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Waitakere United - The rise of Oceania
Waitakere United were founded in 2004, they play their football in the New Zealand Premier Division having been there since their inception. The club last won the league in 2012/13 and have won it a total of 5 times. Waitakere have also won the New Zealand Charity Cup as well as the Oceanic Champions League on 2 occasions in 2007 and 2008.
The club play their matches in the 7,000 seater Trust Stadium
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Since then Waitakere have never seemed to come close to those heights again with them and football as a whole in New Zealand remaining stagnant. This was emphasized by another failed attempt of the New Zealand national team in their attempts to qualify for Russia 2018 ultimately leaving football in New Zealand virtually unheard of the the rest of the world.
The League:
The league consists of 10 teams, each play one another twice in a season.
The top 4 enter a playoff system to determine the league winner.
Of the original league table however the top 2 automatically qualify to the Oceanic Champions League group stages.
Rules and Objectives
I aim to bring success to New Zealand and Waitakere on and International stage but to improve both aspects in one i can, this should help me as i aim to take over the national team at some stage.
- only sign players with NZ nationality.
-Only sign players under the age of 25
The first season is expected to be used to solidify my team and learn more about the league, hopefully we can push for continental qualification but i dont see a pressure to achieve this in the first season.
Hoping to update every second day at the least as the season has less games than most leagues allowing me to make quick progress.
*Disclaimer - I am not a great fm player, just enjoy playing as a unique team to try something a bit different. This could go really badly