The 2024 Southern Football Leagues is the 25th season of football in the Southern Football federation. There are five main men's leagues and four main women's leagues. The main men's leagues are: Southern League, Southern Premiership, Fletcher Cup, Donald Gray Memorial Cup, and South Canterbury Division 1, respectively tier 2, 3, 4, 4 and 4 among New Zealand men's league system. The main women's leagues are: South Island League, Southern Premiership, Combined Division One, and Kolk Cup, respectively tier 2, 3, 4 and 4 among New Zealand women's league system.
The Men's Premiership league is sponsored by Otago Daily Times, the Fletcher Cup is sponsored by Southland Express, the Kolk Cup is sponsored by SBS Bank.
Men's Competitions Southern League
The 2024 Southern League is the 3rd season of a full 10 team league, 4th season all total. Ten teams will compete in the league – the nine teams from the previous season and the winner of the Southern League play-offs also being the 2023 Canterbury Premiership League champions. The promoted team is University of Canterbury, after winning 5–3 on aggregate against FC Nelson, then drawing 2–2 on aggregate against Roslyn-Wakari, with University of Canterbury won 6–5 on penalties. This is University of Canterbury's first season in the Southern League, they replaced Green Island after withdrawing at the end of the previous season, they spent three seasons in the league with their highest finish being 8th on all three occasions.
The Southern League sits above the Southern Premiership and is also overseen by Mainland Football and Southern Football, despite being run by New Zealand Football as part of the New Zealand National League regional phase. Southern League table
Southern League play-off series
The final of the Southern League play-off series is a two-legged match that take place between the Mainland Football nominated club and Southern Football nominated club. The winner of the Mainland Football play-off will face the Southern Football nominated club, Wanaka. Wanaka came second in the 2024 Southern Premiership League, with champions Mosgiel, declining to participate for the second year in a row. None of the clubs in the Southern League play-off series have previously participated in the Southern League.
Overview
Matches – Southern League Playoff Series
Southern Premiership League
The 2024 Southern Premiership League is the 25th season of premiership football in the region. The League started on 6 April and finishes on 7 September, with the competition being a double round robin. Each team can field a maximum of five foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. Temporary Dismissals will be in use for when a player commits a cautionable offence that is relevant to dissent and the length of the dismissal is 10 minutes starting from when play restarts.
At the end of season, the highest ranked team will be nominated to play in a Southern League Playoff series, two-leg home and away series, against the winner of the Mainland Football Federation Playoffs. The Mainland Playoffs consists of the highest ranked nominated team from Canterbury Premiership League and Nelson Bays Premiership League. The winner of Southern League Playoff will be promoted to Southern League, assuming they will have the correct club licensing before the season starts.
Southern Premiership teams Ten teams are competing in the league – all ten clubs from the previous season. Green Island's reserve team were relegated due to their first team withdrawing from the 2024 Southern League, as per the regulations stating that only one team per club is allowed in the league, the reserve team will play in the Fletcher Cup. TeamLocationHome Ground2023 seasonDunedin City Royals ReservesCaledonian GroundDunedin North 8thGreen IslandSunnyvale ParkGreen Island 8th in Southern League (Relegated)MosgielMemorial Park GroundMosgiel 1stNorthernForrester ParkNorth East Valley 3rdNorthern HeartsAorangi StadiumTimaru 10thOtago UniversityDunedin Artificial TurfDunedin North 7thQueens ParkSurrey ParkInvercargill 5thQueenstownQueenstown Events Centre StadiumQueenstown 9thRoslyn-WakariEllis ParkKaikorai Valley 2ndWanakaWanaka Recreation CentreWānaka 4th
Southern Premiership personnel Team Manager CaptainDunedin City Royals Reserves Damon Moss Michael NeaversonGreen Island Jared White Sam DoreMosgiel Max Frear Rory FindlayNorthern Arran Wilkinson Cameron McPhailNorthern HeartsMatthew ChambersKevin McLaughlinOtago UniversityRobert MitchellBen CampbellQueens ParkPatrick MurphyRyo OkuyamaQueenstownDanniel BocatiosCameron McCrackenRoslyn-Wakari Kris RidleyShay ThomWanaka Thomas van Hees Josh Shackelton
Southern Premiership table
Southern Premiership results table
Southern Premiership relegation play-off The Southern Premiership relegation play-off was a one-legged match that took place between the Southern Premiership's bottom placed club and Fletcher Cup's winners. The bottom placed team of the Southern Premiership league, Queenstown, will face the Fletcher Cup winners, Old Boys. The winner of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup was meant to play the winner of the Fletcher Cup in a play-off match, but due to the winner, Queens Park, already having a team in the league and second placed Gore Wanderers declining by having no ambitions for promotion to the Southern Premiership, the first play-off game got canceled.
