2022 New Zealand National League

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2022 New Zealand Women's National League.

The 2022 New Zealand Men's National League is the second scheduled season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021; the 2021 National League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in northern regions.^[1] 32 clubs compete in the competition, with four qualifying from the Northern League, three qualifying from the Central League and two qualifying from the Southern League for the National Championship phase.^[2][3] Each team can field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality.^[4] Each team must also have at least two players aged 20 or under in the starting eleven.^[5]

New Zealand National League

Season	2022
Dates	25 March 2022 - 4 December 2022
Champions	Auckland City
OFC Champions League	Auckland City Wellington Olympic
Matches played	46
Goals scored	178 (3.87 per match)
Best Player	Silvio Rodić (Birkenhead United)
Top goalscorer	Garbhan Coughlan Gianni Bouzoukis (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Wellington Olympic 7–1 Christchurch United (19 November 2022)
Biggest away win	Melville United 0–4 Wellington Olympic (9 October 2022)
Highest scoring	Birkenhead United 5–3 Cashmere Technical (30 October 2022) Wellington Olympic 7–1 Christchurch United (19 November 2022)
Longest winning run	5 matches Wellington Olympic
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches Wellington Olympic
Longest winless run	7 matches Napier City Rovers
Longest losing run	3 matches Miramar Rangers Napier City Rovers
← 2021 2023 →

This season the Wellington Phoenix Reserves replaced Lower Hutt City and was allowed to play in the Central League though they still have an automatic entry into the Championship phase.^[6][2] The Southern League also increased by two teams to have ten, adding three new sides to the league.^[6]

Qualifying leagues

2022 Northern League

Northern League

Season	2022
Dates	26 March 2022 - 3 September 2022
Champions	Auckland City
Relegated	Waiheke United North Shore United
Matches played	132
Goals scored	491 (3.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Tieku (17)
Biggest home win	Bay Olympic 7–0 North Shore United (4 June 2022) Auckland United 7–0 Waiheke United (6 August 2022)
Biggest away win	North Shore United 1–7 Auckland City (18 April 2022) North Shore United 1–7 Melville United (21 May 2022) North Shore United 0–6 Auckland United (20 August 2022)
Highest scoring	Seven games with 8 goals scored
Longest winning run	18 matches Auckland City
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches Auckland City
Longest winless run	18 matches Waiheke United
Longest losing run	8 matches North Shore United
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 3 September 2022.

Northern League teams

Twelve teams are competing in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the 2021 NRFL Division 1. The promoted teams are Waiheke United and Takapuna. This is both Waiheke's and Takapuna's first season in the Northern League.^[7] They replaced Northern Rovers and West Coast Rangers (both teams relegated after their debut seasons in the Northern League).

Team	Home ground	Location	2021 season
Auckland City	Kiwitea Street	Sandringham, Auckland	1st
Auckland United	Keith Hay Park	Mount Roskill, Auckland	2nd
Bay Olympic	Olympic Park	New Lynn, Auckland	6th
Birkenhead United	Shepherds Park	Beach Haven, Auckland	4th
Eastern Suburbs	Madills Farm	Kohimarama, Auckland	3rd
Hamilton Wanderers	Porritt Stadium	Chartwell, Hamilton	7th
Manukau United	Centre Park	Māngere East, Auckland	8th
Melville United	Gower Park	Melville, Hamilton	10th
North Shore United	Allen Hill Stadium	Devonport, Auckland	9th
Takapuna	Taharoto Park	Takapuna, Auckland	2nd in Division 1 (promoted)
Waiheke United	Onetangi Sports Park	Waiheke Island, Auckland	1st in Division 1 (promoted)
Western Springs	Seddon Fields	Westmere, Auckland	5th

Source:

