NRF Championship

The NRF Championship is a New Zealand amateur football league. The league is run by Northern Region Football, an amalgamation of the Auckland Football Federation and Northern Football Federation, and includes football clubs located in Northland and Auckland. It comprises half of the fifth tier of football in the northern North Island, alongside the WaiBOP Premiership.

NRF Championship
Country New Zealand
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid5
Promotion toNRFL Division 2
Relegation toNRF Championship Division 1
Current championsCentral United
(2022)
WebsiteNorthern Region Football
Current: NRF Men's Championship

The fixtures are played generally from April to September. The league winners are promoted to the NRFL Division 2; the second-place team enters a two-game playoff series with the champions of the WaiBOP Premiership, with the winner being promoted.[1]

Teams can be relegated from this division, however only one team representing each club can progress into this division and beyond. If teams do not meet the criteria to gain promotion to the NRF Championship, no teams are relegated from this division. [1]

The current champions of the 2022 season are Central United, who as a result will be promoted to the 2023 NRFL Division 2. Papatoetoe will play off against the WaiBOP Premiership champions, Waikato Unicol for the other promotion spot.[2]

Current Northern League structure

Current clubs

As of 2022 season.[3]

Team Location Stadium
Central United Sandringham, Auckland Kiwitea Street
Lynn-Avon United New Lynn, Auckland Ken Maunder Park
Papakura City Papakura, Auckland McLennan Park
Papatoetoe Papatoetoe, Auckland Murdoch Park
Ranui Swanson Ranui, Auckland Starling Park
South Auckland Rangers Flat Bush, Auckland Rongomai Park
Te Atatu Te Atatū, Auckland Te Atatū Peninsula Park
Uni-Mount Bohemian Mount Wellington, Auckland Bill McKinlay Park

References
  1. "Northern Region Football - Home". www.nff.org.nz.
  2. "Final table confirmed for NRF Men's Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. "Northern Region Football - NRF Championship Senior Men".
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