2021 New Zealand National League

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2021 New Zealand Women's National League.

New Zealand National League

Season	2021
Dates	27 March 2021 - 12 December 2021
Champions	Cancelled [1] [2] [3]
← 2020–21 NZFC 2022 →

The 2021 New Zealand National League was the first scheduled season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021. 30 clubs competed in the competition, with four having been planned to qualify from the Northern League, three qualifying from the Central League and two qualifying from the Southern League for the National Championship phase along with the automatically qualified Wellington Phoenix Reserves. ^[4] Each team was allowed to field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. ^[5] Each team had to also have at least two players aged 20 or under in the starting eleven. ^[6]

Because the Wellington Phoenix Reserves need to hold a partnership with an affiliated club through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be in the league and have a place in the Championship phase, ^[4] their current MoU was with Lower Hutt City. ^[7] This meant Lower Hutt could not qualify for the Championship even if they finish in the top three of the Central League. ^{[4] [8]}

New Zealand Football announced on the 14 September that they had decided to terminate the remainder of the Northern League season and cancel any yet to be played fixtures due to Covid-19 and Auckland being in Level 4. ^[9] The decision was made due to the fact that they couldn't complete all the games before the Championship phase was due to begin, so places in the next phase where awarded off the standing before Auckland went into lockdown. ^[9]

On the 8 October, New Zealand Football announced a change in plans to the Championship phase of the 2021 competition due to COVID-19 alert levels. ^[10] The Championship phase was to be split up into two 'Hubs', the Auckland Hub and the South Hub, where teams play every other team in their hub in a single round robin. The top two clubs from each hub would have then qualified for a finals phase consisting of semis and a Grand Final. ^[10]

On the 2 November, after confirmation that the alert levels would not change to allow the Auckland and Waikato teams to play any further part in the National Competition, New Zealand Football announced that they were cancelling the reminder of the National League. In its place, they instead decided on a one-off interregional competition, the National League: South Central Series. ^[1]

Qualifying leagues

2021 Northern League

Northern League

Season	2021
Dates	27 March 2021 - 14 August 2021
Champions	Auckland City
Relegated	Northern Rovers West Coast Rangers
Matches played	112
Goals scored	423 (3.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Greive (19)
Biggest home win	Birkenhead United 9–0 Melville United (1 May 2021)
Biggest away win	Bay Olympic 2–7 Hamilton Wanderers (24 April 2021) Eastern Suburbs 0–5 Auckland City (22 May 2021) Hamilton Wanderers 0–5 Auckland City (17 July 2021)
Highest scoring	Birkenhead United 9–0 Melville United (1 May 2021) Bay Olympic 2–7 Hamilton Wanderers (24 April 2021) Auckland United 6–3 Northern Rovers (17 July 2021)
Longest winning run	6 matches Auckland City
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Auckland City
2022 →

Northern League teams

Team	Home ground	Location	Notes
Auckland City	Kiwitea Street	Sandringham, Auckland	Replaces sister club Central United F.C. for 2021 season
Auckland United	Keith Hay Park	Mount Roskill, Auckland
Bay Olympic	Olympic Park	New Lynn, Auckland	2nd in 2019 NRFL Division 1; promoted
Birkenhead United	Shepherds Park	Beach Haven, Auckland
Eastern Suburbs	Madills Farm	Kohimarama, Auckland
Hamilton Wanderers	Porritt Stadium	Chartwell, Hamilton
Manukau United	Centre Park	Māngere East, Auckland
Melville United	Gower Park	Melville, Hamilton
North Shore United	Allen Hill Stadium	Devonport, Auckland
Northern Rovers	McFetridge Park	Glenfield, Auckland	Merger between Glenfield Rovers AFC and Forrest Hill Milford United AFC
West Coast Rangers	Fred Taylor Park	Whenuapai, Auckland	Merger between Waitakere City FC and Norwest United ahead of 2021 season
Western Springs	Seddon Fields	Westmere, Auckland

Source: ^{[11] [12]}

Northern League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City (C, Q)	18	15	1	2	63	19	+44	46	Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Auckland United (Q)	19	10	5	4	42	25	+17	35	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Eastern Suburbs (Q)	19	10	4	5	31	21	+10	34
4	Birkenhead United (Q)	19	10	3	6	50	33	+17	33
5	Western Springs	18	8	4	6	44	35	+9	28
6	Bay Olympic	18	7	4	7	26	38	−12	25
7	Hamilton Wanderers	18	6	5	7	35	44	−9	23
8	Manukau United	19	5	7	7	33	35	−2	22
9	North Shore United	19	5	7	7	35	40	−5	22
10	Melville United	19	6	3	10	24	40	−16	21
11	Northern Rovers (R)	19	2	5	12	22	41	−19	11	Relegation to NRFL Division 1
12	West Coast Rangers (R)	19	3	2	14	18	52	−34	11

