2024 New Zealand National League

The 2024 New Zealand Men's National League will be the fourth season of the National League since its restructuring in 2021. 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. Each team can field a maximum of four foreign players as well as one additional foreign player who has Oceania Football Confederation nationality. Over the course of the season, each team must also ensure players aged 20 or under account for 10% of available playing minutes.

The qualifying league fixtures were announced on 1 March 2024. The Northern League starts on 22 March 2024 with the Central and Southern leagues starting the following weekend on 29 and 28 March respectively. The Northern and Central leagues conclude on 31 August 2024 with the Southern League concluding on 1 September 2024.

The week the Northern League started, NRF announced changes to the competition structure for the 2024 season to accommodate Auckland FC. Auckland FC will have a reserves team playing in the qualifying and championship phases from next season to fulfil their A-League Men requirements. To allow space for Auckland FC, the Northern League will now have a relegation play-off between the 10th place team and the runners up of the 2024 NRFL Championship for this season only.

Northern League teams
Twelve teams are competing in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the NRFL Championship. The promoted teams are Tauranga City and East Coast Bays. It is both Tauranga City's and East Coast Bay's first season in the National League. They replaced Takapuna (relegated after a two-year Northern League spell) and Manukau United (relegated after a three-year Northern League spell).

Central League teams
Ten teams are competing in the league – the top nine teams from the previous season and the one team promoted from the 2022 play-off between the winners of the Central Federation League and the Capital Premier. The winner of the play-off was Island Bay United. This is their first season in the Central League, since New Zealand football's restructuring in 2021. They replaced Whanganui Athletic (relegated to the Central Federation League after one season in the Central League).

Southern League teams
Ten teams are competing in the league – nine teams from the previous season and the winner of the Southern League play-offs. The promoted team is the University of Canterbury. This is their first season in the Southern League. They replaced Green Island (relegated after three season in the Southern League).

Qualified clubs
There are 10 men's National League Championship qualifying spots (4 for the Northern League, 3 plus Wellington Phoenix Reserves for the Central League and 2 for the Southern League).

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 * Qualifying Leagues