Canterbury United FC

Canterbury United FC is a professional Association football club from Christchurch, New Zealand. The club plays most of its matches at English Park in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in Nelson. The club competes in the ISPS Handa Premiership, the top level of football in New Zealand.

Canterbury United Dragons
Full nameCanterbury United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Dragons
Founded2002 (2002)
GroundASB Football Park, Christchurch
Capacity3,000
ChairmanRoger Georgieff
ManagerWilly Gerdsen
LeagueISPS Handa Premiership
2018-193rd (regular season), semi-finals (playoffs)

History
Canterbury United logo 2004–2007

The club was founded in 2002 as a conglomerate of various Christchurch area clubs, in order to form a strong team to take part in the 2002 New Zealand National Soccer League. In 2004, the league was replaced by the New Zealand Football Championship, run on a regional franchise basis, and Canterbury United became one of the eight competing teams.

In Canterbury United's first season in the New Zealand Football Championship they missed out on the playoffs by four competition points, ultimately finishing fourth. In 2007, the club rebranded themselves as the "Canterbury United Dragons" with a new logo and mascot.

Final League placing at the end of the regular season:

  • 2002 5th (Played 18 Won 8 Drew 4 Lost 6) Missed play–offs (*)
  • 2003 6th (Played 18 Won 7 Drew 5 Lost 6) Missed play–offs (*)
  • 2004–05: 4th (Played 21 Won 7 Drew 6 Lost 8) Missed play-offs
  • 2005–06: 3rd (Played 21 Won 13 Drew 2 Lost 6) Lost play-offs grand final
  • 2006–07: 4th (Played 21 Won 9 Drew 4 Lost 8) Missed play-offs
  • 2007–08: 8th (Played 21 Won 3 Drew 3 Lost 15) Missed play-offs
  • 2008–09: 8th (Played 14 Won 2 Drew 2 Lost 10) Missed play-offs
  • 2009–10: 4th (Played 14 Won 5 Drew 3 Lost 6) Lost play-offs grand final
  • 2010–11: 4th (Played 14 Won 6 Drew 2 Lost 6) Lost play-offs semi-finals
  • 2011–12: 2nd (Played 14 Won 9 Drew 2 Lost 3) Lost play–offs semi–finals
  • 2012–13: 3rd (Played 14 Won 9 Drew 1 Lost 4) Lost Play–offs semi–finals
  • 2013–14: 5th (Played 14 Won 6 Drew 4 Lost 4) Missed play–offs
  • 2014–15: 8th (Played 14 Won 4 Drew 2 Lost 10) Missed play–offs
  • 2015-16: 4th (Played 14 Won 8 Drew 2 Lost 4) Lost play–offs semi–finals

(*) played in the New Zealand National Soccer League

Honours

ASB Phoenix Challenge

  • Winners (1): 2012

ASB Premiership Youth League

  • Winners (2): 2009–10, 2011–12

Current squad
As of 19 September 2019

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 Eddie Ashton
2 DF  NZL Ben Stroud
3 DF  NZL Benjamin Lapslie
4 DF  ENG Dan Schwarz
5 DF  ENG Tom Schwarz
6 MF  NZL Tom Scott
7 MF  ENG George King
8 DF  NZL Luke Tongue
9 MF  NZL Haris Zeb
10 DF  ENG Reece Dalton
11 MF  NZL James Pendrigh
12 FW  GUA Juan Chang
13 FW  RSA Lyle Matthysen
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  NZL Sean Liddicoat
15 MF  CAN Calum Ferguson
16 MF  NZL Cory Mitchell
17 MF  NZL Dan Ede
18 MF  NZL Aaron Clapham
19 MF  NZL Samuel Field
20 DF  NZL Jacob Richards
21 MF  NZL Sam Lapslie
22 GK  NZL Danny Knight
23 FW  NZL Abdul Khalifa
— FW  NZL Byron Heath
— DF  ENG Dan Terris
— MF  NZL Harrison Bowman

Non-playing staff

Head Coach

  • Lee Padmore

Assistant Coaches

  • Joe Hall
  • Daniel Terris
  • Chris Brown

Team Manager

  • Martin Stewart

Goalkeeping Coach

  • Adam Highfield

Managers
  • Danny Halligan (1 July 2006 – 4 February 2008)
  • Korouch Monsef (5 February 2008 – 30 June 2009)
  • Keith Braithwaite (1 July 2009 – 1 December 2014)
  • Sean Devine (1 December 2014 – May 2015)
  • Willy Gerdsen (20 May 2015–)

References
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