About Mainland Football
Annual Reports
MFF Annual Report 2022 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2021 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2020 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2019 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2018 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2017 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2016 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2015 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2014 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2013 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2012 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2011 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2010 | CLICK to Download
MFF Annual Report 2009 | CLICK to Download
FIFA and New Zealand Football
FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) is the international governing body for football and has delegated its sporting powers in New Zealand to New Zealand Football (NZF).
NZF is one of 209 associations currently affiliated with FIFA. FIFA supports the associations financially and logistically through various programmes and grants them a number of attractive rights and privileges.
This also brings obligations and as a representative of FIFA, NZF must respect the statutes, aims and ideals of football’s governing body and promote and manage the sport accordingly.
Mainland Football
Mainland Football is the trading name for No 6 District Federation of New Zealand Football (NZF). It is an incorporated society and is the regional governing body for football in Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and the West Coast.
It is a membership organisation, made up of approximately 20,000 individual members who belong to Mainland Football through their associated football club and school of which there are 51 throughout the region plus memberships through recreational programmes of which Futsal is the biggest.
Mainland Football is governed by an elected Board headed by a Chairman. The membership of the Board comprises those that have been elected by the clubs, those that have been appointed and up to two members who can be co-opted. There is also one representative to be elected by the clubs from the Nelson Bays Region.
Mainland’s activities and structure is governed by a Constitution which sets out the powers and accountabilities of all committees. Mainland Football is managed by a CEO.
‘The Districts’ refer to Marlborough and Westcoast who have separate Boards or District Management Groups that govern their activities.