Overview
Matches – Southern Premiership relegation play-off
Blair Davidson Trophy The Blair Davidson Trophy is a Challenge Shield, where any team can challenge for the shield. It is only up for challenge when the current holders plays a league home game, cups competitions aren't challenge games. The season started with Green Island holding the trophy, before Mosgiel took the trophy off them. Mosgiel defended it against Wanaka, losing it to Otago University. Otago University went on to defend it against Dunedin City Royals Reserves and Green Island, then Wanaka won it. Wanaka's shield defence didn't last long as Mosgiel won it back. Mosgiel went on to defend it for the rest of the season with comfortable wins against Roslyn Wakari and Northern Hearts. Mosgiel's last defense match against Queenstown got cancelled as Queenstown defaulted the match.
The Blair Davidson Trophy current holders are Mosgiel, who defeated Wanaka 0–1 in the 12th round to claim the shield. They have defended the trophy twice, once against Roslyn Wakari and once against Northern Hearts. Blair Davidson Trophy Matches Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Match 4
Match 5
Match 6
Match 7
Match 8
Match 9
Match 10
Southern Premiership scoring
Southern Premiership top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Rhys QuarrellMosgiel272Rory HibbertNorthern17Nathan WilkieRoslyn Wakari4Lucas TownendDunedin City Royals Reserves165Tyler MuirNorthern136Bailey ChambersNorthern Hearts127Ethan ArratiaWanaka10Reece BurtenshawMosgielSam CosgroveNorthernGeorge DuncanMosgiel
Southern Premiership hat-tricks RoundPlayerForAgainstHome/AwayResultDate 1Tyler MuirNorthernQueenstownHome7–02Lewis WallRoslyn WakariWanakaAway3–3Rhys QuarrellMosgielGreen IslandAway0–94Ben CampbellOtago UniversityQueenstownHome4–28Nathan WilkieRoslyn WakariQueenstownHome4–19Rhys QuarrellMosgielQueenstownAway0–1010Rhys QuarrellMosgielDunedin City Royals ReservesAway1–413Lucas TownendDunedin City Royals ReservesQueens ParkAway3–414Connor NeilDunedin City Royals ReservesQueenstownhome6–016Reece BurtenshawMosgielNorthern HearstHome11–0Ethan ArratiaWanakaQueenstownHome10–017Rory HibbertNorthernNorthern HeartsAway1–5Nathan WilkieRoslyn WakariQueenstownAway0–418Lucas TownendDunedin City Royals ReservesRoslyn WakariAway1–4Rory HibbertNorthernQueens ParkHome5–2
Southern Premiership own goals RoundPlayerClubTimeGoalResultOpponentDate1Sören Von LohQueenstownAway60'5–07–0Northern2Cameron McCrackenQueenstownAway81'1–11–1Northern Hearts5Josh LucasQueenstownAway58'5–07–0Green Island6Jorge Antonio Pun PerezRoslyn WakariAway19'2–02–1Northern7Alex WilsonWanakaAway26'1–21–4QueenstownSam DoreGreen IslandAway17'1–03–0Dunedin City Royals Reserves11Rayn WaldenQueenstownHome26'0–21–4QueenstownAngus BrettNorthernHome30'0–22–4Dunedin City Royals Reserves12Sam DoreGreen IslandHome66'1–34–3Northern13Conor WhiteNorthern HeartsAway11'1–02–0Wanaka17Joseph RenwickDunedin City Royals ReservesHome74'0–20–2Wanaka
Fletcher Cup League
The 2024 Fletcher Cup is the 7th season of championship football in the Otago region. The League started on 6 April and finished on 31 August, with league format being a double round robin.