Source: Auckland Football ^[13]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss ^[14]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

• Melville won 1–0, but West Coast fielded an ineligible player. Result upgraded to a 3–0 win for Melville. ^[5]
• North Shore won 2–0, but West Coast fielded an ineligible player. Result upgraded to a 3–0 win for North Shore. ^[5]
• League completed early with games still in hand due to Covid-19 and Auckland being in Level 4. ^[9]

Northern League results table

Home \ Away	AC	AU	BO	BU	ES	HW	MAN	MEL	NS	NR	WC	WS
Auckland City	—	3–1	7–0	5–0	DNP	3–1	3–1	DNP	4–1	2–1	2–0	4–3
Auckland United	DNP	—	1–2	5–0	2–0	7–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	6–3	4–1	1–4
Bay Olympic	1–2	1–1	—	0–3	1–2	2–7	4–3	DNP	DNP	6–2	1–0	3–2
Birkenhead United	4–3	0–1	DNP	—	2–1	0–3	2–2	9–0	7–1	1–1	3–1	2–3
Eastern Suburbs	0–5	2–0	1–0	4–2	—	DNP	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	DNP	1–1
Hamilton Wanderers	0–5	1–3	DNP	3–3	2–1	—	1–4	2–2	1–2	4–3	2–2	DNP
Manukau United	2–2	3–3	3–1	DNP	0–3	1–2	—	3–5	1–1	2–0	3–2	DNP
Melville United	0–3	DNP	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–1	3–0 [lower-alpha 1]	5–3
North Shore United	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	3–4	1–1	DNP	3–2	—	2–2	4–1	4–4
Northern Rovers	1–4	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–2	1–1	0–1	DNP	—	DNP	1–1
West Coast Rangers	0–4	0–3	3–3	0–4	0–4	DNP	0–1	2–0	0–3 [lower-alpha 2]	3–2	—	1–5
Western Springs	DNP	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	6–2	3–2	DNP [lower-alpha 3]	1–2	—

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

1. Melville won 1–0, but West Coast fielded an ineligible player. Result upgraded to a 3–0 win for Melville.
2. North Shore won 2–0, but West Coast fielded an ineligible player. Result upgraded to a 3–0 win for North Shore.
3. DNP = Did not play due to season finishing early ^[9]

Northern League scoring

As of Completed as of 14 August 2021

Northern League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [15]
1	Alex Greive	Birkenhead United	19
2	Angus Kilkolly	Auckland City	18
3	Monty Patterson	Auckland United	15
4	Jake Mechell	Eastern Suburbs	12
5	Horace James	North Shore United	10
	Joseph Lee	North Shore United
	Kayne Vincent	Western Springs
8	Sam Margetts	Western Springs	9
9	Maro Bonsu-Maro	Manukau United	8
	Adam Dickinson	Northern Rovers
	Sanni Issa	Birkenhead United / Manukau United
	Emiliano Tade	Auckland City

Northern League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
1 [16]	Jama Boss [lower-alpha 1]	Melville United	Manukau United	Home	5–3	27 March 2021
3 [17]	Alex Greive	Birkenhead United	West Coast Rangers	Away	4–0	5 April 2021
5 [18]	Alex Greive	Birkenhead United	North Shore United	Away	3–2	17 April 2021
6 [19]	Michael Built	Eastern Suburbs	Birkenhead United	Home	4–2	24 April 2021
7 [20]	Alex Greive	Birkenhead United	Melville United	Home	9–0	1 May 2021
	Alex Connor-McClean
10 [21]	Emiliano Tade	Auckland City	Eastern Suburbs	Away	5–0	22 May 2021
15 [22]	Jake Mechell	Eastern Suburbs	North Shore United	Away	4-3	17 July 2021
16 [23]	Monty Patterson	Auckland United	Hamilton Wanderers	Home	7-0	24 July 2021

