The Northern Regional Football League Championship, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a semi-professional New Zealand association football league competition. Up until 2022, the competition was known as NRFL Division 1.[1][2][3]
The league includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, with clubs from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty provinces. The league sits at step 3 of the New Zealand football pyramid.
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NRFL Football League
Northern League
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The Northern Regional Football League Championship currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Championship for sponsorship reasons is a semi professional New Zealand association football league competition Up until 2022 the competition was known as NRFL Division 1 1 2 3 NRFL ChampionshipFounded1965CountryNew ZealandConfederationOFC Oceania Number of teams12Level on pyramid3Promotion toNorthern LeagueRelegation toNRFL Northern ConferenceNRFL Southern ConferenceDomestic cup s Chatham CupCurrent championsTauranga City 2nd title 2023 Most championshipsBirkenhead UnitedCentral UnitedEast Coast BaysOnehunga Sports 3 titles each Websitenrf org nzCurrent 2024 NRFL Championship The league includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island with clubs from the Northland Auckland Waikato and Bay of Plenty provinces The league sits at step 3 of the New Zealand football pyramid Contents 1 Current clubs 2 Past winners 3 References 4 External linksCurrent clubs edit nbsp nbsp Auckland nbsp Ngaruawahia Unitedclass notpageimage Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2024 NRFL Championship season nbsp nbsp ELL nbsp FEN nbsp FRA nbsp HBC nbsp MAN nbsp MET nbsp MAP nbsp NSU nbsp NTR nbsp OHM nbsp TAKclass notpageimage Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2024 NRFL Championship season Takapuna and Manukau United joined the league following their relegation the season prior from the Northern League Franklin United were promoted as winners of NRFL Conference play offs Tauranga City won the 2023 season and were promoted alongside East Coast Bays to the Northern League while Waiheke United were relegated to NRFL Northern Conference Team Location Stadium 2023 season Ellerslie Ellerslie Auckland Michaels Avenue 7th Franklin United Drury Drury Sports Grounds 1st in Northern Conference promoted via play offs Fencibles United Pakuranga Auckland Riverhills Domain 8th Hibiscus Coast Whangaparaoa Auckland Stanmore Bay Park 6th Manukau United Mangere East Auckland Centre Park 12th in Northern League relegated Metro Mount Albert Auckland Phyllis Street 11th Mount Albert Ponsonby Mount Albert Auckland Anderson Park 4th Ngaruawahia United Ngaruawahia Centennial Park Ngaruawahia 3rd North Shore United Devonport Auckland Allen Hill Stadium 5th Northern Rovers Glenfield Auckland McFetridge Park 9th Onehunga Mangere United Mangere Bridge Auckland Mangere Domain 10th Takapuna Takapuna Auckland Taharoto Park 11th in Northern League relegated Past winners editNumbers in parentheses indicate wins up to that date Season Winner 4 Promoted 1965 5 Ponsonby Eden 1966 6 Lynndale Hamilton 1967 7 Birkenhead United Rotorua City 1968 8 Courier Rangers Hamilton 1969 9 Whangarei Birkenhead United 1970 10 Takapuna City PapatoetoeEast Coast BaysHuntly Thistle 1971 11 Metro College Ellerslie 1972 12 Papakura City Lynndale 1973 13 Manurewa Papatoetoe 1974 14 Whangarei City 2 Takapuna City 1975 15 Lynndale 2 Rotorua City 1976 16 Glenfield Rovers Metro College 1977 17 Ellerslie Mt Roskill 1978 East Coast Bays Metro College 1979 Waitemata City Papatoetoe 1980 Birkenhead United 2 Rotorua City 1981 Eden Whangarei City 1982 University Lynndale 1983 Otara Rangers a 1984 Howick Papakura City 1985 Mount Maunganui Otara Rangers 1986 Waikato Oratia UnitedKelston West 1987 Mount Albert Ponsonby b 2 Manukau CityBlockhouse Bay 1988 Central Rotorua City 1989 East Coast Bays 2 Massey 1990 University 2 1991 Central 2 Rotorua CityKawerau Town 1992 Tauranga City EdenPakuranga Town 1993 Melville United Onehunga Sports 1994 Metro 2 Ngaruawahia United 1995 Cambridge Northland UnitedHamilton WanderersTakapuna 1996 Glenfield Rovers c 2 1997 Hamilton Wanderers Glenfield Rovers 1998 Three Kings United Tauranga City 1999 Takapuna 2 Eastern Suburbs 2000 Central United 3 Manukau City 2001 Onehunga Sports Bay Olympic 2002 Waitakere City University Mount Wellington 2003 East Coast Bays 3 Mangere United 2004 Papakura City 2 2005 Albany United Birkenhead United 2006 Onehunga Sports 2 Hamilton Wanderers 2007 Lynn Avon United Melville UnitedMetroThree Kings UnitedPapatoetoeMount Albert Ponsonby 2008 18 Manurewa 2 2009 Three Kings United 2 2010 19 d Hamilton Wanderers 2 Onehunga Sports 3 2011 20 Eastern Suburbs Manurewa 2012 21 Birkenhead United 3 Ellerslie 2013 22 Glenfield Rovers 3 Ngaruawahia United 2014 23 Western Springs Eastern SuburbsMelville United 2015 24 Forrest Hill Milford United Tauranga City United 2016 25 Waitakere City 2 Manurewa 2017 26 Western Springs 2 Manukau City 2018 27 Melville United 2 North Shore United 2019 28 29 Forrest Hill Milford United 2 Bay Olympic 2020 Abandoned due