# 2021 in New Zealand football

The 2021 season was the 131st competitive association football season in New Zealand.

## National teams
### New Zealand women's national football team
#### Results and fixtures
##### 2020 Summer Olympics
###### Group G

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |

### New Zealand national under-23 football team
#### Results and fixtures
##### 2020 Summer Olympics
###### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |

###### Knockout
## Men's football

| League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league | Expelled or Dissolved | New |
| Northern League | None | None | None | Northern Rovers West Coast Rangers |
| Central League | Wainuiomata | Stop Out | None | None |
| Southern League | New League | New League | New League | New League |

### National League: South Central Series

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Miramar Rangers (C) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 11 | Qualification to Grand Final |
| 2 | Wellington Olympic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 10 | Qualification to Grand Final |
| 3 | Cashmere Technical | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | |
| 4 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 6 | |
| 5 | Western Suburbs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | |
| 6 | Selwyn United | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 | |

#### Grand final
### Northern League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Auckland City (C) | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 19 | +44 | 46 | Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship |
| 2 | Auckland United | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 35 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 3 | Eastern Suburbs | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 34 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 4 | Birkenhead United | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 33 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 5 | Western Springs | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 28 | |
| 6 | Bay Olympic | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 25 | |
| 7 | Hamilton Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 23 | |
| 8 | Manukau United | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 22 | |
| 9 | North Shore United | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 22 | |
| 10 | Melville United | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 21 | |
| 11 | Northern Rovers (R) | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 11 | Relegation to NRFL Division 1 |
| 12 | West Coast Rangers (R) | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 52 | −34 | 11 | Relegation to NRFL Division 1 |
* Melville won 1–0, but West Coast fielded an ineligible player. Result upgraded to a 3–0 win for Melville.
* North Shore won 2–0, but West Coast fielded an ineligible player. Result upgraded to a 3–0 win for North Shore.
* League completed early with games still in hand due to Covid-19 and Auckland being in Level 4.

### Central League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wellington Olympic (C) | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 18 | +41 | 47 | Winner of Central League and qualification to National League Championship |
| 2 | Miramar Rangers | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 17 | +47 | 42 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 3 | Lower Hutt City | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 26 | +44 | 41 | |
| 4 | Western Suburbs | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 31 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 5 | Wairarapa United (R) | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 24 | Withdrew before the 2022 season. |
| 6 | Waterside Karori | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 22 | |
| 7 | Napier City Rovers | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 17 | |
| 8 | North Wellington | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 16 | |
| 9 | Petone | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 68 | −41 | 12 | |
| 10 | Wainuiomata (R) | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 86 | −69 | 4 | Relegation to Capital Premier |
* ↑ Lower Hutt City cannot qualify for the National League Championship phase due to their MoU with Wellington Phoenix Reserves.
* ↑ Wairarapa United withdrew two weeks before the 2022 season and were replaced by Wellington United.

### Southern League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cashmere Technical (C) | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 18 | Winner of Southern League and qualification to National League Championship |
| 2 | Selwyn United | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 13 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 3 | South City Royals | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 12 | |
| 4 | Otago University (R) | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 12 | Relegated to the FootballSouth Premier League |
| 5 | Christchurch United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 10 | |
| 6 | Coastal Spirit | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | |
| 7 | Nelson Suburbs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 4 | |
| 8 | Green Island | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 4 | |
* ↑ Otago University were relegated due to not meeting the requirements of the 2022 National League.

### Cup Competitions
#### Chatham Cup
##### Final
## Women's football
### National Women's League: South Central Series

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Southern United (C) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 15 | Winner of Women's National League: South Central Series |
| 2 | Capital Football | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 12 | |
| 3 | Canterbury United Pride | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 9 | |
| 4 | Central Football | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 | |

### NRFL Women's Premier League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Eastern Suburbs (C) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 38 | Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship |
| 2 | Western Springs | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 34 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 3 | Northern Rovers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 27 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 4 | Hamilton Wanderers | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 24 | Qualification to National League Championship |
| 5 | Ellerslie | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 17 | |
| 6 | Auckland United | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 12 | |
* League completed early with two rounds remaining due to Covid-19 and Auckland being in Level 4.
* There was no relegation with the league expanding to eight teams instead for 2022.

### Cup Competitions
#### Kate Sheppard Cup
##### Final
## New clubs

* Northern Rovers
* South City Royals
* West Coast Rangers

## Clubs removed

* Canterbury United Dragons
* Hawke's Bay United
* Team Wellington
* Waitakere United