Hawke's Bay United was a professional

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club based in Napier,

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. HB United most recently played in the ISPS Handa Premiership – a semi-professional franchise based league, which ran independently of the winter club season. Local winter clubs provide the player pool for each franchise. Their home stadium is

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History

Hawke’s Bay United (HBU) was founded in 2005 under the name of Napier City Soccer, as the summer entity of Central League club

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. In the inaugural NZFC season (2004–05), they finished 5th out of 8. The following season, Napier City Soccer was renamed to their current moniker of "Hawke's Bay United" and changed their kit colour to the

Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural ...

provincial sporting colours of white and black, as part of an effort to greater represent the greater East Coast instead of just the city of Napier. The rebranded Hawkes Bay United finished last in the season standings.

Current squad

Staff

''Current as of 6 December 2018''

Managers

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(2006–09) * Matt Chandler (2009–11) * Chris Greatholder (2011–14) *

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(2014–2018)

References

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* . . {{New Zealand Football Championship Association football clubs in New Zealand Association football clubs established in 2005 Sport in Hawke's Bay 2005 establishments in New Zealand