Here’s your guide to the weekend’s football, in which three national teams have fixtures, and final rounds are played in the Lotto NRFL Southern Conference and WaiBOP Men’s League One.
In Auckland, Oratia United’s Parrs Park hosts two days of Auckland knockout cup finals.
Enjoy your footballing weekend!
Here are the fixtures for the weekend of September 15-17, 2023:
Fixtures
Games to be played on Friday September 15, 2023
OFC U-16 Women’s Championship
New Zealand v Cook Islands
Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti, 2pm (NZT)
READ MORE: Draw for OFC U-16 Women’s Championship >>>>
READ MORE: Rival coaches keen to close gap on Kiwis at OFC U-16 Women’s Championship >>>>
Futsal international
China v New Zealand
National Training Centre, Beijing, China, 10.30pm (NZT)
READ MORE: Futsal Whites to take 14-player squad to China for two-game international series >>>>
READ MORE: Futsal Whites expect China to be good test ahead of World Cup qualifiers >>>>
Games to be played on Saturday September 16, 2023
U-17 Men’s International
READ MORE: New Zealand men’s U-17 squad named for international tournament in Japan >>>>
New Zealand U-17 v Japan U-17
Nigata Athletic Field, Nigata, 6.30pm (NZT)
Central League promotion play-off
First leg
Island Bay United v Palmerston North Marist
Wakefield Park, Island Bay, 5.30pm
READ MORE: Two-match promotion play-off to decide who joins next season’s Central League >>>>
Southern League promotion play-off
Second leg
Universities of Canterbury v FC Nelson
English Park, Christchurch, 11am
(Nelson lead 3-2 after first leg)
READ MORE: UC Football looking to turn tables on FC Nelson with home ground advantage >>>>
Lotto NRFL Men’s Conference
Grand final
Winners gain promotion to 2024 Lotto NRFL Men’s Championship
Franklin United (Northern Conference) v Waikato Unicol (Southern Conference)
Gower Park, Hamilton, 2pm
READ MORE: Winner-takes-all promotion play-off to be held at Hamilton’s Gower Park >>>>
Lotto NRFL Southern Conference
Papamoa v Te Awamutu
Gordon Spratt Reserve, Papamoa, 3pm
Otumoetai v Claudelands Rovers
Fergusson Park, Otumoetai, 3.30pm
WaiBOP Men’s League One
Matamata Swifts v Otorohanga
Matamata Domain, Matamata, 3pm
Hamilton Wanderers v Tokoroa
Porritt Stadium, Hamilton, 3pm
Tauranga City v West Hamilton
Links Ave, Mt Maunganui, 3pm
Auckland Knockout Cup finals
READ MORE: September dates set for 27 knockout cup finals in Auckland and Northland >>>>
Finals of Auckland Knockout competitions (day one)
Parrs Park, Oratia (from 10am)
Games to be played on Sunday September 17, 2023
Futsal international
China v New Zealand
National Training Centre, Beijing, China, 10.30pm (NZT)
READ MORE: Futsal Whites to take 14-player squad to China for two-game international series >>>>
Auckland Knockout Cup finals
Finals of Auckland Knockout competitions (day two)
Parrs Park, Oratia (from 10am)
READ MORE: September dates set for 27 knockout cup finals in Auckland and Northland >>>>
Game to be played on Monday September 18, 2023
OFC U-16 Women’s Championship
New Zealand v Fiji
Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti (2pm)
READ MORE: Draw for OFC U-16 Women’s Championship >>>>
U-17 Men’s International
New Zealand U-17 v Venezuela U-17
Denka Big Swan Stadium, Nigata, 9pm (NZT)
READ MORE: New Zealand men’s U-17 squad named for international tournament in Japan >>>>
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