| Clubname: | Waitara Soccer Club |
| Fullname: | Waitara Soccer Club Inc. |
| Founded: | 1905 |
| Ground: | Manukorihi Park, Waitara |
| Chairman: | Jason Swete |
| Coach: | Dave Arnold |
| League: | Taranaki Division 1 |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Position: | Taranaki Division 1, 5th of 6 |
| Website: | https://www.sporty.co.nz/waitarasoccer |
| Kit Alt1: | Black and white shirt, black shorts and socks. |
| Pattern La1: | _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes |
| Pattern B1: | _blackcollar |
| Pattern Ra1: | _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes |
| Pattern Sh1: | __white_stripes_adidas |
| Pattern So1: | _color_3_stripes_white |
| Leftarm1: | 000000 |
| Body1: | 000000 |
| Rightarm1: | 000000 |
| Shorts1: | 000000 |
| Socks1: | 000000 |
| Kit Alt2: | Navy and Sky Blue shirt, Navy shorts and Sky Blue socks. |
| Pattern La2: | _navy_stripes |
| Pattern B2: | _navystripes |
| Pattern Ra2: | _navy_stripes |
| Leftarm2: | 87CEEB |
| Body2: | 87CEEB |
| Rightarm2: | 87CEEB |
| Shorts2: | 000080 |
| Socks2: | 87CEEB |
| Current: | https://www.centralfootball.co.nz/taranaki-fixtures/mens-senior-football-1 |
| Manager: | Neil Smith |
Waitara Soccer Club is an association football club from North Taranaki, New Zealand. Its home ground and clubrooms are at Manukorihi Park in the town of Waitara adjacent to the Waitara River.[1] [2]
In its first year the Waitara club won the Julian Cup and with it the 1905 Taranaki Championship.[3] [4] In September 1905 the champion Waitara side played a match against Corinthians, the touring Auckland champions, at the Camp Reserve, Waitara.[5]
Waitara has competed for the Chatham Cup, with their best performance coming in the 1965 tournament, when they reached the fifth round. The 1965 cup run included wins against Spotswood College, Taranaki champions Moturoa, Whanganui champions Wanganui United, before being defeated by Hawke's Bay champions Napier Rovers.[6] [7] Waitara last competed for the Chatham Cup in 2008 and were knocked out at Manukorihi Park in the second round of the competition by Napier City Rovers. [8] [9]
Taranaki Premiership - 2007, 2008.[10]
Taranaki Championship (Julian Cup) - 1905, 1938, 1977.
Duff Rose Bowl - 1937, 1938, 1965, 2008.[11]