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University Of Canterbury AFC
The Southern League, known as the Dettol Southern League for sponsorship reasons, is a competition organized by the New Zealand Football, run by the Mainland Football and the Southern Football, for association football clubs located in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a New Zealand top-tier competition during the winter season, and sits at step two overall under the summer New Zealand National League, National League. History The original Southern League The first Southern League was formed in 1968, before the launch of a New Zealand National Soccer League, National Soccer League, the Southern League was the highest level competition available to the clubs in the South Island. When the New Zealand National Soccer League, National Soccer League was created in 1970, the Southern League became one of its feeder leagues and continued to be a feeder league until it folded in 1999. After the first four seasons as Div 1 and Div 2, the competition consistently featured two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of island countries, sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The Geography of New Zealand, country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. Capital of New Zealand, New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and subsequently developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Football
New Zealand Football () 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 National League, National Women's League, and a number of tournaments, including the Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup. Two New Zealand teams, Auckland FC and Wellington Phoenix FC, who play in the Australian's A-League Men and A-League Women, also come under New Zealand Football jurisdiction. History It was founded in 1891, as the New Zealand Football Association and became officially affiliated with FIFA in 1948. In May 2007, the organisation was renamed New Zealand Football (NZF), replacing the word "soccer" with "football" in line with the common usage in other parts of the world. Although formal organisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NRFL Premier
The Northern League, known as the Dettol Northern League for sponsorship reasons, is an amateur New Zealand association football competition. It is a top-tier competition during the winter season, and sits at step two after then. The Northern League includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. The competition was known as the NRFL Premier until 2021, when New Zealand's football league system was restructured. Clubs compete each season to qualify for the New Zealand National League. History The first four years (1965–1969) In the years 1965–1969, before the launch of a National Soccer League, the Northern League was the highest level competition available to the clubs in the northern region. When the National Soccer League was created in 1970, the Northern League became one of its feeder leagues. In 1997 and 1998, when the National Soccer League operated as an invitation-only sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treble (association Football)
A treble in association football is achieved when a club team wins three trophies in a single season. A continental treble involves winning the club's top-level domestic league competition, main domestic cup competition, and main continental trophy. Although winning a second-tier continental trophy (e.g. Europa League) has also been described as a continental treble, it is not as widely accepted. A domestic treble involves winning three national competitions—including the league title, the primary cup competition, and one secondary competition, such as a league cup. Competitions which consist of a single match or a two-leg match are not normally counted as part of a continental treble (e.g., the FA Community Shield, Supercopa de España, Supercoppa Italiana, Trophée des Champions, DFL-Supercup, UEFA Super Cup, Recopa Sudamericana, FIFA Club World Cup, Intercontinental Cup and others). Continental trebles This list includes clubs who have won their country's top-tie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coastal Spirit
Coastal Spirit FC is an association football club in Christchurch, New Zealand and are a part of Mainland Football's federation. Their Premier Men's team currently competes in the Southern League. Their Premier Women's team competes in the Women's South Island League and were the 2013 National Knockout Cup winners. History Merge Coastal Spirit FC was established through the merger of New Brighton AFC and Rangers AFC in 2007, which was one of the oldest clubs in Christchurch having been founded in 1913. Prior to the merge, New Brighton and Rangers competed in the Mainland Premier League, with New Brighton getting relegated in 2006 and Rangers in 2007. Earthquake In 2010, the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes ruined the home ground of Bexley park and Eric Adam park was not in use anymore, Coastal had to find a new home. Less than 2 kilometres south-west from Bexley park, Cuthberts Green was decided to be the new home ground of Coastal Spirit. Coastal Spirit SASFC In 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 New Zealand National League
The 2023 New Zealand Men's National League was the third season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021. 32 clubs compete in the competition, with four qualifying from the Northern League, three qualifying from the Central League and two qualifying from the Southern League for the National Championship phase. Each team can field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. Over the course of the season, each team must also ensure players aged 20 or under account for 10% of available playing minutes. Qualifying leagues 2023 Northern League Auckland City won the title for the third consecutive season on the final day beating Manukau United 6–1. This was Auckland City's third season in the Northern League, winning the title each of those seasons. Both Auckland City and Eastern Suburbs completed the Northern League season undefeated. This was the first season two clubs had gone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 New Zealand National League
