2003 New Zealand National Soccer League

April 2019 April 2019 April 2019 New Zealand National Soccer League 2003 Miramar Rangers 2002 2004–05 NZFC The 2003 New Zealand National Club Championship, also known, due to naming-rights sponsorship, as the Southern Trust National League, was the fourth and final season of a nationwide club competition in New Zealand football. The competition was won by Miramar Rangers. The league was played mainly during autumn, with matches played from February to June, and was run in two stages. In the first stage, each team in the ten-team league played every other team home and away. In the second stage, the top four teams entered a knockout competition, with third place playing fourth place in one match and first playing second in the other, with home advantage being decided by final league position. The winners of the first against second match progressed straight through to the final; the losers of that match met the winners of the other match to decide the other finalist.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz03.html New Zealand 2003 RSSSF 11 April 2019 This was the last season of the league, which was replaced by the New Zealand Football Championship. It had become clear that teams were having to amalgamate to create financially viable strong teams to take part in the league, most notably the Canterbury and Auckland-area conglomerate teams Canterbury United and East Auckland. It was decided by the NZFA that an eight-team franchise-based national competition would be more viable and successful than a club based competition. Club-based teams returned to regional leagues, and became feeder clubs for the regional franchises. The new competition debuted in October 2004. Promotion and relegation Ten teams took part in the 2002 league. Eight of these remained from the previous season. University-Mount Wellington withdrew from the competition, replaced by a composite team, East Auckland, drawing players from several Auckland clubs. Waitakere City were relegated, and took part in a promotion play-offs against the winners of the northern, central, and southern regional competitions (Glenfield Rovers, Western Suburbs FC, and Caversham respectively). The play-off games between Waitakere City the three regional champions were played at Bill McKinlay Park and Kiwitea Street in Auckland during September 2002.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz02.html New Zealand 2002 Team 1ScoreTeam 2Caversham3 – 2Waitakere CityWestern Suburbs FC2 – 2Glenfield RoversCaversham3 – 0Western Suburbs FCGlenfield Rovers1 – 3Waitakere CityCaversham2 – 1Glenfield RoversWestern Suburbs FC2 – 1Waitakere City The tenth place in the 2002 league was thus gained by Caversham. As this was the last season of the National Soccer League, there was no relegation, but all teams returned to the regional competitions at the end of the season. League table main WDL Q MR Miramar Rangers EA East Auckland CUF Central United NCR Napier City Rovers RSM Red Sox Manawatu CBU Canterbury United NSU North Shore United CAV Caversham DT Dunedin Technical TCU Tauranga City United 11 0 7 46 29 C 10 3 5 34 24 10 1 7 44 29 9 2 7 29 28 8 3 7 32 29 7 5 6 34 34 6 5 7 30 34 5 5 8 19 26 6 2 10 24 38 4 2 12 20 41 F yellow1 2003 National Soccer League Finals F F F 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Finals Bracket 200 Grand final Miramar Rangers 0 East Auckland 2 Central United 3 Napier City Rovers 2 Miramar Rangers 5 1 Central United 2 3 East Auckland 2 2 Miramar Rangers 3 1 Play-offs #eeeeee 31 May 2003 Miramar Rangers 0 – 2 East Auckland Viljoen, Waugh #eeeeee 31 May 2003 Central United 3 – 2 Napier City Rovers Campbell, Major, Sykes McIvor, Johnston #eeeeee 8 June 2003 Miramar Rangers 5 – 2 Central United Little ×2, Ryan ×2, Imam Aliaga, Major Final #eeeeee 15 June 2003 East Auckland 2 – 3 Miramar Rangers Waetford (pen.), Waugh Ryan ×3 North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City Ian Walker Records and statistics Biggest winning margin Central United 7, Tauranga City United 0 Highest aggregate score Canterbury United 5, Miramar Rangers 3 References Category:New Zealand National Soccer League seasons 1 New