US1 Premiership
Encyclopedia
The United Soccer 1 Men's Premiership is a semi-professional
status New Zealand Association football (Soccer) league competition involving member football (soccer) clubs of the Northern Football Federation. It is the highest level football competition in the Northland, North Auckland and West Auckland
regions.
The inaugural US1 Premiership was played in 2008 with 10 clubs taking part. East Coast Bays
became the first winners of the new league and did so without dropping a single point in all their 18 league games. Their dominance was evident by the fact they finished 17 points ahead of the runners up Waitakere City
.
In 2009 Forrest Hill Milford
were promoted from the 1st Division and without any relegation this left the league with 11 teams for this season. East Coast Bays
and Waitakere City
are once again battling it out for the championship, with Bays slight favourites heading into the last few weeks of the season.
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! Po.
! Club
! Location
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| Norwest United
| Auckland
, New Zealand
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| Oratia United
| Oratia
, Waitakere City, New Zealand
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| Ranui Swanson
| West Auckland
, New Zealand
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| Te Atatu AFC
| Te Atatu
, New Zealand
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| Waitemata
| Waitemata
, New Zealand
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| West Auckland AFC
| West Auckland
, New Zealand
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Semi-professional
A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...
status New Zealand Association football (Soccer) league competition involving member football (soccer) clubs of the Northern Football Federation. It is the highest level football competition in the Northland, North Auckland and West Auckland
West Auckland
West Auckland is a village in County Durham, in North East England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland, on the A688 road.It is not known exactly when West Auckland was first inhabited, but there is evidence of Auckland West in the history of St. Cuthbert in the 11th century...
regions.
The inaugural US1 Premiership was played in 2008 with 10 clubs taking part. East Coast Bays
East Coast Bays
East Coast Bays is the collective name for a series of small suburbs of North Shore City, in the Auckland metropolitan area of New Zealand, which line the northeast coast of the city along the shore of the Hauraki Gulf and Rangitoto Channel...
became the first winners of the new league and did so without dropping a single point in all their 18 league games. Their dominance was evident by the fact they finished 17 points ahead of the runners up Waitakere City
Waitakere City F.C.
Waitakere City F.C. is a professional New Zealand football club. They currently compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier.-History:It was formed in 1989 with the purpose of representing West Auckland in the National Soccer League....
.
In 2009 Forrest Hill Milford
Forrest Hill Milford
Forrest Hill Milford United AFC is a professional association football club from Foresst Hill, New Zealand. They compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier.The club play their home games at Becroft Park in North Shore City, New Zealand....
were promoted from the 1st Division and without any relegation this left the league with 11 teams for this season. East Coast Bays
East Coast Bays
East Coast Bays is the collective name for a series of small suburbs of North Shore City, in the Auckland metropolitan area of New Zealand, which line the northeast coast of the city along the shore of the Hauraki Gulf and Rangitoto Channel...
and Waitakere City
Waitakere City F.C.
Waitakere City F.C. is a professional New Zealand football club. They currently compete in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier.-History:It was formed in 1989 with the purpose of representing West Auckland in the National Soccer League....
are once again battling it out for the championship, with Bays slight favourites heading into the last few weeks of the season.
US1 Premiership Clubs – 2011
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! Po.
! Club
! Location
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| Norwest United
Norwest United
Norwest United AFC is a semi-professional association football club in Auckland, New Zealand. They are corrently competing in the US1 Premiership.-References:* -External links:* *...
| Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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| Oratia United
Oratia United
Oratia United AFC is a semi-professional association football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They comepete in the US1 Premiership.Their home ground is Parrs Park in the suburb of Oratia.-Club history:...
| Oratia
Oratia
Oratia is a suburb of west Auckland in New Zealand, located in the former territorial authority of Waitakere City.It is approximately 16km to the north west of Auckland CBD , and sits at the eastern edge of the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area...
, Waitakere City, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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| Ranui Swanson
Ranui Swanson
Ranui Swanson FC is a semi-professional association football club in West Auckland, New Zealand. They are competing in the US1 Premiership.-References:*-External links:* *...
| West Auckland
West Auckland
West Auckland is a village in County Durham, in North East England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland, on the A688 road.It is not known exactly when West Auckland was first inhabited, but there is evidence of Auckland West in the history of St. Cuthbert in the 11th century...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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| Te Atatu AFC
Te Atatu AFC
Te Atatu AFC is an semi-professional association football club in Te Atatu, New Zealand. They are the currently competing in the US1 Premiership.-References:1. -External links:* *...
| Te Atatu
Te Atatu
Te Atatu is the name of two suburbs in western Auckland, New Zealand: Te Atatu Peninsula and Te Atatu South. They are located next to each other some 10 kilometres to the west of the Auckland city centre....
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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| Waitemata
| Waitemata
Waitemata
Waitemata can be:*Waitemata Harbour, a large bay in New Zealand*Waitemata City, a local government body on the shores of Waitemata Harbour, now part of Waitakere....
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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| West Auckland AFC
| West Auckland
West Auckland
West Auckland is a village in County Durham, in North East England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland, on the A688 road.It is not known exactly when West Auckland was first inhabited, but there is evidence of Auckland West in the history of St. Cuthbert in the 11th century...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Previous winners
- 2008 - East Coast Bays AFC
- 2009 - East Coast Bays AFC
- 2010 - Warkworth AFCWarkworth AFCWarkworth AFC or Warkworth Jennian for sponsorship purposes is a semi-professional association football club in the Warkworth, New Zealand. They are currently competing in the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 and are the Champions of the 2010 US1 Premiership season.-References:1. -External...
(Current Champions)