Southern Football

Southern Football
Founded2000
HeadquartersLogan Park
Location20 Logan Park Drive, North Dunedin, Dunedin
FIFA affiliationNew Zealand Football
Chief ExecutiveDougal McGowan
WebsiteOfficial website

Southern Football, formerly FootballSouth, is one of six federations of New Zealand Football, representing regions of South Canterbury, Waitaki, Dunedin, Central Otago, Clutha and Southland.

History

Southern United, formerly Soccersouth until 2007, was founded in 2002, to represent the region for the New Zealand Women's National League from its inaugural season in 2002 onwards.[1]

Southern United, formerly Otago United until 2013, was founded in 2004 as a conglomerate of various Otago area clubs, in order to form a strong team to take part in the New Zealand Football Championship, run on a regional franchise basis, and Southern United became one of the eight competing teams.[2] In 2021, the league was replaced by New Zealand National League for more of a club based competition, causing the Southern United Men's Team to dissolve.[3][4]

Competitions

Leagues

Defunct Leagues

  • Southern League Division One
  • Southern League Division Two

Note: Southern League and South Island League includes teams from the Mainland Football Federation and is a National competition run by New Zealand Football and managed by Mainland Football.

Current title holders

Competition Year Champions Runners-up Next edition
Senior (Men's)
Southern League 2024 Cashmere Technical Coastal Spirit 2025
Southern Premier League 2024 Mosgiel AFC Wanaka 2025
Fletcher Cup 2024 Old Boys Dunedin City Royals 2025
South Canterbury Men's Division One 2024 West End Timaru Thistle 2025
Donald Gray Memorial Cup 2024 Queens Park Gore Wanderers 2025
Senior (Women's)
South Island League 2024 Cashmere Technical Dunedin City Royals 2025
Southern Women's Premiership League 2024 Green Island Queens Park 2025
Otago Women's Division One 2024 Otago University 3rds Balclutha 2025
South Canterbury Women's Division One 2023 Pleasant Point Women's West End AFC Women's N/a
Kolk Cup Premier 2024 Thistle Wyndham Town 2024

Affiliated clubs

As of 2025.[5][6][7]

Southern League
Dunedin City Royals
Northern
Wanaka
Southern Premier League
Green Island
Mosgiel
Northern Hearts
Old Boys
Otago University
Queens Park
Roslyn Wakari
Otago/Dunedin
Al-Huda
Alexandra United
Awamoa
Balclutha
Cromwell
Grants Braes
Harbourside
Maori Hill
Meadowbank United
Mornington
Riverside
Queenstown
South Canterbury
Geraldine
Pleasant Point
Temuka
Thistle
Timaru City
Timaru United
Timaru Boys' HS
Waimate
West End
Southland
Gore Wanderers
Southend United
Te Anau
Thistle
Waihopai
Western
Winton
Wyndham Town

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New National League system". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Southern United". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "New National League competition details confirmed". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "New National League competition". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Our Clubs". Southern Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Club Directory". Southland Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Club Contacts". Southland Football. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.