University of Canterbury AFC

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Universities of Canterbury AFC

Full name	Universities of Canterbury Association Football Club
Nickname(s)	UC, Uni, Universities, UC Football
Founded	1945[1]
Ground	Ilam Fields, Ilam
President	Anthony O'Connor
Coach	Aldo Miramontes
League	Southern League
2024	Southern League, 9th of 10
Website	https://www.ucfootball.co.nz/
Current season

Universities of Canterbury AFC is an association football club in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Men's First team competes in the Southern League and has previously competed in the Canterbury Premiership League.^[2] The Women's First team competes in the Women's South Island Qualifying League and were unable to make it out into the South Island League, now competing in the Women's Premiership League.

They are based at Ilam Fields in an area beside the university campus,^[3] and their senior first teams play their home fixtures at English Park. The men's first team also participates in the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout tournament and the English Cup, Canterbury's knockout tournament. The Women's First team competes in the Kate Sheppard Cup, the Women's version of the Chatham Cup, and the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup, the Women's version of the English Cup.

The clubs best run in the Chatham Cup was in 2016 where they made it to the final 16, before losing 3–0 to Cashmere Technical.^[4] The best run in the Kate Sheppard Cup was in 2018 were they made it to the final 16, before losing 7–1 to Dunedin Technical.

In 2023, Universities of Canterbury won the Canterbury Premiership League and played off against FC Nelson, winning 5–3 win on aggregate. Then they faced Roslyn-Wakari, drawing 2–2 on aggregate, and winning on penalty shootout 6–5 after extra time.