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Matamata Swifts AFC is a semi-professional association football club in Matamata, New Zealand.

Matamata Swifts

Full name	Matamata Swifts Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Swifts
Founded	1930
Ground	Matamata Domain Matamata, New Zealand
Capacity	900
Chairman	Dwayne Barlow
Manager	Duncan Lowry
League	WaiBOP Championship
2022	WaiBOP Championship, 7th of 10
Home colours Away colours

Matamata Swifts competes in the WaiBOP SoccerShop Premiership. The club will also compete in the Chatham Cup, having reached a record last 32 position in New Zealand's only national cup competition. In the 2021 season, The Swifts finished 10th in the WAIBOP Soccer Shop Premiership, narrowly avoiding relegation to the Championship.

History

Matamata Swifts Association Football Club was established in 1930 and football has been played at different levels and with varying success every year since.

In 2019, Matamata Swifts AFC fielded four senior teams (three men and one ladies), nine junior teams (players aged 8 to 12) and eight mini-kickers teams (players aged 4 to 7). The club supports football at Matamata College, which fielded five youth teams in 2019. Matamata's historical rivals are Te Awamutu AFC.

Current squad

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  NZL Andrew Gibbs 13 GK  NZL Callum Roberson 2 MF  PHI Radge Avegonzado 3 DF  NZL Chris Monteith 4 DF  NZL Jamie Baxter 5 DF  NZL Adam Harris 6 DF  NZL Ruben Wigelsworth 7 MF  NZL Brad West 8 MF  NZL Scott Parsonage 9 FW  NZL Chris Walker 10 MF  NZL Andrew Clothier 11 MF  NZL Kyle Wisnewiski 12 MF  ENG Mike Smith 13 DF  NZL Dwayne Signel 16 MF  NZL Lawrence Clothier 17 DF  ENG Danny Styles 18 MF  CHI Hardy Ross 19 MF  NZL Hayden Turlington 20 DF  NZL Bjorn Vossen 21 MF  ENG Sam Hills 22 DF  NZL Mike Candy 23 MF  PHI Anton Ganas

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Honours

• 2010 Promotion to Lotto NRFL Division 1
• 2009 Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division 1, Winners
• 2008 Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division 1, Runners-Up
• 2007 Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division 1, Runners-Up
• 2006 Waikato Premier League, Winners
• 2006 Caper Cup, Winners
• 2005 Waikato Premier League, Winners
• 1995 Northern League Division 4, Runners-Up
• 1994 Northern League Division 4, Runners-Up
• 1985 Northern League Division 4 (South), Winners

References

External links

• UltimateNZSoccer website's Matamata Swifts page
• Club website

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