2023 New Zealand National League

New Zealand National League
Season2023
Dates24 March – 26 November 2023
ChampionsWellington Olympic
OFC Champions LeagueAuckland City
Wellington Olympic
Matches played46
Goals scored189 (4.11 per match)
Top goalscorerGianni Bouzouzkis
Garbhan Coughlan
(11 goals each)
Biggest home winWellington Olympic 7–1 Napier City Rovers
(30 September 2023)
Biggest away winNapier City Rovers 0–5 Eastern Suburbs
(11 November 2023)
Highest scoringManurewa 4–6 Wellington Phoenix Reserves
(8 October 2023)
Longest winning run7 matches
Auckland City
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Wellington Olympic
Longest winless run9 matches
Petone
Longest losing run6 matches
Petone
2022
2024

The 2023 New Zealand Men's National League was the third season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021.[1] 32 clubs compete in the competition, with four qualifying from the Northern League, three qualifying from the Central League and two qualifying from the Southern League for the National Championship phase.[2][3] Each team can field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality.[4] Over the course of the season, each team must also ensure players aged 20 or under account for 10% of available playing minutes.[5]

  1. ^ "National League Championship cancelled, new interregional competition announced and Chatham Cup moved to 2022". New Zealand Football.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference phxchamps was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "New National League system". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Two National League clubs found to have breached foreign player regulations". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. ^ "National League regulations for U-20 players revised". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 9 March 2023.