Northern League personnel and kits

Team	Manager[8]	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City	Albert Riera	Cam Howieson[9]	Dynasty	Ockham Trillian Trust
Auckland United	José Figueira	Ross Haviland	Adidas	Signbiz
Bay Olympic	Liam Mulrooney	Tom Boss[10]	Nike	Mitre 10 Mega New Lynn
Birkenhead United	Paul Hobson	Sam Burfoot	Kappa	Harcourts Cooper & Co
Eastern Suburbs	Hoani Edwards	Michael Built	Calcio	Winger Motors
Hamilton Wanderers	Joe Hinds	Derek Tieku	Dynasty	Tall Poppy Real Estate Smith & McKenzie
Manukau United	Rudy Mozr		Joma	Munchy Mart
Melville United	Sam Wilkinson	Aaron Scott	Joma	NZ Roadside Assistance
North Shore United	Valerio Raccuglia	Silvio Rodić	Nike	Atlas Concrete
Takapuna	Chris Milicich	Connor Cahil-Fahey	Lotto Sport Italia	None
Waiheke United	Thabiso Tleane	Alan Llunes	Nike	Fullers 360
Western Springs	Chris Zoricich	Dane Schnell	Lotto Sport Italia	Integration Works

Northern League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City (C)	22	20	1	1	68	16	+52	61	Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Birkenhead United	22	16	2	4	56	24	+32	50	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Auckland United	22	15	4	3	60	22	+38	49
4	Melville United	22	15	0	7	55	22	+33	45
5	Hamilton Wanderers	22	10	4	8	46	32	+14	34
6	Western Springs	22	8	6	8	44	47	−3	30
7	Manukau United	22	9	1	12	36	46	−10	28
8	Bay Olympic	22	7	2	13	34	46	−12	23
9	Takapuna	22	5	6	11	31	43	−12	21
10	Eastern Suburbs	22	5	5	12	24	36	−12	20
11	Waiheke United (R)	22	1	5	16	19	63	−44	8	Relegation to NRFL Championship
12	North Shore United (R)	22	2	2	18	18	94	−76	8

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss^[11]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Northern League results table

Home \ Away	AC	AU	BO	BU	ES	HW	MAN	MEL	NS	TP	WU	WS
Auckland City	—	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	6–0	2–1	4–0	4–0
Auckland United	2–0	—	5–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	3–3	7–0	2–1
Bay Olympic	0–4	1–4	—	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–4	0–5	7–0	1–2	3–1	3–1
Birkenhead United	3–5	1–1	3–0	—	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	6–0	1–2	5–3	5–2
Eastern Suburbs	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–3	—	1–2	0–2	1–4	4–2	4–0	2–1	0–0
Hamilton Wanderers	1–1	3–5	2–1	1–2	2–0	—	1–2	2–3	6–0	2–2	3–0	1–1
Manukau United	0–3	0–4	2–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	0–4	6–0	3–2	3–2	0–1
Melville United	0–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	—	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–1
North Shore United	1–7	0–6	0–4	1–2	2–2	0–5	2–0	1–7	—	1–3	3–3	1–6
Takapuna	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	—	0–0	4–4
Waiheke United	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–4	1–3	1–2	0–3	1–6	2–0	0–3	—	1–1
Western Springs	3–5	1–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–5	4–3	3–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern League scoring

Northern League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[12][13]
1	Derek Tieku	Hamilton Wanderers	17
2	Oliver Colloty	Melville United	14
3	Joshua Redfearn	Auckland United	13
4	Emiliano Tade	Auckland City	12
5	Angus Kilkolly	Auckland City	11
6	Oscar Browne	Western Springs	10
	Nicolas Zambrano	Auckland United
8	Dawson Straffon	Western Springs	9
9	Cameron MacKenzie	Birkenhead United	8
10	Matthew Conroy	Auckland United	7
	Joseph Harris	Hamilton Wanderers
	Kayne Vincent	Western Springs
	Darren White	Bay Olympic

