Capital Football

CAPITAL PREMIER FUTSAL LEAGUE

Capital Football will be continuing the Capital Futsal Premier Draft League for our premier male and female futsal players in Term 1 2024. With the number of changes to the national futsal calendar, there is a real opportunity and desire to offer a sustainable pathway into Capital’s Men’s and Women’s SuperLeague programmes.

Creating a competitive environment for players across the region underpins this pathway therefore Capital Football have developed a league system in order to manage this. The below variables have been introduced:

A player ‘draft’ system to form all teams
Full court
Stop clock
Appointed coaches
Match Officials – x3 point control
Livestreamed
Team uniforms provided

Registrations are closed. They will open again for the Term 4 league.

If you have any enquiries about the league, please send this to libby@capitalfootball.org.nz

LEAGUE NAMES

Capital Futsal Men's Premier Draft League | x3 teams | 32 players drafted.

Capital Futsal Women's Premier Draft League | x3 teams | 32 players drafted.

* Note: This is subject to change based on player registrations.

VENUE

All matches will be held at Ākau Tangi Sports Centre, Kilbirnie.

MATCH DAYS/TIMES

Teams will play one game across each matchday:

Round 1 | Sunday 28 January | 9:30am - 12:30pm
Round 2 | Sunday 4 February | 10:00am - 1:00pm
Round 3 | Sunday 11 February | 9:30am - 12:30pm
Round 4 | Sunday 18 February | 12:00pm kick off (Women's League Only)
Round 5 | Sunday 3 March | 9:30am - 12:30pm
Round 6 | Sunday 10 March | 9:30am - 12:30pm (Men's Finals Weekend)
Round 7 | Sunday 7 April | 11:00am kick off - (Women's Finals Weekend)

Please note, Sunday 25 February, Sunday 17, 24th and 31st March are exclusion weekends for the SuperLeague/Easter.

PLAYER REGISTRATION

Registrations Open | Friday 8 December
Registrations Close | Midnight Wednesday 17 January

There will be 32 players drafted across the 3 teams (subject to player registrations). There is no limit on the number of players that can register and make themselves available for selection.

Anyone aged 16 and above can register for the Capital Futsal Men’s Premier Draft League.

Anyone aged 15 and above can register for the Capital Futsal Women's Premier Draft League.

PAYMENT

Invoices for the $80 player registration fee will be generated once the league gets underway.

COACHES

Coaching expressions of interests are closed for Term 1 2024. Please complete this form and submit it to libby@capitalfootball.org.nz if you'd like to coach in Term 4 2024.

COMPETITION CONTACTS

At the completion of the player registration window, appointed coaches will be provided with a full list of every player who has registered to carry out the draft selection process.

Coaches will select a total of 10-11 players for their team, two of which are goalkeepers (subject to registrations) using a ‘snake draft system’. In a snake draft, each team coach has one pick in each round (11 rounds). Each coach makes their first-round pick based on a predetermined order. When the first round is over, the coach that picked last in the first-round picks first in the second round — in other words, the draft snakes back on itself.

The drafted players must confirm their position in the team by Saturday 27 January. Once players have confirmed their position, they will be invoiced and payment must be made by 11 February.

Players who are not drafted can choose to be classed as 'Emergency Players'.
Emergency Players can be called into action to replace any player who suffers an injury, or illness but will only be available for that team for the remainder of the competition.
Emergency players “buy out” the remaining games from the player they are replacing.