Fletcher Cup teams TeamLocationHome Ground2023 seasonDunedin City Royals ThirdsCaledonian GroundDunedin North1stGrants BraesOcean Grove SportsgroundOcean Grove7thGreen Island ReservesSunnyvale ParkGreen Island6th in Southern Premier League (Relegated)Mosgiel ReservesMemorial Park GroundMosgiel4thNorthern ReservesForrester ParkNorth East Valley2ndOld BoysWaverley ParkInvercargill1st in Donald Gray Memorial Cup (Moved)Otago University ReservesFootball TurfDunedin North3rdRoslyn-Wakari ReservesEllis ParkKaikorai Valley5th
Fletcher Cup table
Fletcher Cup results table
Fletcher Cup scoring
Fletcher Cup top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Toby OrchistonNorthern Reserves172Aaron Fernadez CaceresOld Boys123Nicholas BrettNorthern Reserves9Ben ClixbyOld BoysTimothy CookDunedin City Royals ThirdsJack SmithNorthern Reserves7Aaron HartnellMosgiel Reserves8Torsten WilkinsonNorthern Reserves9Giovanni PribazRoslyn Wakari Reserves710Harrison BrokenshireMosgiel Reserves6Salomon Fernadez CaceresOld Boys
Fletcher Cup hat-tricks RoundPlayerForAgainstHome/AwayResultDate3Timothy CookDunedin City Royals ThirdsRoslyn Wakari ReservesAway1–46Torsten WilkinsonNorthern ReservesDunedin City Royals ThirdsAway1–78Giovanni PribazRoslyn Wakari ReservesNorthern ReservesAway2–410Toby OrchistonNorthern ReservesGrants BraesHome5–116Toby OrchistonNorthern ReservesOtago University ReservesHome6–3Ben ClixbyOld BoysGrants BraesHome7–018Matthew AdyeDunedin City Royals ThirdsOtago University ReservesHome3–1
Fletcher Cup own goals RoundPlayerClubTimeGoalResultOpponentDate10Xavier WrightMosgiel ReservesHome58'3–23–3Otago University Reserves12Rowan BellGreen Island ReservesHome61'1–52–6Northern Reserves17Joshua ChildGrants BraesHome67'0–30–3Northern Reserves
Donald Gray Memorial Cup League
The 2024 Donald Gray Memorial Cup is the 75th season of premiership football in the Southland Region. The Leagues starts on 13 April and finishes on 31 August, with the competition being a quadruple round robin.
Donald Gray teams Five teams are competing in the league. TeamHome GroundLocation2023 seasonGore WanderersHyde ParkGore4thOld Boys ReservesWaverley ParkWaverley, Invercargill1stQueens Park ReservesSurrey ParkGlengarry, Invercargill3rdThistleILT Football TurfInvercargill2ndWaihopaiSurrey ParkGlengarry, Invercargill—
Donald Gray table
Donald Gray results table
Donald Gray scoring
Donald Gray top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Jose Mojica RodriguezThistle152Ashton WadsworthGore Wanderers143Sam ChristieOld Boys Reserves124Rithvy Riyaan GoundarGore Wanderers115Jesús CastilloThistle76Nshuti HonoreThistle6Brayan Ocoro OrobioQueens Park ReservesGanesh Thapa9Zac Owen Gear Queens Park Reserves5Roy GibsonGore WanderersSobur OmoyajowoThistleBenjamin Paterson Queens Park ReservesMatthew WinkelGore Wanderers
Donald Gray hat-tricks