Eastern Suburbs AFC

This article is about a New Zealand football team. For the Australian team, see Eastern Suburbs FC.

Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club is an association football club based in the suburb of Kohimarama in Auckland, New Zealand. The club competes in the Northern League.

Eastern Suburbs A.F.C.

Full name	Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Lilywhites
Founded	1934; 91 years ago (1934)[1]
Ground	Madills Farm
Manager	Michael Built
League	Northern League National League
2024	Northern League, 3rd of 12 National League, 9th of 10
Website	www.easternsuburbs.org.nz
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Club history

Chart of yearly ladder positions for Eastern Suburbs in NZ 1st division soccer

Eastern Suburbs was formed in 1934 as a result of the merger of Tamaki United AFC (formed 1924) and Glen Innes (formed 1930).^[2] 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.^[3]

Eastern Suburbs First Team is coached by Michael Built.

Players

Current squad

As of 20 March 2024^[4]

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 2  NZL Jackson Jarvie 3  NZL Tyler Lissette 4 DF  NZL Kelvin Kalua 5  NZL Aaryan Raj 6 DF  NZL Adam Thomas 7  NZL Michael Built 8  NZL Josh Galletly 10  NZL Noah Karunaratne 14  NZL Campbell Strong 16  NZL Noah Billingsley

No. Pos. Nation Player 17  NZL Ralph Rutherford 20  NZL Jake Mechell 21  NZL Ryan Verney 23  NZL Sam Twigg 25  NZL Ernest (Big Ern) Wong 27  NZL Dylan Laing-McConnell 28  NZL Riley Dalziell 29  NZL James Mitchell 30  NZL Aoi Hamao

Season by season record

Season	Qualifying league	League										National League									Chatham Cup	Top scorer
		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos		Name	Goals
2021[5]	Northern League	19	10	4	5	31	21	+10	34	3rd		Cancelled[a]									4R	Jake Mechell	12
2022[7]		22	5	5	12	24	36	-12	20	10th		Did not qualify									2nd	Michael Built, Daniel Champness	4
2023[8]		22	17	5	0	51	17	+34	56	2nd		9	4	3	2	23	11	+12	15	4th	SF	Martín Bueno	10
2024		22	14	2	6	38	20	+18	44	3rd		9	1	2	6	8	17	−9	5	9th	3R	Jacob Mechell	23

	Champions
	Runners-up
	Third Place
♦	Top scorer in competition

Performance in OFC competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Position
2020[b]	OFC Champions League	Group A	Galaxy	2–2	1st
			Hekari United	2–1
			Hienghène Sport	4–0

Honours

Source: ^[3][2][11]

• New Zealand National Football League
  • Champions (2): 1971,^[12] 2018–19^[13]
• Chatham Cup
  • Champions (6): 1951,^[14] 1953,^[15] 1965,^[16] 1968,^[17] 1969,^[18] 2015^[19]
• Northern Premier League
  • Champions (3): 1965, 1966, 2015
• Auckland FA
  • Champions (7): 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1962

Notes

1. 2021 National League season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Northern regions.^[6] Championship played as South Central Series, with the northern clubs missing in the first edition.
2. On 4 September 2020, OFC announced that the knockout stage was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9][10]