The 2024 Southern Football Leagues is the 25th season of football in the

Southern Football Southern Football, formerly FootballSouth, is one of six federations of New Zealand Football, representing regions of South Canterbury, Waitaki, Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand ...

federation. There are five main men's leagues and four main women's leagues. The main men's leagues are: Southern League, Southern Premiership, Fletcher Cup,

Donald Gray Memorial Cup The Donald Gray Memorial Cup is the premier men's football competition in Southland, New Zealand. It sits below the Southern Football Premier League and above Southland Division 1. Current clubs ''As of 2024 season.'' :(2) — Denotes club ...

, and South Canterbury Division 1, respectively tier 2, 3, 4, 4 and 4 among New Zealand men's league system. The main women's leagues are: South Island League, Southern Premiership, Combined Division One, and Kolk Cup, respectively tier 2, 3, 4 and 4 among New Zealand women's league system. The Men's Premiership league is sponsored by

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, the Fletcher Cup is sponsored b
Southland Express
the Kolk Cup is sponsored by

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Men's Competitions

Southern League

The 2024 Southern League is the 3rd season of a full 10 team league, 4th season all total. Ten teams will compete in the league – the nine teams from the previous season and the winner of the Southern League play-offs also being the 2023 Canterbury Premiership League champions. The promoted team is

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

, after winning 5–3 win on aggregate against

FC Nelson FC Nelson is an amateur association football, football club, based in Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson, New Zealand. The club's home ground is Guppy Park History The team was founded in 2011 through the amalgamation of Nelson United AFC, Nelson Uni ...

, then drawing 2–2 on aggregate against

Roslyn-Wakari Roslyn-Wakari Association Football Club is an association football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. They compete in the Southern Premier League. History The club's history began in 1888 when the Wakari Football Association first played in th ...

, with University of Canterbury won 6–5 on penalties. This is University of Canterbury's first season in the Southern League, they replaced Green Island after withdrawing at the end of the previous season, they spent three seasons in the league with their highest finish being 8th on all three occasions. The Southern League sits above the Southern Premiership and is also overseen by

Mainland Football Mainland Football is one of six federations of New Zealand Football, representing regions of Northern and Central Canterbury, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough and the West Coast. History Canterbury United Pride was founded in 2002, to represe ...

and

, despite being run by

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"), th ...

as part of the

New Zealand National League The New Zealand Men's National League (NZNL), known as the Dettol Men's National League for sponsorship reasons, is an amateur men's football league at the top of the New Zealand football league system. Founded in 2021, the New Zealand Nationa ...

regional phase.

Southern League table

Southern League play-off series

The final of the Southern League play-off series is a two-legged match that take place between the

nominated club and

nominated club. The winner of the Mainland Football play-off will face the

nominated club, Wanaka. Wanaka came second in the 2024 Southern Premiership League, with champions

Mosgiel Mosgiel () is an urban satellite of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, fifteen kilometres west of the city's centre. Since the re-organisation of New Zealand local government in 1989 it has been inside the Dunedin City Council area. Mosgiel has a p ...

, declining to participate for the second year in a row. None of the clubs in the Southern League play-off series have previously participated in the Southern League. ;Overview ;Matches – Southern League Playoff Series

Southern Premiership League

The 2024 Southern Premiership League is the 25th season of premiership football in the region. The League started on 6 April and finishes on 7 September, with the competition being a double round robin. Each team can field a maximum of five foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has

Oceania Football Confederation The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It ...

nationality. Temporary Dismissals will be in use for when a player commits a cautionable offence that is relevant to dissent and the length of the dismissal is 10 minutes starting from when play restarts. At the end of season, the highest ranked team will be nominated to play in a Southern League Playoff series, two-leg home and away series, against the winner of the Mainland Football Federation Playoffs. The Mainland Playoffs consists of the highest ranked nominated team from

Canterbury Premiership League The Canterbury Premiership League, formally Mainland Premier League and also known as New World Canterbury Premiership League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition run by Mainland Football for association football clubs located in Chr ...

and Nelson Bays Premiership League. The winner of Southern League Playoff will be promoted to Southern League, assuming they will have the correct club licensing before the season starts.

Southern Premiership teams

Ten teams are competing in the league – all ten clubs from the previous season. Green Island's reserve team were relegated due to their first team withdrawing from the 2024 Southern League, as per the regulations stating that only one team per club is allowed in the league, the reserve team will play in the Fletcher Cup.

