Football league
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]
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
Northern Conference
Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2023 NRFL Conference season
NRFL Northern Conference
NRFL Southern Conference
Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2023 NRFL Northern Conference season
As of the 2024 season.
- ^ Second and third titles under the name Tauranga City United
Southern Conference
As of the 2024 season.
Past champions
Source:[5]
- Northern Conference
- Southern Conference
Notes
References
- ^ "New look for LOTTO NRFL 2023". Northern Region Football. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Promoted sides drawn away in season openers for Lotto NRFL Men's Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Lotto NRFL Review 2021". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Clubs form partnership to compete in new Lotto NRFL Southern Conference". friendsoffootballnz.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Honours Board". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
External links
- Lotto NZRFL website
- Auckland Football Federation
- Northern League Second Division 2018 Board
- Sports Web Soccer