The Northern Regional Football League Division One, currently known as Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1 for sponsorship reasons, is a semi-professional New Zealand

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league competition. The league includes football clubs located in the northern part of the

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, with clubs from the Northland,

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and

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provinces. The league sits at step 3 of the New Zealand football pyramid.

Current clubs

Northern Rovers Northern Rovers Football Club is an amateur football club based in Glenfield, New Zealand. Formed in 2020 as an amalgamation between Glenfield Rovers and Forrest Hill-Milford United, Northern Rovers men's team currently competes in the NRFL ...

and

West Coast Rangers West Coast Rangers Football Club is an amateur football club based in Whenuapai, New Zealand. Formed in 2021 as an amalgamation between Waitakere City and Norwest United, West Coast Rangers previously competed in the Northern League which i ...

joined the league following their relegation the season prior from the

Northern League Northern League may refer to: Sport Baseball * Northern League (baseball, 1902–71), a name used by several minor leagues that operated in the upper midwestern U.S. and Manitoba from 1902 to 1971 * Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010), an indep ...

. Onehunga-Mangere United were promoted as winners of NRFL Division 2, with

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also promoted. Waiheke United won the 2021 season and were promoted alongside

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to the Northern League, while Bucklands Beach were relegated to NRFL Division 2.

Past winners

Numbers in parentheses indicate wins up to that date.

References

External links

Auckland Football FederationNRFL Football League
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