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| Full name | Aurora Football Club |
| Nicknames | The Lions |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Stadium | Aurora Stadium (capacity: 8,000) |
| President |  Henk Kuipers
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| Manager |  Andy Chappel
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Aurora FC, commonly known as Aurora or Rosetown is a Brunanter association football club based in Rosetown, Roseland Parish. The club was officially founded in 1961, however only started playing league football in 1963. Aurora are owned by the famous Brunanter businessperson Henk Kuipers, who purchased the club in January 2014. The current manager of Aurora is former Kemburger footballer, Andy Chappel. The current stadium of the club is the Aurora Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 8,000. The Roseland-based club has a variety of sponsors, however the club's main shirt sponsor is the local newspaper, the Rosetown Sentinel.
History[]
2014-15 home kit
Aurora was founded in 1961 as Aurora Amateurs Football Club and played in the Cape Cross League from 1963. They won the Cape Cross league in 1981-82 after several years of performing well in the league, though they lost the promotion playoffs. The next season they were able to secure promotion. The team originally played in the locality Aurora, but in 1983 they moved to the Aurora Stadium in Rosetown.
Aurora had a few good seasons in the early and mid-2000s with star player Andy Chappel. Since 2001 they have had the Rosetown Sentinel as their sponsors. In 2003, a dispute between Aurora F.C. board members led some of them to split off and form a new club, AFC Rosetown, which currently plays in the Parish League System.
Former club legend Andy Chappel was named coach in January 2013. Aurora started the 2014-15 season strong and they brought in a couple of experienced players to assist in their promotion bid. Aurora finished as runners-up to Standard FC.
Squad[]
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Kit and colors[]
Aurora have used blue and red and blue and white shirts since being founded. Brunanter company Gazela makes their shirts, and their contract with them (since 1967) is the longest in Brunant.
Notable former players[]
Will Branson (1975-1978)- Andy Chappel (2002-2004)
- Amos Barzyk (2006-2008)
- Raymond Valentin (2009-2012)
- David Temple (2010-2011)
- Justin Donis (2010-2013)
- DeAndre Hartson (2012-2014)
- Adam Marin (2013-2014)
- Fred Wilson (2013-2014)
- Michel Severins (2014)
Managers[]
- Will Branson (2008-2010)
- Eugene Everett (2010-2012)
- Andy Chappel (2013-present)
Honors and records[]
- Western League champions: 1981-82, 1982-83
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