The 1992 New Zealand National Soccer League was the 23rd season of a nationwide
round-robin club competition in
New Zealand
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football. It was the final season of the first incarnation of the league — it was replaced from the
1993 season
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by the
Superclub competition
The Superclub league was a national association football league competition which ran in New Zealand from 1993 to 1995. It replaced the first incarnation of the New Zealand National Soccer League and was itself replaced by the National Summer So ...
.
Promotion and relegation
Gisborne City
Gisborne City AFC was an association football club in Gisborne, New Zealand. Founded in 1939 as Eastern Union, the club changed its name to Gisborne City after winning the Central Districts League at the first attempt in 1967.
As Eastern Union, ...
were relegated at the end of the 1991 season, to be replaced by the winner of a play-off series between the winners of the northern, central, and southern leagues (
Papatoetoe
Papatoetoe is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest suburb in Auckland by population and is located to the northwest of Manukau Central, and 18 kilometres southeast of Auckland CBD. Papatoetoe has the unofficial title of Auckland ...
,
Wellington Olympic
Wellington Olympic AFC is a New Zealand amateur football club based in Berhampore, Wellington. The club's premier team competes in the Central League through which they have qualified for the New Zealand National League.
Club history
The club w ...
, and
Dunedin City respectively). Dunedin City opted not to take part, citing travel costs as a reason. Papatoetoe beat Wellington Olympic to be promoted to the league for 1992.
As the 1992 season was the league's last in this format, there was no relegation at the end of the competition.
League table
References
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New Zealand National Soccer League seasons
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New Zealand
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