1. Player scored 4 goals

2021 Central League

Central League

Season	2021
Dates	27 March 2021 – 25 September 2021
Champions	Wellington Olympic
Relegated	Wainiuomata
Matches played	90
Goals scored	434 (4.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Ott (21)
Biggest home win	Lower Hutt City 12–1 Wainuiomata (26 June 2021)
Biggest away win	Wainuiomata 1–7 Miramar Rangers (3 July 2021) Napier City Rovers 0–6 Western Suburbs (15 August 2021)
Highest scoring	Lower Hutt City 12–1 Wainuiomata (26 June 2021)
Longest winning run	8 matches Lower Hutt City
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Miramar Rangers
2022 →

Central League teams

Team	Home ground	Location
Lower Hutt City	Fraser Park	Lower Hutt
Miramar Rangers	David Farrington Park	Miramar, Wellington
Napier City Rovers	Bluewater Stadium	Napier
North Wellington	Alex Moore Park	Johnsonville, Wellington
Petone	Memorial Park	Petone, Lower Hutt
Wainuiomata	Richard Prouse Park	Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt
Wairarapa United	Memorial Park Turf	Masterton
Waterside Karori	Karori Park	Karori, Wellington
Wellington Olympic	Wakefield Park	Wellington
Western Suburbs	Endeavour Park	Porirua

^{[11] [12]}

Central League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wellington Olympic (C, Q)	18	15	2	1	59	18	+41	47	Winner of Central League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Miramar Rangers (Q)	18	13	3	2	64	17	+47	42	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Lower Hutt City [lower-alpha 1]	18	13	2	3	70	26	+44	41
4	Western Suburbs (Q)	18	9	4	5	46	25	+21	31	Qualification to National League Championship
5	Wairarapa United (R)	18	6	6	6	37	44	−7	24	Withdrew before the 2022 season. [lower-alpha 2]
6	Waterside Karori	18	6	4	8	31	42	−11	22
7	Napier City Rovers	18	5	2	11	37	51	−14	17
8	North Wellington	18	4	4	10	46	57	−11	16
9	Petone	18	4	0	14	27	68	−41	12
10	Wainuiomata (R)	18	1	1	16	17	86	−69	4	Relegation to Capital Premier

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 ^[26]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lower Hutt City cannot qualify for the National League Championship phase due to their MoU with Wellington Phoenix Reserves.
2. Wairarapa United withdrew two weeks before the 2022 season and were replaced by Wellington United. ^{[24] [25]}

Central League results table

Home \ Away	LH	MR	NC	NW	PT	WN	WU	WK	WO	WS
Lower Hutt City	—	4–2	3–0	3–1	6–0	12–1	3–0	4–2	1–2	4–1
Miramar Rangers	1–0	—	4–2	5–2	7–1	6–0	8–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Napier City Rovers	1–5	1–4	—	5–4	7–0	5–0	2–3	0–0	0–3	0–6
North Wellington	4–5	1–1	4–4	—	4–6	1–3	3–4	2–3	3–3	2–3
Petone	1–5	0–4	0–1	3–5	—	4–2	0–1	3–1	1–3	1–3
Wainuiomata	1–5	1–7	1–5	1–2	2–4	—	1–1	1–3	1–7	1–4
Wairarapa United	1–4	0–5	5–0	2–2	4–2	7–0	—	1–1	1–6	2–2
Waterside Karori	4–4	1–4	3–2	0–3	4–0	2–1	2–2	—	2–4	1–0
Wellington Olympic	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	7–1	4–0	1–0	6–0	—	3–2
Western Suburbs	1–1	1–4	4–1	4–0	2–0	7–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	—

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

Central League scoring

As of Completed as of 25 September 2021

Central League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [27]
1	George Ott	Lower Hutt City	21
2	Riley Bidois	Lower Hutt City	16
3	Jared Cunniff	Wellington Olympic	15
4	Gianni Bouzoukis	Wellington Olympic	14
	Sam Mason-Smith	Miramar Rangers
6	Kailan Gould	Napier City Rovers / Wellington Olympic	11
	Jack-Henry Sinclair	Wellington Olympic
	Luis Toomey	Lower Hutt City
9	Ihaia Delaney	North Wellington / Western Suburbs	10
	João Moreira	Miramar Rangers

