Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club

Victoria University of Wellington Association Football Club 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 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.

VUWAFC Men's and Women's First team honours include:

Central League Division Two: Winners 1998, Third 1992
Capital Premier* : Runners Up 1956, 1973, Third 1979
Capital One : 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 for all women's teams as of 28 August 2018

Division	Name	Position	Played	Won	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points	Notes
Premier	Women's Firsts	2nd	14	11	1	2	44	14	34	41	Promoted to W-League
Division 1	Women's Reserves	1st	9	8	1	0	24	4	20	25	Champions: Division 1 First Half of the Season
Division 1	Women's Reserves	2nd	9	6	1	2	22	8	14	19	Promoted to Women's Premier
Division 2	Women's Thirds	5th	7	2	1	4	12	17		7
Division 2	Women's Thirds	8th	7	1	0	6	9	24		3	Relegated to Division 3
Division 2	Unified	6th	7	2	0	5	20	19	1	6
Division 2	Unified	6th	7	2	2	3	12	17		8

Note - Women's Tier two competitions were split into two rounds as indicated by and.
League standings for all men's teams as of 28 August 2018

Note - Men's Tier two competitions were split into two rounds as indicated by and.