2024 New Zealand National League

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2024 New Zealand Women's National League.

The 2024 New Zealand Men's National League was the fourth season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021.^[1] 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.^[2][3] Each team can field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality.^[4] Over the course of the season, each team must also ensure players aged 20 or under account for 10% of available playing minutes.^[5][6]

New Zealand National League

Season	2024
Dates	22 March 2024 – 1 December 2024
Champions	Auckland City
OFC Champions League	Auckland City
Matches played	46
Goals scored	176 (3.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Daniel Bunch Garbhan Coughlan Monty Patterson (8 goals each)
Biggest home win	Coastal Spirit 5–0 Western Suburbs (13 October 2024) Western Springs 5–0 Wellington Phoenix Reserves (23 November 2024)
Biggest away win	Western Suburbs 0–4 Cashmere Technical (29 September 2024) Cashmere Technical 0–4 Wellington Phoenix Reserves (6 October 2024) Western Suburbs 0–4 Western Springs (17 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Western Springs 6–2 Coastal Spirit (5 October 2024)
Longest winning run	4 matches Birkenhead United Western Springs
Longest unbeaten run	8 matches Birkenhead United
Longest winless run	8 matches Western Suburbs
Longest losing run	6 match Western Suburbs
← 2023 2025 →

The qualifying league fixtures were announced on 1 March 2024. The Northern League started on 22 March 2024^[7] with the Central and Southern leagues starting the following weekend on 29 and 28 March respectively. The Northern and Central leagues concluded on 31 August 2024 with the Southern League concluding on 1 September 2024.^[8][9][10]

The week the Northern League started, NRF announced changes to the competition structure for the 2024 season to accommodate Auckland FC.^[11] Auckland FC will have a reserves team playing in the qualifying and championship phases from next season to fulfil their A-League Men requirements.^[3] To allow space for Auckland FC, the Northern League will now have a relegation play-off between the 10th place team and the runners up of the 2024 NRFL Championship for this season only.^[11][12]

The championship phase fixtures were announced on 17 September 2024, with the opening games to be played on 28 September 2024.^[13][14]

Qualifying leagues

2024 Northern League

Northern League

Season	2024
Dates	22 March 2024 – 31 August 2024
Champions	Auckland City
Relegated	Melville United Hamilton Wanderers
Matches played	132
Goals scored	468 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jacob Mechell (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Manurewa 7–1 Melville United (6 April 2024) Western Springs 7–1 Tauranga City (13 April 2024)
Biggest away win	West Coast Rangers 0–5 Birkenhead United (21 June 2024) Tauranga City 0–5 Auckland City (29 June 2024) Bay Olympic 0–5 Melville United (17 August 2024)
Highest scoring	Auckland City 7–3 Melville United (20 April 2024)
Longest winning run	6 matches Auckland City Western Springs
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Birkenhead United
Longest winless run	12 matches Manurewa
Longest losing run	7 matches Melville United
← 2023 2025 →

Northern League teams

Twelve teams are competing in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the NRFL Championship. The promoted teams are Tauranga City and East Coast Bays.^[15] It is both Tauranga City's and East Coast Bay's first season in the National League. They replaced Takapuna (relegated after a two-year Northern League spell) and Manukau United (relegated after a three-year Northern League spell).^[16]

Team	Home ground	Location	2023 season
Auckland City	Kiwitea Street	Sandringham, Auckland	1st
Auckland United	Keith Hay Park	Mount Roskill, Auckland	3rd
Bay Olympic	Olympic Park	New Lynn, Auckland	10th
Birkenhead United	Shepherds Park	Beach Haven, Auckland	8th
East Coast Bays	Bay City Park	Northcross, Auckland	2nd in Championship (promoted)
Eastern Suburbs	Madills Farm	Kohimarama, Auckland	2nd
Hamilton Wanderers	Porritt Stadium	Chartwell, Hamilton	6th
Manurewa	War Memorial Park	Manurewa, Auckland	4th
Melville United	Gower Park	Melville, Hamilton	9th
Tauranga City	Links Avenue Reserve	Mount Maunganui	1st in Championship (promoted)
West Coast Rangers	Fred Taylor Park	Whenuapai, Auckland	7th
Western Springs	Seddon Fields	Westmere, Auckland	5th

Northern League personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Auckland City	Albert Riera[17]	Mario Ilich
Auckland United	José Figueira[17]	Ross Haviland[18]
Bay Olympic	Peter Smith[19]	Callum McNeill[20]
Birkenhead United	Paul Hobson[17]	Luke Jorgensen[21]
East Coast Bays	Joe Hall[22]	Louie Caunter[23]
Eastern Suburbs	Kane Wintersgill[24]	Adam Thomas[25]
Hamilton Wanderers	Joseph Hinds[17]
Manurewa	Dylan Burns[26]
Melville United	Jarrod Young[27]	Erik Panzer[27]
Tauranga City	Barry Gardiner[28]	Campbell Higgins[29]
West Coast Rangers	Chad Coombes[30]	Dev Pokhrel[31]
Western Springs	Scott Hales[32]	Oscar Ramsay[33]

