Otago United
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Full name | Otago United Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Founded | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ground | The Caledonian Ground Dunedin, New Zealand |
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Chairman | David Lamont | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Marc Chidley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | NZFC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006-07 | NZFC 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Otago United is a soccer club based in Dunedin, New Zealand.
It participates in the New Zealand Football Championship. Their home stadium is The Caledonian Ground.
In the inaugural season (2004/2005), Otago United finished second from bottom but they improved to finish 5th out of 8 in the next season.
[edit] History
Otago United was formed in 2004 to compete in the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC). Based in Dunedin, Otago United, the sole representative from Federation 7, is one of eight teams competing in the NZFC. The club was formed by 21 clubs and 4 associations from within the geographic area from Timaru south to Invercargill.
[edit] Current squad
As of December 22, 2006
Nationality given from place of birth
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Auckland City FC | Canterbury United | Hawke's Bay United | Otago United | Team Wellington | Waikato FC | Waitakere United | YoungHeart Manawatu | edit |