Auckland City Announce Squad
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October 2, 2007
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Three-times champion Auckland City FC have unveiled the squad to
defend their New Zealand Football Championship title for the
2007/08 season.
Republic of Korea international Ki-Hyung Lee is the most notable addition this season, although head coach Colin Tuaa has managed to attract a few other new players with representative honours.
Solomon Islands striker Henry Fa�arodo makes the move north from Canterbury United while Fa�arodo�s international teammate George Suri is one of four players signed from Waitakere United.
Waitakere also lose All White Jeff Campbell, New Zealand �A� player Craig Wylie, and ex-All White Rupesh Puna to their NZFC and O-League rivals.
Three current All Whites � Campbell, Ben Sigmund and James Pritchett � are included in the squad along with three others � Wylie, Joel Mathews, and Sam Mathews � who featured for New Zealand �A� against Fiji and now-Auckland-teammate Salesh Kumar in August.
New Zealand U-17 representatives Lance Heslop and Jake Mathews � younger brother of Joel and Sam � are two of five academy players to make the step up to the NZFC.
Auckland City begin their NZFC campaign away to Younghert Manawatu on November 4 while their first O-League match is at home to Tahiti's AS Manu Ura on October 27.
That match � and Auckland�s first four NZFC matches � will not be played at Kiwitea Street, but at the Croatian Cultural Society in McLeod Road, Henderson while their Kiwitea home is re-surfaced.
Auckland City 2007/08 NZFC Squad
Player
Position
1
Ross Nicholson
GK
2
Joel Mathews
DF
3
Craig Wylie
DF/MF
4
Paul Seaman
MF
5
Ben Sigmund
DF
6
Ki-Hyung Lee
MF
7
James Pritchett
DF/MF
8
ChadCoombes
MF
9
Paul Urlovic
FW
10
Grant Young
FW
11
Luiz Del Monte
MF
12
Tamati Williams
GK
13
Alex Feneridis
MF (Academy)
14
Keryn Jordan
FW
15
Jeff Campbell
MF
16
George Suri
DF
17
BryanLittle
MF
18
Henry Fa'arodo
MF/FW
19
Salesh Kumar
DF
20
Greg Uhlmann
DF
21
Riki Van Steeden
DF
22
Sam Mathews
MF
23
Eliezer Anello
FW
24
Sam Campbell
DF (Academy)
25
Jacob Mathews
MF (Academy)
26
Rupesh Puna
DF
27
John Niyonsaba
MF/FW (Academy)
28
Liam Mulrooney
MF
29
Lance Heslop
MF/FW (Academy)
30
Mark Fulcher
GK
POWERFUL LOOKING SQUAD TUAA HAS PUT TOGETHER ALRIGHT ESPECIALLY WITH THE KOREAN IMPORT. HEARD HE IS THE BUSINESS. GONNA BE TOUGH FOR THE CHASING PACK AGAIN THIS YEAR BY THE LOOKS OF IT.
would be a good contest against the phoenix i reckon!
Most of the locals didn't make the Phoenix squad and the star import addition trialled with the Phoenix and didn't make the grade.
Should be well up the NZFC laddder again though.
...hello, champs ? We need a new t-shirt...
Waitak have signed most of your side from last year and Totori.
Hawkes Bay are listed in another thread here, quite a few U-20 squad members.
Otago are filling up with US-League players
Waikato are signing anyone with a UK passport.
TW and Canterbury have been pretty quiet.
bah,u guys stole our player,go waitakere
Waikato are signing anyone with a UK passport.
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Don't forget Arron Scott in the Waikato sides list of influential players.
Eliezer Anello was awesome for three kings last season, i'm pretty sure he was golden boot not sure how he will go in the top division thou
