Cambridge (soccer)
| Full name | Cambridge Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1948 |
| Ground | John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge |
| Capacity | 1,200 |
| Chairman |
 Steve Thomas |
| Manager |
 Chrissy Goodin |
| Coach |
Mike Woodlock |
| League | WaiBOP Premiership |
| 2016 | 2nd |
Cambridge F.C. is a football (soccer) club in Cambridge, New Zealand. They were the 2015 champions of the WaiBOP Premiership, run by the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Football Federation.
Cambridge has six senior men's teams and one women's teams competing in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. Men's teams play in the WaiBOP Premiership (formerly Federation One) and WaiBOP Championship (formerly Federation Two), the Waikato A, C, and D (2) divisions and a Sunday league team known as the Red Devils. The women's team plays in the Waikato Women's League. The club also fields boys' and girls' youth teams and has about 430 junior team players (under 16).
The club was founded in 1948 and has played at John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge, New Zealand, since 1967. The teams play in red and white, a legacy of the club's first president Vic Butler's support of Arsenal F.C..
The club achieved its first significant success at senior level, winning the Northern League’s 4th Division in 1979 and again in 1986. In 1989, it won the Northern League 3rd division title.
Cambridge reached new heights in 1993, winning the Northern League 2nd division.
After almost 40 years in the Northern League, Cambridge was relegated from the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 in 2011 after finishing 12th and losing the challenger series playoff vs Manukau City AFC.
The club elected to drop two divisions into the Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division Two to rebuild under coach Karl Dagnall and won promotion in 2012 to Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division One.
In 2013, the club's C team won the Soccer Shop Waikato Plate.
In 2014, the club finished runners-up in Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division One and won the WaiBOP Federation Challenge Shield.
The club's women's first team won the 2014 Waikato Cup while the Youth Team won the U15 WaiBOP Federation Title.
In 2015, the club won the WaiBOP Premiership and qualified for play-offs to win promotion to the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 but lost the two-match series to Auckland champions Waitemata FC. The club's youth team won the 2015 WaiBOP Federation Title.
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