Whanganui Athletic FC are an
association football team based in the
New Zealand North Island
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city of
Whanganui. They are traditionally the strongest team from the city, and played in the top flight of New Zealand football in both league and cup competitions. The team was founded in 1929 as Wanganui East Athletic, but briefly changed their name to Wanganui FC between 1974 and 1976 before reverting to their original name before dropping the East to just become Wanganui Athletic, changing to Whanganui Athletic when their home city was officially re-named.
National competition
Athletic played in the
1993
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1994
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, and
1995
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regional superclub championships, reaching the national league stage in 1993, where they finished seventh.
Athletic reached the last 16 stage of New Zealand's premier knockout cup competition, the
Chatham Cup in
1970
Events
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, and went one stage further to become quarter-finalists in
1996
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Wanganui United
In 2009 the team entered a partnership with local rivals Wanganui City to form a top-level team,
Wanganui United, with both clubs feeding the squad. The idea behind this was to push the level of football in Wanganui. The idea was short-lived; after the 2010 season Wanganui United disbanded, with the players released back to their respective clubs.
Honours
*1981 Central League Division Two
*1987 Central League Division Three North
*1992 Central League Premier Division
*1994 Central Superclub Plate
*1996 Central Superclub Championship
*2010 Western Premiership Championship
*2014 Federation League Championship
*2022 Central Federation League
New Zealand representation from Whanganui Athletic
*
Hayden Englefield (
U-20,
U-23)
*
James Musa (
U-20,
National team)
*
Brad Scott (
National team)
External links
Ultimatenzsoccer website's Wanganui East Athletic page
Association football clubs in New Zealand
Sport in Whanganui
1929 establishments in New Zealand
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