NRF League One

The NRF League One 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. Up until 2022, the competition was known as NRF Championship.

NRF League One
CountryNew Zealand New Zealand
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid5
Promotion toNRFL Northern Conference
Relegation toNRF Championship Division 1
Current championsCentral United
(2022)
WebsiteNorthern Region Football
Current: NRF League One

The fixtures are played generally from April to September. The league winners are promoted to the NRFL Northern Confernce. Until 2022 the second-place team entered a two-game playoff series with the champions of the WaiBOP Premiership (now WaiBOP League One), 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 2023 season.[3]

Team Location Stadium 2022 season
Central United Sandringham, Auckland Kiwitea Street 1st[lower-alpha 1]
Lynn-Avon United New Lynn, Auckland Ken Maunder Park 8th
Papakura City Papakura, Auckland McLennan Park 3rd
Papatoetoe Papatoetoe, Auckland Murdoch Park 2nd
Ranui Swanson Ranui, Auckland Starling Park 6th
South Auckland Rangers Flat Bush, Auckland Rongomai Park 5th
Te Atatu Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland Te Atatū Peninsula Park 4th
Uni-Mount Bohemian Mount Wellington, Auckland Bill McKinlay Park 7th
  1. Central United were unable to gain promotion due to their MoU with Auckland City.[4][5]

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".
  4. "Update - LOTTO NRFL Championship and NRF League One draws released". Northern Region Football. 16 March 2023.
  5. "Relegated Oratia United get reprieve as Central United miss Conference spot". friendsoffootballnz.com. 16 March 2023.
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