Southern Premiership personnel

Southern Premiership table

Southern Premiership results table

Southern Premiership relegation play-off

The Southern Premiership relegation play-off was a one-legged match that took place between the Southern Premiership's bottom placed club and Fletcher Cup's winners. The bottom placed team of the Southern Premiership league, Queenstown, will face the Fletcher Cup winners, Old Boys. The winner of the

was meant to play the winner of the Fletcher Cup in a play-off match, but due to the winner, Queens Park, already having a team in the league and second placed Gore Wanderers declining by having no ambitions for promotion to the Southern Premiership, the first play-off game got canceled. ;Overview ;Matches – Southern Premiership relegation play-off

Blair Davidson Trophy

The Blair Davidson Trophy is a Challenge Shield, where any team can challenge for the shield. It is only up for challenge when the current holders plays a league home game, cups competitions aren't challenge games. The season started with Green Island holding the trophy, before Mosgiel took the trophy off them. Mosgiel defended it against Wanaka, losing it to Otago University. Otago University went on to defend it against Dunedin City Royals Reserves and Green Island, then Wanaka won it. Wanaka's shield defence didn't last long as Mosgiel won it back. Mosgiel went on to defend it for the rest of the season with comfortable wins against Roslyn Wakari and Northern Hearts. Mosgiel's last defense match against Queenstown got cancelled as Queenstown defaulted the match. The Blair Davidson Trophy current holders are

, who defeated Wanaka 0–1 in the 12th round to claim the shield. They have defended the trophy twice, once against Roslyn Wakari and once against Northern Hearts.

= Blair Davidson Trophy Matches

= ;Match 1 ;Match 2 ;Match 3 ;Match 4 ;Match 5 ;Match 6 ;Match 7 ;Match 8 ;Match 9 ;Match 10

Southern Premiership scoring

= Southern Premiership top scorers

= Southern Premiership hat-tricks

= Southern Premiership own goals

Fletcher Cup League

The 2024 Fletcher Cup is the 7th season of championship football in the

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region. The League started on 6 April and finished on 31 August, with league format being a double round robin.

Fletcher Cup teams

Fletcher Cup table

Fletcher Cup results table

Fletcher Cup scoring

= Fletcher Cup top scorers

= Fletcher Cup hat-tricks

= Fletcher Cup own goals

Donald Gray Memorial Cup League

The 2024 Donald Gray Memorial Cup is the 75th season of premiership football in the

Southland Region Southland () is New Zealand's southernmost region. It consists of the southwestern portion of the South Island and includes Stewart Island. Southland is bordered by the culturally similar Otago Region to the north and east, and the West Coast ...

. The Leagues starts on 13 April and finishes on 31 August, with the competition being a quadruple round robin.

Donald Gray teams

Five teams are competing in the league.

Donald Gray table

Donald Gray results table

Donald Gray scoring

= Donald Gray top scorers

= Donald Gray hat-tricks

= Donald Gray own goals

South Canterbury Men's Division 1

The Leagues starts on 6 April and finishes on 27 July, with the competition being a treble round robin.

South Canterbury teams

Six teams are competing in the league.

South Canterbury table

South Canterbury results table

South Canterbury scoring

= South Canterbury hat-tricks

= South Canterbury own goals

Women's Qualifying Competitions

South Island Qualifying League

The SF Women's Southern Qualifying League is to determine the top two teams in Southern's federation, with the third-placed team playing in a playoff against the fourth-placed team in Mainland Qualifying, who go on to play the top three teams from Mainland Football. The bottom teams will play in the Women's Premiership, starting after this league finishes. They will be joined by the top teams from the Women's Division One League. Six team are competing in the leagues - five teams from last year from last season and one promoted team. The promoted team is Queens Park. They are competing in the league, replacing

and Queenstown.

South Island Qualifying League table

Women's Division One

Women's Division One teams

Six teams are competing in the league.

Women's Division One table

Women's Division One results table

Women's Competitions

South Island League

The South Island League sits above the Canterbury Women's Premiership League and Southern Women's Premier League and is also overseen by

and

, despite being run by

as part of the

New Zealand Women's National League The New Zealand Women's National League, known as the Dettol Women's National League for sponsorship reasons (and formerly the National Women's League), is the top-level professional women's football (soccer) league in New Zealand. The teams w ...

. The league will start in late June.

South Island League table

Women's Southern Premiership League

Women's Southern Premiership teams

Six teams are competing in the league. Otago University Thirds came 3rd, but due to the regulations allowing one team per club, 4th place Roslyn Wakari Reserves participated in this league and Otago University Thirds competed in Women's Combined Division One.

Women's Southern Premiership table

Women's Southern Premiership results table

Women's Southern Premiership scoring

= Women's Southern Premiership top scorers

Women's Combined Division One

Women's Combined Division One teams

Eleven teams are competing in the league. All teams that competed in Women's Division Two are in the league, with three teams from Women's Division One in the league.

Women's Combined Division One table

Women's Combined Division One results table

Kolk Cup League

The Leagues starts on 13 April and finishes on 24 August, with the competition being a quadruple round robin.

Kolk Cup teams

Five teams are competing in the league.

Kolk Cup table

Kolk Cup results table

Kolk Cup scoring

= Kolk Cup top scorers

= Kolk Cup hat-tricks

= Kolk Cup own goals

Notes

References

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