Central Federation League

Last updated

The Central Federation League is an amateur status league competition run by Central Football for association football clubs located in the central region of the North Island, New Zealand. It is currently in the third level of the New Zealand football league system, below the Central League administered by Capital Football and is entered by clubs from the Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay and Gisborne districts.

Contents

Central Federation League
Central Federation League logo.png
Founded2000
Country New Zealand
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to Central League
Relegation toTaranaki Premiership
Pacific Premiership
Horizon's Premiership
Domestic cup(s) Chatham Cup
League cup(s)Central Federation Cup
Central Federation League Cup
Current champions Palmerston North Marist (3rd title)
(2023)
Most championships Havelock North Wanderers
Napier City Rovers
Palmerston North Marist
Team Taranaki
(3 titles each)
Website https://www.centralfootball.co.nz/

History

The league was launched in 2000 and began within the second tier of the New Zealand league system as a replacement for the disbanded triple division Central League, which had run in various forms since 1966. [1]

Current clubs

New Zealand location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Gisborne Thistle
Red pog.svg
Palmerston North United
Red pog.svg
Red pog.svg
Red pog.svg
Taradale
Red pog.svg
class=notpageimage|
Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2024 Central Federation League season

As of the 2024 season. [2]

ClubLocationHome Ground(s)2023 season
Gisborne Thistle Gisborne Childers Road Reserve 4th
Napier City Rovers (2) Napier Bluewater Stadium 3rd
Palmerston North United Palmerston North Memorial Park 2nd
Palmerston North Marist Palmerston North Central Energy Trust Arena Turf1st
Taradale Napier Taradale Park5th
Whanganui Athletic Wembley Park Whanganui 10th in Central League (relegated)

(2) — Denotes club's second team

2022 League Table

ClubPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Whanganui Athletic 141220487+4138
Palmerston North Marist 1410223912+2732
North End 149233714+2329
Massey University 147162730-322
Napier Marist 146172541-1619
Napier City Rovers 145092736-915
Levin 1411121243-314
Gisborne Thistle 1411121244-324

2022 Central League place play-off

Central League play-off
First leg
Whanganui Athletic 2–2 Stop Out
  • Holden Soccerball shade.svg58' (pen.)
  • Smith Soccerball shade.svg82'
  • Patterson-Gunn Soccerball shade.svg19'
  • Prins Soccerball shade.svg78'
Wembley Park, Whanganui
Referee: Matthew Hastings
Central League play-off
Second leg
Stop Out 3–2 (a.e.t.) Whanganui Athletic
  • Tuck Soccerball shade.svg85', 104'
  • Craven Soccerball shade.svg90+7'
 Report
  • Bell Soccerball shade.svg64'
  • Holden Soccerball shade.svg90+6'
Hutt Park, Lower Hutt
Referee: Aaron Clarke

Aggregate score 5–4. Stop Out promoted to the 2022 Central League. In late 2022 Whanganui Athletic were also promoted to the 2023 Central League after the withdrawal of Wellington United from the competition. [3]

2021 League Table

ClubPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Havelock North Wanderers 1613215516+3940
Palmerston North Marist 1611146226+3634
Whanganui Athletic 169343823+1530
Gisborne Thistle 16100643321130
Massey University 168444031928
North End 167183536-122
Napier Marist 1631122557-3210
Levin 1622121545-308
New Plymouth Rangers 1621131562-477

2021 Central League place play-off

Central League play-off
First leg
Wellington United 5–3 Havelock North Wanderers
Newtown Park , Wellington
Central League play-off
Second leg
Havelock North Wanderers 3–1 Wellington United
Guthrie Park, Havelock North
Referee: Matthew Conger

Aggregate score 6–6. Havelock North Wanderers win tie on away goal rule and are promoted to the 2022 Central League.

Note - Wairarapa United withdrew from the 2022 Central League prior to the start of the season and were subsequently replaced by Wellington United. [4]

