National Summer Soccer League Participation in the Summer Soccer League was by invitation only. The winners were declared New Zealand champions. Table: 1.Napier City Rovers (Napier) 20 14 4 2 66-34 46 2.Central United (Auckland) 20 13 2 5 61-34 41 3.North Shore United (Auckland) 20 11 2 7 50-43 35 4.Miramar Rangers (Wellington) 20 9 6 5 41-34 33 5.Waitakere City (Auckland) 20 8 6 6 48-45 30 6.Nelson Suburbs (Nelson) 20 7 4 9 42-46 25 7.Melville United (Hamilton) 20 6 2 12 46-56 20 8.Mount Wellington (Auckland) 20 5 5 10 27-39 20 9.Team Otago (Dunedin) 20 5 4 11 43-54 19 10.Canterbury Woolston (Christchurch) 20 4 7 9 37-55 19 11.Hutt City (Lower Hutt) 20 5 4 11 31-52 19 [Playoffs see below] Round 1 (Nov 1-2) Hutt City 0-2 Miramar Rangers Napier 3-3 Waitakere City North Shore U. 2-3 Melville U. Canterbury Woolston 2-2 Mount Wellington Nelson Suburbs 4-4 Team Otago Central U. bye Round 2 (Nov 8-9) Mount Wellington 1-0 Nelson Suburbs Team Otago 2-3 Napier Miramar Rangers 1-0 Central U. Melville U. 2-1 Canterbury Woolston Waitakere City 2-3 Hutt City North Shore U. bye Round 3 (Nov 15-16) Hutt City 2-2 Team Otago Central U. 4-0 Waitakere City Napier 4-1 Nelson Suburbs Melville U. 2-4 Mount Wellington North Shore U. 4-1 Miramar Rangers Canterbury Woolston bye Round 4 (Nov 22-23) Mount Wellington 3-4 Napier Team Otago 3-1 Central U. Miramar Rangers 2-2 Canterbury Woolston Nelson Suburbs 2-0 Hutt City Waitakere City 0-0 North Shore U. Melville U. bye Round 5 (Nov 29-30) Hutty City 0-3 Napier Central U. 0-2 Nelson Suburbs North Shore U. 4-3 Team Otago Canterbury Woolston 2-2 Waitakere City Melville U. 6-2 Miramar Rangers Mount Wellington bye Round 6 (Dec 6-7) Waitakere City 2-0 Melville U. Napier 6-3 Central U. Mount Wellington 1-2 Hutty City Team Otago 1-2 Canterbury Woolston Nelson Suburbs 2-1 North Shore U. Miramar Rangers bye Round 7 ((Dec 13-14) North Shore U. 1-2 Napier Melville U. 1-2 Team Otago Miramar Rangers 1-0 Mount Wellington Canterbury Woolston 2-2 Nelson Suburbs Central U. 6-1 Hutt City Waitakere City bye Round 8 (Dec 20-21) Hutty City 1-3 North Shore U. Mount Wellington 2-3 Central U. Napier 8-1 Canterbury Woolston Nelson Suburbs 4-3 Melville U. Waitakere City 2-2 Miramar Rangers Team Otago bye Round 9 (Jan 10-11) North Shore U. 3-0 Central U. Miramar Rangers 3-3 Team Otago Canterbury Woolston 6-4 Hutt City Melville U. 1-3 Napier Waitakere City 0-2 Mount Wellington Nelson Suburbs bye Round 10 (Jan 17-18) North Shore U. 3-2 Mount Wellington Hutt City 3-3 Melville U. Team Otago 2-1 Waitakere City Nelson Suburbs 0-1 Miramar Rangers Central U. 3-1 Canterbury Woolston Napier bye Round 11 (Jan 24-25) Waitakere City 3-0 Nelson Suburbs Mount Wellington 1-2 Team Otago Miramar Rangers 0-0 Napier Canterbury Woolston 2-5 North Shore U. Melville U. 1-5 Central U. Hutt City bye Round 12 (Jan 31- Feb 1) Team Otago 1-3 Nelson Suburbs Waitakere City 9-5 Napier Mount