The Southern Premier League (known as the ODT Southern Men's Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is a New Zealand

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league competition administered by Southern Football involving clubs from the lower half of the

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of New Zealand. Five of the clubs are from

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and one each are from Wānaka, Queenstown, Mosgiel, Timaru, and

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

. The league has also previously included an Otago youth development team. There is currently a U-15 Development League that runs alongside the competition. Until 2009, the league was known as the SoccerSouth Premier League. Since the inception of the competition, it has been dominated by

Dunedin City Royals Dunedin City Royals is an amateur football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. Formed in 2021, originally as South City Royals, the club is an initiative between existing Southern Dunedin based clubs, Caversham, Dunedin Technical, Hereweka Jun ...

and the two predecessor teams which merged to form that club, Caversham AFC and

Dunedin Technical Dunedin Technical (known locally as Tech) is a semi-professional association football club in Dunedin, New Zealand. They compete in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League and were the 2018 ODT FootballSouth Premier League champions. Club history ...

. The league was expanded from eight to ten clubs at the start of the 2022 season, with the addition of teams from Timaru and Invercargill. As of 2022 the winner of the southern premier league enters to a promotion match against the winner of the Canterbury Premier League. The winner of this match gains a spot in the Southern League. The team placed last in the Southern Premier League is automatically relegated to its appropriate regional league. The winners of

Fletcher Cup The Fletcher Cup (known as the Ultra Southern Football Division One for sponsorship reasons, and formerly also called the FootballSouth Championship) is a New Zealand association football league competition administered bSouthern Footballinvolvin ...

(Otago),

Donald Gray Memorial Cup The Donald Gray Memorial Cup is the premier men's football competition in Southland, New Zealand. It sits below the FootballSouth Premier League and above Southland Division 1. Current clubs ''As of 2022 season.'' :(2) — Denotes club's se ...

(Southland) and South Canterbury Division 1 (South Canterbury) play in a play off for promotion into the Southern Premier League.

ODT Southern Men's Premier League clubs

''Teams due to contest the 2024 season'' (2) — Denotes club's second team, ineligible for promotion to the Southern League

Champions

*2000 – Caversham *2001 – Caversham *2002 – Caversham *2003 –

Roslyn-Wakari Roslyn-Wakari Association Football Club is an association football club based in Dunedin, New Zealand. They compete in the FootballSouth Premier League. History The club's history began in 1888 when the Wakari Football Association first played i ...

*2004 – Caversham *2005 – Caversham *2006 – Caversham *2007 – Caversham *2008 – Caversham *2009 – Caversham *2010 – Caversham *2011 –

*2012 – Caversham *2013 –

*2014 – Caversham *2015 – Caversham *2016 – Caversham *2017 - Caversham *2018 -

*2019 - Mosgiel *2020 - Green Island *2021 - South City Royals *2022 -

*2023 - Mosgiel

Notes

References

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