Northern League managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Manurewa	Paul Marshall[34]	Stepped down	1 December 2023	Pre-season	Brett McMurdoch[35]	22 December 2023
Manurewa	Brett McMurdoch[26]	No reason given	13 May 2024	7th	Dylan Burns[26]	13 May 2024
Bay Olympic	Rudy Mozr[19]	Stepped down	25 May 2024	7th	Peter Smith[19]	25 May 2024

Northern League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City (C)	22	16	3	3	53	21	+32	51	Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Western Springs	22	14	4	4	52	30	+22	46	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Eastern Suburbs	22	14	2	6	38	20	+18	44
4	Birkenhead United	22	13	4	5	54	31	+23	43
5	Auckland United	22	12	4	6	39	27	+12	40
6	Bay Olympic	22	9	1	12	39	42	−3	28
7	Tauranga City	22	7	4	11	38	56	−18	25
8	West Coast Rangers	22	6	5	11	28	45	−17	23
9	East Coast Bays	22	5	7	10	29	38	−9	22
10	Manurewa (O)	22	5	4	13	41	56	−15	19	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11	Melville United (R)	22	6	0	16	29	54	−25	18	Relegation to NRFL Championship
12	Hamilton Wanderers (R)	22	2	8	12	28	48	−20	14

Source: NRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss^[36][37]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Northern League results table

Home \ Away	AKC	AKU	BAY	BIR	ECB	EAS	HAM	MRW	MEL	TGA	WCR	WSP
Auckland City	—	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	7–3	3–1	2–1	2–1
Auckland United	0–3	—	3–2	2–4	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	4–2	6–1	0–2
Bay Olympic	0–2	0–1	—	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–3	7–2	0–5	1–5	4–2	2–0
Birkenhead United	3–1	1–0	3–1	—	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	3–3	3–1	4–1
East Coast Bays	0–3	1–1	1–3	3–0	—	1–3	2–2	0–3	2–0	4–2	1–2	0–2
Eastern Suburbs	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–4	1–2	—	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–3	2–0	1–2
Hamilton Wanderers	2–5	1–1	1–5	1–4	2–2	0–0	—	3–3	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–4
Manurewa	2–1	1–3	4–3	1–4	1–3	0–3	2–1	—	7–1	0–0	1–2	1–2
Melville United	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–4	2–0	0–4	2–1	4–2	—	1–2	1–2	1–4
Tauranga City	0–5	1–4	1–2	3–2	2–2	1–5	1–0	2–1	4–0	—	2–1	1–4
West Coast Rangers	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–5	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	—	2–2
Western Springs	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	7–1	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 14 and 21 September 2024.^[38][39]

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manurewa (NL)	4–4 (4–2 p)	Manukau United (C)	4–2	0–2 (a.e.t.)

Matches

14 September 2024

15:00

Manurewa	4–2	Manukau United
Ramirez 45+3', 52' Echague 76' Bala 81'	Report	Echague 56' (o.g.) Horgan 59'

Manurewa War Memorial Park, Manurewa

21 September 2024

15:00

Manukau United	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Manurewa
Ozawa 57', 90+6'	Report
Penalties
	2–4

Walter Massey Park, Māngere East

Referee: Andres Castro

4–4 on aggregate. Manurewa won 4–2 on penalties, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Northern League scoring

Northern League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[40]
1	Jacob Mechell	Eastern Suburbs	19
2	Monty Patterson	Birkenhead United	14
	Emiliano Tade	Western Springs
4	Eber Ramírez	Manurewa	13
5	Jonty Bidois	Tauranga City	12
6	Dawson Straffon	West Coast Rangers / Western Springs	11
7	Liam Gillion	Auckland City	10
	Ronaldo Munoz	Bay Olympic / Hamilton Wanderers
	Allan Pearce	West Coast Rangers
	Samuel Philip	Birkenhead United
	Malcolm Young	East Coast Bays

