Auckland FC
| Full name | Auckland Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Black Knights The Port (supporters) | |||
| Short name | AFC | |||
| Founded | 14 March 2024 | |||
| Ground | Go Media Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 25,000 | |||
| Coordinates | 36°50′25″S 174°45′54″E / 36.8402°S 174.7650°E | |||
| Owner | Black Knight Football and Entertainment | |||
| Chairman | Bill Foley | |||
| Manager | Steve Corica | |||
| League | A-League Men | |||
| 2024–25 | 1st of 13 (premiers) Finals: Semi-finals | |||
| Website | aucklandfc | |||
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| Active teams of Auckland FC | ||
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| A-League Men |
Auckland FC Reserves (Men's) | |
Auckland Football Club, commonly known as Auckland FC, is a professional football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the A-League Men, the top flight of Australian soccer. Established on 14 March 2024, the club is under license from the Australian Professional Leagues. The club's home ground is the Mount Smart Stadium, currently known as the Go Media Stadium for sponsorship reasons, in Penrose.
Auckland was given an A-League license under its chosen owner Bill Foley in November 2023, as part of the third tranche competition expansion. The club achieved early success by claiming the Premiership in the 2024–25 regular season, becoming only the second expansion side to win that title in their debut season, after Western Sydney Wanderers in 2012–13.
The club's main rivals are fellow New Zealand club Wellington Phoenix with which they contest the New Zealand Derby. All three clashes between the two sides in Auckland FC’s debut season went the way of the expansion side, the most notable being a 6–1 drubbing played in front of a domestic regular-season record crowd of 27,009 at Go Media Stadium.