NRFL Championship

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NRFL Championship
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Founded1965
Country Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to Northern League
Relegation to NRFL Northern Conference
NRFL Southern Conference
Domestic cup(s) Chatham Cup
Current champions Tauranga City (2nd title)
(2023)
Most championships Birkenhead United
Central United
East Coast Bays
Onehunga Sports
(3 titles each)
Website nrf.org.nz
Current: 2024 NRFL Championship

The Northern Regional Football League Championship, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a semi-professional New Zealand association football league competition. Up until 2022, the competition was known as NRFL Division 1. [1] [2] [3]

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The league includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, with clubs from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty provinces. The league sits at step 3 of the New Zealand football pyramid.

Current clubs

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Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2024 NRFL Championship season
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Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2024 NRFL Championship season

Takapuna and Manukau United joined the league following their relegation the season prior from the Northern League. Franklin United were promoted as winners of NRFL Conference play-offs.

Tauranga City won the 2023 season and were promoted alongside East Coast Bays to the Northern League, while Waiheke United were relegated to NRFL Northern Conference.

TeamLocationStadium2023 season
Ellerslie Ellerslie, Auckland Michaels Avenue7th
Franklin United Drury Drury Sports Grounds1st in Northern Conference (promoted via play-offs)
Fencibles United Pakuranga, Auckland Riverhills Domain8th
Hibiscus Coast Whangaparaoa, Auckland Stanmore Bay Park6th
Manukau United Māngere East, Auckland Centre Park 12th in Northern League (relegated)
Metro Mount Albert, Auckland Phyllis Street11th
Mount Albert-Ponsonby Mount Albert, Auckland Anderson Park4th
Ngaruawahia United Ngāruawāhia Centennial Park, Ngāruawāhia3rd
North Shore United Devonport, Auckland Allen Hill Stadium5th
Northern Rovers Glenfield, Auckland McFetridge Park9th
Onehunga-Mangere United Māngere Bridge, Auckland Māngere Domain 10th
Takapuna Takapuna, Auckland Taharoto Park11th in Northern League (relegated)

Past winners

Numbers in parentheses indicate wins up to that date.

SeasonWinner [4] Promoted
1965 [5] Ponsonby Eden
1966 [6] Lynndale Hamilton
1967 [7] Birkenhead United Rotorua City
1968 [8] Courier Rangers Hamilton
1969 [9] Whangarei Birkenhead United
1970 [10] Takapuna City Papatoetoe
East Coast Bays
Huntly Thistle
1971 [11] Metro College Ellerslie
1972 [12] Papakura City Lynndale
1973 [13] Manurewa Papatoetoe
1974 [14] Whangarei City (2) Takapuna City
1975 [15] Lynndale (2)Rotorua City
1976 [16] Glenfield Rovers Metro College
1977 [17] Ellerslie Mt. Roskill
1978 East Coast Bays Metro College
1979 Waitemata City Papatoetoe
1980 Birkenhead United (2)Rotorua City
1981 Eden Whangarei City
1982 University Lynndale
1983 Otara Rangers [lower-alpha 1]
1984 Howick Papakura City
1985 Mount Maunganui Otara Rangers
1986 Waikato Oratia United
Kelston West
1987 Mount Albert-Ponsonby [lower-alpha 2] (2) Manukau City
Blockhouse Bay
1988 Central Rotorua City
1989 East Coast Bays (2) Massey
1990 University (2)
1991 Central (2)Rotorua City
Kawerau Town
1992 Tauranga City Eden
Pakuranga Town
1993 Melville United Onehunga Sports
1994 Metro (2) Ngaruawahia United
1995 Cambridge Northland United
Hamilton Wanderers
Takapuna
1996 Glenfield Rovers [lower-alpha 3] (2)
1997 Hamilton Wanderers Glenfield Rovers
1998 Three Kings United Tauranga City
1999 Takapuna (2) Eastern Suburbs
2000 Central United (3) Manukau City
2001 Onehunga Sports Bay Olympic
2002 Waitakere City University-Mount Wellington
2003 East Coast Bays (3)Mangere United
2004 Papakura City (2)
2005 Albany United Birkenhead United
2006 Onehunga Sports (2) Hamilton Wanderers
2007 Lynn-Avon United Melville United
Metro
Three Kings United
Papatoetoe
Mount Albert-Ponsonby
2008 [18] Manurewa (2)
2009 Three Kings United (2)
2010 [19] [lower-alpha 4] Hamilton Wanderers (2)
Onehunga Sports (3)
2011 [20] Eastern Suburbs Manurewa
2012 [21] Birkenhead United (3) Ellerslie
2013 [22] Glenfield Rovers (3) Ngaruawahia United
2014 [23] Western Springs Eastern Suburbs
Melville United
2015 [24] Forrest Hill Milford United Tauranga City United
2016 [25] Waitakere City (2) Manurewa
2017 [26] Western Springs (2) Manukau City
2018 [27] Melville United (2) North Shore United
2019 [28] [29] Forrest Hill Milford United (2) Bay Olympic
2020Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
2021 [30] [31] [lower-alpha 5] Waiheke United Takapuna
2022 [33] West Coast Rangers Manurewa
2023 [34] Tauranga City (2) East Coast Bays
  1. ↑ No promotion to the Northern League due to the resizing of the league in 1984.
  2. ↑ First title was won as Ponsonby.
  3. ↑ No promotion to the Northern League due to the restructuring of the National league in 1996—97.
  4. ↑ Division 1 split into two leagues after a grading round with Hamilton Wanderers winning Division 1A and Onehunga Sports winning Division 1B.
  5. ↑ Season cancelled with games in hand due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. [32]

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