Central United

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Central United

Full name

Central United FC

Nickname(s)

Central

Founded

1962

Ground

Kiwitea Street

Capacity

3,500

Chairman

Ivan Vuksich

Manager

Unknown

League

Northern League

2006

2nd





Home colours





Away colours

Central United (formed in 1962) is a soccer club based in central Auckland, New Zealand.

The club, formed by a group of young Croatian immigrants from Dalmatia, played initially in the lower division of the Northern League before rising to become one of New Zealand's top clubs by the late 1990s.

Central United were the New Zealand champions in 1999 and 2001 and were runner-up in 1998.

Central United also won the Chatham Cup in 1997, 1998 and 2005 and were runners-up in 2000 and 2001.

Their home ground, Kiwitea Street, is located in the suburb of Sandringham.

Past and present players include Wynton Rufer, Chris Zoricich, Ivan Vicelich, Danny Hay, Ross Nicholson, Greg Uhlmann, Miro Major, Paul Urlovic and Fred de Jong.

Currently, Central have a very good youth team which includes Thomas Doyle, Zane Sole, Godwin Darkwa, Walid Omar, Micahel Freeman, Lance Heslop, Daniel Sarich and Petar Curin. Sam Heenan was also in the squad but is a member of Eastern Suburbs. A central team recently won the Under 14 section of the Adidas +Challenge tournament in Britomart and reached the quarter finals of the World competition, only losing to eventual winners South Africa (represented by an Orlando Pirates youth team). They then went on to tour Europe and Asia, with 6 wins 2 draws and only 1 loss. The tour was a big success and gave the young players a lot of experience.