Wynton Alan Whai Rufer is a New Zealand retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent more than a decade of his professional career in Switzerland and Germany, achieving his greatest success at Werder Bremen, where he won a total of four major titles and finished the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League 1993–94 season. He was also a member of the New Zealand national team in its first FIFA World Cup appearance in 1982. He was named the Oceania Footballer of the Century by the Oceania Football Confederation.
Ivan Robert Vicelich is a New Zealand former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. He is his country's and Oceania's most-capped international of all time with 88 caps between 1995 and 2013, and featured at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
North Shore United Association Football Club is an amateur football club based in the North Shore, Auckland. They compete in the NRFL Championship, after being relegated in 2022.
Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, as of 2021 competing in the Central Premier League.
Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club is an association football club based in the suburb of Kohimarama in Auckland, New Zealand. The club competes in the Northern League.
Tauranga City AFC is a football club based in Tauranga, New Zealand. The men's and women's teams currently both compete in the NRFL Championship.
Miramar Rangers AFC is an amateur New Zealand association football club in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. The club is one of the most successful in New Zealand having won the Chatham Cup four times and the National League title twice. Over the last decade the club has played in the Central League and has won the division seven times, most recently in 2020.
Birkenhead United AFC is an amateur football club based in Beach Haven, on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Northern League.
Mount Albert-Ponsonby is a semi-professional association football club in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.
Takapuna is an amateur football club based in Takapuna, New Zealand. They compete in the Northern League.
Waitemata FC is an amateur football club in Waitemata, Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the NRFL Northern Conference and play their home games at McLeod Park, Te Atatū South.
Wellington Marist AFC is an association football club in Wellington, New Zealand. The team is based at Kilbirnie Park in Kilbirnie.
The New Zealand National League is the name given to the current New Zealand top football competition. Originally set up as the New Zealand National Soccer League there has been many versions of the competition as well as many different names. The most common format saw club teams play each other, at least two times, on a home and away basis. At the completion of those games, the best-performing team was declared as the New Zealand champion. The latest version has the clubs play in their regional leagues with the top teams qualifying for the Championship phase to then play each other for the champion.
Association football, also known as football or soccer, is a popular recreation sport in New Zealand. The sport is administered in New Zealand by the governing body New Zealand Football (NZF). It is the third-most popular men's team sport after rugby union and cricket.
West End AFC is an association football club in Timaru, New Zealand. The team home ground is West End Park, Timaru and they play in the South Canterbury 1st Division as well as enter into the National Chatham Cup.
The 2013 ASB Chatham Cup was New Zealand's 86th knockout football competition.
FC Nelson is an amateur football club, based in Nelson, New Zealand. The club's home ground is Guppy Park
Taupo is an amateur football club based in Taupō, New Zealand. It competes in the NRFL Southern Conference.
The 2014 Chatham Cup was New Zealand's 87th annual knockout football competition.
Stokes Valley Football Club is an amateur football club based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
