{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Napier City Rovers | image = Napier_City_Rovers_FC_logo.png | image_size = 200px | fullname = Napier City Rovers | nickname = The Blues | founded = {{start date and age|1973}} | ground = Bluewater Stadium, Napier, New Zealand | capacity = 4,000 (seated) | chairman = Graeme Sole | manager = Bill Robertson | league = Central League | season = 2025 | position = Central League, 5th of 10 | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | socks1 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = | website = {{URL|https://www.cityrovers.co.nz/}} }}
'''Napier City Rovers''' is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central League.
==Club history== thumb|Chart of yearly ladder positions for Napier City Rovers
The team was founded in 1973 by the merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier knockout football competition (the Chatham Cup) five times, in 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, and 2019, and won the old New Zealand National Soccer League in 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2000. They represented New Zealand at the Oceania Club Championship in 2001, finishing third. The Hawke's Bay region, of which Napier is a part, was represented by Napier City Soccer in the first year of the Football Championship in 2004.
==Squad== ''Squad for the 2024 Central Premier League<ref>{{Cite web |title=Competition |url=https://www.capitalfootball.org.nz/fixtures-results/senior-mens/mens-central-league}}</ref>'' {{fs start}} {{fs player|no=2|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=George Andrew}} {{fs player|no=3|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Adam Hewson}} {{fs player|no=4|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Kaeden Atkins}} {{fs player|no=5|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Jack Albertini}} {{fs player|no=6|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Matthew Jones}} {{fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Liam Schofield}} {{fs player|no=8|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Sam Lack}} {{fs player|no=9|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Cameron Emerson}} {{fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Kieran Richards}} {{fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Jonathan McNamara}} {{fs mid}} {{fs player|no=12|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Alex Mort}} {{fs player|no=13|nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Harry Mason}} {{fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Jim Hoyle}} {{fs player|no=16|nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Ethan Spencer}} {{fs player|no=17|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Fergus Neil}} {{fs player|no=18|nat=Sweden|pos=FW|name=Oscar Faulds}} {{fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Benjamin Stanley}} {{fs player|no=20|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Christian Leopard}} {{fs player|no=21|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=Kyle Baxter}} {{fs player|no=22|nat=NZL|pos=GK|name=Ben Graney}} {{fs end}}
==Season-by-season record== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- !rowspan=2|Season !rowspan=2|Qualifying league !colspan=9|League !style="background:white" rowspan=8| !colspan=9|National League !rowspan=2|Chatham<br />Cup !colspan=2|{{abbr|Top scorer|Top scorer all season}} |- !{{abbr|P|Games played}} !{{abbr|W|Won}} !{{abbr|D|Drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Lost}} !{{abbr|F|Goals for}} !{{abbr|A|Goals against}} !{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}} !{{abbr|Pts|Points}} !width=40px|{{abbr|Pos|Season position}} !{{abbr|P|Games played}} !{{abbr|W|Won}} !{{abbr|D|Drawn}} !{{abbr|L|Lost}} !{{abbr|F|Goals for}} !{{abbr|A|Goals against}} !{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}} !{{abbr|Pts|Points}} !width=40px|{{abbr|Pos|Season position}} !Name !Goals |- !2021 | rowspan=10|Central League||18||5||2||11||37||51||−14|| '''17''' || 7th ||colspan=9|''Cancelled''{{refn|2021 National League season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Northern regions;.<ref name="NZF-021121">{{cite web |title=National League Championship cancelled, new interregional competition announced and Chatham Cup moved to 2022 |url=https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/109383 |website=New Zealand Football}}</ref> Championship played as South Central Series, with the northern clubs missing in the first edition.|group="n"}}|| R3||style=text-align:left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Kailan Gould || 11 |- !2022 |18||8||4||6||35||28||+7||'''28''' || 4th |9||1||3||5||14||23||−9||'''6''' || 8th||R4 || style=text-align:left|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan McNamara}} || 9 |- !2023 |18||10||3||5||50||32||+18||'''33'''|| style="background:#e90;"| 3rd |9||2||1||6||13||26||−13||'''7'''|| 9th |R4 |style=text-align:left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Deri Corfe ||21 |- !2024 |18||13||1||4||53||23||+30||'''40'''||style="background:#e90;"| 3rd |9||5||2||2||21||14||+7||'''17'''||4th |QF |style=text-align:left|{{flagicon|NZL}} Oscar Faulds ||27 |- !2025 |18||8||4||6||45||24||+21||'''28'''||5th |colspan=9|''Did not qualify'' |R4 |style=text-align:left|{{flagicon|NZL}} Sam Lack || 11 |}
==Honours== *'''New Zealand National Soccer League''' **'''Champions (4):''' 1989, 1993, 1998, 2000
*'''Chatham Cup''' **'''Champions (5):''' 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2019
*'''Central Premier League''' **'''Champions (3):''' 2012, 2015, 2018
{{s-start}} {{s-sports|chat}} {{succession box |title=Winner |before=Manurewa |after=North Shore United |years=1985 Chatham Cup}} {{succession box |title=Winner |before=Miramar Rangers |after=Waitakere City FC |years=1993 Chatham Cup}} {{succession box |title=Winner |before=Dunedin Technical |after=University-Mount Wellington |years=2000 Chatham Cup}} {{succession box |title=Winner |before=University-Mount Wellington |after=University-Mount Wellington |years=2002 Chatham Cup}} {{succession box |title=Winner |before=Birkenhead United |after=2020 Competition cancelled due COVID-19<br>2021 Cashmere Technical |years=2019 Chatham Cup}} {{s-end}}
==Performance in OFC competitions== *Oceania Club Championship (1 appearance)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oceania Club Competitions 2000 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oceacup00.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> ::: 2000–01 – 3rd place
{| class="wikitable" |- !Season !Competition !Round !Club !Home !Away !Position |- |rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |2001 |rowspan="7" |Oceania Club Championship |rowspan="5" |Group A |{{flagicon|PNG}} Unitech |colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;" |2–0 |rowspan=5; style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;" {{won|'''2nd'''}} |- |{{flagicon|SOL}} Laugu United |colspan=2; style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;" |1–1 |- |{{flagicon|TON}} Lotoha'apai |colspan=2; style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;" |9–0 |- |{{flagicon|FIJ}} Foodtown Warriors |colspan=2; style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;" |4–0 |- |{{flagicon|AUS}} Wollongong Wolves |colspan=2; style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |0–1 |- |Semi-finals |{{flagicon|VAN}} Tafea |colspan=3; style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |'''2–4''' |- |Third place play-off |{{flagicon|TAH}} Vénus |colspan=3 style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;" |'''3–2''' |- |}
==Notes== {{reflist|group=n}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.cityrovers.co.nz/ Official website] *[http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1446.htm Ultimate NZ Soccer page]
{{Central League (New Zealand)}} {{Central Federation League}}
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