1993 Superclub competition

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 34 340 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 Old Boys 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 United 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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 12 120 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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Knockout phase

Play-offs

October 3, 1993
Waitakere City 4 – 1 Napier City Rovers
McClennan 2, Gray, Dawkins Fletcher

October 10, 1993
Napier City Rovers 1 – 0 North Shore United

Final

October 17, 1993
Waitakere City 3 – 4 (aet) Napier City Rovers
og, Jorgensen, Gray Whittington 2, Fletcher, Cotton
Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3