Past Clubs

ClubLocationHome Ground(s)Last Season
Gisborne City Gisborne Childers Road Reserve 2003 - merged as Gisborne City Marist
Moturoa AFC New Plymouth Onuku Taipari Domain2003 - league position given to Team Taranaki
Gisborne City Marist Gisborne Childers Road Reserve 2004 - withdrew
Manawatu AFC Palmerston North 2004 (amalgamated)
Red Sox Riverside Palmerston North 2004 (amalgamated)
Linton Area Defence FC Palmerston North Linton Military Camp 2005 - withdrew
Napier City Rovers Napier Bluewater Stadium 2010 - withdrew to Pacific Premiership
Feilding United Manawatu Timona Park2015 - withdrew
Team Taranaki New Plymouth Yarrow Stadium 2016 - promoted to 2017 Central League
Port Hill United Napier Marewa Park2016 - withdrew
Wanganui City FC Whanganui Wembley Park2019 - withdrew
Palmerston North Boys' High School Palmerston North High School Ground2019 - relegated
Hokowhitu FC Palmerston North Hokowhitu Park2019 - withdrew
Red Sox Manawatu Palmerston North 2020 - withdrew
New Plymouth Rangers New Plymouth Merrilands Domain2021 - relegated
Havelock North Wanderers Havelock North Guthrie Park2021 - promoted to 2022 Central League
Levin Levin Donnelly Park2022 - withdrew
Napier Marist Napier Bluewater Stadium 2022 - withdrew
North End Palmerston North Memorial Park 2022 - merged as Palmerston North United
Massey University Palmerston North Massey University 2022 - merged as Palmerston North United
Whanganui Athletic Whanganui Wembley Park2022 - promoted to as Champions to 2023 Central League

Records

Past Champions

[5]

Central Federation Cup

The Lotto Central Federation Cup is the premier men's knock-out trophy of the Central Football Federation and is contested annually by clubs affiliated to the Central Football Federation. The cup competition in its current form began in 2009, with the exception of the COVID-19 affected 2020 season when the first round of matches was initially scheduled then subsequently cancelled.

Central Federation Cup Champions

*(2) denotes club's second team

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central League (New Zealand)</span> Football league

The Central League is an amateur status league run by Capital Football for association football clubs located in the southern and central parts of the North Island. It is a New Zealand top-tier competition during the winter season, and sits at step two overall under the summer National League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Team Taranaki</span> Football club

Team Taranaki was an amateur association football composite club based in the Taranaki region of New Zealand which drew its players from the 13 local football clubs. After winning promotion in 2016 Team Taranaki contested the Central Premier League in 2017 then withdrew from the competition in 2018

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moturoa AFC</span> Association football club in New Zealand

Moturoa AFC is one of New Zealand's oldest association football clubs. Based in New Plymouth, the club traces its establishment back to the Watersiders Association Football Club.

The 2015 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 88th annual knockout football competition.

The 2017 Chatham Cup was New Zealand's 90th annual knockout football competition.

The 2016 Women's Knockout Cup is New Zealand's women's 23rd knockout football competition.

The 2016 Chatham Cup was New Zealand's 89th annual knockout football competition.

The 2018 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 91st annual knockout football competition.

The 2019 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 92nd annual knockout football competition.

The 2013 ASB Chatham Cup was New Zealand's 86th knockout football competition.

The 2021 Kate Sheppard Cup is New Zealand's women's 27th annual knockout football competition after the competition was cancelled, for the first time in its history, last season due to COVID-19. This is the fourth year that the competition is known by the Kate Sheppard Cup, or New Zealand Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup for sponsorship purposes, after previously been known as the Women's Knockout Cup since its establishment. The cup has had twelve different winners lift the trophy over its 27 year history with Lynn-Avon United from Auckland being the most successful and Eastern Suburbs being the current holders from the 2019 season.

The 2021 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 93rd annual knockout football competition.

The 2014 Chatham Cup was New Zealand's 87th annual knockout football competition.

The Capital Premier League is an amateur status league competition run by Capital Football for Association football clubs located in the southern part of the North Island, New Zealand. It is at the third level of New Zealand Football behind the national club based New Zealand National League and leads to promotion into the Central League, which is the second highest level of club based football available to teams within the region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central Football (New Zealand)</span> New Zealand football club

Central Football is one of seven federations of New Zealand Football, representing regions of Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū, Hawke's Bay and Gisborne.

The 2022 New Zealand Men's National League is the second scheduled season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021; the 2021 National League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in northern regions. 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. Each team can field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. Each team must also have at least two players aged 20 or under in the starting eleven.

The 2022 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 94th annual knockout football competition.

The 2022 Kate Sheppard Cup is New Zealand's women's 28th annual knockout football competition. This is the fifth year that the competition is known by the Kate Sheppard Cup, or New Zealand Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup for sponsorship purposes, after previously been known as the Women's Knockout Cup since its establishment. The cup has had thirteen different winners lift the trophy over its 28 year history with Lynn-Avon United from Auckland being the most successful and Wellington United being the current holders from the 2021 season.

The 2023 New Zealand Men's National League was the third scheduled season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021; the 2021 National League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in northern regions. 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. Each team can field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. Over the course of the season, each team must also ensure players aged 20 or under account for 10% of available playing minutes.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Football". ultimatenzsoccer. 20 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "Central Football Federation League 2023". Central Football . Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Whanganui Athletic to join Central League for 2023 season". New Zealand Football. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Update to the 2022 Central League". NZ Football. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Honours Board". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.