Wairarapa United

Wairarapa United
Full name	Wairarapa United Football Club
Founded	1996 (amalgamation)
Ground	Hullena Park, Masterton
Capacity	1000
Chairman	James Taylor
Manager	Holly Rausch
League	Women's Capital 1
2023	Women's Capital 1, 2nd of 10
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Wairarapa United Football Club is based in Masterton, New Zealand. WUFC Women's Firsts are the region's premiere senior female team in the region playing in the Capital Football Women's League, finishing top of the table in 2022. In 2023 the club will field two additional women's sides in the Wairarapa local league as well as junior U8, U10 and U12 teams in the Wairarapa Junior league.

Club history edit

The club was formed by the merger of Masterton and Carterton in 1996; a composite team that started to dominate Women's football winning the league in 2000 and 2002. The team was coached by Wendi Henderson and competed in the New Zealand Knockout Cup, finishing runners up in 1999 and 2000.

In the 2000s, the club focused on the men's game, competing in the Capital Football Men's Central League 2009–2021. In Wairarapa's first season in the Central League, the club finished sixth in the league. Wairarapa's highest finish in the league is third place which they achieved in both 2010 and 2011.^[1] The club defeated four-time champions Napier Rovers 2–1 to win the Chatham Cup in 2011, their first appearance in the final.^[2]

In 2013 Wairarapa United switched their home ground; from Howard Booth Park in Carterton for the 2013 Central Premier League season, to play at Memorial Park in Masterton.

For 2023 the WUFC will play at Hullena Park, Te Whiti Road, Masterton.