NRFL Conference

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NRFL Conference
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Founded1965
Country Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Number of clubs17
Level on pyramid 4
Promotion to NRFL Championship
Relegation to NRF League One
WaiBOP League One
Current championsNorthern: Waiheke United (1st title)
Southern: Cambridge (2nd title)
(2024)
Most championships Tauranga City [a] , Western Springs (3 titles)
Website Northern Region Football
Current: 2025 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. [1] [2] [3]

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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

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Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2025 NRFL Conference season
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Red pog.svg NRFL Southern Conference

Northern Conference

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Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2025 NRFL Northern Conference season

As of the 2025 season.

TeamLocationStadium2024 season
Albany United Albany, Auckland Rosedale Park 4th
Beachlands Maraetai Beachlands, Auckland Te Puru Park6th [b]
Bucklands Beach Bucklands Beach Lloyd Elsmore Park 5th
Central United Sandringham Kiwitea Street 1st in NRF League One (promoted)
Franklin United Drury Drury Sports Grounds12th in Championship (relegated)
Metro Mount Albert, Auckland Phyllis Street11th in Championship (relegated)
Northland Morningside, Whangārei Morningside Park3rd
Waitemata Te Atatū South, Auckland McLeod Park2nd
  1. ↑ Second and third titles under the name Tauranga City United
  2. ↑ Beachlands Maraetai were relegated at the end of the 2024 season, however, Waiheke United withdrew in March 2025 and Beachlands were reprieved of relegation. [4] [5]

Southern Conference

As of the 2025 season.

TeamLocationStadium2024 season
Claudelands Rovers Claudelands, Hamilton Galloway Park3rd
Matamata Swifts Matamata Matamata Domain3rd in WaiBOP League One (promoted)
Ngongotahā Lakes [A] Ngongotahā, Rotorua Tamarahi Reserve7th
Northern United Rototuna North, Hamilton Korikori Park2nd in WaiBOP League One (promoted)
Otumoetai Matua, Tauranga Fergusson Park4th
Papamoa Papamoa Beach, Papamoa Gordon Spratt Reserve6th
Taupo Tauhara, Taupō Crown Park2nd
West Hamilton United Melville, Hamilton Mahoe Park9th in WaiBOP League One (promoted) [B]
  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. [6]
  2. ↑ Waikato Unicol withdrew before the start of the 2025 season and were replaced by West Hamilton United. [7] [8]

Past champions

Source: [9]

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. ↑ "Champions Waiheke United withdraw from NRFL Men's Northern Conference". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
    5. ↑ "A New Strategy for Long-Term Success". Waiheke United AFC. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025– via Facebook.
    6. ↑ "Clubs form partnership to compete in new Lotto NRFL Southern Conference". friendsoffootballnz.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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    8. ↑ "Withdrawals and new entries force changes to Lotto NRFL Southern Conference". friendsoffootballnz.com. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
    9. ↑ "Honours Board". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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