Northern League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
1[41]	Jonty Bidois	Tauranga City	Melville United	Home	4–0	23 March 2024
3[42]	Jacob Mechell	Eastern Suburbs	East Coast Bays	Away	1–3	1 April 2024
4[43][44]	Eber Ramírez	Manurewa	Melville United	Home	7–1	6 April 2024
	Jacob Mechell[a]	Eastern Suburbs	Tauranga City	Home	4–3	6 April 2024
7[45]	Ibrahim Nadir	Bay Olympic	Hamilton Wanderers	Away	1–5	27 April 2024
16[46]	Sam Philip	Birkenhead United	Manurewa	Away	1–4	20 July 2024
21[b][47]	Dawson Straffon	Western Springs	Tauranga City	Away	1–4	27 July 2024
19[48]	Sean Leadley	Melville United	Manurewa	Home	4–2	10 August 2024
22[49]	Michael Graham[a]	Bay Olympic	Manurewa	Home	7–2	31 August 2024

1. Player scored 4 goals
2. Rounds 17 and 21 were reversed

2024 Central League

Central League

Season	2024
Dates	29 March 2024 – 31 August 2024
Champions	Wellington Olympic
Relegated	Stop Out
Matches played	90
Goals scored	411 (4.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oscar Faulds (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Miramar Rangers 10–0 Stop Out (31 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Petone 0–9 Miramar Rangers (13 July 2024)
Highest scoring	Miramar Rangers 10–0 Stop Out (31 August 2024)
Longest winning run	16 matches Wellington Olympic
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Wellington Olympic
Longest winless run	13 matches Stop Out
Longest losing run	6 matches Stop Out
← 2023 2025 →

Central League teams

Ten teams are competing in the league – the top nine teams from the previous season and the one team promoted from the 2022 play-off between the winners of the Central Federation League and the Capital Premier. The winner of the play-off was Island Bay United.^[50] This is their first season in the Central League, since New Zealand football's restructuring in 2021. They replaced Whanganui Athletic (relegated to the Central Federation League after one season in the Central League).

Team	Home ground	Location	2023 season
Island Bay United	Wakefield Park	Island Bay, Wellington	1st in Capital Premier (promoted via play-offs)
Miramar Rangers	David Farrington Park	Miramar, Wellington	7th
Napier City Rovers	Bluewater Stadium	Napier	3rd
North Wellington	Alex Moore Park	Johnsonville, Wellington	9th
Petone	Memorial Park	Petone, Lower Hutt	4th
Stop Out	Hutt Park	Moera, Lower Hutt	8th
Waterside Karori	Karori Park	Karori, Wellington	6th
Wellington Olympic	Wakefield Park	Island Bay, Wellington	1st
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Fraser Park	Taitā, Lower Hutt	2nd
Western Suburbs	Endeavour Park	Porirua	5th

Central League personnel

Team	Manager[51]	Captain
Island Bay United	Stu Jacobs[52]
Miramar Rangers	Kale Herbert[53]	Sam Mason-Smith
Napier City Rovers	Bill Robertson	Jim Hoyle[54]
North Wellington	Ryan Faithfull[55]	Gavin Hoy[56]
Petone	Sam Morrissey[57]	Hami Paranihi-Nuku
Stop Out	Aston Hughes	Maxim Johnson
Waterside Karori	Tomás Godoy Fouquet[58]	Harry Fautley
Wellington Olympic	Ekow Quainoo[59]	Ben Mata[60]
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Chris Greenacre[61]	Isaac Hughes
Western Suburbs	Alan Koch[62]	Malik Smith[62]

Central League managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
North Wellington	James Prosser[63]	End of interim spell	1 November 2023	Pre-season	Ryan Faithfull[55]	1 November 2023
Petone	Ryan Edwards	Signed by Christchurch United	21 November 2023		Sam Morrissey	21 November 2023
Waterside Karori	Sam Morrissey	Signed by Petone	21 November 2023		Rory Fallon[64]	4 December 2023
Wellington Olympic	Rupert Kemeys	Mutual consent	26 November 2023		Ekow Quainoo[citation needed]	13 December 2023
Island Bay United	Tomás Godoy Fouquet[65]	Stepped down	6 December 2023		Stu Jacobs[52]	14 January 2024
Waterside Karori	Rory Fallon[58]	Mutual consent	18 January 2024		Tomás Godoy Fouquet[58]	18 January 2024

Central League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wellington Olympic (C)	18	17	0	1	79	16	+63	51	Winner of Central League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Western Suburbs	18	13	1	4	54	24	+30	40	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Napier City Rovers	18	13	1	4	53	23	+30	40
4	Miramar Rangers	18	11	2	5	61	21	+40	35
5	Wellington Phoenix Reserves[a]	18	7	3	8	34	40	−6	24	Qualification to National League Championship
6	Waterside Karori	18	7	3	8	35	48	−13	24
7	Petone	18	6	3	9	28	45	−17	21
8	Island Bay United	18	4	0	14	25	64	−39	12
9	North Wellington	18	2	3	13	23	63	−40	9
10	Stop Out (R)	18	1	2	15	19	67	−48	5	Relegation to Central League 2

