Auckland City has won the New Zealand Football Championship regular season twelve times, and the Grand Final eight times. They represented the
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in the
OFC Champions League, which they won most recently in 2024 for the 12th time. With a third place in 2014, they also became the only OFC team to reach the semi-finals of the
FIFA Club World Cup. They are also the only team to win the
continental treble three times. In 2017, Auckland City were invited to play in the
Lunar New Year Cup, a friendly tournament hosted in
Hong Kong. Auckland City defeated South Korean champions
FC Seoul in the semifinal, before defeating Hong Kong side
Kitchee in the final to lift the trophy. Auckland City were again invited for the
2019 edition, falling to
Chinese Super League club
Shandong Luneng 2–1. Following the conclusion of the
2018–19 season, in which Auckland City won all but one game in their undefeated season but fell short in both the
OFC Champions League and the league playoffs, long-term manager
Ramon Tribulietx brought his association with the club to an end and was replaced by
Team Wellington coach
José Figueira ahead of the
2019–20 season. After the first season of the
New Zealand National League Auckland City finished 1st in the
Northern League but didn't get to play in the championship phase due to COVID-19 affecting the Auckland Region. The club then announced that
Albert Riera would take over as head coach for the next season.
FIFA Club World Cup 2009 Auckland City overcame local champions
Al Ahli 2–0 in the opening play-off match, with goals by Adam Dickinson and
Chad Coombes. In their quarter final clash against
CONCACAF champions
Atlante of Mexico, the side lost 0–3. The play-off for fifth and sixth place was described by coach
Paul Posa as "the greatest night in the history of Auckland City Football Club", as the team defeated
CAF Champions League winners
TP Mazembe of the
Democratic Republic of Congo 3–2. The goal scorers on this special occasion were Jason Hayne with two and
Riki van Steeden. These historic victories were the first recorded by a New Zealand team at the Club World Cup, and the first by an amateur side at this tournament. This was also the first time that a senior men's representative team from New Zealand has recorded a victory in a world FIFA competition.
2014 Auckland City played
Moroccan league champions
Moghreb Tétouan in a play-off for the quarter-finals on 10 December. The match finished goalless, with Auckland winning 4–3 in a penalty shoot-out and qualifying for a quarter-final clash against
CAF Champions League winners
ES Sétif. Auckland City defeated ES Sétif 1–0, courtesy of a
John Irving goal, and advanced to the semi-finals for the first time ever. Auckland played
Copa Libertadores champions
San Lorenzo in the semifinals, but lost 2–1. A shock seemed possible when a second-half goal from
Ángel Berlanga cancelled out
Pablo Barrientos' first-half strike for San Lorenzo, but substitute
Mauro Matos netted San Lorenzo's winner in
extra time. The result gained the side worldwide acclaim, as the team of part-timers and amateurs defied all expectations in the competition. Club stalwart and defender
Ivan Vicelich came third in the
Golden Ball award for best player at the tournament, behind
Cristiano Ronaldo and
Sergio Ramos of
Real Madrid.
2025 Auckland qualified for the only spot allocated to the OFC in the upcoming 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, the first edition to be held under the new expanded format. They were drawn into
Group C, where they lost 10–0 to
Bayern Munich and 6–0 to
Benfica. In the final match of the group stage, Auckland City achieved a 1–1 draw against
Boca Juniors. Auckland earned $3.58 million USD for participating in the competition and another $1 million USD for securing a draw with Boca Juniors. ==Colours and badge==