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'''Petone FC''' is an association football club in Petone, New Zealand. The club provides football for men, women and children. The club's men's first team competes in the Men's Central League with the women's first team competing in the Women's Central League. The club is based at Memorial Park in the Lower Hutt suburb of Petone.
==History and achievements== The club is the successor for Petone United, a club founded in 1889 as Petone Wanderers before merging with the Wellington Rowing Club in 1892, competing under the name United until disbandment in 1895.<ref name="UltimateNZSoccer History">{{cite web|title=Petone History|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1506.htm|website=UltimateNZSoccer|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref>
The club has won the Chatham Cup three times (1928, 1930, and 1949) and won the Central League title in 1990.
Petone FC was originally known at Petone Association Football Club, however the club was renamed Petone Soccer Club in 1994. In 2009, club management voted to rename the club as Petone Football Club.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=Petone FC - About Petone|url=http://www.petonefootball.org/the-club/about-petone|website=Petone FC|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref>
==2025 squad== {{fs start}} {{fs player|no=1|nat=NZL|pos=GK|name=Shea Stapleton}} {{fs player|no=2|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Finn O'Connor}} {{fs player|no=3|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Nicholas Drayton}} {{fs player|no=5|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Jaga Scott-Greenfield|other=vice-captain}} {{fs player|no=5|nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Kieran McMinn}} {{fs player|no=6|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Amir Mandalawi}} {{fs player|no=8|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Seth Loughran}} {{fs player|no=9|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Cameron Healy}} {{fs player|no=10|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Hami Paranihi-Nuku}} {{fs player|no=11|nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Bray Whitecliffe}} {{fs player|no=11|nat=SUD|pos=FW|name=Nathaniel Hailemariam}} {{fs player|no=12|nat=NZL|pos=GK|name=Luca Siegel}} {{fs mid}} {{fs player|no=14|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Matthew Beaton}} {{fs player|no=15|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Jeremy George}} {{fs player|no=16|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Oliver Pickering}} {{fs player|no=16|nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Liam Shearer}} {{fs player|no=18|nat=NZL|pos=DF|name=Sean Matthews}} {{fs player|no=19|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Joshua Apaapa-Preston}} {{fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Michael Des Tombe}} {{fs player|no=21|nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Samuel Pickering}} {{fs player|no=23|nat=NZL|pos=MF|name=Ali Nazari}} {{fs player|no=23|nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Matthew Brazier}} {{fs player|no=24|nat=NZL|pos=FW|name=Jack O'Connor}} {{fs end}}
==2025 staff== *Head coach: Jamie O'Connor *Assistant coaches: Sam Morrissey <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.petonefootball.org.nz/_files/ugd/1c4498_6f45fd141b7a48d4af56a634f15a44db.pdf|title=MatchDay Book|publisher=The Press |date=2025-10-02 |access-date=2025-10-02}}</ref>
==Major honours== * '''Central League''' ** Winners (1): 1990 * '''Capital Premier''' ** Winners (3): 2006, 2007, 2019 * '''Chatham Cup''' ** Winners (3): 1928, 1930, 1949
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.petonefootball.org/ Official Website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080611061018/http://www.soccer.org.nz/index.php?page=petone Capital Football profile] *[http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1506.htm Ultimatenzsoccer profile]
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Category:Association football clubs in Wellington Category:Association football clubs established in 1896 Category:Sport in Lower Hutt Category:1896 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-footyclub-stub}}