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| Full name | Morobe United Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Asa Sumba |
| Founded | 1970s |
| Ground | LFA Park Lae, Papua New Guinea |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Chairman | Tuguyawini Libe Parindali |
| Head coach | Jack Jonathan |
| League | Papua New Guinea National Soccer League |
Morobe United FC, formerly known as Blue Kumuls (1970s–2005), Shorncliffe Blue Kumuls (2005), Tuguba Laitepo Blue Kumuls (2006), Morobe Kumuls FC (2007), Gigira Laitepo Morobe FC (2008–2014, exc. 2011–12 season), Gigira Laitepo Central Coast FC (2011–12), and Welgris Morobe United FC (2015–2018, again in use),[1][2] are a Papua New Guinea professional soccer club founded in the 1970s[3] and based in Lae.
The club was one of the founding members of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, finishing 2nd once and 3rd four times before defecting to the National Premier League ahead of the 2017 season.[4] Their most successful season came in 2009–10, when they were runners-up in the Grand Final, losing 5–0 to Hekari United.[5][6]
The team finished as runners-up in the 2018 National Premier League season, losing in the Grand Final 4–3 to Erema FC.[7][8]
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- ^ "Gigira face NSL axe - The National". The National. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea - Foundation Dates of Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
- ^ "Premier league starts - The National". The National. 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea 2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "Hekari rock - The National". The National. 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea 2018". RSSSF. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
- ^ "Erema hold off gritty Morobe - The National". The National. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-05-27.