Kapiti Coast United

Kapiti Coast United (KCU) is an association football club in New Zealand. Their home ground is Weka Park in Raumati Beach on the Kapiti Coast.

Kapiti Coast United
Full nameKapiti Coast United Incorporated Sports Club
Nickname(s)KCU
Founded2003 (amalgamation)
GroundWeka Park
ChairmanAndrew Elms
CoachAlan Jones
LeagueCapital One
Women's Central League
Kapiti-Horowhenua
WebsiteClub website

History

Originally known as the Raumati Hearts, they formed in 1960 as a junior club then two years later added a senior club.[1] Originally named after Heart of Midlothian, an Edinburgh soccer team commonly known as Hearts.[2] The club changed its name to Kapiti Hearts in 2000[1] then formed as Kapiti Coast United when they merged with Paraparaumu United in 2003.[2]

Their highest honour is winning Capital One three times in 2006, 2014 and 2017, with their highest placing in the Capital Premier league being 6th with they achieved in 2008 and 2015.[1] They have entered the Chatham Cup most years since 1965 with their best run in 1993 as the Raumati Hearts, where they made the last sixteen, before losing 2–3 to Nelson United.[1]

Junior Football

Kapiti Coast United have a large amount of Junior Football teams which participate in both the Wellington and Kapiti leagues, The Club have multiple teams in each grade from 7th Grade ( Aged 6-7 ) all the way up until there under 16 program.[2]

Senior Football

Kapiti Coast United have 12 senior teams as of 2019 season with their top men's team playing in the Capital Football Capital One and the women's in the Women's Central League. The other teams participate in either the other local Wellington or Kapiti leagues.[2]

First team squad

As of 4 July 2020[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NZL Michael Newell
2  NZL Liam Christian
3  NZL Josh Harmer
5  NZL Lawrance Gounder
6  GBR Ben Jones
7  ENG Phillip King
8  GBR Graham Sands
9  ENG Harry Gawtrey
No. Pos. Nation Player
10  NZL Jack Hibbard
11  ENG Matthew Jones
12  NZL Jordan Thomson
13  NZL Jack Leitch
14  NZL Cameron Manclarke
15  NZL Stuart Lawrie
16  FIJ Kunal Nand

References
  1. "Kapiti Coast United". Ultimate Soccer NZ. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. "About Us". Kapiti Coast United. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. https://kcu.co.nz/category/player-profiles/


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