1886 North Shore United FC
1887 Ellerslie AFC Auckland
1888 North End United
1888 Roslyn-Wakari AFC Dunedin [founded as Wakari AFC]
1889 Petone SC
1893 Diamond United Wellington [merged 1986 with Zealandia Wellington to Wellington United AFC]
1896 Green Island AFC
Marist FC Wellington
1899? Otago University FC Dunedin
1900 Metro Mt Albert SC Auckland
1904 Ponsonby Mount Albert
1905 Porirua Viard United [founded as Hospital]
1906 Western Suburbs FC Porirua [founded as Mental Hospital AFC]
1907 Miramar Nurma Rangers FC Wellington
1907? Eden FC Auckland [merged 1997 with Mount Roskill FC to Three Kings United]
1910 Canterbury Nomads United AFC Christchurch
Canterbury Rangers AFC Christchurch
Dunedin City [founded as High School Old Boys]
1913 Christchurch Rangers
Mosgiel Rangers
Hamilton Wanderers
Western AFC Christchurch [founded as Swifts]
1919 Onehunga Sports
1920 Dunedin Technical AFC [founded as King Edward Technical College Old Boys]
1921 Lower Hutt City AFC [merged 1970 with Railways]
1923 Comrades FC Auckland [merged 1952 with Grey Lynn FC to Grey Lynn Comrades United]
1924? Kaiapoi Town AFC
1924 Tamaki United AFC
1925 Upper Hutt City AFC
1929 Stop Out SC Lower Hutt [founded as Moera Stop Out]
1930 Glen Innes
1931 Caversham AFC Dunedin
1934 Eastern Suburbs AFC Auckland [merger of Tamaki United AFC and Glen Innes]
1939 Otago University AFC Dunedin
1942 New Plymouth Rangers AFC
Railways Lower Hutt [merged 1970 with Lower Hutt City AFC]
1943 Point Chevalier AFC [merged 1989 with Grey Lynn Celtic to Western Springs AFC Auckland]
1944 WM Canterbury Woolston Christchurch
1945 Inglewood AFC
1948 Blockhouse Bay SC
Cambridge SC
1952 Grey Lynn Comrades United [merger of Comrades FC Auckland and Grey Lynn FC; 1986 merged
with Celtic Supporters Club to Grey Lynn Celtic]
Mount Wellington AFC [merged 1987? with Auckland University AFC to University-Mount Wellington AFC]
1953 Wellington Olympic AFC [founded as Apollon AFC]
1954 Zealandia Wellington [merged 1986 with Diamond United to Wellington United AFC]
1958 Manureva AFC
1959 Papakura City SC
Papatoetoe FC
1960 Pukekohe AFC
1961 Glenfield Rovers AFC
1962 Central United FC Auckland
Nelson Suburbs
1964 Halswell United AFC
Kapiti Hearts AFC
1966 Melville United AFC Hamilton
1967 Burnside AFC Christchurch [founded as Burndale United; merged 2011 with Avon United to FC Twenty 11]
1971 Manawatu United AFC Palmerston North
Wellington City
1972 Ferrymead Bays FC Redcliffs
Wellington North AFC
1973 Napier City Rovers AFC
Green Bay Titirangi SC
Otara Rangers Ngati Otara [merged 1989 with Clover Park United to South Auckland Rangers AFSC]
1975 Clendon United AFC
Otahuhu United Auckland
1975? Waikato United AFC
1976 Bucklands Beach AFC
1977 Albany United SC
1984 Beachlands Maraetai AFC
1986 Drury FC
Wellington United AFC [merger of Diamond United and Zealandia Wellington]
Grey Lynn Celtic [merger of Grey Lynn Comrades United and Celtic Supporters Club;
merged 1989 with Point Chevalier AFC to Western Springs AFC Auckland]
1987 Hutt Valley United
Waiheke United AFC
1987? University-Mount Wellington AFC [merger of Mount Wellington AFC and Auckland University AFC]
1988 Palmerston North Marist FC
1989 Waitakere City AFC
Western Springs AFC Auckland [merger of Point Chevalier AFC and Grey Lynn Celtic]
South Auckland Rangers AFSC [merger of Otara Rangers and Clover Park United]
1995 Auckland Fencibles United AFC [merger of Howick AFC and Pakuranga Town AFC]
Avon United FC [merger of Shamrock and Riccarton; merged 2011 with
Burnside AFC to FC Twenty 11 Christchurch]
1996 Lynn-Avon United AFC [merger of Lyndale AFC and Avondale AFC]
Wairarapa United Masterton [merger of Masterton FC and Carterton]
Queenstown Rovers FC
1997 Papatoetoe United SC
Three Kings United Auckland [merger of Eden FC and Mount Roskill FC]
Lower Hutt Soccer SGS Naenae
1998 Bay Olympic Soccer & Sports Club [merger of Blockhouse Bay SC and Green Bay Titirangi SC]
2000 Mangere United AFC
2002 Canterbury United FC Christchurch
2003 Team Taranaki New Plymouth
2004 Auckland City FC
Southern United FC [founded as Otago United FC]
Team Wellington FC
Waitakere United
2005 Hawke's Bay United FC Napier
2007 Wellington Phoenix FC
Coastal Spirit FC Christchurch [merger of New Brighton AFC and Rangers AFC]
2011 FC Twenty 11 Christchurch [merger of Avon United and Burnside AFC]
2012 Cashmere Technical FC Christchurch
2015 Tasman United Nelson
2017 Southland United FC Invercargill
Women Club Foundation Dates
1915 Dallas & Watt (Dunedin)
Lewis & Co. (Dunedin)
Price & Bulleid (Oamaru) [founded as J. Bulleid's & Co.; disbanded 1918]
Mollison's (Dunedin)
Mutual Stores (Dunedin)
North Otago Hockey Club (Oamaru) [aka Sports; disbanded 1917]
Otago Polytechnic (Dunedin) [disbanded 1918]
Thomson & Beattie (Invercargill)
1917 Kakanui [disbanded 1918]
Maheno Women FC [disbanded 1918]
1921 Jun Aotea Ladies Football Club (Wellington) [disbanded Mar 1924]
Jun Birkenhead Ladies Football Club [disbanded May 1923]
Jul 27 Christchurch Ladies Football Club
Amberley
St George's Club (Wellington) [aka Aotea Ladies FC Team B; disbanded 1923]
Tai Tapu
Timaru [disbanded 1922]
1922 Christchurch Team
Johnsonville
Masterton
Napier
Petone
1959 Wainuiomata FC
1975 Nomads United AFC Women
198? Lynn-Avon AFC
2002 Canterbury United Pride (Christchurch) [founded as Mainland Pride]
2004 WaiBOP United (Hamilton) [founded as Waikato FC; disbanded 2016]
Southern United FC [founded as Otago United]
Source for foundation dates women clubs until 1922: Faller, H.: "Waltzing Down Under: soccer in Oceania before World War Two", 2018.
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