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Football league
NRFL Conference
Founded1965
CountryNew Zealand New Zealand
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Number of clubs17
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toNRFL Championship
Relegation toNRF League One
WaiBOP League One
Current championsNorthern: Waiheke United (1st title)
Southern: Cambridge (2nd title)
(2024)
Most championshipsTauranga City, Western Springs (3 titles)
WebsiteNorthern Region Football
Current: 2024 NRFL Conference

The Northern Regional Football League Conference, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Conference for sponsorship reasons, is a New Zealand Semi-Professional football league. The league is run by the Auckland Football Federation and includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand. It is open to clubs from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty provinces. Up until 2022, the competition was known as NRFL Division 2, and was not split into Northern and Southern competitions.

The fixtures are generally played from April to September. Clubs are able to win promotion to NRFL Championship.

The current champions are Franklin United (Northern) and Waikato Unicol (Southern). Franklin United were promoted to the 2024 NRFL Championship season.

Current Northern League structure

Current clubs

Northern Conference

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NRFL Northern Conference
NRFL Southern Conference Auckland Northern League football clubsALBALBBLMBLMBUCBUCORAORATATTATWTMWTMWHUWHUclass=notpageimage| Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2023 NRFL Northern Conference season

As of the 2024 season.

Team Location Stadium 2023 season
Albany United Albany, Auckland Rosedale Park 6th
Beachlands Maraetai Beachlands, Auckland Te Puru Park 5th
Bucklands Beach Bucklands Beach Lloyd Elsmore Park 2nd
Northland Morningside, Whangārei Morningside Park 7th
Oratia United Oratia, Auckland Parrs Park 3rd
Te Atatu Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland Te Atatū Peninsula Park 1st in NRF League One (promoted)
Waiheke United Waiheke Island, Auckland Onetangi Sports Park 12th in Championship (relegated)
Waitemata Te Atatū South, Auckland McLeod Park 4th
  1. Second and third titles under the name Tauranga City United

Southern Conference

As of the 2024 season.

Team Location Stadium 2023 season
Cambridge Cambridge John Kerkhof Park 2nd
Claudelands Rovers Claudelands, Hamilton Galloway Park 4th
Ngongotahā Lakes Ngongotahā, Rotorua Tamarahi Reserve 7th
Otumoetai Matua, Tauranga Fergusson Park 6th
Papamoa Papamoa Beach, Papamoa Gordon Spratt Reserve 5th
Taupo Tauhara, Taupō Crown Park 3rd
Te Awamutu Te Awamutu The Stadium 8th
Waikato Unicol Silverdale, Hamilton Jansen Park 1st
  1. Ngongotaha AFC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lakes FC at the end of the 2022 season to have a combined team for the 2023 season onwards.

Past champions

Source:

Northern Conference
Southern Conference

Notes

References

  1. "New look for LOTTO NRFL 2023". Northern Region Football. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. "Promoted sides drawn away in season openers for Lotto NRFL Men's Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. "Lotto NRFL Review 2021". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. "Clubs form partnership to compete in new Lotto NRFL Southern Conference". friendsoffootballnz.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. "Honours Board". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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