Central League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
2 [28]	Riley Bidois	Lower Hutt City	Petone	Away	1–5	2 April 2021
2 [29]	Kailan Gould [lower-alpha 1]	Napier City Rovers	Petone	Home	7–0	18 April 2021
6 [30]	Sam Mason-Smith	Miramar Rangers	Wairarapa United	Home	8–1	1 May 2021
7 [31]			Petone	Away	0–4	8 May 2021
7 [32]	Jared Cunniff	Wairarapa United	Wainuiomata	Home	7–0	8 May 2021
8 [33]	George Ott	Lower Hutt City	Wairarapa United	Away	1–4	22 May 2021
8 [34]	Max Batchelor	North Wellington	Petone	Away	3–5	22 May 2021
8 [35]	João Moreira	Miramar Rangers	Napier City Rovers	Away	1–4	23 May 2021
9 [36]	Jaga Scott-Greenfield	Petone	Wainuiomata	Away	2–4	29 May 2021
10 [37]	Gianni Bouzoukis	Wellington Olympic	Wairarapa United	Away	1–6	5 June 2021
12 [38]	Luis Toomey [lower-alpha 2]	Lower Hutt City	Wainuiomata	Home	12–1	26 June 2021
	George Ott
15 [39]	Gianni Bouzoukis	Wellington Olympic	Petone	Home	7–1	24 July 2021
15 [40]	Ihaia Delaney [lower-alpha 1]	Western Suburbs	Wainuiomata	Home	7–0	25 July 2021
16 [41]	Ollie Whyte	Miramar Rangers	Petone	Home	7–1	7 August 2021
17 [42]	Stefan Cordwell	Waterside Karori	Lower Hutt City	Home	4–4	14 August 2021
17 [43]	Isaac Snell	Petone FC	Wainuiomata	Home	4–2	14 August 2021

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

2021 Southern League

Southern League

Season	2021
Dates	17 July 2021 - 3 October 2021
Champions	Cashmere Technical
Relegated	Otago University
Matches played	28
Goals scored	121 (4.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Garbhan Coughlan Edward Wilkinson (7 goals each)
Biggest home win	Otago University 6–0 Green Island (30 September 2021)
Biggest away win	Otago University 0–4 Cashmere Technical (8 August 2021)
Highest scoring	Cashmere Technical 6–2 Green Island (17 July 2021)
Longest winning run	5 matches Cashmere Technical
Longest unbeaten run	5 matches Cashmere Technical
2022 →

Southern League teams

Unlike the Northern and Central Leagues, the Southern League is the culmination of two regional tournaments, each of which provide teams to the Southern League in much the same way as the Northern, Central, and Southern Leagues provide teams for the National League. The top five teams in the Mainland Premier League and top three teams from the FootballSouth Premier League qualify for entry into the Southern League. ^[44]

Team	Home ground	Location	Competition
Cashmere Technical	Garrick Memorial Park	Woolston, Christchurch	Mainland Premier League champions
Christchurch United	United Sports Centre	Yaldhurst, Christchurch	Mainland Premier League, 3rd
Coastal Spirit	Linfield Park	Linwood, Christchurch	Mainland Premier League, 2nd
Green Island	Sunnyvale Park	Green Island, Dunedin	FootballSouth Premier League, 2nd
Nelson Suburbs	Saxton Field	Nelson	Mainland Premier League, 4th
Otago University	Football Turf	Dunedin North	FootballSouth Premier League, 3rd
Selwyn United	Foster Park	Rolleston	Mainland Premier League, 5th
South City Royals	Football Turf	Dunedin North	FootballSouth Premier League champions

Southern League personnel

Team	Manager	Captain
Cashmere Technical	Dan Schwarz	Tom Schwarz
Christchurch United	Danny Halligan	Daniel McCay
Coastal Spirit	Ekow Quainoo	Michael Hogan
Green Island	Shane Carvell	Tom Milton
Nelson Suburbs	Neil Connell	Sam Ayers
Otago University	Darren Hart	Timothy O'Farrell
Selwyn United	Chris Brown	Jayden Booth
South City Royals	Richard Murray	Jared Grove

Southern League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cashmere Technical (C, Q)	7	6	0	1	25	7	+18	18	Winner of Southern League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Selwyn United (Q)	7	4	1	2	14	12	+2	13	Qualification to National League Championship
3	South City Royals	7	4	0	3	15	16	−1	12
4	Otago University (R)	7	4	0	3	14	15	−1	12	Relegated to the FootballSouth Premier League [lower-alpha 1] /Mainland Premier League
5	Christchurch United	7	3	1	3	20	15	+5	10
6	Coastal Spirit	7	3	0	4	12	12	0	9
7	Nelson Suburbs	7	1	1	5	10	17	−7	4
8	Green Island	7	1	1	5	11	27	−16	4

Source: Southern 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 ^[46]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

