Tasman United
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| Full name | Tasman United |
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| Founded | 2015 |
| Ground | Trafalgar Park |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| Manager | Richard Anderson |
| League | ASB Premiership |
Tasman United is a football club based in Nelson, New Zealand. The club currently competes in the ASB Premiership with matches played from Trafalgar Park.[1]
The club succeeds Nelson Falcons as the city's football team on the national stage (albeit the Falcons were participants only in the ASB Youth League).[2]
The club also has an affiliated women's team in the Mainland Women's Premier League, which commenced play in 2016.[3]
History
Tasman United was announced in December 2015 as one of three new teams to the ASB Premiership, which includes fellow expansion side Eastern Suburbs AFC, and Hamilton Wanderers, who replaced WaiBOP United.[1]
In April 2016, Richard Anderson was announced as manager, with ex-Nelson Falcons manager Davor Tavich to be his assistant.[4]
In May 2016 the club's first signing was revealed as Nelson Suburbs goalkeeper Coey Turipa, formerly of Mainland rivals Canterbury United.[5]
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