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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 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]
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 ...
The first few season were dominated by Auckland City after replacing sister club Central United at the dissolution of the New Zealand Football Championship. [2] Auckland City won the league four consecutive times in their first four seasons. In the 2023 season, Auckland City and Eastern Suburbs completed the season undefeated.
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 ...
The New Zealand league system is the structure of leagues nationally and regionally, newly updated for the 2021 season. [1] The system previously had a path from grassroots to the top flight but that stopped in 2004 with the New Zealand Football Championship being created as a replacement to the former New Zealand National Soccer League .
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 ...