1. Otago University were relegated due to not meeting the requirements of the 2022 National League. ^[45]

Southern League results table

Home \ Away	CT	CU	CS	GI	NS	OU	SU	SC
Cashmere Technical		3–2	0–1	6–2				5–0
Christchurch United			3–2			5–0		3–4
Coastal Spirit					1–0	3–0	2–4
Green Island		2–4	3–2		2–4			1–4
Nelson Suburbs	1–5	1–1				1–3	1–2
Otago University	0–4			6–0			3–1
Selwyn United	1–2	3–2		1–1
South City Royals			2–1		3–2	1–2	1–2

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

Southern League scoring

As of Completed

Southern League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [47]
1	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	7
	Edward Wilkinson	Christchurch United
3	Ryan Fleming	South City Royals	6
4	Kenshin Hayashi	Coastal Spirit	5
	Daniel McClay	Christchurch United
6	Cameron Anderson	Green Island	4
	Aidan Barbour-Ryan	Otago University
	Oliver Colloty	Christchurch United
	Adam Hewson	Green Island
	Yuya Taguchi	Cashmere Technical

Southern League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
3 [48]	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	Otago University	Away	0–4	8 August 2021
6 [49]	Yuya Taguchi	Cashmere Technical	South City Royals	Home	5-0	25 August 2021

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
3 [50]	Timothy O'Farrell	Otago University	Cashmere Technical
7 [51]	Cameron Brewitt	Green Island	Coastal Spirit

Qualified clubs

Auckland  teams:
Auckland City
Auckland United
Birkenhead United
Eastern Suburbs

Wellington  teams:
Miramar Rangers
Wellington Olympic
Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Western Suburbs

Cashmere Technical

Selwyn United

Association	Team	Position in Regional League	App (last)	Previous best (last)
Northern League (4 berths)	Auckland City	1st	1st [lower-alpha 1]	Debut [lower-alpha 2]
	Auckland United	2nd	1st	Debut
	Eastern Suburbs	3rd	1st [lower-alpha 1]	Debut [lower-alpha 2]
	Birkenhead United	4th	1st	Debut
Central League (3 berths)	Wellington Olympic	1st	1st	Debut
	Miramar Rangers	2nd	1st [lower-alpha 3]	Debut [lower-alpha 4]
	Western Suburbs	4th [lower-alpha 5]	1st [lower-alpha 3]	Debut [lower-alpha 6]
Southern League (2 berths)	Cashmere Technical	1st	1st	Debut
	Selwyn United	2nd	1st	Debut
Wellington Phoenix (automatic berth)	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Automatic qualification	1st [lower-alpha 1]	Debut [lower-alpha 7]

1. Debut under new competition but played National League before in the New Zealand Football Championship
2. Previously won the National League when playing in the New Zealand Football Championship
3. Debut under new competition but played National League before in the New Zealand National Soccer League
4. Previously won the National League when playing in the New Zealand National Soccer League
5. Lower Hutt City finished third but cannot qualify for the National League Championship phase due to their MoU with Wellington Phoenix Reserves. ^[7]
6. Previously finished 8th when playing in the New Zealand National Soccer League
7. Previously best is 6th place in the New Zealand Football Championship in 2014–15

Championship phase

New Zealand National League: South Central Series

Season	2021
Dates	6 November 2021 - 12 December 2021
Champions	Miramar Rangers
Matches played	16
Goals scored	70 (4.38 per match)
Best Player	Pieter-Taco Bierema (Selwyn United)
Top goalscorer	Ollie Whyte (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Wellington Phoenix Reserves 6–0 Western Suburbs (4 December 2021)
Biggest away win	Selwyn United 0–5 Wellington Phoenix Reserves (27 November 2021)
Highest scoring	Miramar Rangers 7–2 Wellington Olympic (12 December 2021)
← 2020–21 NZFC 2022 →

South Central Series

For the women's competition, see 2021 New Zealand Women's National League § South Central Series.

