OFC/NZF B-Licence – Wellington 2027 – Applications Now Open

​​​The OFC/NZF B Licence is designed for coaches working with senior and older youth players. The course aims to challenge and support aspiring coaches with the tools and knowledge needed to better support their players. Coaches are challenged to deepen their understanding and skills across five key areas: Football Knowledge, Football Training, Match Requirements, Knowing Yourself as a Coach, and Vision and Philosophy. We continue to use New Zealand Football’s Coaching Process and Game Training Methodology as the foundation for designing meaningful sessions that support all four corners of player development.

The in-person component of the course is delivered in two parts, each lasting five days. Between these blocks, coaches complete a series of distance learning tasks, designed to challenge and grow their skills across the Professional Coaches Model framework. These tasks are completed in each coach’s own environment over the course of a ‘season,’ with support from a mentor.

Location: Memorial Park Petone

Dates:  Part 1: 27th-31st January 2027, Part 2: 27th-31st October 2027

Cost:  $1750 excl GST

Application Close Date: 5pm 28th August 2026

 OFC/NZF B Licence Wellington 2027 – Application Form – NZF Learn

OFC/NZF Coach Mentoring Development Programme

New Zealand Football, in partnership with Oceania Football Confederation, are offering a series of Federation based mentoring courses to enhance football’s community coaches. The OFC - NZF Coach Mentoring Development Programme has a vision of building a world class coach mentoring system, which serves to significantly improve the coaching capacity and skill with New Zealand.

The course is led by John Ackerley, an internationally recognised leadership consultant, executive coach, mentor, educator, and strategist. His career has included roles with the English Football Association and County Football Association. While the course is targeted at Coach Developers and Directors of Football in the New Zealand Football system, the opportunity is also extended to people like ex coaches who feel they might have something to offer in the mentoring space and who want to give back to the game in a purposeful way. The objective of the programme is to develop mentoring knowledge with the purpose of building coaching capacity and skill within the club environment. It also looks to establish a coach mentoring plan as part broader coach development strategies within each club in New Zealand.

The course will cover the following learning areas: What is coach mentoring?

• Defining coach mentoring

• Building effective coach mentoring relationships

• Developing coach mentoring skills and techniquesBuilding an effective club mentoring scheme:

• Mentor capacity and training

• Mentee selection

• Matching

• Mentoring formats

• Mentoring scheme structure

Course Details:

Date: Friday 2nd October 2026 – Sunday 4th October 2026

Venue: NZCIS – 48 Somme Road, Trentham, Upper Hutt, New Zealand

Registrations Close: 28th August 2026

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For more information, please contact Aaron McFarland, NZF Coach Development Manager at Aaron.mcfarland@nzfootball.co.nz.

NZF Junior Level 3

The NZF Junior Level 3 award is the highest award in the Junior pathway. The purpose of the course is to support the coach with a range of tools and skills required to help them meet the needs of this important age group.

The JL3 award covers topics like Skill Acquisition, helping players learn, session design and long term player development amongst other topics. We continue to use the game training methodology and introduce the NZF coaching process to enhance the coaches ability to meet the needs of their players.

The course is a 3 day, face to face course with additional online modules. Coaches are assessed in their own environment post course. The award is attained through an assessment process involving planning, conducting and evaluating a session completed in your own environment with the support of a mentor.

When: October 9-11

Time: TBC

Where: Capital Football Offices, Memorial Park, Petone

Cost:  $575 + GST

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NZF Senior Level 1 - Practical

The Youth Level One & Two Coaching Award is for coaches working with senior players . The course is aimed at coaches who want to develop a deeper understanding of how to meet the needs of their young players during this Team phase.

The course takes the coach through a range of modules targeting specific knowledge and skills and culminates with a practical module that brings much of this knowledge together. 

When: Monday 6^th July

Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Where: Capital Football Offices, Memorial Park, Petone

Cost: Free

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