Southern Football
{{Short description|Federation of New Zealand Football}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox football association
| Logo = Southern Football Logo.png
| Founded = 2000
| Folded =
|Headquarters = Logan Park
|Location = 20 Logan Park Drive, North Dunedin, Dunedin
| FIFA affiliation = New Zealand Football
| Head title = Chief Executive
| Head = Dougal McGowan
| Website = [https://www.southernfootball.co.nz/ Official website]
}}
Southern Football, formerly FootballSouth, is one of six federations of New Zealand Football, representing regions of South Canterbury, Waitaki, Dunedin, Central Otago, Clutha and Southland
History
Southern United, formerly Soccersouth until 2007, was founded in 2002, to represent the region for the New Zealand Women's National League from its inaugural season in 2002 onwards.{{cite web |title=New National League system |url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=3da9f0fa-187f-406d-8e40-e5a936662fcc |website=New Zealand Football |access-date=24 June 2023}}
Southern United, formerly Otago United until 2013, was founded in 2004 as a conglomerate of various Otago area clubs, in order to form a strong team to take part in the New Zealand Football Championship, run on a regional franchise basis, and Southern United became one of the eight competing teams.{{cite web |title=Southern United |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/DBSouthern/id105.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=24 June 2023}} In 2021, the league was replaced by New Zealand National League for more of a club based competition, causing the Southern United Men's Team to dissolve.{{cite web |title=New National League competition details confirmed |url=https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/100552 |website=New Zealand Football |access-date=24 June 2023}}{{cite web |title=New National League competition |url=https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/98116?newsfeedId=1175318&newsfeedPageNum=5 |website=New Zealand Football |access-date=24 June 2023}}
Competitions
Leagues
- Men's Leagues
- Southern League
- Southern Premier League
- Fletcher Cup
- South Canterbury Men's Division One
- Donald Gray Memorial Cup
- Women's Leagues
- South Island League
- Southern Women's Championship League
- Otago Women's Division One
- South Canterbury Women's Division One
- Kolk Cup Premier
Defunct Leagues
Note: Southern League and South Island League includes teams from the Mainland Football Federation and is a National competition run by New Zealand Football and managed by Mainland Football.
Current title holders
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Competition
! Year ! Champions ! Runners-up ! Next edition |
|---|
| colspan=6|Senior (Men's) |
| Southern League
| 2024 | 2025 |
| Southern Premier League
| 2024 | Wanaka | 2025 |
| Fletcher Cup
| 2024 | Old Boys | 2025 |
| South Canterbury Men's Division One
| 2024 | West End | 2025 |
| Donald Gray Memorial Cup
| 2024 | 2025 |
| colspan=6|Senior (Women's) |
| South Island League
| 2024 | 2025 |
| Southern Women's Premiership League
| 2024 | 2025 |
| Otago Women's Division One
| 2024 | 2025 |
| South Canterbury Women's Division One
| 2023 | {{N/a}} |
| Kolk Cup Premier
| 2024 | Thistle | 2024 |
Affiliated clubs
{{Asof|2025}}.{{cite web|title=Our Clubs|url=https://www.footballsouth.co.nz/community-1/Club-Directory|website=Southern Football|accessdate=24 June 2023}}{{cite web|title=Club Directory|url=https://www.southlandfootball.org.nz/get-involved/play-1/club-directory|website=Southland Football|accessdate=24 June 2023}}{{cite web|title=Club Contacts|url=https://www.southlandfootball.org.nz/get-involved/club-contacts|website=Southland Football|accessdate=24 June 2024}}
| valign=top
| {| class="wikitable" |
| Southern League |
|---|
| Dunedin City Royals |
| Wanaka |
|
| class="wikitable" |
| Green Island |
| Mosgiel |
| Northern |
| Northern Hearts |
| Old Boys |
| Otago University |
| Queens Park |
| Roslyn Wakari |
|
| class="wikitable"
!Otago/Dunedin |
| Al-Huda |
| Alexandra United |
| Awamoa |
| Balclutha |
| Cromwell |
| Grants Braes |
| Harbourside |
| Maori Hill |
| Meadowbank United |
| Mornington |
| Riverside |
| Queenstown |
|
| class="wikitable" |
| South Canterbury |
|---|
| Geraldine |
| Pleasant Point |
| Temuka |
| Thistle |
| Timaru City |
| Timaru United |
| Timaru Boys' HS |
| Waimate |
| West End |
|
| class="wikitable" |
| Southland |
|---|
| Gore Wanderers |
| Southend United |
| Te Anau |
| Thistle |
| Waihopai |
| Western |
| Winton |
| Wyndham Town |
|}