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This is their first season in the Central League, since New Zealand football’s restructuring in 2021. [36] They replaced Wainuiomata (relegated to the Capital Premier League). Wairarapa United was entered as one of the originally 10 teams to play the 2022 season but withdrew with just two weeks to go before the start of the season. [37]
New Zealand Football replaced this with a one-off competition, the South Central Series, for teams qualifying from the Central League and Southern League. Miramar Rangers were both the premiers and champions for this stand alone competition. [9] The 2022 New Zealand National League Championship phase will kick off on 1 October 2022. [10]
Football in New Zealand; Season: 2022: Men's football; National League: Auckland City: Northern League: Auckland City: Central League: Wellington Olympic: Southern League: Christchurch United: Chatham Cup: Auckland City: Women's football; Women's National League: Eastern Suburbs: NRFL Women's Premier League: Northern Rovers: Kate Sheppard Cup ...
The New Zealand league system is the structure of leagues nationally and regionally, newly updated for the 2021 season. [1] The system previously had a path from grassroots to the top flight but that stopped in 2004 with the New Zealand Football Championship being created as a replacement to the former New Zealand National Soccer League.
The tiers that teams are in (as indicated in brackets next to their name) are based on the New Zealand football league system for the 2022 season. As some teams can qualify and play in more than one league (and tier) per season, the highest tier that they take part in is the one noted next to their name.
The New Zealand National League is the name given to the current New Zealand top football competition. Originally set up as the New Zealand National Soccer League there has been many versions of the competition as well as many different names. The most common format saw club teams play each other, at least two times, on a home and away basis.
New Zealand's first international football match was played in Dunedin at the old Caledonian Ground on 23 July 1904 against a team representing New South Wales. New Zealand lost by the game's only goal, but drew with the same team 3–3 in a game at Athletic Park, Wellington seven days later. [ 6 ]
New Zealand Football (Māori: Whutupaoro o Aotearoa) is the governing body for the sport of association football in New Zealand. It oversees the seven New Zealand Football federations, as well as the New Zealand men's national football team (nicknamed the "All Whites"), the national junior and women's teams (nicknamed the "Football Ferns"), the men's and women's national Leagues New Zealand ...