The Capital Premier League is an amateur status league competition run by Capital Football for

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clubs located in the southern part of the North Island,

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. It is at the third level of New Zealand Football behind the national club based

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and leads to promotion into the

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, which is the second highest level of club based football available to teams within the region.

League history

The Capital Premier, originally called the Wellington League, was the highest league in the Wellington Region, started in 1891. In 1896, the Venus Shield, named after the "New Venus" tobacco was donated by Cameron & Bros., America, the manufacturers. The league became known as the New Venus Shield league and the trophy was awarded to the winner of the competition each season. In 1967, the league dropped to being the second level of competition with the formation of the

and called the Second Division. The Central League became the feeder league for the National Soccer League in 1970 dropping the Premier League to third level in New Zealand football. In 2000, the league became the Capital Premier League with the winner then playing off from the top team from Central Football's Central Federation League for a spot in the

Capital Premier League Clubs

Current clubs

''As of the 2023 season.'' :(2) — Denotes club's second team :(3) — Denotes club's third team

Records

Past Champions

*1891 – Petone Wanderers *1892 – Queen's Park Wellington *1893 – Wellington Rovers *1894 – Wellington Rovers *1895 – Wellington Swifts *1896 – Wellington Swifts *1897 – Wellington Swifts *1898 – Wellington Rovers *1899 – Wellington Rovers *1900 – Diamond Wellington *1901 – Wellington Swifts *1902 – Wellington St. John's *1903 – Wellington St. John's *1904 – Diamond Wellington *1905 – Diamond Wellington *1906 – Diamond Wellington *1907 – Wellington Swifts *1908 – Diamond Wellington *1909 – Wellington Swifts *1910 – Ramblers Wellington *1911 – Wellington Swifts *1912 – Hospital Porirua *1913 – Wellington Thistle *1914 – Wellington Corinthians *1915 – Wellington Thistle *1916–1917 – ''no competition'' *1918 – Porirua Wellington *1919 – YMCA Wellington *1920 – Wellington Thistle *1921 – Hospital *1922 – Waterside *1923 – Waterside *1924 – YMCA *1925 – YMCA *1926 – Hospital *1927 – YMCA *1928 – YMCA *1929 –

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*1930 – Hospital *1931 –

Petone Petone (Māori: ''Pito-one''), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach". Europeans first settled in P ...

*1932 – Marist *1933 –

*1934 – Marist *1935 – Hospital *1936 – Hospital *1937 – Waterside *1938 – Waterside *1939 –

*1940 – Waterside *1941 –

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*1942 – Hospital *1943 – Waterside *1944 – Waterside *1945 – Marist *1946 – Marist *1947 – Marist *1948 – Waterside *1949 –

*1950 –

*1951 –

*1952 –

*1953 – Marist *1954 – Stop Out *1955 – Stop Out *1956 – Stop Out *1957 –

*1958 –

*1959 – Northern *1960 –

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*1961 – Northern *1962 – Northern *1963 –

*1964 –

*1965 –

*1966 –

Miramar Rangers Miramar Rangers AFC is an amateur New Zealand association football club in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. The club is one of the most successful in New Zealand having won the Chatham Cup four times and the National League title twice. Over t ...

*1967 – Hungaria *1968 – Western Suburbs *1969 – Western Suburbs *1970 – Waterside *1971 – Waterside *1972 – Wellington United Diamond *1973 – Waterside *1974 – Porirua United *1975 – Wellington United Diamond *1976 –

Nelson United Nelson United was a New Zealand soccer club, based in the South Island city of Nelson. Their home ground was Guppy Park. The team was founded in 1968 through the amalgamation of Nelson Thistle (founded 1924) and Nelson Rangers (founded 1950 ...

*1977 – Waterside *1978 –

Manawatu United Manawatu United (previously known as YoungHeart Manawatu) was a football club based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It participated in the New Zealand Football Championship, and fielded a youth side in the National Youth League. Their home ...

*1979 –

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, ...

*1980 –

*1981 –

Napier City Rovers Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central Premier League. Club history The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's ...

*1982 –

*1983 – Stop Out *1984 – Stop Out *1985 –

*1986 –

*1987 –

Waterside Karori Waterside Karori AFC is an association football club in Karori, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. They currently play in the Capital Football Central League. History Waterside Karori was formed in 1987 when Karori Swifts merged with Waters ...

*1988 –

*1989 – New Plymouth Old Boys *1990 –

*1991 – Wellington Olympic *1992 – Tawa *1993 – Stokes Valley *1994 –

*1995 –

Island Bay United Island Bay United is a football club in the southern suburb of Island Bay in Wellington, New Zealand. The club was founded in 1931 as Wellington Technical College Old Boys. In 1966 the name was changed to Island Bay United. Island Bay United ...

*1996 – Stop Out *1997 –

*1998 –

Upper Hutt City Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. Geography The Upper Hutt city cent ...

*1999 –

*2000 – Western Suburbs *2001 –

Wellington United Wellington United AFC is an association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand, that competes in the Central League. History Wellington Diamond United Wellington Diamond United was the result of the merger of Diamond and Zealandia/Well ...

*2002 – Western Suburbs *2003 –

Lower Hutt City Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most ...

*2004 –

*2005 – Stop Out *2006 –

*2007 –

*2008 –

*2009 – Tawa *2010 –

*2011 –

*2012 –

*2013 – Stop Out *2014 – Stop Out *2015 –

*2016 –

*2017 –

*2018 – North Wellington *2019 –

*2020 –

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*2021 –

*2022 – Stop Out

References

External links

Capital Football official website
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