Hawke's Bay United is a professional Association football club based in Napier, New Zealand. HB United most recently played in the ISPS Handa Premiership – a semi-professional franchise based league, which ran independently of the winter club season. Local winter clubs provide the player pool for each franchise. Their home stadium is Bluewater Stadium. History Hawke’s Bay United (HBU) was founded in 2005 under the name of Napier City Soccer, as the summer entity of Central League club Napier City Rovers. In the inaugural NZFC season (2004–05), they finished 5th out of 8. The following season, Napier City Soccer was renamed to their current moniker of "Hawke's Bay United" and changed their kit colour to the Hawke's Bay provincial sporting colours of white and black, as part of an effort to greater represent the greater East Coast instead of just the city of Napier. The rebranded Hawkes Bay United finished last in the season standings. Current squad As of 17 February 2021 Staff Current as of 6 December 2018 Managers Jonathan Gould (2006–09) Matt Chandler (2009–11) Chris Greatholder (2011–14) Brett Angell (2014–2018) References External links Official site Association football clubs in New Zealand Association football clubs established in 2005 Sport in the Hawke's Bay Region 2005 establishments in New Zealand