Wellington 1-1 Canterbury Woolston Miramar Rangers 0-2 Hutt City Melville U. 3-5 North Shore U. Central U. bye Round 13 (Feb 6) Hutt City 1-2 Waitakere City Canterbury Woolston 0-3 Melville U. Nelson Suburbs 6-0 Mount Wellington Central U. 3-0 Miramar Rangers Napier 2-0 Team Otago North Shore U. bye Round 14 (Feb 8) Mount Wellington 1-0 Melville U. Team Otago 2-2 Hutt City Miramar Rangers 3-1 North Shore U. [played later] Nelson Suburbs 1-2 Napier Waitakere Ciry 3-4 Central U. Canterbury Woolston bye Round 15 [Feb 14-15] Hutt City 2-1 Nelson Suburbs Central U. 3-1 Team Otago Napier 4-1 Mount Wellington North Shore U. 2-2 Waitakere City Canterbury Woolston 2-4 Miramar Rangers Melville U. bye Round 16 [Feb 21-22] Team Otago 2-3 North Shore U. Waitakere City 2-1 Canterbury Woolston Napier 4-2 Hutt City Miramar Rangers 2-2 Melville U. Nelson Suburbs 2-2 Central U. Mount Wellington bye Round 17 [Feb 28-Mar 1] Hutt City 1-1 Mount Wellington Central U. 4-3 Napier North Shore U. 4-0 Nelson Suburbs Canterbury Woolston 5-3 Team Otago Melville U. 4-5 Waitakere City Miramar Rangers bye Round 18 [Mar 7-8] Hutt City 0-3 Central U. Mount Wellington 0-3 Miramar Rangers Napier 4-0 North Shore U. Team Otago 4-1 Melville U. Nelson Suburbs 4-4 Canterbury Woolston Waitakere City bye Round 19 [Mar 14,15] Central U. 1-1 Mount Wellington North Shore U. 5-2 Hutt City Miramar Rangers 1-2 Waitakere City Canterbury Woolston 0-0 Napier Melville U. 5-2 Nelson Suburbs Team Otago bye Round 20 [Mar 21-22] Hutt 1-0 Canterbury Woolston Team Otago 2-7 Miramar Rangers Central U. 9-2 North Shore U. Napier 5-1 Melville U. Mount Wellington 2-2 Waitakere City Nelson bye Round 21 [Mar 28-29] Mount Wellington 0-1 North Shore U. Miramar Rangers 5-2 Nelson Suburbs Canterbury W. 1-5 Central U. Waitakere City 4-3 Team Otago Melville U. 4-2 Hutt City Napier bye Round 22 [Apr 4-5] North Shore U. 1-2 Canterbury Woolston Team Otago 1-2 Mount Wellington Napier 1-1 Miramar Rangers Nelson Suburbs 4-2 Waitakere City Central U. 2-1 Melville U. Hutt City bye Table: 1.Napier City Rovers (Napier) 20 14 4 2 66-34 46 2.Central United (Auckland) 20 13 2 5 61-34 41 3.North Shore United (Auckland) 20 11 2 7 50-43 35 4.Miramar Rangers (Wellington) 20 9 6 5 41-34 33 5.Waitakere City (Auckland) 20 8 6 6 48-45 30 6.Nelson Suburbs (Nelson) 20 7 4 9 42-46 25 7.Melville United (Hamilton) 20 6 2 12 46-56 20 8.Mount Wellington (Auckland) 20 5 5 10 27-39 20 9.Team Otago (Dunedin) 20 5 4 11 43-54 19 10.Canterbury Woolston (Christchurch) 20 4 7 9 37-55 19 11.Hutt City (Lower Hutt) 20 5 4 11 31-52 19 Championship Playoff: Semifinal Central United 4-0 North Shore United Final Napier City Rovers 5-2 Central United Napier City Rovers Champions of New Zealand 1997/98. Authors: Hans Schöggl (hans.schoeggl@sbg.ac.at) and Andre Zlotkowski (nzfooty@hotmail.com) Last updated: 15 Jun 2005 (C) Copyright Hans Schöggl, Andre Zlotkowski and RSSSF 1999/2005