Northern League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
1[14]	Thomas Leabourn-Boss	Bay Olympic	North Shore United	Away	0–4	26 March 2022
2[15]	Joshua Redfearn	Auckland United	Manukau United	Away	0–4	2 April 2022
6[16][17]	Cameron MacKenzie	Birkenhead United	Eastern Suburbs	Home	4–0	23 April 2022
	Angus Kilkolly	Auckland City	Bay Olympic	Away	0–4
7[18]	Derek Tieku	Hamilton Wanderers	North Shore United	Home	6–0	30 April 2022
11[19]	Daniel Champness	Eastern Suburbs	North Shore United	Home	4–2	28 May 2022
13[20]	Kieran Richards	Melville United	Bay Olympic	Away	0–5	12 June 2022
14[21]	Mohamed Awad	Manukau United	North Shore United	Home	6–0	25 June 2022
15[22]	João Moreira	Manukau United	Bay Olympic	Away	2–4	2 July 2022
16[23]	Emiliano Tade [a]	Auckland City	North Shore United	Home	6–0	16 July 2022
18[24]	Derek Tieku	Hamilton Wanderers	North Shore United	Away	0–5	6 August 2022
20[25]	Matt Ellis	Auckland City	Western Springs	Away	3–5	31 August 2022

1. Player scored 4 goals

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
1[14][26]	Jaslin Diedericks	North Shore United	Bay Olympic
	Joe Wallis	Western Springs	Hamilton Wanderers
3[27]	Jackson Jarvie	Eastern Suburbs	Waiheke United
6[28]	Roshan Calustre	Waiheke United	Melville United
7[18][29]	Adam Streamer	North Shore United	Hamilton Wanderers
	Joe Wallis[a]	Western Springs	Melville United
10[30]	Joseph Moore	North Shore United	Melville United
11[31]	Xavier Pratt	Hamilton Wanderers	Melville United
17[32]	Jackson Jarvie[a]	Eastern Suburbs	Birkenhead United
18[33]	Sam Brotherton	Auckland City	Birkenhead United
20[34]	Liam Anderson	Takapuna	Manukau United
22[35]	Aaryan Raj	Eastern Suburbs	North Shore United

1. Players second own goal

2022 Central League

Central League

Season	2022
Dates	25 March 2022 – 23 September 2022
Champions	Wellington Olympic
Relegated	Havelock North Wanderers
Matches played	85
Goals scored	330 (3.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hamish Watson (20)
Biggest home win	Wellington Olympic 10–0 Havelock North Wanderers (28 May 2022)
Biggest away win	Western Suburbs 1–11 Wellington Olympic (14 August 2022)
Highest scoring	Western Suburbs 1–11 Wellington Olympic (14 August 2022)
Longest winning run	6 matches Miramar Rangers
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Miramar Rangers
Longest winless run	8 matches Wellington United
Longest losing run	4 matches North Wellington and Western Suburbs
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 23 September 2022.

Central League teams

Ten teams are competing in the league – the top nine teams from the previous season and the one team promoted from the 2021 play-off between the winners of the Central Federation League and the Capital Premier. The winner of the play-off was Havelock North Wanderers. This is their first season in the Central League, since New Zealand football’s restructuring in 2021.^[36] They replaced Wainuiomata (relegated to the Capital Premier League). Wairarapa United was entered as one of the originally 10 teams to play the 2022 season but withdrew with just two weeks to go before the start of the season.^[37] They were replaced by Wellington United who had originally missed out on promotion to Havelock North Wanderers.^[38] Lower Hutt City was also replaced by Wellington Phoenix Reserves for the Central League games.

Team	Home ground	Location	2021 season
Havelock North Wanderers	Guthrie Park	Havelock North	1st in Central Federation League (promoted via play-offs)
Miramar Rangers	David Farrington Park	Miramar, Wellington	2nd
Napier City Rovers	Bluewater Stadium	Napier	7th
North Wellington	Alex Moore Park	Johnsonville, Wellington	8th
Petone	Memorial Park	Petone, Lower Hutt	9th
Waterside Karori	Karori Park	Karori, Wellington	6th
Wellington Olympic	Wakefield Park	Wellington	1st
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Fraser Park	Lower Hutt	3rd (as Lower Hutt City)
Wellington United	Newtown Park	Wellington	Replaced Wairarapa United after they withdrew
Western Suburbs	Endeavour Park	Porirua	4th

Central League personnel and kits

Team	Manager[39]	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Havelock North Wanderers	Chris Greatholder	Jerome Groot	Nike	None
Miramar Rangers	Scott Hales	Taylor Schrijvers	Football Central	Monsoon Poon
Napier City Rovers	Bill Robertson	Jim Hoyle[40]	Lotto Sport Italia	Thirsty Whale
North Wellington	Davor Tavich	Gavin Hoy[41]	Nike	New World Newlands
Petone	Ryan Edwards	Hami Paranihi-Nuku	Football Central	Liquid
Waterside Karori	Sam Smith	Harry Fautley	Nike	Integration Works
Wellington Olympic	Rupert Kemeys	Ben Mata[42]	Nike	Liquid
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Chris Greenacre	Isaac Hughes	Paladin	None
Wellington United	Guillermo Schiltenwolf	Abdallah Khaled	Adidas	None
Western Suburbs	Mark Atkinson		Olé Football Academy	Advance Electrical Wholesalers

Central League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wellington Olympic (C)	18	14	3	1	71	15	+56	45	Winner of Central League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Miramar Rangers	18	12	4	2	63	19	+44	40	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Wellington Phoenix Reserves[a]	18	10	3	5	32	17	+15	33	Has automatic qualification to the National League Championship
4	Napier City Rovers	18	8	4	6	35	28	+7	28	Qualification to National League Championship
5	Waterside Karori	18	7	5	6	33	29	+4	26
6	Petone	18	5	4	9	24	39	−15	19
7	North Wellington	18	5	3	10	31	44	−13	18
8	Wellington United (R)	18	5	3	10	22	40	−18	18	Withdrew before the 2023 season.[b]
9	Western Suburbs	18	4	2	12	21	66	−45	14
10	Havelock North Wanderers (R)	18	3	3	12	21	56	−35	12	Relegation to Capital Premier/Central Federation League

Source: Capital Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss^[11]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Wellington Phoenix Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase due to the A-League Men requirements.^[2]
2. Wellington United withdrew before the 2023 season and were replaced by Whanganui Athletic.^[43][44]

Central League results table

Home \ Away	HN	MR	NC	NW	PT	WK	WO	WP	WU	WS
Havelock North Wanderers	—	2–3	0–3	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–7	1–1	1–4	1–1
Miramar Rangers	5–0	—	2–1	5–1	5–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	5–0	9–0
Napier City Rovers	1–0	1–1	—	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–5	2–0	4–0	3–1
North Wellington	1–4	1–3	3–2	—	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	5–1
Petone	2–0	0–5	2–2	3–1	—	1–2	1–5	0–3	1–0	4–0
Waterside Karori	4–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	5–1	1–3
Wellington Olympic	10–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	—	0–3	4–0	4–0
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	4–0	2–2	4–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–2	2–1
Wellington United	0–3	1–2	0–2	5–1	0–0	4–2	0–4	1–0	—	1–1
Western Suburbs	4–1	0–8	1–3	3–2	0–4	1–4	1–11	1–2	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Central League scoring

Central League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[45][13]
1	Hamish Watson	Miramar Rangers	20
2	Gianni Bouzoukis	Wellington Olympic	16
3	Jack-Henry Sinclair	Wellington Olympic	14
4	Ihaia Delaney	North Wellington/Waterside Karori	11
5	Jesse Randall	Wellington Olympic	10
6	Kailan Gould	Wellington Olympic	9
	Merlin Luke-Miny	Waterside Karori
8	Inigo Bronte Barea	Wellington United	8
	Josh Rudland	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
10	Multiple players		7

Central League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
2[46]	Merlin Luke-Miny	Waterside Karori	Havelock North Wanderers	Home	4–1	3 April 2022
3[47]	Liam Schofield	Napier City Rovers	Havelock North Wanderers	Away	0–3	10 April 2022
9[48]	Jack-Henry Sinclair [a]	Wellington Olympic	Havelock North Wanderers	Home	10–0	28 May 2022
11[49]	Hamish Watson [b]	Miramar Rangers	Western Suburbs	Home	9–0	25 June 2022
14[50]	Gianni Bouzoukis	Wellington Olympic	Napier City Rovers	Away	2–5	24 July 2022
16[51][52]	Hamish Watson [a]	Miramar Rangers	Petone	Home	5–1	13 August 2022
	Gianni Bouzoukis [a]	Wellington Olympic	Western Suburbs	Away	1–11	14 August 2022
17[53]	Inigo Bronte Barea	Wellington United	North Wellington	Home	5–1	20 August 2022
18[54]	Jesse Randall	Wellington Olympic	Havelock North Wanderers	Away	1–7	28 August 2022

1. Player scored 4 goals
2. Player scored 5 goals

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
1[55]	Noah Tipene-Clegg	Western Suburbs	Havelock North Wanderers
4[56]	Nicholas Yorke	Havelock North Wanderers	Miramar Rangers
11[57]	Seth Loughran	Petone	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
13[58]	Jack O'Connor	Western Suburbs	North Wellington
14[59][60]	Luca Barclay	Havelock North Wanderers	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
	Alex Palezevic	Wellington Olympic	Napier City Rovers
17[61]	Ben Foxall	Havelock North Wanderers	Wellington United
18[62]	Fetuao Belcher	Napier City Rovers	Miramar Rangers
	James Hoyle

2022 Southern League

Southern League

Season	2022
Dates	26 March 2022 - 3 September 2022
Champions	Christchurch United
Relegated	Mosgiel
Matches played	90
Goals scored	413 (4.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Garbhan Coughlan (24)
Biggest home win	Cashmere Technical 11–2 Mosgiel (7 May 2022)
Biggest away win	Nomads United 0–8 Christchurch United (23 April 2022) Mosgiel 0–8 Cashmere Technical (7 May 2022)
Highest scoring	Cashmere Technical 11–2 Mosgiel (7 May 2022)
Longest winning run	11 matches Christchurch United
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Christchurch United
Longest winless run	12 matches Mosgiel
Longest losing run	8 matches Green Island
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 3 September 2022.

Southern League teams

Ten teams are competing in the league, two more than in the previous season. The top five Mainland teams and two FootballSouth teams remain from the previous season, and are joined by two teams promoted from the 2021 Mainland Premier League and one team promoted from the 2021 FootballSouth Premier League. The promoted teams from Mainland are Ferrymead Bays and Nomads United, and the promoted team from FootballSouth is Mosgiel. This is all three teams' first season in the Southern League.^[63][64] They replaced Otago University (relegated after the debut season of the Southern League).^[6]

Team	Home ground	Location	2021 season
Cashmere Technical	Garrick Memorial Park	Woolston, Christchurch	1st
Christchurch United	United Sports Centre	Yaldhurst, Christchurch	5th
Coastal Spirit	Linfield Park	Linwood, Christchurch	6th
Dunedin City Royals	Football Turf	Dunedin North	3rd
Ferrymead Bays	Ferrymead Park	Ferrymead, Christchurch	1st in Mainland Premier League (promoted)
Green Island	Sunnyvale Park	Green Island, Dunedin	8th
Mosgiel	Memorial Park Ground	Mosgiel	1st in FootballSouth Premier League (promoted)
Nelson Suburbs	Saxton Field	Nelson	7th
Nomads United	Tulett Park	Casebrook, Christchurch	2nd in Mainland Premier League (promoted)
Selwyn United	Foster Park	Rolleston	2nd

Southern League personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Cashmere Technical	Dan Schwarz[65]	Tom Schwarz	Lotto Sport Italia	None
Christchurch United	Paul Ifill[66]	Matt Tod-Smith	Healy Sportswear	Signbiz
Coastal Spirit	José Matiz[67]	Michael Hogan[68]	Adidas	Canstaff
Dunedin City Royals	Richard Murray	Jared Grove	Dynasty	None
Ferrymead Bays	Alan Walker[69]	James Deehan	Nike	D J Hewitt Builders
Green Island	Shane Carvell[70]
Mosgiel	Rory Crow Malcolm Fleming[71]	Rory Findlay[72]	Adidas	None
Nelson Suburbs	Ryan Stewart	Sam Ayers[73]	Lotto Sport Italia	Mac's Brewery
Nomads United	Andrew Pitman[74]	Caleb Cottom	Nike	Greenlight Recruitment
Selwyn United	Lee Padmore	Jayden Booth	Kukri Sports

Southern League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Christchurch United (C)	18	16	1	1	74	12	+62	49	Winner of Southern League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Cashmere Technical	18	16	1	1	79	20	+59	49	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Nelson Suburbs	18	10	3	5	40	35	+5	33
4	Dunedin City Royals	18	10	1	7	46	35	+11	31
5	Ferrymead Bays	18	9	3	6	37	30	+7	30
6	Coastal Spirit	18	3	7	8	34	43	−9	16
7	Nomads United	18	4	3	11	28	57	−29	15
8	Green Island	18	4	1	13	27	61	−34	13
9	Selwyn United	18	2	5	11	27	48	−21	11
10	Mosgiel (R)	18	2	3	13	21	72	−51	9	Relegated to the FootballSouth Premier League/Mainland Premier League

Source: Mainland Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss^[11]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Southern League results table

Home \ Away	CT	CU	CS	DC	FB	GI	MG	NS	NU	SU
Cashmere Technical	—	1–0	3–1	4–2	1–1	8–0	11–2	4–1	9–1	2–1
Christchurch United	4–1	—	3–2	4–1	0–0	9–1	10–0	4–0	1–0	4–0
Coastal Spirit	0–4	0–4	—	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2
Dunedin City Royals	4–5	3–4	3–3	—	2–3	5–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	3–2
Ferrymead Bays	0–2	2–3	2–2	1–3	—	3–2	4–0	1–2	4–2	3–0
Green Island	1–4	1–3	4–3	1–2	2–3	—	5–1	1–3	1–0	3–2
Mosgiel	0–8	0–4	0–5	0–2	1–3	3–1	—	2–4	5–0	1–1
Nelson Suburbs	1–3	0–5	2–2	3–0	3–2	3–1	3–0	—	2–2	3–2
Nomads United	0–6	0–8	3–3	2–4	1–2	5–0	3–0	3–5	—	1–0
Selwyn United	1–3	0–4	4–3	1–4	3–1	1–1	4–4	1–4	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern League scoring

Southern League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[75][13]
1	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	24
2	Edward Wilkinson	Christchurch United	19
3	Lyle Matthysen	Cashmere Technical	16
4	Kian Donkers	Cashmere Technical	11
	Sanni Issa	Christchurch United
6	En Watanabe	Dunedin City Royals	10
7	Declan Hickford	Nomads United	8
	Ollie Petersen	Dunedin City Royals
	Joel Peterson	Christchurch United
	William Pierce	Ferrymead Bays / Christchurch United
	Michael White	Ferrymead Bays

Southern League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
3[76]	Lyle Matthysen	Cashmere Technical	Nomads United	Away	0–6	9 April 2022
4[77]	Rhys Quarell	Mosgiel	Nomads United	Home	5–0	16 April 2022
6[78][79]	Sanni Issa	Christchurch United	Selwyn United	Home	4–0	29 April 2022
	En Watanabe	Dunedin City Royals	Nomads United	Home	5–1	30 April 2022
7[80]	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	Mosgiel	Home	11–2	7 May 2022
8[81]	Ryan Fleming	Dunedin City Royals	Green Island	Home	5–0	21 May 2022
11[82]	Michael White	Ferrymead Bays	Mosgiel	Home	4–0	25 June 2022
12[83]	Garbhan Coughlan[a]	Cashmere Technical	Nomads United	Home	9–1	2 July 2022
16[84][85]	Garbhan Coughlan[a]	Cashmere Technical	Mosgiel	Away	0–8	13 August 2022
	Edward Wilkinson[b]	Christchurch United	Green Island	Home	9–1
17[86][87]	Daniel Thoms	Nomads United	Nelson Suburbs	Home	3–5	20 August 2022
	Treye Butler	Coastal Spirit	Mosgiel	Away	0–5
18[88]	Connor Neil	Dunedin City Royals	Cashmere Technical	Home	4–5	27 August 2022

1. Player scored 5 goals
2. Player scored 4 goals

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
1[89]	Dominic McGarr	Coastal Spirit	Christchurch United
2[90]	Riley Caswell	Nomads United	Green Island
4[77][91] [92]	Yaquub Abdi	Nomads United	Mosgiel
	Jared Grove	Dunedin City Royals	Ferrymeads Bay
	Jake Hodder	Coastal Spirit	Green Island
	Luke Pennington
9[93]	Cameron McPhail	Mosgiel	Christchurch United
13[94]	Jack Walecki	Mosgiel	Nomads United
16[85]	Christian Firth	Green Island	Christchurch United
17[86][87]	Guy Reeves	Nomads United	Nelson Suburbs
	Benjamin Taylor	Mosgiel	Coastal Spirit
18[95]	Rory Findlay	Mosgiel	Christchurch United

Qualified clubs

There are 10 men’s National League Championship qualifying spots (4 for the Northern League, 3 plus Wellington Phoenix Reserves for the Central League and 2 for the Southern League).^[2]

Auckland

Wellington

Melville United

Napier City Rovers

Cashmere Technical

Christchurch United

Auckland City

Auckland United

Birkenhead United

Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2022 National League season

Miramar Rangers

Wellington Phoenix Reserves

Wellington Olympic

Location of clubs in Wellington Region for the 2022 National League season

Association	Team	Position in Regional League	App (last)	Previous best (last)
Northern League (4 berths)	Auckland City	1st	1st[a]	Debut[b]
	Birkenhead United	2nd	1st	Debut
	Auckland United	3rd	1st	Debut
	Melville United	4th	1st[c]	Debut[d]
Central League (3 berths)	Wellington Olympic	1st	1st	Debut
	Miramar Rangers	2nd	1st [e]	Debut
	Napier City Rovers	4th[f]	1st[e]	Debut[g]
Southern League (2 berths)	Christchurch United	1st	1st[e]	Debut[g]
	Cashmere Technical	2nd	1st	Debut
Wellington Phoenix (automatic berth)	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Automatic qualification	1st[h]	Debut

1. Debut under new competition but played National League before in the New Zealand Football Championship, also qualified last year but did not take part
2. Previously won the National League when playing in the New Zealand Football Championship
3. Debut under new competition but played National League before in the National Summer Soccer League
4. Previous best was 7th in the National Summer Soccer League
5. Debut under new competition but played National League before in the New Zealand National Soccer League
6. Wellington Phoenix Reserves finished third but have automatic qualification.
7. Previously won the National League when playing in the New Zealand National Soccer League
8. Debut under the new competition, but played the National League before as part of the New Zealand Football Championship

Championship phase

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City (C)	9	7	1	1	20	9	+11	22[a]	Qualification to Grand Final and Champions League national play-offs
2	Wellington Olympic	9	7	1	1	30	8	+22	22[a]
3	Auckland United	9	5	2	2	14	13	+1	17
4	Birkenhead United	9	4	2	3	19	17	+2	14
5	Melville United	9	4	1	4	16	18	−2	13
6	Wellington Phoenix Reserves[b]	9	3	3	3	16	14	+2	12[c]
7	Cashmere Technical	9	4	0	5	19	18	+1	12[c]
8	Napier City Rovers	9	1	3	5	14	23	−9	6
9	Christchurch United	9	1	2	6	12	26	−14	5
10	Miramar Rangers	9	1	1	7	11	25	−14	4

Source: New Zealand Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to head; 3) Head to Head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals for^[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Auckland City 3, Wellington Olympic 0.
2. Wellington Phoenix Reserves can not qualify for the Grand Final.^[96]
3. Head-to-head points: Wellington Phoenix Reserves 3, Cashmere Technical 0.

• Christchurch United won 4–1 in Round 9, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Cashmere Technical.^[97]

Results table

Home \ Away	AC	AU	BU	CT	CU	MEL	MR	NR	WO	WP
Auckland City				2–0		2–0	2–1	3–0		2–0
Auckland United	3–2			2–1	1–1	1–0		3–2
Birkenhead United	2–2	2–0		5–3	3–1
Cashmere Technical							4–0	4–2	0–3	1–3
Christchurch United	2–3			0–3[a]		2–5		1–1		1–3
Melville United			2–0	1–3				4–3	0–4
Miramar Rangers		0–1	2–4		0–3	2–3			1–4
Napier City Rovers			1–1				2–2		2–5	1–0
Wellington Olympic	1–2	3–1	2–0		7–1
Wellington Phoenix Reserves		2–2	4–2			1–1	2–3		1–1

Source: New Zealand Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Christchurch United won 4–1 in Round 9, but fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Cashmere Technical.^[97]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 3, but then postponed and played between rounds 6 and 7, it is added to the standings for round 6.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Auckland City	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1
Wellington Olympic	6	5	3	2	1	1	2	2	2
Auckland United	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	3
Birkenhead United	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	4
Melville United	7	9	9	10	8	6	5	5	5
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	6
Cashmere Technical	1	6	6	5	5	5	6	7	7
Napier City Rovers	4	4	5	6	6	7	7	8	8
Christchurch United	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9
Miramar Rangers	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10

	Leader and Grand Final
	Grand Final

Source: New Zealand Football

Grand Final

Auckland City	3–2	Wellington Olympic
Gillion 33' Garriga 40' Kilkolly 88'	Report	Davenport-Petersen 77' Mata 90+1' (pen.)

Sunday, 4 December 2022

14:00 NZDT

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland

Referee: Calvin-kei Berg

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gianni Bouzoukis	Wellington Olympic	9
	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical
3	Jesse Randall	Wellington Olympic	7
4	Oliver Colloty	Melville United	6
5	Sam Mason-Smith	Miramar Rangers	5
	Dane Schnell	Birkenhead United
	Jack-Henry Sinclair	Wellington Olympic
	Emiliano Tade	Auckland City
9	Luke Jorgensen	Birkenhead United	4
	Ryen Lawrence	Melville United
	Nicolas Zambrano	Auckland United

Hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
5[98]	Dane Schnell	Birkenhead United	Cashmere Technical	Home	5–3	30 October 2022
6[99]	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical	Napier City Rovers	Home	4–2	5 November 2022
8[100]	Jesse Randall	Wellington Olympic	Christchurch United	Home	7–1	19 November 2022

Awards

Goal of the Week

Goal of the Week
Week	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Andrew Storer	Cashmere Technical	[101]
2	Kailan Gould	Wellington Olympic	[102]
3	Sam Burfoot	Birkenhead United	[103]
4	Joe Lee	Auckland City	[104]
5	Sam Mason-Smith	Miramar Rangers	[105]

Team of the Month

Team of the Month
Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
October [106]	Scott Basalaj (WO)	Liam Schofield (NR) Sam Brotherton (AC) Dino Botica (BU) Jack-Henry Sinclair (WO)	Michael den Heijer (AU) Cam Howieson (AC) Dan McKay (WP)	Jesse Randall (WO) Gianni Bouzoukis (WO) Lyle Matthysen (CT)

Annual awards

League	MVP[107]	Club	Top scorer	Club
Northern League	Derek Tieku	Hamilton Wanderers	Derek Tieku	Hamilton Wanderers
Central League	Jonathan McNamara	Napier City Rovers	Hamish Watson	Miramar Rangers
Southern League	Cameron Anderson	Green Island	Garbhan Coughlan	Cashmere Technical
National League	Silvio Rodić[108]	Birkenhead United	Gianni Bouzoukis Garbhan Coughlan	Wellington Olympic Cashmere Technical

Team of the season[109]
Goalkeeper	Silvio Rodić (Birkenhead United)
Defenders	Dino Botica (Birkenhead United)				Ben Mata (Wellington Olympic)				Sam Brotherton (Auckland City)
Midfielders	Jack-Henry Sinclair (Wellington Olympic)			Cameron Howieson (Auckland City)			Gerard Garriga (Auckland City)			Noah Karunaratne (Wellington Phoenix Reserves)
Forwards	Gianni Bouzoukis (Wellington Olympic)				Garbhan Coughlan (Cashmere Technical)				Oliver Colloty (Melville United)