Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2

Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2

Country	New Zealand
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Founded	1965
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	4
Promotion to	Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1
Domestic cup(s)	Chatham Cup
Current champions	Western Springs AFC (2013)
Website	Auckland Football Federation
2011 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2

The Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 is a New Zealand Association football (soccer) semi-professional status league competition that is run by the Auckland Football Federation and includes soccer 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. The promoted clubs go to the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1.

Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 Clubs – 2012

Matamata Swifts^R1 (Matamata)
Mangere United (Mangere)
Tauranga City United (Tauranga City)
Hibiscus Coast AFC (Whangaparaoa Peninsula)
Waiuku AFC (Waiuku)
Western Springs AFC (Western Springs)
Fencibles United (Howick/Pakuranga)
North Shore United (North Shore City)
Papakura City FC (Papakura)
Manukau City AFC^P2 (Manukau)
Warkworth AFC (Warkworth)
Onehunga-Mangere United^R1 (Mangere Bridge)

Teams promoted and relegated following 2011 season

Promoted

Mount Albert-Ponsonby^C (Mount Albert)
Ngaruawahia United² (Ngaruawahia)

Relegated

Cambridge FC^R2 (Cambridge, New Zealand)

_{Source: Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 ^[1]}

Note

(C)=Regular season champions
(2)=Runners up
(P2)=Promoted to NRFL Div 2
(R1)=Relegated from Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1 to NRFL Div 2
(R2)=Relegated from NRFL Div 2

Note 2

At completion of the 2010 championship round, the Div 2 winners contested play-offs with the teams placed 7th & 8th in Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Divs 1A & 1B.

The top two from this series contested the 2011 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 1.

The bottom three contested the 2011 Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2, along with the teams placed 2nd to 9th in Div 2.

The bottom-placed team in Div 2 was relegated from the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL pyramid structure.^[2]

References

External links

2015 Lotto Sport NRFL Division 2

AFC Fury Albany United Claudelands Rovers Fencibles United Lynn Avon AFC Manukau City North Force Onehunga-Mangere Oratia United Papakura City Papatoetoe AFC Te Atatu Utd

Association football in New Zealand

New Zealand Football

National teams

Men	National team (All Whites) Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team (Football Ferns) U-20 U-17

League system

Men	ASB Premiership Northern Region Football League (NRFL1 NRFL2) Central Premier League Robbie's PFL ODT FootballSouth PL NSL (defunct)

Women	National Women's League

Domestic cups

Men	Chatham Cup Charity Cup White Ribbon Cup

Awards

Lists

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

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