Oratia United AFC is an amateur

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club based in West Auckland,

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. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division Two, at Step 3 of the New Zealand football pyramid. The club's home stadium is

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, Oratia. The club is also widely known as 'The Tia'. The club traditionally wears green and gold.

Club history

The club was founded as a junior club in 1973, adding its first senior team in 1976. Its first team currently plays in the

NRFL Division 2 The Northern Regional Football League Division 2, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 for sponsorship reasons, is a New Zealand amateur football league. The league is run by the Auckland Football Federation and includes foot ...

The team formerly competed in the northern section of the now-defunct Superclub competition in

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and

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. The team's best performance in the

Chatham Cup The Chatham Cup is New Zealand's premier knockout tournament in men's association football. It is held annually, with the final contested in September. The current champions of the Chatham Cup are 2022 winners Auckland City, who defeated Eastern ...

, the nation's leading knockout football competition, came in

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and

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when the team reached the last 16 stage of the competition.

References

1. porting pulsewebsite's Oratia United AFC's page]

External links

Club websiteNFF Oratia United AFC page
Association football clubs in Auckland Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area 1973 establishments in New Zealand Sport in West Auckland, New Zealand {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub