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Eastern Suburbs A.F.C.
Full nameEastern Suburbs Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lilywhites
Founded1934; 90 years ago (1934) [1]
Ground Madills Farm
ChairmanTom Street
ManagerKane Wintersgill
League Northern League
2023 Northern League, 2nd of 12
National League, 4th of 10
Website Club website
Current season

Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club is an association football club based in the suburb of Kohimarama in Auckland, New Zealand. The club competes in the Northern League.

Club history

Eastern Suburbs was formed in 1934 as a result of the merger of Tamaki United AFC (formed 1924) and Glen Innes (formed 1930). [2] One of the country's strongest clubs, it has won all major honours in the country, including winning the prestigious national Chatham Cup on six occasions. [3]

Eastern Suburbs First Team is coached by Kane Wintersgill.

Players

Current squad

As of 20 March 2024 [4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK New Zealand  NZL Regan Diver
2 New Zealand  NZL Jackson Jarvie
3 New Zealand  NZL Tyler Lissette
4 DF New Zealand  NZL Kelvin Kalua
5 New Zealand  NZL Aaryan Raj
6 New Zealand  NZL Adam Thomas
7 New Zealand  NZL Michael Built
8 New Zealand  NZL Josh Galletly
10 New Zealand  NZL Noah Karunaratne
11 New Zealand  NZL Ryan Feutz
13 New Zealand  NZL Jaymis Grubjesic
14 New Zealand  NZL Campbell Strong
15 New Zealand  NZL Francis de Vries
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 New Zealand  NZL Noah Billingsley
17 New Zealand  NZL Ralph Rutherford
18 New Zealand  NZL Finn McKenlay
20 New Zealand  NZL Jake Mechell
21 New Zealand  NZL Ryan Verney
23 New Zealand  NZL Sam Twigg
24 New Zealand  NZL Luis Toomey
25 New Zealand  NZL Ernest Wong
27 New Zealand  NZL Dylan Laing-McConnell
28 New Zealand  NZL Riley Dalziell
29 New Zealand  NZL James Mitchell
30 New Zealand  NZL Aoi Hamao

Season by season record

Season Qualifying league League New Zealand National League Chatham
Cup 		Top scorer
P W D L F A GD Pts Pos P W D L F A GD Pts Pos Name Goals
2021 [5] Northern League 19 10 4 5 31 21 +10 34 3rd Cancelled [a] R4 New Zealand Jake Mechell 12
2022 [7] 22 5 5 12 24 36 -12 20 10th Did not qualify 2nd New Zealand Michael Built, Australia Daniel Champness 4
2023 [8] 22 17 5 0 51 17 +34 56 2nd 9 4 3 2 23 11 +12 15 4th SF Uruguay Martín Bueno 10
Champions
Runners-up
Third Place
♦ Top scorer in competition


Performance in OFC competitions

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position
2020 [b] OFC Champions League Group A Vanuatu Galaxy 2–2 1st
Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2–1
New Caledonia Hienghène Sport 4–0

Honours

Source: [3] [2] [11]

Notes

  1. ^ 2021 National League season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Northern regions. [6] Championship played as South Central Series, with the northern clubs missing in the first edition.
  2. ^ On 4 September 2020, OFC announced that the knockout stage was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] [10]

References

  1. ^ Eastern Suburbs AFC team profile Archived 15 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021
  2. ^ a b "Eastern Suburbs". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "ESAFC". easternsuburbs.org.nz. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Introducing our 2024 Men's Premier Squad, consisting entirely of New Zealand players 🤝". Eastern Suburbs AFC. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ "2021 Northern League – New Zealand". Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  6. ^ "National League Championship cancelled, new interregional competition announced and Chatham Cup moved to 2022". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  7. ^ "2022 Northern League – New Zealand". Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  8. ^ "2023 Northern League – New Zealand". Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  9. ^ "OFC Champions League 2020 cancelled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. ^ "2020 OFC Champions League - Oceania". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  11. ^ Hilton, Tony; Smith, Barry (1991). An Association with Soccer: The NZFA Celebrates Its First 100 Years. New Zealand Football. ISBN  978-0473012915.
  12. ^ "New Zealand 1971". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Callum McCowatt stars as Eastern Suburbs win national men's football league final". Stuff. 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  14. ^ "New Zealand 1951". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  15. ^ "New Zealand 1953". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  16. ^ "New Zealand 1965". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  17. ^ "New Zealand 1968". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  18. ^ "New Zealand 1969". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  19. ^ "New Zealand 2014/15". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

External links

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