2022 New Zealand National League

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2022 New Zealand Women's National League.

New Zealand National League
Season2022
Dates25 March 2022 - 4 December 2022
ChampionsAuckland City
OFC Champions LeagueAuckland City
Wellington Olympic
Matches played46
Goals scored178 (3.87 per match)
Best PlayerSilvio Rodić (Birkenhead United)
Top goalscorerGarbhan Coughlan
Gianni Bouzoukis
(9 goals)
Biggest home winWellington Olympic 7–1 Christchurch United
(19 November 2022)
Biggest away winMelville United 0–4 Wellington Olympic
(9 October 2022)
Highest scoringBirkenhead United 5–3 Cashmere Technical
(30 October 2022)
Wellington Olympic 7–1 Christchurch United
(19 November 2022)
Longest winning run5 matches
Wellington Olympic
Longest unbeaten run7 matches
Wellington Olympic
Longest winless run7 matches
Napier City Rovers
Longest losing run3 matches
Miramar Rangers
Napier City Rovers
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 New Zealand Men's National League is the second scheduled season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021; the 2021 National League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in northern regions.[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] Each team must also have at least two players aged 20 or under in the starting eleven.[5]

This season the Wellington Phoenix Reserves replaced Lower Hutt City and was allowed to play in the Central League though they still have an automatic entry into the Championship phase.[6][2] The Southern League also increased by two teams to have ten, adding three new sides to the league.[6]

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  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. ^ "Youth leads the way in new National League". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fixtures was invoked but never defined (see the help page).