Source: Capital 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^[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Wellington Phoenix Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase due to the A-League Men requirements.^[2]

Central League results table

Home \ Away	IBU	MRA	NCR	NWT	PET	SOT	WKA	WOP	WPX	WES
Island Bay United	—	0–2	1–5	2–3	0–3	4–3	0–1	1–6	1–3	1–7
Miramar Rangers	5–0	—	2–3	8–1	1–1	10–0	4–3	0–1	4–0	3–2
Napier City Rovers	3–1	2–3	—	6–1	2–1	3–0	7–1	0–3	2–0	2–2
North Wellington	1–4	0–6	2–3	—	2–2	3–1	0–2	0–5	1–5	1–5
Petone	2–3	0–9	1–0	2–1	—	3–2	2–1	1–5	2–2	1–3
Stop Out	3–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	3–2	1–6	1–1	0–4
Waterside Karori	2–1	1–1	1–5	3–3	2–1	4–1	—	0–5	2–1	2–4
Wellington Olympic	8–0	3–0	2–0	4–2	6–0	8–0	4–1	—	4–2	3–5
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	2–1	2–0	1–6	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	3–5	—	0–1
Western Suburbs	5–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	5–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Central League scoring

Central League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[66]
1	Oscar Faulds	Napier City Rovers	21
2	Lucas Meek	Western Suburbs	15
3	Hamish Watson	Wellington Olympic	14
4	Sam Mason-Smith	Miramar Rangers	13
5	Martín Bueno	Miramar Rangers	11
	Jack O'Connor	Petone
7	Tomas Alvarado	Waterside Karori	10
8	Nicolas Bobadilla	Miramar Rangers	8
	Connor Gaul	Stop Out
	Ben Mata	Wellington Olympic
	Connor Wilson	Western Suburbs

Central League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
1[67][68]	Lucas Meek[a]	Western Suburbs	Island Bay United	Away	1–7	30 March 2024
	Martín Bueno	Miramar Rangers	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Home	4–0
2[69][70]	Oscar Faulds	Napier City Rovers	Waterside Karori	Away	1–5	6 April 2024
	Lucas Meek	Western Suburbs	Wellington Olympic	Away	3–5	7 April 2024
3[71]	Oscar Faulds	Napier City Rovers	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Away	1–6	20 April 2024
5[72][73]	Sam Mason-Smith[a]	Miramar Rangers	North Wellington	Away	0–6	26 April 2024
	Tomas Alvarado	Waterside Karori	Stop Out	Home	4–1	27 April 2024
7[74]	Miles Green[a]	Western Suburbs	North Wellington	Away	1–5	11 May 2024
8[75]	Agustín Contratti	Miramar Rangers	Waterside Karori	Home	4–3	18 May 2024
10[76]	Lucas Meek	Western Suburbs	Island Bay United	Home	5–1	9 June 2024
11[77]	Oscar Faulds	Napier City Rovers	Waterside Karori	Home	7–1	23 June 2024
13[78]	Joshua Tollervey	Miramar Rangers	Petone	Away	0–9	13 July 2024
14[79][80]	Oscar Faulds	Napier City Rovers	Island Bay United	Away	1–5	21 July 2024
	Sam Mason-Smith	Miramar Rangers	North Wellington	Home	8–1
15[81]	Isa Prins	Wellington Olympic	Island Bay United	Home	8–0	3 August 2024
17[82]	Ben Mata	Wellington Olympic	Petone	Home	6–0	24 August 2024

1. Player scored 4 goals

2024 Southern League

Southern League

Season	2024
Dates	28 March 2024 – 1 September 2024
Champions	Cashmere Technical
Relegated	FC Twenty 11
Matches played	89
Goals scored	419 (4.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Garbhan Coughlan (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Cashmere Technical 12–0 FC Twenty 11 (6 April 2024)
Biggest away win	FC Twenty 11 0–9 Nelson Suburbs (29 March 2024) FC Twenty 11 1–10 Cashmere Technical (28 June 2024)
Highest scoring	Cashmere Technical 12–0 FC Twenty 11 (6 April 2024)
Longest winning run	9 matches Cashmere Technical
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Coastal Spirit
Longest winless run	18 matches FC Twenty 11
Longest losing run	15 matches FC Twenty 11
← 2023 2025 →

Southern League teams

Ten teams are competing in the league – nine teams from the previous season and the winner of the Southern League play-offs. The promoted team is the University of Canterbury.^[83] This is their first season in the Southern League. They replaced Green Island (relegated after three season in the Southern League).

