The 1993 Superclub competition was the inaugural season of a nationwide association football club competition in New Zealand. It replaced the New Zealand National Soccer League which had run from 1970 to 1992. The 1993 competition was won by Napier City Rovers over West Auckland side Waitakere City.

Structure

The competition was divided into three stages. In the first phase three ten-team regional round-robin leagues were played, with each team playing every other team home and away. The top teams from this stage progressed to a national league; the bottom teams were relegated to lower regional leagues.

The top eight teams (three from the northern and central regions and two from the southern region) then took part in the national league stage, with each team playing every other team once. Finally, the top four teams played a knockout competition to decide the champion. This involved the top two teams from the national league phase playing each other, and third and fourth place also playing each other. The winner of the match between first and second progressed through to the final; the loser of that match met the winner of the other match to decide the other finalist.

Regional leagues

Northern League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Waitakere City (A) 18 13 3 2 58 15 +43 42
2 Waikato United (A) 18 11 5 2 45 19 +26 38
3 North Shore United (A) 18 12 2 4 34 22 +12 38
4 Mount Wellington 18 8 5 5 31 28 +3 29
5 Central United 18 8 4 6 34 34 0 28
6 Mount Albert-Ponsonby 18 7 4 7 29 32 −3 25
7 Oratia United 18 5 4 9 23 30 −7 19
8 Manurewa 18 4 2 12 23 51 −28 14
9 Papatoetoe 18 2 4 12 19 35 −16 10
10 Mount Maunganui (R) 18 2 3 13 22 52 −30 9
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Central League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Napier City Rovers (A) 18 13 4 1 58 16 +42 43
2 Wanganui East Athletic (A) 18 10 6 2 52 27 +25 36
3 Wellington Olympic (A) 18 10 4 4 47 26 +21 34
4 Miramar Rangers 18 8 9 1 28 19 +9 33
5 Nelson United 18 9 1 8 28 36 −8 28
6 Wellington United 18 7 4 7 36 35 +1 25
7 Lower Hutt City 18 7 3 8 29 36 −7 24
8 Petone 18 4 3 11 28 39 −11 15
9 New Plymouth Rangers 18 2 1 15 19 53 −34 7
10 Waterside Karori (R) 18 1 3 14 23 61 −38 6
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

Southern League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Roslyn-Wakari (A) 18 14 3 1 45 10 +35 45
2 Rangers (A) 18 12 5 1 40 10 +30 41
3 Christchurch Technical 18 9 5 4 37 22 +15 32
4 Halswell United 18 8 6 4 31 20 +11 30
5 Woolston WMC 18 8 3 7 32 24 +8 27
6 Green Island 18 6 4 8 29 33 −4 22
7 Dunedin Technical 18 6 1 11 13 37 −24 19
8 Burnside 18 5 1 12 25 39 −14 16
9 Christchurch United 18 5 1 12 19 39 −20 16
10 Western (R) 18 1 3 14 13 50 −37 6
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (R) Relegated

National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Waitakere City (A) 7 5 1 1 15 7 +8 16
2 Napier City Rovers (A) 7 5 0 2 17 10 +7 15
3 Waikato United (A) 7 3 2 2 10 9 +1 11
4 North Shore United (A) 7 3 1 3 12 12 0 10
5 Roslyn-Wakari 7 2 2 3 13 12 +1 8
6 Wellington Olympic 7 2 1 4 13 17 −4 7
7 Wanganui East Athletic 7 2 1 4 6 14 −8 7
8 Rangers 7 1 2 4 7 12 −5 5
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Knockout phase

Play-offs

Waitakere City4 – 1Napier City Rovers
McClennan 2, Gray, Dawkins Fletcher
Napier City Rovers1 – 0North Shore United

Final

Waitakere City3 – 4 (aet)Napier City Rovers
og, Jorgensen, Gray Whittington 2, Fletcher, Cotton
Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "New Zealand 1993".
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