Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2021. Source: New Zealand Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to head points; 3) Head to head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored[5] (C) Champions
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: New Zealand Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[16] (C) Champions
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2021. Source: Northern Region Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[17] (C) Champions
League completed early with two rounds remaining due to Covid-19 and Auckland being in Level 4.[9]
There was no relegation with the league expanding to eight teams instead for 2022.[18]
^ abIn November 2021, New Zealand Football announced they had cancelled the 2021 New Zealand National League due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. In place of this, the South Central series took place. This one off competition did not count as part the National League.[1][2][3]
^The Al-Duhail v Auckland City match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Al-Duhail after Auckland City withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities.[4]