Team	Home ground	Location	2023 season
Cashmere Technical	Garrick Memorial Park	Woolston, Christchurch	2nd
Christchurch United	United Sports Centre	Yaldhurst, Christchurch	1st
Coastal Spirit	Linfield Park	Linwood, Christchurch	3rd
Dunedin City Royals	Football Turf	Dunedin North, Dunedin	4th
FC Twenty 11	Avonhead Park	Avonhead, Christchurch	10th
Ferrymead Bays	Ferrymead Park	Ferrymead, Christchurch	5th
Nelson Suburbs	Saxton Field	Stoke, Nelson	6th
Nomads United	Tulett Park	Casebrook, Christchurch	7th
Selwyn United	Foster Park	Rolleston	9th
University of Canterbury	English Park[A]	St Albans, Christchurch	1st in Canterbury Premiership (promoted via play-offs)

Southern League personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Cashmere Technical	Dan Schwarz[84][85]	Tom Schwarz
Christchurch United	Ryan Edwards[86]	Joel Stevens[87]
Coastal Spirit	Robbie Stanton[88]	Dominic McGarr[89]
Dunedin City Royals	Richard Murray[90]	Jared Grove
FC Twenty 11	Ricardo Felitti	Harrison Rowe
Ferrymead Bays	Alan Walker[91]	James Deehan
Nelson Suburbs	Ryan Stewart	Sam Ayers[92]
Nomads United	Matthew Jansen[93]	Caleb Cottom
Selwyn United	Chris Brown[94]	Jayden Booth
University of Canterbury	Ben Ellis[95]	Liam Pledger

Southern League managerial changes

Note: Some cases use first/last match coached

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
University of Canterbury	Anthony O'Connor	Stepped down	11 October 2023	Pre-season	Aldo Miramontes[96]	11 October 2023
FC Twenty 11	Cvetan Ivanov	Stepped down to TDP	16 October 2023		Graham McMann[97][98]	16 October 2023
Christchurch United	Paul Ifill	Signed by Wellington Olympic to be Director of Football[59]	21 November 2023		Ryan Edwards[86]	21 November 2023
Selwyn United	Lee Padmore[99]	Signed by Wellington Phoenix Academy[100]	17 January 2024		Chris Brown[94]	11 February 2024
FC Twenty 11	Graham McMann[97]	Resigned	8 June 2024	10th	Kevin Peters (Caretaker)	23 June 2024
	Kevin Peters	End of Caretaker	13 July 2024		Ricardo Felitti[citation needed]	14 July 2024
University of Canterbury	Aldo Miramontes[96]	Mutual consent	17 July 2024	8th	Ben Ellis[95]	21 July 2024

Southern League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cashmere Technical (C)	18	15	2	1	90	19	+71	47	Winner of Southern League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Coastal Spirit	18	14	3	1	59	17	+42	45	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Christchurch United	18	13	2	3	64	21	+43	41
4	Nelson Suburbs	17	8	5	4	52	39	+13	29
5	Ferrymead Bays	18	8	1	9	39	39	0	25
6	Nomads United	18	7	3	8	27	31	−4	24
7	Dunedin City Royals	17	6	1	10	27	46	−19	19
8	Selwyn United	18	4	2	12	31	68	−37	14
9	University of Canterbury	18	3	2	13	21	46	−25	11
10	FC Twenty 11 (R)	18	0	1	17	9	93	−84	1	Relegated to the Nelson Premiership/Canterbury Premiership/Southern Premiership

Source: Mainland 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^[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

• The final game between Dunedin City Royals and Nelson Suburbs was cancelled, with neither team being able to change league positions regardless of result.^[101] The game was originally postponed after Nelson's flight was unable to land in Dunedin due to strong winds.^[102]

Southern League results table

Home \ Away	CAS	CHU	CSP	DCR	FCT	FMB	NEL	NOM	SEL	UCF
Cashmere Technical		4–2	0–2	2–0	12–0	3–0	6–2	3–0	4–2	6–1
Christchurch United	1–1		2–3	5–0	11–0	2–3	4–0	3–0	9–0	4–3
Coastal Spirit	4–4	0–1		2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	7–0	5–1
Dunedin City Royals	1–5	1–3	0–5		3–1	4–4	Can.[B]	2–1	3–0	4–0
FC Twenty 11	1–10	0–4	0–7	1–2		1–5	0–9	0–5	2–5	1–6
Ferrymead Bays	2–3	3–4	0–3	3–2	3–0		2–3	1–3	3–2	1–0
Nelson Suburbs	1–6	1–1	3–3	6–2	4–2	4–2		2–2	4–4	5–1
Nomads United	0–6	1–2	0–4	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0		4–1	1–2
Selwyn United	0–8	1–5	2–5	5–0	4–0	2–4	0–5	1–1		0–3
University of Canterbury	0–7	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–2

