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Eastern Suburbs AFC
Full nameEastern Suburbs Association Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lilywhites
Founded1934
GroundMadills Farm, Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand
ChairmanChris Ruffell
Head CoachMalcolm McPherson
LeagueLotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier Stirling Sports Premiership (Summer)
2015–161st

Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club (ESAFC) is a semi-professional/professional association football club in Kohimarama, New Zealand. The club competes in the Stirling Sports Premiership (formerly known as the New Zealand Football Championship) which is the highest level of domestic football in the country.

Alongside their Stirling Sports Premiership club status, in the winter the club competes at the highest level of winter football in New Zealand, which is contested regionally, in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier League.

Club history

Eastern Suburbs was formed in 1934 as a result of the merger of Tamaki United AFC (formed 1924) and Glen Innes (formed 1930). One of the country's strongest clubs, it has won all major honours in the country, including winning the prestigious national Chatham Cup on six occasions.

Malcolm McPherson is the current Head Coach of the Eastern Suburbs Premier First Team while the Premier Reserves Team is coached by Tom Speers.

Titles include:

1951, 1953, 1965, 1968, 1969, 2015
1971
1965, 1966, 2015
  • Auckland FA:
1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1962

Management team

Position Staff
Head Coach Scotland Malcolm McPherson
Assistant Coach England Martin Bullock
Goalkeeping Coach New Zealand Michael O'Keeffe
Fitness Coach South Africa Sunz Singh
Head Physiotherapist New Zealand Robert Lee
Team Manager New Zealand Carl Tinsley
Youth Coach New Zealand Hoani Edwards
Youth Assistant Coach England Matt Maslak
Administration Manager New Zealand Tracey Kingdon

Current Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF New Zealand NZL Finn Cochran
5 DF New Zealand NZL Luke Adams
6 MF New Zealand NZL Mario Ilich
7 MF New Zealand NZL Tim Payne
8 MF New Zealand NZL Moses Dyer
9 FW New Zealand NZL Sean Lovemore
10 MF New Zealand NZL Sam Burfoot
11 MF Sweden SWE Armin Pasagic
12 GK Croatia CRO Silvio Rodic
14 MF New Zealand NZL Andrew Blake
16 DF New Zealand NZL Anthony Hobbs
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF New Zealand NZL Tristan Prattley
20 FW England ENG Derek Tieku
25 GK New Zealand NZL Zac Speedy
29 MF Nigeria NGA Emmanuel Ekpo
36 FW Japan JPN Fabian Kurimata
1 GK New Zealand NZL Josh Dijkstra
4 DF Scotland SCO Ross Haviland
2 DF New Zealand NZL Hayden Johns
24 DF New Zealand NZL Calvin Opperman
13 MF New Zealand NZL Jordan Vale
15 FW Nigeria NGA Osita Henry Chikere

Youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK New Zealand NZL Calvin Lee
GK New Zealand NZL Corey Walters
DF New Zealand NZL George Andrew
DF New Zealand NZL Dylan Horgan
DF New Zealand NZL Jamie Lamb
DF New Zealand NZL Jared Sinkinson
DF England ENG James Smith
DF New Zealand NZL Troy Tapsell
DF New Zealand NZL Liam Williams
MF New Zealand NZL Frank Clarke
MF New Zealand NZL Luke Clissold
MF Sweden SWE Oliver Derlin
MF England ENG Rob Dymond
MF New Zealand NZL Lucas Imrie
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF New Zealand NZL Tawanda Marowa
MF New Zealand NZL Allan McBride
MF New Zealand NZL Dylan Morris
MF New Zealand NZL Izak Papa
MF New Zealand NZL Brennen Priestley
MF New Zealand NZL Dane Schnell
MF New Zealand NZL Charles Spragg
MF New Zealand NZL Oscar Spragg
MF New Zealand NZL Art Twigg
MF New Zealand NZL Denny Twigg
MF New Zealand NZL Sam Twigg
FW New Zealand NZL Dylan Bull
FW New Zealand NZL Matthew Palmer