New Zealand National League

This article is about the men's league. For the women's league, see New Zealand Women's National League.

New Zealand National League

Founded	2021; 4 years ago (2021)
Country	New Zealand
Confederation	OFC
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Chatham Cup Charity Cup
International cup(s)	OFC Champions League
Current champions	Wellington Olympic (1st title) (2023)
Most championships	Auckland City Wellington Olympic (1 title each)
Top goalscorer	Gianni Bouzouzkis Garbhan Coughlan (20)
TV partners	FIFA+
Website	nzfootball.co.nz/nzfnl
Current: 2023 National League

The New Zealand Men's National League is a men's football league in New Zealand, at the top of the New Zealand football league system. It was founded in 2021 to replace the New Zealand Football Championship. The league has 10 teams, with each club qualifying from their regional league. Four teams qualify from the Northern League, three qualify from the Central League and two qualify from the Southern League, with the Wellington Phoenix Reserves automatically qualifying every year.

The regional leagues run from March to September each year, but different league has a different number of games. After the regional phase, the Championship phase begins, where every team plays each other once. After the Championship phase is the Grand Final. Each season, two clubs qualify for the OFC Champions League, the continental competition for countries in the Oceania Football Confederation.

Current clubs

As of the 2023 season

List

Map

New Zealand National League clubs
As of 2023
Napier City Rovers Cashmere Technical Christchurch United Auckland Auckland teams: Auckland City Auckland United Eastern Suburbs Manurewa Wellington Wellington teams: Wellington Olympic Wellington Phoenix Reserves Petone class=notpageimage| Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2022 National League season
Clubs in Auckland
Auckland City Auckland United Eastern Suburbs Manurewa class=notpageimage| Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2022 National League season
Clubs in Wellington
Petone Wellington Phoenix Reserves Wellington Olympic class=notpageimage| Location of clubs in Wellington Region for the 2022 National League season

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