2002 New Zealand National Soccer League

April 2019 April 2019 New Zealand National Soccer League 2002 Miramar Rangers 2001 2003 The 2002 New Zealand National Club Championship, also known, due to naming-rights sponsorship, as the Southern Trust National League was the third 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/nz02.html New Zealand 2002 RSSSF 11 April 2019 Promotion and relegation Ten teams took part in the 2002 league. Eight of these remained from the previous season. Christchurch City withdrew from the competition, replaced by a composite team, Canterbury United, drawing players from all of Christchurch's main clubs. Metro were relegated and withdrew from the promotion play-offs against the winners of a competition between the northern, central, and southern regional competition winners. The play-off games between the three regional champions were played at Newtown Park, Wellington during August and September 2001.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz01.html New Zealand 2001 Team 1ScoreTeam 2North Shore United2 – 0CavershamWellington United5 – 0CavershamWellington United0 – 2North Shore United The tenth place in the 2002 league was thus gained by North Shore United. Waitakere City finished last in 2002, and entered the play-off series with the winners of the northern, central, and southern regional leagues. League table main WDL QR NCR Napier City Rovers MR Miramar Rangers NSU North Shore United TCU Tauranga City United CBU Canterbury United RSM Red Sox Manawatu CUF Central United DT Dunedin Technical UMW University-Mount Wellington WCF Waitakere City 13 3 2 50 27 11 4 3 51 22 C 11 4 3 33 18 9 5 4 36 18 8 4 6 31 30 7 1 10 32 43 5 2 11 25 46 4 3 11 19 32 3 6 9 21 36 2 2 14 18 44 R yellow1 2002 National Soccer League Finals F F F F red1 Relegated to the 2003 Northern Zone R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete Finals Bracket 200 Grand final Napier City Rovers 0 Miramar Rangers 3 North Shore United 0 Tauranga City United 1 Napier City Rovers 5 1 Tauranga City United 3 4 Miramar Rangers 3 2 Napier City Rovers 1 1 Play-offs #eeeeee 26 May 2002 Napier City Rovers 0 – 3 Miramar Rangers Ryan, Little, George #eeeeee 26 May 2002 North Shore United 0 – 1 Tauranga City United Derry #eeeeee 1 June 2002 Napier City Rovers 5 – 3 Tauranga City United Smeltz 4, Birnie Pilcher 2, Derry Final #eeeeee 8 June 2002 Miramar Rangers 3 – 1 Napier City Rovers Little, Thompson, George Gearey Newtown Park, Wellington Steve Sargent Records and statistics Biggest winning margin Canterbury United 0, Central United 7 Central United 0, Tauranga City United 7 Highest aggregate score Central United 3, Miramar Rangers 5 Napier City Rovers 5, Tauranga City United 3 References Category:New Zealand National Soccer League seasons 1 New