The 2022 New Zealand Men's National League is the second scheduled season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021; the 2021 National League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in northern regions. 32 clubs compete in the competition, with four qualifying from the Northern League, three qualifying from the Central League and two qualifying from the Southern League for the National Championship phase. Each team can field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. Each team must also have at least two players aged 20 or under in the starting eleven. This season the Wellington Phoenix Reserves replaced Lower Hutt City and was allowed to play in the Central League though they still have an automatic entry into the Championship phase. The Southern League also increased by two teams to have ten, adding three new sides to the league. Qualifying leagues 2022 Northern League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn United
Selwyn United Football Club is a football club based in Rolleston in the Selwyn region of New Zealand. Formed in 2013 following the merger of Ellesmere FC and Rolleston FC, they currently compete in the Southern League, one of three qualifying leagues for the New Zealand National League. The club also competes in the Chatham Cup, New Zealand's premier knockout tournaments for men. The best Selwyn United have done in the competition is make it to the third round, which they have done three times in 2016 and 2018 and 2021 before losing to local rivals Cashmere Technical each time. Former players * Pieter-Taco Bierema Honours *Canterbury Championship League The Canterbury Championship League, also known as New World (supermarket), New World Canterbury Championship League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition run by Mainland Football for association football clubs located in Christchurch, ...: 2017 *Hurley Shield: 2021 References External linksOfficial websi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 New Zealand National League
The 2021 New Zealand National League was the first scheduled season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021. 30 clubs competed in the competition, with four having been planned to qualify from the Northern League, three qualifying from the Central League and two qualifying from the Southern League for the National Championship phase along with the automatically qualified Wellington Phoenix Reserves. Each team was allowed to field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. Each team had to also have at least two players aged 20 or under in the starting eleven. Because the Wellington Phoenix Reserves need to hold a partnership with an affiliated club through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be in the league and have a place in the Championship phase, their current MoU was with Lower Hutt City. This meant Lower Hutt could not qualify for the Championship even if they fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Suburbs
Nelson Suburbs FC is a football club in Nelson, New Zealand. They compete in the Mainland Premier League. They have won the Mainland Premier League three times. Nelson Suburbs FC has strong ties with the region's most successful football school Nelson College. Nelson Suburbs FC manages teams for Seniors, Women, Juniors/Youth (ages 9 to 19), Fun Football (ages 7 to 8) and First Kicks (ages 4 to 6). Club history In 1978 Nelson Suburbs FC joined Central League where it participated for 8 years until 1985. In 1996 Nelson Suburbs FC entered the National League. In 1999 Nelson Suburbs FC entered the new South Island league. In 2000, Nelson Suburbs FC entered the Mainland Premier League. It won the competition in 2004, 2005 and 2008. In 2018, Nelson Suburbs FC entered the newly formed Southern Football League, comprising the five best finishers in the Mainland Premier League and the three best finishers in the Southern Premier League. In 2019, Nelson Suburbs FC won the Souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FootballSouth Premier League
The Southern Premier League (known as the ODT Southern Men's Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is a New Zealand association football league competition administered by Southern Football involving clubs from the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand. Five of the clubs are from Dunedin, two from Invercargill and one each are from Mosgiel and Timaru. The league has also previously included an Otago youth development team. There is currently a U-15 Development League that runs alongside the competition. Until 2009, the league was known as the SoccerSouth Premier League. Since the inception of the competition, it has been dominated by Dunedin City Royals and the two predecessor teams which merged to form that club, Caversham AFC and Dunedin Technical. The league was expanded from eight to ten clubs at the start of the 2022 season, with the addition of teams from Timaru and Invercargill. As of 2022, the winner of the southern premier league has the option to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand National Soccer League
The New Zealand National League is the name given to the current New Zealand top association football, 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. At the completion of those games, the best-performing team was declared as the New Zealand champion. The latest version has the clubs play in their regional leagues with the top teams qualifying for the Championship phase to then play each other for the champion. Leagues structures The national competition has had many different formats: 1892–1968 Canterbury 1965–1970 Northern League 1965 Eastern Suburbs 1966 Eastern Suburbs 1967 Ponsonby AFC (Auckland) 1968 Mount Wellington 1969 Mount Wellington Central League ''1966 Kiwi United (Western League)'' ''1967 Eastern Union (Central Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
