Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club (VUWAFC) is an amateur football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. The clubrooms are located beneath the Wellington Cable Car at Kelburn Park, across the road from the Victoria University Kelburn Campus, however, many of the club's home games are played on artificial turf at Boyd Wilson Field. The club is affiliated to the Capital Football which is in turn affiliated with New Zealand Football. The Women's First Team competes in the W-League competition and the Men's First Team competes in the Capital Premier competition. The club has a strong association with Victoria University of Wellington but membership within the club is not restricted to past or present students of the university.
History Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club was founded in 1943 and is the third-oldest University football club in New Zealand. It now has 19 teams (4 women's and 15 men's) and over 300 registered members. Past players include New Zealand international Alan Preston and Brian Sutton-Smith who was awarded the first Education PhD in New Zealand. The club's top period was in the 1950s when it played in the Capital Football top grade as well as making the semi-final of the Chatham Cup. Since then the club has mainly played in the Capital Premier and Capital 1 grades. They have made the fourth round of the Chatham Cup a number of times including in 1979 Chatham Cup, 1988 Chatham Cup, 1994 Chatham Cup and 2014 Chatham Cup.
Club honours VUWAFC Men's and Women's First team honours include: Central League Division Two: Winners 1998, Third 1992 Capital Premier* (Venus Shield): Runners Up 1956, 1973, Third 1979 Capital One (Power Cup): Winners 1950, 1952, 1965, 2001, 2018 Runners Up 1988, 1992, 2012, Third 1999, 2006 Capital Two: Winners 1998, Runners Up 2010, 2011, 2012 Hilton Petone Cup Winners: 1990, 1992 Women's Premier Division: Winners 2020 Runners Up 1995, 1996, 2012, 2018 Third 2005, 2013 Women's Second Division: Winners 1981 Women's Premier Cup: Winners 2010, 2011
League standings League standings for all women's teams as of 28 August 2018 Division Name Position Played Won Draw Loss GF GA GD Points NotesPremierWomen's Firsts2nd14111244143441Promoted to W-LeagueDivision 1 (1)Women's Reserves1st98102442025Champions: Division 1 First Half of the Season Division 1 (2)Women's Reserves2nd96122281419Promoted to Women's PremierDivision 2 (1)Women's Thirds5th72141217(5)7Division 2 (2)Women's Thirds8th7106924(15)3Relegated to Division 3Division 2 (1)Unified6th7205201916Division 2 (2)Unified6th72231217(5)8 Note - Women's Tier two competitions (Division 1 - Division 3) were split into two rounds as indicated by (1) and (2).
League standings for all men's teams as of 28 August 2018 Division Name Position Played Won Draw Loss GF GA GD Points NotesCapital 1Men's Firsts1st18122453302338Promoted to Capital PremierCapital 2Men's Reserves (Gossies)4th1810355150133Capital 3Stallions9th1833122952(23)12Relegated to Capital 4Capital 3Men's Thirds7th185494057(17)19Capital 4Accies2nd18114340261437Promoted to Capital 3Capital 5 (1)Beavers7th93062127(6)9Capital 5 (2)Beavers7th94051525(10)12Capital 6 (1)Unibrow8th92161331(18)7Capital 6 (2)Unibrow9th92071335(22)6Relegated to Capital 7Capital 6 (1)Scarfies9th91261022(12)5Relegated to Capital 7Capital 7 (2)Scarfies10th92161734(-17)7Relegated to Capital 8Capital 7 (1)Raiders4th95132523216Capital 7 (2)Raiders2nd961232141819Promoted to Capital 6Capital 8 (1)Unicycles1st972047113623Promoted to Capital 7Capital 7 (2)Unicycles4th95132222016Capital 8 (1)Wanderers4th96032016418Capital 8 (2)Wanderers1st97112112922Promoted to Capital 7Capital 9 (1)Unicorns5th943236211515Capital 9 (2)Unicorns4th95312721618Capital 10 (1)Goldenrods7th92251725(8)8Capital 10 (2)Goldenrods9th92251636(20)8Relegated to Capital 11Capital 11 (1)Unilateral1st86202671920Promoted to Capital 10Capital 10 (2)Unilateral10th91171227(-15)4Relegated to Capital 11Masters 4Bombers10th1851123459(-25)16Relegated to Masters 5
Note - Men's Tier two competitions (Capital 5 - Capital 12) were split into two rounds as indicated by (1) and (2).
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