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern League scoring

As of 7 September 2024

Southern League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[103]
1	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	26
2	Alex Steinwascher	Coastal Spirit	19
	Joel Stevens	Christchurch United
4	Trevin Myers	Nelson Suburbs	13
5	Lennon Whewell	Nelson Suburbs	12
6	Gabriel Gallaway	Cashmere Technical	10
	Jack Hallahan
	David Yoo	Christchurch United
9	Lyle Matthysen	Cashmere Technical	9
	Cameron Rean	Ferrymead Bays
	Yuya Taguchi	Cashmere Technical

Southern League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
1[104][105]	Spencer Barber	Nelson Suburbs	FC Twenty 11	Away	0–9	29 March 2024
	Lennon Whewell
	Alex Steinwascher[a]	Coastal Spirit	Selwyn United	Home	7–0
2[106]	Garbhan Coughlan[b]	Cashmere Technical	FC Twenty 11	Home	12–0	4 April 2024
	Lyle Matthysen
3[107]	Trevin Myers	Nelson Suburbs	Selwyn United	Away	0–5	13 April 2024
4[108][109]	Joel Stevens	Christchurch United	Dunedin City Royals	Home	5–0	20 April 2024
	Garbhan Coughlan[a]	Cashmere Technical	Selwyn United	Home	4–2
5[110]	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	Nelson Suburbs	Away	1–6	28 April 2024
6[111]	Garbhan Coughlan[a]	Cashmere Technical	University of Canterbury	Away	0–7	4 May 2024
7[112]	Jacob Killick	Universities of Canterbury	FC Twenty 11	Away	1–6	18 May 2024
10[113]	Lennon Whewell	Nelson Suburbs	FC Twenty 11	Home	4–2	23 June 2024
14[114]	Joel Stevens	Christchurch United	FC Twenty 11	Home	11–0	2 August 2024
16[115][116]	Garbhan Coughlan[c]	Cashmere Technical	Nomads United	Away	0–6	17 August 2024
	Joel Stevens	Christchurch United	Selwyn United	Home	9–0
	Matthew Brazier
18[117]	Finlay Cotton	Selwyn United	Dunedin City Royals	Home	5–0	7 September 2024

1. Player scored 4 goals
2. Player scored 6 goals
3. Player scored 5 goals

Southern League own goals

Round	Player	Club	H/A	Time	Goal	Result	Opponent	Date
2[118]	Jamie Barr	Ferrymead Bays	Home	77'	3–3	3–4	Christchurch United	6 April 2024
8[119]	Sena Eady	FC Twenty 11	Home	19'	0–3	0–7	Coastal Spirit	25 May 2024
12[120]	Caleb Osborne	Dunedin City Royals	Away	69'	2–1	3–1	Ferrymead Bays	13 July 2024
13[121]	Max McGuinness	University of Canterbury	Away	33'	3–0	5–1	Nelson Suburbs	21 July 2024
14[114]	Daniel Oakman	FC Twenty 11	Away	22'	3–0	11–0	Christchurch United	2 August 2024
17[122]	Jack Julian	Dunedin City Royals	Home	14'	0–2	0–5	Coastal Spirit	25 August 2024
18[123]	Aidan Kirby-Vaughan	University of Canterbury	Home	83'	1–2	1–2	Coastal Spirit	1 September 2024

Qualified clubs

There are 10 men's National League Championship qualifying spots (4 for the Northern League, 3 plus Wellington Phoenix Reserves for the Central League and 2 for the Southern League).^[2]

Auckland

Wellington

Christchurch

Napier City Rovers

Auckland teams:
Auckland City
Birkenhead United
Eastern Suburbs
Western Springs

Wellington teams:
Wellington Olympic
Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Western Suburbs

Christchurch teams:
Cashmere Technical
Coastal Spirit

Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2024 National League season

Auckland City

Birkenhead United

Eastern Suburbs

Western Springs

Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2024 National League season

Wellington Olympic

Wellington Phoenix Reserves

Western Suburbs

Location of clubs in Wellington Region for the 2024 National League season

Cashmere Technical

Coastal Spirit

Location of clubs in Christchurch Region for the 2024 National League season

Association	Team	Position in Regional League	App (last)	Previous best (last)
Northern League (4 berths)	Auckland City	1st	3rd (2023)	1st (2022)
	Western Springs	2nd	1st	Debut
	Eastern Suburbs	3rd	2nd (2023)	4th (2023)
	Birkenhead United	4th	2nd (2022)	4th (2022)
Central League (3 berths)	Wellington Olympic	1st	3rd (2023)	1st (2023)
	Western Suburbs	2nd	1st	Debut
	Napier City Rovers	3rd	3rd (2023)	8th (2022)
Southern League (2 berths)	Cashmere Technical	1st	3rd (2023)	5th (2023)
	Coastal Spirit	2nd	1st	Debut
Wellington Phoenix (automatic berth)	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Automatic qualification	3rd (2023)	6th (2022)

