Fletcher Cup

The Fletcher Cup (known as the Ultra Southern Football Division One for sponsorship reasons, and formerly also called the FootballSouth Championship) is a New Zealand association football league competition administered by Southern Football involving clubs from the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand. All seven of the teams in the competition in 2023 with the exception of Mosgiel AFC — are from Dunedin, with several of them being second teams from clubs in higher divisions. The league sits at level 4 of the New Zealand football pyramid.

Fletcher Cup
CountryNew Zealand New Zealand
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toSouthern Premier League
Domestic cup(s)Chatham Cup
Current championsDunedin City Royals Thirds (1st title)
(2023)
Most championshipsRoslyn-Wakari (2 titles)
WebsiteFootballSouth

The winner of each season's league, if eligible, enters a playoff series with the winners of the Donald Gray Memorial Cup (Southland) and South Canterbury Division 1 (South Canterbury) for promotion into the Southern Premier League.


2023 Fletcher Cup clubs
Club Location Home Ground(s) Position in 2022 season[1]
Dunedin City Royals (3) Dunedin North, Dunedin Caledonian Ground 2nd
Grants Braes[2] Ocean Grove, Dunedin Ocean Grove Sportsground —
Green Island (3) Green Island, Dunedin Sunnyvale Park 5th
Mosgiel (2) Mosgiel Memorial Park Ground 6th
Northern (2) North East Valley, Dunedin Forrester Park 3rd
Otago University (2) Dunedin North, Dunedin Dunedin Artificial Turf 4th
Roslyn-Wakari (2)† Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin Ellis Park 1st
† — known for sponsorship reasons as Fluid Recruitment RWAFC
(2) and (3) — Denotes club's second or third team

Champions

[3]

Notes

    References
    1. "Fletcher Cup 2022".
    2. Grants Braes club website
    3. "FootballSouth Honours Board". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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