Kagua-Erave FC, sometimes stylised as Kagua Erave FC, is a semi-professional
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
club based in the
Kagua-Erave District in the
Southern Highlands of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. The club was founded in 2018.
The club competed in the
2019 edition of the
Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
The Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League is the men's top division of professional association football, soccer in Papua New Guinea. It is a nationwide league formed in 2006 by Papua New Guinea Football Association.
It replaced the Papua New ...
, having been drawn into the Highlands Conference. The club topped the conference and reached the quarter-finals.
History
On 30 December 2018, it was revealed that a side under the name of Kagua Erave from the
Southern Highlands had submitted an official application and paid their fee towards participation in the
2019 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League.
Players were recruited predominantly from the
Kagua-Erave District, following trials in the first weekend of January, and the club was managed by former PNG international
Steven Mune.
On 15 January 2019, it was reported that the club had received financial support of
K60,000 from two backers ahead of the new season.
The club enjoyed a strong start to the season, winning their opening match against
Blue Kumuls 3–1,
followed by an 11–1 victory over
Enga Laima in their second match in which
Neil Hans scored four and
Jordan Kaven scored three.
The side went on to win all of their five matches in the first half of the season.
Their first defeat came on 30 March when they lost 1–0 to
Aporo Mai,
and this was followed on 13 April by a defeat by the same scoreline against Enga Laima, having qualified for the next stage of the competition on the previous weekend. The side finished top of the conference.
In early May, the club's participation in the playoffs was thrown into doubt, after it was reported that players hadn't been paid.
However, the club did eventually take to the field against Northern Conference runners-up
Morobe United on 11 May in
Goroka
Goroka is the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. It is a town of approximately 19,000 people (2000), above sea level. It has an airport (in the centre of town) and is on the " Highlands Highway", about from Lae in Mor ...
, going down 5–0.
Domestic Record
National Competitions
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Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
The Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League is the men's top division of professional association football, soccer in Papua New Guinea. It is a nationwide league formed in 2006 by Papua New Guinea Football Association.
It replaced the Papua New ...
**
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
: Quarter-Finals
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Soccer clubs in Papua New Guinea
Association football clubs established in 2018
2018 establishments in Papua New Guinea