Location

Team	Home ground	Location	2023 season
Auckland City	Kiwitea Street	Sandringham, Auckland	2nd
Birkenhead United	Shepherds Park	Beach Haven, Auckland	—
Cashmere Technical	Ngā Puna Wai[C]	Aidanfield, Christchurch	5th
Coastal Spirit	Linfield Park[D]	Linwood, Christchurch	—
Eastern Suburbs	Madills Farm	Kohimarama, Auckland	4th
Napier City Rovers	Bluewater Stadium	Poraiti, Napier	9th
Wellington Olympic	Martin Luckie Park	Berhampore, Wellington	1st
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Fraser Park	Taitā, Lower Hutt	8th
Western Springs	Seddon Fields	Westmere, Auckland	—
Western Suburbs	Endeavour Park	Whitby, Porirua	—

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Auckland City	Albert Riera[17]	Mario Ilich
Birkenhead United	Paul Hobson[17]	Luke Jorgensen[21]
Cashmere Technical	Dan Schwarz[84][85]	Tom Schwarz
Coastal Spirit	Robbie Stanton[88]	Joe Hoole[124]
Eastern Suburbs	Brian Shelley (interim)[125]	Adam Thomas[25]
Napier City Rovers	Bill Robertson	Jim Hoyle[54]
Wellington Olympic	Ekow Quainoo[59]	Ben Mata[60]
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Chris Greenacre[61]	David Ball[126]
Western Springs	Scott Hales[32]	Oscar Ramsay[33]
Western Suburbs	Alan Koch[62]	Finn Diamond[127]

Managerial Changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Eastern Suburbs	Kane Wintersgill[24][128]	Stepped down	2 October 2024	4th	Brian Shelley (interim)[125]	2 October 2024

Championship phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Birkenhead United	9	6	2	1	23	16	+7	20	Qualification to Grand Final
2	Auckland City (C)	9	6	1	2	20	10	+10	19	Qualification to Grand Final and Champions League group stage
3	Western Springs	9	6	0	3	25	16	+9	18
4	Napier City Rovers	9	5	2	2	21	14	+7	17
5	Wellington Phoenix Reserves[a]	9	4	1	4	16	19	−3	13
6	Wellington Olympic	9	3	2	4	17	15	+2	11
7	Coastal Spirit	9	3	2	4	18	20	−2	11
8	Cashmere Technical	9	2	3	4	16	18	−2	9
9	Eastern Suburbs	9	1	2	6	8	17	−9	5
10	Western Suburbs	9	1	1	7	9	28	−19	4

Source: New Zealand Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record^[36]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Wellington Phoenix Reserves can not qualify for the Grand Final.^[36]

Results table

Home \ Away	AKC	BIR	CAS	CSP	EAS	NCR	WOP	WPX	WSP	WES
Auckland City		3–1	1–1	5–1				3–4	1–2
Birkenhead United				2–1		4–2		4–2		3–3
Cashmere Technical		1–2		3–3	1–0		2–2	0–4
Coastal Spirit					2–1	1–3	0–0			5–0
Eastern Suburbs	0–3	2–2				2–2			0–1	0–2
Napier City Rovers	0–1		2–1					1–1	4–0
Wellington Olympic	0–1	1–2			4–1	2–3				4–1
Wellington Phoenix Reserves				0–3	0–2		3–1			2–0
Western Springs		1–3	4–3	6–2			2–3	5–0
Western Suburbs	1–2		0–4			2–4			0–4

Source: New Zealand Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 3, but then postponed and played between rounds 6 and 7, it is added to the standings for round 6.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Birkenhead United	7	8	6	3	2	2	2	1	1
Auckland City	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2
Western Springs	10	5	9	4	7	5	4	3	3
Napier City Rovers	1	2	2	5	4	4	1	4	4
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	8	4	3	8	8	7	7	5	5
Wellington Olympic	5	7	4	6	5	6	5	6	6
Coastal Spirit	6	10	5	2	3	3	6	7	7
Cashmere Technical	1	6	7	7	6	8	8	8	8
Eastern Suburbs	4	3	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Western Suburbs	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Leader and Grand Final
	Grand Final

Source: New Zealand Football

Grand Final

Sunday, 1 December 2024

16:00 NZDT

Birkenhead United	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Auckland City
Patterson 23'	Report	Jorgensen 44' (o.g.) Kilkolly 111'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 4,972

