Miramar Rangers AFC explained

Clubname:Miramar Rangers
Fullname:Miramar Rangers AFC
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Ground:David Farrington Park, Wellington
Chairman:John Cameron
Coach:Kale Herbert
League:Central League
Season:2023
Position:Central League, 7th of 10
Current:2022 New Zealand National League
Website:https://miramarrangers.co.nz
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Miramar Rangers AFC is an amateur New Zealand association football club in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. The club is one of the most successful in New Zealand having won the Chatham Cup four times and the National League title twice. Over the last decade the club has played in the Central League and has won the division seven times, most recently in 2020.[1]

In 2004 it became one of the founding principal clubs of the Team Wellington franchise in the ASB Premiership.[2]

Club history

Miramar won the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout tournaments for men, in 1966,[3] 1992,[4] 2004[5] and 2010,[6] and were Central League winners in 1997, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2020.[1] [7] Miramar also won the now-defunct club National League in 2002[8] and 2003;[9] the latter was the final National League season before it was revived again in 2021, which Miramar have since qualified for the Championship phase.[10]

Oceania Footballer of the Century Wynton Rufer played 8 games for the club in the 1982 season.

Stadium

Miramar Rangers play all their home games at David Farrington Park in Miramar.[11]

Current squad

[12] [13] [14]

Coaching and medical staff

[15]

PositionName
Head coachKale Herbert
Assistant coachTBC
Goalkeeper coachTBC
Goalkeeper coachTBC
Team managerTBC
PhysiotherapistTBC
Strength and conditioningTBC

Major honours

Champions (3): 2002, 2003, 2021

Premiers (1): 2021

Champions (7): 1997, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2020

Winners (4): 1966, 1992, 2004, 2010

League records

[16] Most Appearances:

Most Goals:

Biggest Win[1]

Biggest Defeat[1]

Most Goals in a Season

Notable former players

[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruane . Jeremy . Miramar Rangers . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 20 July 2021 . 20 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210720212525/https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1496.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Club History . Miramar Rangers AFC . 20 July 2021 . 20 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210720212525/http://miramarrangers.co.nz/club-history . live .
  3. Web site: New Zealand 1966 . . 20 July 2021 . 7 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807210213/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz66.html . live .
  4. Web site: New Zealand 1992 . . 20 July 2021 . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817151515/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz92.html . live .
  5. Web site: New Zealand 2004 . . 20 July 2021 . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817151513/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz04.html . live .
  6. Web site: New Zealand 2010 . . 20 July 2021 . 11 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220811170150/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz2010.html . live .
  7. Web site: Honours Board . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 20 July 2021 . 6 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206120724/https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZClubSoccer/id1557.htm . dead .
  8. Web site: New Zealand 2002 . . 20 July 2021 . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817151523/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz02.html . live .
  9. Web site: New Zealand 2003 . . 20 July 2021 . 28 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628112115/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz03.html . live .
  10. News: Miramar, Olympic book spots in National League Championship . 20 July 2021 . NZ Sports Wire . 18 July 2021 . en-NZ . 20 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210720214026/https://www.nzsportswire.com/2021/07/19/miramar-olympic-book-spots-in-national-league-championship/ . dead .
  11. Web site: David Farrington Park. Miramar Rangers. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803120436/http://miramarrangers.co.nz/dave-farrington-park/. live.
  12. Web site: 2021 Northern and Central League Player Lists . 4 August 2021 . 26 March 2021 . 12 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412061219/https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/101728 . live .
  13. Web site: Central League Squad 2021 . Miramar Rangers AFC . 3 August 2021 . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803205529/https://miramarrangers.co.nz/central-league-squad-2021/ . live .
  14. Web site: Lower Hutt City v Miramar Rangers 24th July 2021 . . 3 August 2021 . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803205524/https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/matchcentre/2021/1234373196/1258493649 . live .
  15. Web site: Central League Staff 2021 . Miramar Rangers AFC . 3 August 2021 . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803205526/https://miramarrangers.co.nz/central-league . live .
  16. Web site: Club Stats . Miramar Rangers AFC . 20 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210720210338/http://miramarrangers.co.nz/club-stats . 20 July 2021.