Auckland City FC
Auckland City Football Club is a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Sandringham in Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Northern League. Auckland City have established themselves as a major force in both New Zealand and Oceania, having won eight New Zealand Football Championship titles and eleven OFC Champions League titles since their foundation.
| Full name | Auckland City Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Navy Blues, City | |||
| Short name | ACFC | |||
| Founded | 3 February 2004 | |||
| Ground | Kiwitea Street | |||
| Capacity | 2,500 (500 seated) | |||
| Coordinates | 36°53′51″S 174°44′13″E | |||
| Chairman | Ivan Vuksich | |||
| Manager | Albert Riera | |||
| League | Northern League | |||
| 2023 | Northern League, 1st of 12 (champions) National League, 2nd of 10 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Formed in 2004 following the inception of the New Zealand Football Championship, Auckland City currently play their home matches at Kiwitea Street in Sandringham, New Zealand. The club is the most successful in Oceania, having won seven consecutive OFC Champions League titles between 2011 and 2017 – the most consecutive continental titles of any football team in history. This has resulted in Auckland becoming a regular fixture at the FIFA Club World Cup, famously achieving a third-placed finish in the 2014 edition. Auckland City's youth team played in the now-defunct National Youth League, becoming the most successful team in competition history with seven titles.
Auckland City's regular kit colours are faintly striped royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. The current crest, in use since the club's inception, features the Sky Tower, an iconic Auckland landmark. The club has a strong Croatian influence, being strongly associated with and playing at the same stadium as Central United (formed in 1962 by Dalmatian immigrants).