to COVID 19 pandemic in New Zealand 2021 30 31 e Waiheke United Takapuna 2022 33 West Coast Rangers Manurewa 2023 34 Tauranga City 2 East Coast Bays No promotion to the Northern League due to the resizing of the league in 1984 First title was won as Ponsonby No promotion to the Northern League due to the restructuring of the National league in 1996 97 Division 1 split into two leagues after a grading round with Hamilton Wanderers winning Division 1A and Onehunga Sports winning Division 1B Season cancelled with games in hand due to COVID 19 pandemic in New Zealand 32 References edit New look for LOTTO NRFL 2023 Northern Region Football 2 March 2023 Archived from the original on 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 Archived from the original on 2 March 2023 Retrieved 2 March 2023 Lotto NRFL Review 2021 Northern Region Football Archived from the original on 2 March 2023 Retrieved 2 March 2023 Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 27 April 2021 Retrieved 24 June 2021 1965 Northern Leagues The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 27 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1966 Northern Leagues The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 29 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1967 Innes Tartan Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 30 June 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1968 Innes Tartan Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 28 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1969 Rothmans Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 27 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1970 Rothmans Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 28 June 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1971 Rothmans Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 26 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1972 Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 28 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1973 Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 29 June 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1974 Broadlands Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 28 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1975 Broadlands Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 29 June 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1976 Broadlands Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 27 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 1976 Broadlands Northern League The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 27 April 2021 Retrieved 23 June 2021 Lotto NRFL 2008 award winners Auckland Football Federation www aucklandfootball org nz Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 Award winners end NRFL year Auckland Football Federation www aucklandfootball org nz Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 Ladder for NRFL Division 1 SportsTG Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 Ladder for 2012 NRFL Division 1 SportsTG Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 Ladder for 2013 Northern Region Football Division 1 SportsTG Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 Ladder for 2014 Northern Region Football Division 1 SportsTG Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 Ladder for NRFL 2015 Division 1 SportsTG Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 Ladder for 2016 NRFL Division 1 SportsTG Archived from the original on 28 October 2017 Retrieved 28 October 2017 Ladder for NRFL Division 1 SportsTG Archived from the original on 27 October 2017 Retrieved 27 October 2017 NRFL LOTTO 10 August 2018 CONGRATULATIONS MelvilleUnited have been crowned champions of the 2018 LottoNRFL Men s Division One pic twitter com ADeSyMczOY LOTTONRFL Archived from the original on 19 April 2020 Retrieved 19 April 2020 Auckland Football Federation LOTTO NRFL 2019 www aucklandfootball org nz Archived from the original on 19 April 2020 Retrieved 19 April 2020 Milford Forrest Hill 30 August 2019 pic twitter com vfk2ICm7AJ ForrestHillFC Archived from the original on 19 April 2020 Retrieved 19 April 2020 Northern League 2021 The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website Archived from the original on 15 September 2021 Retrieved 15 September 2021 Northern League and LOTTO NRFL results confirmed Northern Region Football Archived from the original on 26 January 2022 Retrieved 15 September 2021 Remainder of Auckland football season cancelled Northern Region Football Archived from the original on 15 September 2021 Retrieved 15 September 2021 West Coast Rangers survive early scare to secure Lotto NRFL first division title friendsoffootballnz com 28 August 2022 Archived from the original on 29 August 2022 Retrieved 29 August 2022 Tauranga City finish season in style to win Lotto NRFL Men s Championship friendsoffootballnz com 9 September 2023 Archived from the original on 9 September 2023 Retrieved 10 September 2023 External links editAuckland Football Federation NRFL Football League Northern League Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title NRFL Championship amp oldid 1220008685, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,