Oro FC, known for sponsorship reasons as NC Civil Works Oro FC and briefly as Oro Bird Wing FC, is a semi-professional

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club founded in 2013 and hailing from

Oro Province Oro Province, formerly (and officially still) Northern Province, is a coastal province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The province covers 22,800 km2, and has 176,206 inhabitants (2011 census). The province shares la ...

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, but playing their home games

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Z ...

. The club competed in three editions of the

Papua New Guinea National Soccer League The KPHL National Soccer League, also known as the Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited National Soccer League for sponsorship reasons, is the men's top division of professional soccer in Papua New Guinea. It is a nationwide league formed in 2006 by ...

, the country's top division. Their finest moment came in the 2014 edition, when they finished second in the regular season before finishing fourth in the playoffs.

History

In late 2012, it was announced that a club from

, then named Bird Wing FC, had secured funding from the

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to enter the 2013 season of the

. The club was officially formed in early 2013, and were one of eight teams entered into the upcoming domestic season, under the name of NC Civil Works Oro FC, despite their late fee payment almost costing them a place in the league. The club were disappointing in their debut season, with results improving after replacing coach John Davani with Lua Vagi in April. In the end, they missed out on the playoffs by nine points, and finished fifth in the regular season table. In October 2013, it was confirmed that the club would be competing in the 2014 season. With coach Joe Turia at the helm, the side secured a second-place finish, qualifying for the finals with a 1–0 victory over Morobe on 26 April 2014. This joy was short-lived, however, as the side were beaten 3–2

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by eventual champions

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, before losing to Morobe in the third-place playoff. By the end of July 2014, the side had already confirmed their participation in the 2015 season, but the side fared much more poorly, winning just three matches and finishing sixth out of seven sides, while conceding the most goals in the competition after letting six in against both

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and Lae in the second half of the season. In September 2015, it was reported that Oro would once again be competing in the restructured 2015–16 season of the competition, having registered for the Southern Conference alongside Hekari,

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and

FC Port Moresby FC Port Moresby is a semi-professional association football club based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Founded in 2012, the club competed three times in the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League until the league split in 2016. Their best r ...

. However, when the fixture list was drawn in November, Oro were not one of the teams involved. The side have not competed competitively since. In December 2018, ahead of the relaunch of the NSL after the league split, it was reported that Oro had expressed their interest in competing in the 2019 season, possibly in a merge with MacLaren FC.

Domestic record

National competitions

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: 5th **

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: 4th **

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: 6th

References

{{Papua New Guinea National Soccer League Football clubs in Papua New Guinea Association football clubs established in 2013 2013 establishments in Papua New Guinea