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NRFL Conference
Founded	1965
Country	New Zealand
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Number of clubs	17
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	NRFL Championship
Relegation to	NRF League One; WaiBOP League One
Current champions	Northern: Waiheke United (1st title); Southern: Cambridge (2nd title) ; (2024)
Most championships	Tauranga City, Western Springs (3 titles)
Website	Northern Region Football
	Current: 2024 NRFL Conference

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

Auckland

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.

Team	Location	Stadium	2023 season
Albany United	Albany, Auckland	Rosedale Park	6th
Beachlands Maraetai	Beachlands, Auckland	Te Puru Park	5th
Bucklands Beach	Bucklands Beach	Lloyd Elsmore Park	2nd
Northland	Morningside, Whangārei	Morningside Park	7th
Oratia United	Oratia, Auckland	Parrs Park	3rd
Te Atatu	Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland	Te Atatū Peninsula Park	1st in NRF League One (promoted)
Waiheke United	Waiheke Island, Auckland	Onetangi Sports Park	12th in Championship (relegated)
Waitemata	Te Atatū South, Auckland	McLeod Park	4th

^ Second and third titles under the name Tauranga City United

Southern Conference

As of the 2024 season.

Team	Location	Stadium	2023 season
Cambridge	Cambridge	John Kerkhof Park	2nd
Claudelands Rovers	Claudelands, Hamilton	Galloway Park	4th
Ngongotahā Lakes^[A]	Ngongotahā, Rotorua	Tamarahi Reserve	7th
Otumoetai	Matua, Tauranga	Fergusson Park	6th
Papamoa	Papamoa Beach, Papamoa	Gordon Spratt Reserve	5th
Taupo	Tauhara, Taupō	Crown Park	3rd
Te Awamutu	Te Awamutu	The Stadium	8th
Waikato Unicol	Silverdale, Hamilton	Jansen Park	1st

^ Ngongotaha AFC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lakes FC at the end of the 2022 season to have a combined team for the 2023 season onwards.^[4]

Past champions

Source:^[5]

1965 – Lynndale
1966 – Kahukura
1967 – Ellerslie
1968 – Huntly Thistle
1969 – Takapuna City
1970 – Massey Rovers
1971 – Metro College
1972 – Papakura City
1973 – Manurewa
1974 – Whangarei City
1975 – Lynndale
1976 – Glenfield Rovers
1977 – Ellerslie
1978 – East Coast Bays
1979 – Waitemata City
1980 – Birkenhead United
1981 – Eden
1982 – University
1983 – Otara Rangers
1984 – Mount Manganui
1985 – Claudelands Rovers
1986 – Rotorua Suburbs
1987 – Glenfield Rovers
1988 – Onehunga Sports
1989 – Kawerau Town
1990 – Eden
1991 – Hamilton Wanderers
1992 – Onehunga Sports
1993 – Cambridge
1994 – Western Springs
1995 – Mount Roskill
1996 – Otahuhu United
1997 – Tauranga City
1998 – Western Springs
1999 – Taupo
2000 – Mount Albert-Ponsonby
2001 – Tauranga City United
2002 – Mangere United
2003 – Eastern Suburbs
2004 – North Force
2005 – South Auckland Rangers
2006 – Papatoetoe
2007 – Fencibles United
2008–2009 – no competition
2010 – Mangere United
2011 – Mount Albert-Ponsonby
2012 – Hibiscus Coast
2013 – Western Springs
2014 – Tauranga City United
2015 – Papakura City
2016 – Manukau City
2017 – Fencibles United
2018 – Takapuna
2019 – Albany United
2020 – Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
2021 – Onehunga-Mangere United
2022 – Hibiscus Coast

Northern Conference

2023 – Franklin United
2024 – Waiheke United

Southern Conference

2023 – Waikato Unicol
2024 – Cambridge

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

[1] Second and third titles under the name Tauranga City United

[6] Ngongotaha AFC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lakes FC at the end of the 2022 season to have a combined team for the 2023 season onwards.^[4]

[2] "New look for LOTTO NRFL 2023". Northern Region Football. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[3] "Promoted sides drawn away in season openers for Lotto NRFL Men's Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[4] "Lotto NRFL Review 2021". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[5] "Clubs form partnership to compete in new Lotto NRFL Southern Conference". friendsoffootballnz.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[7] "Honours Board". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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