With confirmation that the alert levels were not changing to a level that would allow Auckland and Waikato teams to play in the National Competition, New Zealand Football announced that they were cancelling the rest of the National League. In its place, they instead decided on a one-off interregional competition, the National League: South Central Series. New Zealand Football also confirmed that the National League: South Central Series did not have any bearing on OFC Champions League qualification, which is separately being discussed with the OFC. ^[1]

South Central table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miramar Rangers (C, Q)	5	3	2	0	13	10	+3	11	Qualification to Grand Final
2	Wellington Olympic (Q)	5	3	1	1	15	13	+2	10
3	Cashmere Technical	5	3	0	2	8	4	+4	9
4	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	5	2	0	3	15	8	+7	6
5	Western Suburbs	5	2	0	3	6	11	−5	6
6	Selwyn United	5	0	1	4	4	15	−11	1

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 ^[52]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

South Central results table

Home \ Away	CT	MR	SU	WO	WP	WS
Cashmere Technical		1–2		5–1		0–1
Miramar Rangers			2–2	4–4	3–2
Selwyn United	0–1				0–5
Wellington Olympic			4–1			2–1
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	0–1			2–4		6–0
Western Suburbs		1–2	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2021. Source: New Zealand Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South Central 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 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it is added to the standings for round 16.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
Miramar Rangers	2	2	2	2	1
Wellington Olympic	1	1	1	1	2
Cashmere Technical	3	4	4	4	3
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	6	5	5	5	4
Western Suburbs	4	3	3	3	5
Selwyn United	5	6	6	6	6

	Leader and Grand Final
	Grand Final

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2021. Source: New Zealand Football

Grand Final

Sunday, 12 December 2021

14:00 NZDT

Miramar Rangers	7–2	Wellington Olympic
Simes 8' Mason-Smith 24' Whyte 27', 39' Delhommelle 52' Midgley 59' Moreira 87'	Report	Bouzoukis 19' Chote 31'

Jerry Collins Stadium , Wellington

Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh

Statistics

As of 12 December 2021

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ollie Whyte	Miramar Rangers	7
2	Kailan Gould	Wellington Olympic	5
	Luis Toomey	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
4	Sam Mason-Smith	Miramar Rangers	4
	Ben Mata	Wellington Olympic
	João Moreira	Miramar Rangers
	Josh Rudland	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
	Oskar van Hattum	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
9	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	3
10	Gianni Bouzoukis	Wellington Olympic	2
	Harry Chote	Wellington Olympic
	Ihaia Delaney	Western Suburbs
	Hugo Delhommelle	Miramar Rangers
	Wan Gatkek	Western Suburbs
	Kaelin Nguyen	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
	Yuya Taguchi	Cashmere Technical

Hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
2 [53]	Kailan Gould	Wellington Olympic	Selwyn United	Home	4–1	13 November 2021
3 [54]	Ollie Whyte	Miramar Rangers	Wellington Olympic	Home	4–4	20 November 2021
4 [55]	Josh Rudland	Wellington Phoenix	Selwyn United	Away	0–5	27 November 2021
5 [56]	Luis Toomey	Wellington Phoenix	Western Suburbs	Home	6–0	4 December 2021

Records

The records that follow are accurate as of the end of the 2021 South Central Series. Only games played in the South Central Series (including the final) are considered below. As the 2021 National League season was cancelled, this series is not officially part of the National League records. ^[57]

• Biggest home win: – Wellington Phoenix Reserves 6–0 Western Suburbs (4 December 2021)
• Biggest away win: – Selwyn United 0–5 Wellington Phoenix Reserves (27 November 2021)
• Highest scoring match: 9 goals – Miramar Rangers 7–2 Wellington Olympic (12 December 2021)
• Most goals scored in the season: 15 – Wellington Olympic, Wellington Phoenix Reserves
• Most goals scored in the season (including final): 20 – Miramar Rangers
• Fewest goals conceded in the season: 4 – Cashmere Technical
• Highest points in the season: 11 – Miramar Rangers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2021	Ollie Whyte	Miramar Rangers	7

Awards

League	MVP [58]	Club	Top scorer [58]	Club
Northern League	Alex Greive	Birkenhead United	Alex Greive	Birkenhead United
Central League	Jonty Roubos	Wairarapa United	George Ott	Lower Hutt City
Southern League	Pieter-Taco Bierema	Selwyn United	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical
South Central Series	Pieter-Taco Bierema	Selwyn United	Ollie Whyte	Miramar Rangers

Team of the season [59]
Goalkeeper	Pieter-Taco Bierema (Selwyn United)
Defenders	Tom Schwarz (Cashmere Technical)				Taylor Schrijvers (Miramar Rangers)				Ben Mata (Wellington Olympic)
Midfielders	Jack-Henry Sinclair (Wellington Olympic)			Hugo Delhommelle (Miramar Rangers)			Luis Toomey (Wellington Phoenix Reserves)			Robert Sabo (Western Suburbs)
Forwards	Oskar van Hattum (Wellington Phoenix Reserves)				Ollie Whyte (Miramar Rangers)				Kailan Gould (Wellington Olympic)

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