Onehunga Sports Football Club is a youth football club based in

Onehunga Onehunga is a suburb of Auckland in New Zealand and the location of the Port of Onehunga, the city's small port on the Manukau Harbour. It is south of the city centre, close to the volcanic cone of Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill. Onehunga is a ...

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. A senior side formerly competed in the

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, last appearing in the competition in 2019. The club is widely regarded within New Zealand for their strong focus on youth development. In recent years, Onehunga Sports have most notably produced

internationals

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, Chris Wood and

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, and former head coach

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Club history

The club was founded in 1956 as Cornwall AFC, originally as a youth-oriented breakaway of

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; Cornwall began play in the 1957 season, holding home games first at Auckland Domain until Fergusson Domain was made available in 1961. The club's change of name to Onehunga Sports and Soccer Club came in 1986, soon followed by the club's first promotion to the NRFL Premier in 1991. As Onehunga gradually progressed, gaining promotion into higher divisions, tighter restrictions on the playing surface at Fergusson Domain were placed on the club. Relocation discussions began in 1995, and following the construction of clubrooms and training facilities the club moved to Waikakara Park for the 2004 season. In 2010, Onehunga Sports won the

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title, winning promotion to the regional top flight. In 2017 and 2018, Onehunga Sports won consecutive

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titles; 2017 also saw the team lift the

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for the first time, defeating

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in the

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Notable former players

The following players went on to play professionally following their time at Onehunga Sports. * Kohei Tezuka * Takayuki Omi *

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* Liam Jordan * Sansern Limwattana * Baramee Limwattana *

* Chris Wood *

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* Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi * Katie Duncan * Benjamin Mata * Alex Paulsen *

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* Mark Elrick *

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* Pip Meo

Honours

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* NRFL Men’s Premier winners 2018 * Women’s Conference Division Champions 2018. * NRFL Men’s Premier winners 2017 * Lotto NRFL and New Zealand Football 2017 Coach of the Year:

. * Lotto NRFL Men’s Premier Division Player of the Year 2017: Joseph Dawkins captain of the Men’s Premier team. * Northern Regional Football community coach of the year 2022: Jannine Stewart

References

External links

New Zealand 2004/05 Season ResultsAuckland Football federation Onehunga Sports pageClub website
Association football clubs in Auckland 1956 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub