The Fletcher Cup (formerly known as Ultra Football Men's Division 1) is a New Zealand association football league competition administered by Southern Football involving clubs from the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand. All seven of the teams in the competition in 2025 with the exception of Mosgiel AFC — are from Dunedin, with several of them being second teams from clubs in higher divisions. The league sits at level 4 of the New Zealand football pyramid.
The winner of each season's league, if eligible, enters a playoff series with the winners of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup (Southland) and South Canterbury Division 1 (South Canterbury) for promotion into the Southern Premier League.
Current clubs As of 2026 season Club Home Ground(s) Location 2026 season Dunedin City Royals (3) Culling Park South Dunedin 5th Grants Braes Ocean Grove Sportsground Ocean Grove, Dunedin 7th Green Island (2) Sunnyvale Park Green Island, Dunedin 4th Mosgiel (2) Memorial Park Ground Mosgiel 3rd Northern (3) Forrester Park North East Valley, Dunedin 2nd Otago University (2) Dunedin Artificial Turf Dunedin North, Dunedin 6th Roslyn Wakari (2)† Ellis Park Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin 1st
† — known for sponsorship reasons as Motus Health Roslyn Wakari AFC (2) and (3) — Denotes club's second or third team
Champions
1998 - Dunedin Technical 1999 - Green Island 2000 - Caversham 2001 - Caversham 2002 - Caversham 2003 - Grants Braes 2004 - Roslyn-Wakari 2005 - Roslyn-Wakari 2006 - Otago University 2007 - Roslyn-Wakari 2008 - Dunedin Technical 2009 - Dunedin Technical 2010 - Roslyn-Wakari 2011 - Dunedin Technical 2012 - Dunedin Technical 2013 - Mosgiel 2014 - Caversham 2015 - Caversham 2016 - Caversham 2017 - Dunedin Technical 2018 - Dunedin Technical 2019 - Mosgiel 2020 - Otago University 2021 - Otago University 2022 - Roslyn-Wakari 2023 - Dunedin City Royals (3) 2024 - Old Boys' 2025 - Northern (2) 2026 - Roslyn-Wakari (2)
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