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Canterbury United Dragons was a semi-professional
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club from
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,
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. The team plays most of its matches at
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in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in
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. The club last played in the ISPS Handa Premiership, the now folded top level of football in New Zealand.


History

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 The 2002 New Zealand National Club Championship, also known, due to naming-rights sponsorship, as the Southern Trust National League was the third season of a nationwide club competition in New Zealand football. The competition was won by Miramar ...
. In 2004, the league was replaced by the
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, 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.


Current squad


Club Officials

Coaching and Medical Staff * Head coach: Lee Padmore * Assistant coach: Dan Terris * Goalkeeping coach: Alan Stroud * Manager: Marcus Beaton * Strength and conditioning: James Deehan * Video analysis: Jesse Rawlings * Sports science: Blair Minton * Performance/wellbeing: Martin Field Dodgson * Physiotherapist: James McCormack * Club doctor: Phil Fletcher


Managers

*
Danny Halligan Danny Halligan (born 17 February 1965) is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at an international level. Halligan spent 2 years with Brisbane United in the Australian National Soccer League from 1991 to 1993 He m ...
(1 July 2006 – 4 February 2008) * Korouch Monsef (5 February 2008 – 30 June 2009) *
Keith Braithwaite Keith Braithwaite is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. Braithwaite played for Christchurch United Football Club from 1982 to 1992. During his time with the club, Braithwaite became their a ...
(1 July 2009 – 30 June 2013) * Sean Devine (1 July 2014 – 21 April 2015) * Willy Gerdsen (1 July 2015 – 14 June 2019) * Lee Padmore (1 July 2019 – Current)


Honours

ASB Phoenix Challenge *Winners (1): 2012 ASB Premiership Youth League *Winners (2): 2009–10, 2011–12


Statistics and records


Year-by-year history


Season summaries


Notes


References


External links

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The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Club database
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Old New Zealand Football Championship website
(archived) {{Chchsports Association football clubs in Christchurch Association football clubs established in 2002 Sport in the Canterbury Region 2002 establishments in New Zealand