By Scott Mardon
As the 2024 Northern League season prepares to get underway, here’s a rundown of more than 150 player movements at the clubs.
The season got underway on Friday March 22, 2024.
Most of the transfers have been confirmed while some have been announced by clubs through social media but await registration.
For any additions, changes or corrections, please email: editor@friendsoffootballnz.com.
Auckland City
Ins
Joe Ridley (Middlesbrough, England)
Nabil Begg (Police FC, Fiji)
Robert Tipelu (Bay Olympic)
Outs
Emiliano Tade (Western Springs)
Aidan Carey (Western Springs)
Oliver Colloty (Wellington Olympic)
Jordy Tasip (Ifira Black Bird, Vanuatu)
Petram Hassanian (Manukau United)
Takuya Iwata (retired)
Auckland United
Ins
Boyd Curry (Portland Timbers, United States)
Charlie Beale (Wellington Phoenix/Lower Hutt City)
Nathan Garrow (Bay Olympic)
Joshua Tollervey (Wellington Phoenix/Lower Hutt City)
Ben Wallace (Wellington Phoenix/Lower Hutt City)
Oliver Fay (Ljungskile SK, Sweden)
Kurtis Mogg (returning from 2022 injury)
Codey Phoenix (Birkenhead United)
Outs
Fumiya Ito (moved to Japan)
Yousif Al-Kalisy (moved to Dubai)
Mack Waite (not signed)
Nicolas Zambrano (moved to Otago)
Josh Redfearn (Glenorchy Knights, Tasmania)
DeAndre Vollenhoven (Eastern Lions, Victoria)
Sione Fa’apoi (Brunswick City, Victoria)
Noah Billingsley (Eastern Suburbs)
Everton O’Leary (returns to Birkenhead United after loan)
Stephan White (Ellerslie)
Alexander Hale (Manukau United)
James Ray (Bay Olympic)
Bay Olympic
Ins
Matyas Koryta (Sokoi Doini Pocernice, Czech Republic)
Michal Doudera (FK Admira Praha, Czech Republic)
Ronaldo López Munoz (Manurewa)
Nic Milicich (Takapuna)
Mac Bean Naggar (Glacis United, Gibraltar)
Sergio Sendra (Hamilton Wanderers)
Miles Palmer (West Coast Rangers)
Matthew Palmer (Takapuna)
Aaron Parry (Beachlands Maraetai)
Luca Taylor (Takapuna)
Flynn Saxon (Western Springs)
James Ray (Auckland United)
Marcel Stoddard (Metro)
Outs
Nathan Garrow (Auckland United)
Arian Asghari (North Wellington)
Robert Tipelu (Auckland City)
Ryusei Ishibashi (East Coast Bays)
Jaydyn Englefield (Northern Rovers)
Adam Johnston (Mt Albert Ponsonby)
Adebabay Tesfaw (Mt Albert Ponsonby)
Birkenhead United
Ins
Corban Piper (Wexford, Republic of Ireland)
Monty Patterson (Manurewa)
Sam Philip (Christchurch United)
Haris Zeb (Christchurch United)
George Brown (Melville United)
Jack Hobson-McVeigh (Malmesbury, Victoria)
Daniel Preece (Northland)
Eric Kostandini Ziu (Manurewa)
Dylan Connolly (Lucan United, Republic of Ireland)
Everton O’Leary (returns from loan to Auckland United)
Outs
Cameron MacKenzie (Western Suburbs)
Thomas Page (Tauranga City after moving to North Shore United)
Nick Forrester (West Coast Rangers)
Xavier Maddox (Tauranga City)
Samuel Pepper (not signed)
Matthew Henry (Ngaruawahia United)
Alex Connor McLean (not signed)
Jack Gillum (Takapuna)
Codey Phoenix (Auckland United)
Brandon Gashema (Takapuna)
Finn McKenlay (Eastern Suburbs)
Niko Vanina (Waiheke United)
East Coast Bays (promoted)
Ins
Ryusei Ishibashi (Bay Olympic)
Aidan Wivell (Northern Rovers)
Malcolm Young (Eastern Suburbs)
Hayat Ali Tobita (Manurewa)
Outs
Michael Gaze (Cove FC, South Australia)
Eastern Suburbs
Ins
Ryan Feutz (Western Suburbs)
Noah Karunaratne (Wellington Phoenix/Lower Hutt City)
Regan Diver (Manurewa)
Noah Billingsley (Auckland United)
Jaymis Grubjesic (Fencibles United)
Finn McKenlay (Eastern Suburbs)
Outs
Daniel Bunch (Fencibles United)
Stephen Hoyle (Napier City Rovers)
Kingsley Sinclair (Oakleigh Cannons, Victoria)
Joseph Knowles (St George City, New South Wales)
Adam Supyk (Wellington Olympic)
Jaiden van der Heijden (Keilor Park SC, Victoria)
Malcolm Young (East Coast Bays)
Cam Spillane (Hamilton Wanderers)
