title: Hawke's Bay United FC
text: # Hawke's Bay United FC
  
  Hawke's Bay United was a professional Association football club based in Napier, New Zealand. HB United most recently played in the ISPS Handa Premiership – a semi-professional franchise based league, which ran independently of the winter club season. Local winter clubs provide the player pool for each franchise. Their home stadium is Bluewater Stadium.
  
  ## History
  
  Hawke’s Bay United (HBU) was founded in 2005 under the name of Napier City Soccer, as the summer entity of Central League club Napier City Rovers. In the inaugural NZFC season (2004–05), they finished 5th out of 8. The following season, Napier City Soccer was renamed to their current moniker of "Hawke's Bay United" and changed their kit colour to the Hawke's Bay provincial sporting colours of white and black, as part of an effort to greater represent the greater East Coast instead of just the city of Napier. The rebranded Hawkes Bay United finished last in the season standings.
  
  ## Current squad
  
  As of 17 February 2021
  
  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 | Scott Morris |
  | 2 | DF | ENG | James Hoyle |
  | 3 | DF | NZL | Jackson Woods |
  | 4 | DF | NZL | Kaeden Atkins |
  | 5 | DF | ENG | Cory Vickers |
  | 6 | MF | FRA | Hugo Delhommelle |
  | 8 | MF | NZL | Karan Mandair |
  | 9 | FW | VIR | J. C. Mack |
  | 10 | MF | CAN | Gavin Hoy |
  | 12 | MF | NZL | Sam Pickering |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 13 | MF | SSD | Manyumow Achol |
  | 14 | FW | SYR | Ahmad Othman |
  | 15 | MF | NZL | Zac Madsen |
  | 16 | MF | NZL | Jarrod McKechnie |
  | 17 | DF | NZL | Fergus Neil |
  | 18 | MF | NZL | Sam Wall |
  | 19 | MF | NZL | Cam Emerson |
  | 20 | DF | ENG | Bill Robertson |
  | 21 | GK | NZL | Oscar Mason |
  | 23 | FW | NZL | Jorge Akers |
  
  ## Staff
  
  Current as of 6 December 2018
  
  | Position | Name |
  | - | - |
  | Co-Coach | Chris Greatholder |
  | Co-Coach | Bill Robertson |
  | Youth Coach | Bruce Barclay |
  | Team Manager | James Calder |
  | Physiotherapist | Aaron Shirley |
  | Fitness Coach | Christopher Treacher |
  | Technical Analyst | Tim Motu |
  
  ## Managers
  
  * Jonathan Gould (2006–09)
  * Matt Chandler (2009–11)
  * Chris Greatholder (2011–14)
  * Brett Angell (2014–2018)
  