NRFL Conference

The Northern Regional Football League Conference, currently known as  Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Conference for sponsorship reasons, is a New Zealand Semi-Professional football league. The league is run by the Auckland Football Federation and includes football clubs located in the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand. It is open to clubs from the Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty provinces. Up until 2022, the competition was known as NRFL Division 2, and was not split into Northern and Southern competitions.

The fixtures are generally played from April to September. Clubs are able to win promotion to NRFL Championship.

The current champions are Franklin United (Northern) and Waikato Unicol (Southern). Franklin United were promoted to the 2024 NRFL Championship season.

Current Northern League structure

 * Northern League
 * NRFL Championship
 * NRFL Conference (this page)
 * NRF League One, WaiBOP League One

Northern Conference
As of the 2024 season.

Southern Conference
As of the 2024 season.

Past champions
Source:


 * 1965 – Lynndale
 * 1966 – Kahukura
 * 1967 – Ellerslie
 * 1968 – Huntly Thistle
 * 1969 – Takapuna City
 * 1970 – Massey Rovers
 * 1971 – Metro College
 * 1972 – Papakura City
 * 1973 – Manurewa
 * 1974 – Whangarei City
 * 1975 – Lynndale
 * 1976 – Glenfield Rovers
 * 1977 – Ellerslie
 * 1978 – East Coast Bays
 * 1979 – Waitemata City
 * 1980 – Birkenhead United
 * 1981 – Eden
 * 1982 – University
 * 1983 – Otara Rangers
 * 1984 – Mount Manganui
 * 1985 – Claudelands Rovers
 * 1986 – Rotorua Suburbs
 * 1987 – Glenfield Rovers
 * 1988 – Onehunga Sports
 * 1989 – Kawerau Town
 * 1990 – Eden
 * 1991 – Hamilton Wanderers
 * 1992 – Onehunga Sports
 * 1993 – Cambridge
 * 1994 – Western Springs
 * 1995 – Mount Roskill
 * 1996 – Otahuhu United
 * 1997 – Tauranga City
 * 1998 – Western Springs
 * 1999 – Taupo
 * 2000 – Mount Albert-Ponsonby
 * 2001 – Tauranga City United
 * 2002 – Mangere United
 * 2003 – Eastern Suburbs
 * 2004 – North Force
 * 2005 – South Auckland Rangers
 * 2006 – Papatoetoe
 * 2007 – Fencibles United
 * 2008–2009 – no competition
 * 2010 – Mangere United
 * 2011 – Mount Albert-Ponsonby
 * 2012 – Hibiscus Coast
 * 2013 – Western Springs
 * 2014 – Tauranga City United
 * 2015 – Papakura City
 * 2016 – Manukau City
 * 2017 – Fencibles United
 * 2018 – Takapuna
 * 2019 – Albany United
 * 2020 – Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
 * 2021 – Onehunga-Mangere United
 * 2022 – Hibiscus Coast


 * Northern Conference


 * 2023 – Franklin United


 * Southern Conference


 * 2023 – Waikato Unicol