Below a variety of New Zealand cup tournaments is listed other than the main Chatham Cup tournament.
NB: played between the league champions and the Chatham Cup holders.
season champions cup winners date note venue
1978 Christchurch United 0-2 Manurewa Oct 8, 1978 Newmarket Park, Auckland
1979 Mt Wellington 3-1 North Shore United Mar 9, 1980 [+] Carlaw Park, Auckland
1980 Mt Wellington 2-0 Gisborne City [*] Feb 22, 1981 [+] Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland
1981 Wellington Diamond U. 1-1 Dunedin City [aet, 5-4 pen] Mar 7, 1982 [+] Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
1982 Mt Wellington 1-0 North Shore United [*] Mar 13, 1983 [+] Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
1983 Manurewa 2-1 Mt Wellington May 2, 1984 [+] Gallaher Park, Manurewa
1984 Gisborne City 1-0 Manurewa Feb 6, 1985 [+] Gallaher Park, Manurewa
1985 Wellington United 2-0 Napier City Rovers Mar 23, 1986 [+] Park Island, Napier
1986 Mt Wellington 0-3 North Shore United Apr 7, 1987 [+] Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland
NB: winners listed in bold face
[+] opening match next season
[*] Gisborne City (1980) and North Shore United (1982) entered as league runners-up,
because Mt Wellington had won the league-and-cup double in both seasons
Number of Wins (9; lost finals between square brackets)
3 [ 2] Mt Wellington (Auckland)
2 [ 1] Manurewa (Auckland)
2 Wellington (Diamond) United
1 [ 2] North Shore United (Auckland)
1 [ 1] Gisborne City
[ 1] Christchurch United
[ 1] Dunedin City
[ 1] Napier City Rovers
Number of League-and-Cup Doubles (10)
2 Christchurch United [1975, 1991]
2 Mt Wellington (Auckland) [1980, 1982]
2 Napier City Rovers [1993, 2000]
2 Waitakere City (Auckland) [1995, 1996]
1 Auckland City [2022]
1 Blockhouse Bay (Auckland) [1970]
NB: due to the introduction of a franchise-based league in 2004, whose members did not
enter the Chatham Cup, league-and-cup doubles were not possible until 2021;
in addition, once the double of Rothmans Cup and Chatham Cup was won:
1 North Shore United (Auckland) [1963]
NB: played between the league champions and a challenging team determined by various means.
season champions (and hosts) challengers reason date note venue
2010/11 Waitakere United 2-3 Auckland City [*1] Oct 16, 2011 [+] Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
2011/12 Waitakere United 2-1 Auckland City [*2] Oct 28, 2012 [+] Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
2012/13 Waitakere United 1-4 Auckland City [*1] Nov 2, 2013 [+] Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
2013/14 Auckland City 2-2 Team Wellington [3-4 pen] [*1] Oct 19, 2014 [+] Kiwitea Street, Auckland
2014/15 Auckland City 3-0 Team Wellington [*3] Nov 1, 2015 [+] Kiwitea Street, Auckland
2015/16 Team Wellington 1-3 Auckland City [*4] Jan 8, 2017 [!] David Farrington Park, Wellington
2016/17 Team Wellington 3-1 Auckland City [*4] Oct 15, 2017 [#] David Farrington Park, Wellington
2017/18 Auckland City 4-3 Team Wellington [*4] Oct 14, 2018 [#] Kiwitea Street, Auckland
2018/19 Eastern Suburbs 0-2 Auckland City [*2] Mar 15, 2020 [!] William Green Domain, Auckland
2019/20 Auckland City 3-1 Team Wellington [*1] Feb 7, 2021 [!] Kiwitea Street, Auckland
2023 Wellington Olympic 3-0 Christchurch United [*5] Mar 3, 2024 [+] Martin Luckie Park, Wellington
NB: winners listed in bold face
reason (for entry challengers):
[*1] as league runners-up of season indicated
[*2] as winners regular stage of season indicated
[*3] as second best New Zealand club in OFC Champions League 2015, for
which they had qualified as league runners-up in 2013/14
[*4] as last winners OFC Champions League
[*5] as winners Chatham Cup of season indicated
note:
[+] opening match next season (not part of league)
[#] opening match of next season's league
[!] match also part of next season's league (at some stage during the season)
Number of Wins (11; lost finals between square brackets)
7 [ 3] Auckland City
2 [ 4] Team Wellington
1 [ 2] Waitakere United (Auckland)
1 Wellington Olympic
[ 1] Christchurch United
[ 1] Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
Prestigious pre-season tournament. Open only to league teams in 1984 and 1985. season winners runners-up date venue final 1974 Mt Wellington 3-0 Gisborne City Apr 15, 1974 Newmarket Park, Auckland 1975 Mt Wellington 0-0 Christchurch United Mar 31, 1975 Newmarket Park, Auckland replay Mt Wellington 3-2 Christchurch United Apr 8, 1975 English Park, Christchurch 1976 Hamilton 3-1 Gisborne City Apr 19, 1976 Newmarket Park, Auckland 1977 Mt Wellington 1-0 Christchurch United Apr 11, 1977 Newmarket Park, Auckland 1978 Mt Wellington 2-0 Eastern Suburbs Mar 27, 1978 Newmarket Park, Auckland 1979 North Shore United 2-1 Nelson United Apr 16, 1979 Newmarket Park, Auckland 1980-83 no competition 1984 Gisborne City 5-1 Nelson United Apr 29, 1984 Childers Road, Gisborne 1985 North Shore United 2-1 Dunedin City Mar 20, 1985 Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland Number of Wins (8; lost finals between square brackets) 4 Mt Wellington (Auckland) 2 North Shore United (Auckland) 1 [ 2] Gisborne City 1 Hamilton [ 2] Christchurch United [ 2] Nelson United [ 1] Dunedin City [ 1] Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
Inter-club series featuring the local champions from Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago. The winners were considered to be unofficial New Zealand champions. season winners losing finalists 1962 Northern (Otago) 2-0 1-2 Eastern Suburbs [!] 1963 North Shore United 3-1 King Edward TCOB [*] [!] Eastern Suburbs hosted the first leg, Northern the second [*] King Edward TCOB were later renamed Dunedin Technical
Provincial championship for the Winfield Trophy. The competition lasted only two seasons due to the fact that tobacco sponsorship of sporting events was banned in New Zealand. Winfield was also the main sponsor of the National Soccer League (club championship) which folded in 1992. season winners losing finalists date venue 1990 Canterbury 2-1 Auckland [aet] Nov 18, 1990 Mt.Smart #2, Auckland 1991 Hawke's Bay 2-2 Bay of Plenty [aet, 3-2 pen] Nov 2, 1991
With thanks to Jeremy Ruane (jeremyruane@hotmail.com)
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