zealand 1951". Rec.Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ^ Ruane, Jeremy. "Hawera". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. "Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 - Soccer final in Stratford". Stratford Evening Post. 25 August 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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  7. Bird, Tony (6 September 2015). "Hawera hold their nerve in penalty shoot for bowl honours". Stuff. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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