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The week the Northern League and NRFL Championship started, NRF announced changes to the competition structure for the 2024 season to accommodate Auckland FC. [1] Auckland FC will have a reserves team playing in the qualifying and championship phases of the New Zealand National League from next season to fulfil their A-League Men requirements. [2]
The 2024 New Zealand Men's National League was the fourth season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021. [1] 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.
Auckland City began their preseason fixtures with a 1–0 loss to Birkenhead United at the Croatian Cultural Club. [1] The following day the club announced the signing of former England youth international Joe Ridley. [2] [3] On 21 February 2024, City got their first win of pre-season, defeating West Coast Rangers 3–1 at the Croatian Cultural ...
The Northern League includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions. The competition was known as the NRFL Premier until 2021, when New Zealand's football league system was restructured.
Auckland City (C) 22 16 3 3 53 21 +32 51 Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship: 2 Western Springs: 22 14 4 4 52 30 +22 46 Qualification to National League Championship: 3 Eastern Suburbs: 22 14 2 6 38 20 +18 44 4 Birkenhead United: 22 13 4 5 54 31 +23 43 5 Auckland United: 22 12 4 6 39 27 +12 40 6 Bay ...
These leagues would allow local clubs to qualify for the premiership season (now known as the National League Championship), with the top 4 teams from the Northern League, the top 3 teams from the Central League, and the top 2 teams from the Southern League making up the competition, alongside the Wellington Phoenix Reserve side. All teams that ...
This was Auckland City's third season in the Northern League, winning the title each of those seasons. Both Auckland City and Eastern Suburbs completed the Northern League season undefeated. [6] [7] This was the first season two clubs had gone undefeated in the Northern League. It was only the second time a team had gone undefeated since ...
The 2024 Charity Cup was the 20th Charity Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's New Zealand National League and Chatham Cup competitions. [2] [3] It took place at Martin Luckie Park on 3 March 2024. [4] [5] This was the first edition since the introduction of the National League in 2021. [4]