Aston Burns (Fencibles United)
Hamilton Wanderers
Ins
Liam Fellowes (Maroochydore Swans, Queensland)
Matthew Brown (Ngaruawahia United)
Michael Boso (Palmerston North Marist)
Marko Memedovic (Ngaruawahia United)
Taylor Marsh (Goytre United, Wales)
Jama Boss (St Albans Saints, Victoria)
Luke Brooke-Smith (Cambridge)
Ryuta Hamamatsu (Manukau United)
Keagan Thompson (Melville United)
Cam Spillane (Eastern Suburbs)
Outs
Joseph Nottage (not signed)
Aaron Bayliss (Takapuna)
Xavier Pratt (Gold Coast United, Queensland)
Sergio Sendra (Bay Olympic)
Aston Hurd (Miramar Rangers)
Tomás Aramberry (ANR Melicucco Calcio, Italy)
Matt Oliver (Miramar Rangers)
Brock Messenger (Gold Coast United, Queensland)
Laurence I’Anson (not signed)
Dylan Gardiner (Wellington Phoenix)
Manurewa
Ins
Eber Ramírez (Sol Mayo FC, Argentina)
Mitsuru Sakashita (Moreton Bay United, Queensland)
Kentaro Ozaki (Manukau United)
Jerson Lagos (Melville United)
Héctor Echagüe (Defensores De Pronunciamiento FC, Argentina)
Marcelo Rivadeneira (Leandro N. Alem FC, Argentina)
Vadym Patkevych (Radnicki 1923 FC, Serbia)
Maksim Manko (Onehunga Mangere United)
Paul Day (Franklin United)
Outs
Ronaldo López (Bay Olympic)
Boon Ozawa (Manukau United)
Dylan Horgan (Manukau United)
Blake Inder (Miramar Rangers)
Caleb Prasad (not signed)
Eric Kostandini Ziu (Birkenhead United)
Agustín Contratti (Miramar Rangers)
Nicolás Bobadilla (Mirarmar Rangers)
Monty Patterson (Birkenhead United)
Regan Diver (Eastern Suburbs)
James Cotter (not signed)
Krishi Triveni (Franklin United)
Hayat Ali Tobita (East Coast Bays)
Hamish Rowe (Franklin United)
Roshan Kumar (Manukau United)
Melville United
Ins
Ry McLeod (Napier City Rovers)
Ryan Noon (Gisborne Thistle)
Roman Knox (Football Club International Turku, Finland)
Daniel Ngungambili (Ngaruawahia United)
Lemuel Le Hane (Ngaruawahia United)
Nathan Marlowe (Papamoa)
Outs
George Brown (Birkenhead United)
Matt D’Hotman de Villiers (Perth SC, Western Australia)
Jerson Lagos (Manurewa)
Shi-loh O’Connor (Guildford City, England)
Nate Camplin (not signed)
Liam Hayes (moved to England)
Quinton Kipara (moved to Australia)
Sean Liddicoat (moved to Australia)
Keagan Thompson (Hamilton Wanderers)
Aaron Scott (retired)
Tauranga City (promoted)
Ins
Thomas Page (North Shore United)
Xavier Maddox (Birkenhead United)
Fraser Angus (Cashmere Technical)
Marc Leuppi (FC Oftringen, Switzerland)
Reuben Barr (Lower Hutt City)
West Coast Rangers
Ins
Chase Taylor (Takapuna)
Sam Burfoot (Takapuna)
Kofi Dwamena (Western Springs)
Dawson Straffon (Bedfont FC, England, after previously Western Springs)
Dion Buckingham (Northern Rovers)
James Green (Northern Rovers)
Nick Forrester (Birkenhead United)
Robert Dymond (South Carolina United, United States, after previously Fencibles United)
Connor O’Malley (Takapuna)
Aidan Lehan (Christchurch United)
Outs
Miles Palmer (not signed)
Ben Hutter (not signed)
Kyryl Bolharyn (Ellerslie)
Tristan Prattley (not signed)
Kees Tweed (Onehunga Mangere United)
Vicente Mena Valdés (Mt Albert Ponsonby)
Western Springs
Ins
Emiliano Tade (Auckland City)
Aidan Carey (Auckland City)
Oscar Mason (Napier City Rovers)
Jackson Manuel (Wellington Phoenix)
Riley Manuel (Miramar Rangers)
Emman Rahimi (Manukau United)
Outs
Yuta Komura (Khangarid, Mongolia)
Kofi Dwamena (West Coast Rangers)
Dawson Straffon (Bedfont FC, England, then to West Coast Rangers)
Keegan Kelly (Denver Pioneers, United States)
Brooklyn Heath (Onehunga Mangere United)
Marley Nightingale (Metro)
Flynn Saxon (Bay Olympic)
How they finished last year
Scott Mardon
Scott Mardon is a long-time supporter of Napier City Rovers, and a keen follower of New Zealand’s National League.
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