New Zealand National Soccer League
New Zealand National Soccer League is a series of football competitions in New Zealand, which were held 1970-2003 and the winner of New Zealand football champion. 2004 National Soccer League was replaced by the New Zealand Football Championship, but their status is controversial, since it offers the traditional teams no opportunity to participate, as it is a pure franchise league.
1970-1992
The first sports league in New Zealand was in 1970, the National Soccer League. She was oriented in their sequence on the European professional leagues, each team played twice against every other team in the league. A victory meant two points, one for a draw. The leader at the end of the season was thus the New Zealand champion. There was also a descent and an ascent round, so the league was theoretically attainable for every club in New Zealand.
In the first season in 1970 was attended by eight teams. Three teams were from North and three from Central New Zealand. The four start legitimate clubs Südneuseelands ( Christchurch City, Rangers, Shamrock and Technical) came together to form Christ Church United. The last station was played by two play-off matches between the fourth place of the Northern League (North Shore United) and the fourth- placed teams from the Central League ( Hungaria ). In the end, Hungaria was able to prevail.
The final table of the first football league in New Zealand was as follows:
Since the league was expanded to ten teams in the following year, Western Suburbs avoided relegation. First champion of New Zealand was Blockhouse Bay. The National Soccer League existed in this form until 1992:
1993-1995
The successor competition of the National Soccer League was the super club competition. This is followed attended by 30 clubs, which were divided into three regions. This first round was followed by a final round in which the top eight teams competed against each other once. The winners of these years were:
- Napier City Rovers (1993 )
- North Shore United ( 1994)
- Waitakere City (1995 )
1996-1998
The new league was called the National Summer Soccer League and took place mainly during the summer months instead. The participating clubs were invited to criteria included the financial position of the club and the location within New Zealand. At the end of the season, the playoffs were held, through which the New Zealand champion was determined. The winner of a game received four points if this victory could be achieved within the regular time. A win on penalties, the winning team two points, the losing team got a point. The master of this year were:
- Waitakere City (1996 and 1997)
- Napier City Rovers (1998)
1999
1999 New Zealand Masters has been played in a final game. For this, the Northern Iceland Soccer League ( NISL ), and the Southern Iceland Soccer League ( SISL ) was founded. The winners of the two leagues played from the master. In this case, these were Central United ( NISL ) and Dunedin Technical ( SISL ). The final result was 3:1 for Central United after extra time.
2000-2003
In 2000, the old mode of the years 1970 to 1992 was introduced again. In addition, the season ended with playoff games, also got a team in the first season, an additional point when it scored more than four goals. This rule has already been abolished after one season.
2004
2004 No Master was played. The year was considered a transition year for the newly formed New Zealand Football Championship.
Statistics
- Highest number of wins per season: 20 Mt Wellington (1979 in 22 games )
- Christchurch United (1988 in 26 games )
- Waitakere City (1990 in 26 games )
- Rangers (1981 in 22 games )