Te Atatu AFC is an amateur

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club in

Te Atatū Te Atatū (from the Māori : "the dawn") is the name of two adjacent suburbs in West Auckland, New Zealand: ''Te Atatū Peninsula'' and ''Te Atatū South''. They are located next to each other some 10 kilometres to the west of the Auckland city ...

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. The team's home ground is the Te Atatū Peninsula Park, and they compete in the

NRF Championship The NRF League One is a New Zealand amateur football league. The league is run by Northern Region Football, an amalgamation of the Auckland Football Federation and Northern Football Federation, and includes football clubs located in Northland ...

History

They formed in 1960. The teams best run 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 ...

, New Zealand's premier knockout tournament, was in

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when they made the final 16 beating

Albany United Albany United FC is a semi-professional association football club in Albany, New Zealand. They currently compete in the NRFL Conference, having been relegated from the NRFL Division 1 The Northern Regional Football League Division One, curre ...

Oratia United Oratia United AFC is an amateur association football club based in West Auckland, New Zealand. 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 Parrs Park, Ora ...

and Waiheke United before losing 1–2 to

Three Kings United Three Kings United Football Club is a youth football club based in Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand. They previously competed in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1, with their last appearance coming in 2019. In 2020, Three Kings United m ...

in the fourth round. The club also made the last thirty-two twice before the 2016 run, first in

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and again in

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Honours

Men's

* Northern League Division Two B Winners * Northern League Division Four North Winners

Women's

* AWFA Knockout Shield: Runners-up, 1993 * Northern Premier Women's League: Winners, 1994 * AWFA Knockout Shield: Winners, 1994 * AWFA Champion-of-Champions: Winners, 1994

References

External links

Te Atatu AFC Official Website

Te Atatu AFC US1 Page
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