Referee: Calvin Berg

Statistics

As of 1 December 2024

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[129][130]
1	Daniel Bunch	Birkenhead United	8
	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical
	Monty Patterson	Birkenhead United
4	Myer Bevan	Auckland City	7
5	Oscar Faulds	Napier City Rovers	6
	Alex Steinwascher	Coastal Spirit
	David Yoo	Coastal Spirit
8	Matthew Ellis	Western Springs	5
	Angus Kilkolly	Auckland City
10	Adam Hewson	Napier City Rovers	4
	Jacob Mechell	Eastern Suburbs
	Hamish Watson	Wellington Olympic

Hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
3[131]	David Yoo	Coastal Spirit	Western Suburbs	Home	5–0	13 October 2024
4[132]	Alex Steinwascher		Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Away	0–3	19 October 2024
5[133]	Monty Patterson	Birkenhead United	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Home	4–2	27 October 2024
9[134]	Myer Bevan	Auckland City	Coastal Spirit	Home	5–1	24 November 2024

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 4^[130]
  • Riley Grover (Coastal Spirit)
  • Kieran Richards (Napier City Rovers)

• Most red cards: 1^[130]
  • 10 players

Club

• Most red cards: 3^[130]
  • Eastern Suburbs

• Fewest red cards: 0^[130]
  • Auckland City
  • Cashmere Technical
  • Wellington Phoenix Reserves

Awards

Goal of the Week

Regional Phase

Goal of the Week
Week[135]	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Jerson Lagos	Manurewa	[136][137]
2	Isaac Bates	Melville United	[138][139]
3	Charles Ostrem	Western Suburbs	[140][141]
4	Callum Simmonds	East Coast Bays	[142][143]
5	Lachlan Candy	Waterside Karori	[144][145]
6	Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	[146][147]
7	Corban Piper	Birkenhead United	[148][149]
8	Haris Zeb		[150][151]
9	Henry Lenihan-Geels	Island Bay United	[152][153]
10	Albie Francis-Alles	Western Suburbs	[154][155]
11	Ronaldo Munoz	Hamilton Wanderers	[156][157]
12	Sam Lack	Napier City Rovers	[158][159]
13	Isaac Snell	Petone	[160][161]
14	Quarter-Finals of the Kate Sheppard Cup's goals won		[162]
15	Isaac Bates	Melville United	[163][164]
16	Sam Lack	Napier City Rovers	[165][166]
17	Semi-Finals of Chatham Cup's goals won		[167]
18	Aidan Barbour-Ryan	Cashmere Technical	[168][169]
19	Sean Leadley	Melville United	[170][171]
20	Joel Stevens	Christchurch United	[172][173]
21	Todd Vermeir	University of Canterbury	[174][175]
21	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	[176][177]

Championship Phase

Goal of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Oscar Faulds	Napier City Rovers	[178]
2	Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	[179]
3	Daniel Bunch	Birkenhead United	[180]
4	Miles Palmer	Birkenhead United	[181]
5	Lachlan Candy	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	[182]
6	Adam Hewson	Napier City Rovers	[183]
7	Jordan Annear	Napier City Rovers	[184]
8	Lewis Partridge	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	[185]
9	Kieran Richards	Napier City Rovers	[186]

Annual awards

League	MVP[187]	Club	Top scorer[188]	Club
Northern League	Jake Mechell	Eastern Suburbs	Jake Mechell	Eastern Suburbs
Central League	Tomas Alvarado	Waterside Karori	Oscar Faulds	Napier City Rovers
Southern League	David Yoo	Christchurch United	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical
National League[189]	Monty Patterson	Birkenhead United	Daniel Bunch Garbhan Coughlan Monty Patterson	Birkenhead United Cashmere Technical Birkenhead United

Award	Winner	Club
Best Goal of the Regional Phase[190]	Sean Leadley	Melville United

Team of the season[191]
Goalkeeper	Conor Tracey (Auckland City)
Defenders	Matthew Jones (Napier City Rovers)				Dina Botica (Birkenhead United)				Michael den Heijer (Auckland City)
Midfielders	David Yoo (Coastal Spirit)			Mario Ilich (Auckland City)			Adam Hewson (Napier City Rovers)			Matthew Ellis (Western Springs)
Forwards	Daniel Bunch (Birkenhead United)				Monty Patterson (Birkenhead United)				Garbhan Coughlan (Cashmere Technical)

Notes

1. Ilam Fields doesn't met NZF Pitch Regulations
2. Game canceled due to Nelson Suburbs unable to land in Dunedin Airport
3. Playing two matches at English Park
4. Playing one match at Ferrymead Park