Canterbury United Dragons are a semi-professional
football
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club from
Christchurch
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,
New Zealand
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. The team plays most of its matches at
English Park
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in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in
Nelson
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. The club last played in the
ISPS Handa Premiership
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, the now folded top level of football in New Zealand.
History
The club was founded in 2002 as a conglomerate of various Christchurch area clubs, in order to form a strong team to take part in the
2002 New Zealand National Soccer League. In 2004, the league was replaced by the
New Zealand Football Championship
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, run on a regional franchise basis, and Canterbury United became one of the eight competing teams.
In Canterbury United's first season in the New Zealand Football Championship they missed out on the playoffs by four competition points, ultimately finishing fourth.
In 2007, the club rebranded themselves as the "Canterbury United Dragons" with a new logo and mascot.
Current squad
Club Officials
Coaching and Medical Staff
* Head Coach: Lee Padmore
* Assistant Coach: Dan Terris
* Goalkeeping Coach: Alan Stroud
* Manager: Marcus Beaton
* Strength and Conditioning: James Deehan
* Video Analysis: Jesse Rawlings
* Sports Science: Blair Minton
* Performance/Wellbeing: Martin Field Dodgson
* Physiotherapist: James McCormack
* Club Doctor: Phil Fletcher
Managers
*
Danny Halligan
Danny Halligan (born 17 February 1965) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at an international level.
Halligan spent 2 years with Brisbane United in the Australian National Soccer League from 1991 to 1993
He mad ...
(1 July 2006 – 4 February 2008)
* Korouch Monsef (5 February 2008 – 30 June 2009)
*
Keith Braithwaite (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2013)
*
Sean Devine
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Biography
He began his career with Millwall F.C., Millwall. Having spent ti ...
(1 July 2014 – 21 April 2015)
* Willy Gerdsen (1 July 2015 – 14 June 2019)
* Lee Padmore (1 July 2019 – Current)
Honours
ASB Phoenix Challenge
*Winners (1): 2012
ASB Premiership Youth League
*Winners (2): 2009–10, 2011–12
Statistics and records
Year-by-year history
Season summaries
Notes
References
External links
Official websiteOld New Zealand Football Championship website
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Association football clubs in Christchurch
Association football clubs established in 2002
Sport in Canterbury, New Zealand
2002 establishments in New Zealand