1997–98 National Summer Soccer League

April 2025 May 2015 National Summer Soccer League 1997–98 Napier City Rovers 1996–97 1999 NZ Island Leagues The 1997–98 National Summer Soccer League was the third and final season of a short-lived nationwide association football club competition in New Zealand. It was replaced in 1999 by the second incarnation of the New Zealand National Soccer League. The competition was won by Napier City Rovers. Structure The league was an invitation-only competition, with no promotion or relegation taking place. Seven of the teams which took part in 1997 also took part this season. Wellington United and Mount Maunganui did not participate in the 1997 season; their places were taken by Mount Wellington, Team Otago, and Lower Hutt City. Woolston WMC also did not participate, but were one of the teams represented by a composite side, Canterbury Woolston. Matches took place between November 1997 and April 1998, with a three-week break from late December to mid-January. The competition was divided into two stages. In the first stage the eleven teams took part in a round-robin league, with each team playing every other team home and away. The top three teams from this stage progressed to a play-off series. This involved the second and third-placed teams from the league phase playing each other, with the winner meeting the league's top-placed team in the final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz98.html New Zealand 1997/98 The unusual points system used in the 1996 and 1997 competitions was abandoned in 1998, and was replaced by the standard system of three points for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss. League stage League table main WDL Q NCR Napier City Rovers CUF Central United NSU North Shore United MR Miramar Rangers WCF Waitakere City NSF Nelson Suburbs MU Melville United UMW Mount Wellington TO Team Otago WMC Woolston WMC LHC Lower Hutt City 14 4 2 66 34 C 13 2 5 61 34 11 2 7 50 43 9 6 5 41 34 8 6 6 48 45 7 4 9 42 46 6 2 12 46 56 5 5 10 27 39 5 4 11 43 54 R 4 7 9 37 55 5 4 11 31 52 #D0F0C0 1997–98 National Soccer League Champions F yellow1 Qualifield to Finals F F red1 Team withdrew WD 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Finals Semi-final #eeeeee Central United 4–0 North Shore United Final #eeeeee Napier City Rovers 5–2 Central United Records and statistics Biggest winning margin Napier City Rovers 8, Canterbury Woolston 1 Central United 9, North Shore United 2 Highest aggregate score Waitakere City 9, Napier City Rovers 5 References Category:National Summer Soccer League seasons Category:1998 in New Zealand association football Category:1997 in New Zealand association football New Zealand