The team was founded in 1973 by the merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier knockout football competition (the
Chatham Cup) five times, in 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, and 2019, and won the old
New Zealand National Soccer League in 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2000. They represented New Zealand at the
Oceania Club Championship in 2001, finishing third. The
Hawke's Bay region, of which Napier is a part, was represented by Napier City Soccer in the first year of the
Football Championship in 2004. ==Squad==