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| Country |  New Zealand |
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| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| Promotionto | Southern League |
| Relegationto | Donald Gray Memorial Cup South Canterbury Division One Fletcher Cup |
| Domestic cup(s) | Chatham Cup |
| Current champions | Mosgiel (2nd title) (2023) |
| Most championships | Caversham (15 titles) |
| Website | Southern Football |
The Southern Premier League (known as the ODT Southern Men's Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is a New Zealand association football league competition administered by Southern Football involving clubs from the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand. Five of the clubs are from Dunedin and one each are from Wānaka, Queenstown, Mosgiel, Timaru, and Invercargill.
The league has also previously included an Otago youth development team. There is currently a U-15 Development League that runs alongside the competition.
Until 2009, the league was known as the SoccerSouth Premier League. Since the inception of the competition, it has been dominated by Dunedin City Royals and the two predecessor teams which merged to form that club, Caversham AFC and Dunedin Technical.
The league was expanded from eight to ten clubs at the start of the 2022 season, with the addition of teams from Timaru and Invercargill.
As of 2022 the winner of the southern premier league enters to a promotion match against the winner of the Canterbury Premier League. The winner of this match gains a spot in the Southern League.
The team placed last in the Southern Premier League is automatically relegated to its appropriate regional league. The winners of Fletcher Cup (Otago), Donald Gray Memorial Cup (Southland) and South Canterbury Division 1 (South Canterbury) play in a play off for promotion into the Southern Premier League.
Teams due to contest the 2024 season[1]
| Club | Location | Home Ground(s) | 2023 season |
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| Dunedin City Royals (2) | Dunedin North, Dunedin | Tahuna Park | 8th |
| Green Island | Green Island, Dunedin | Sunnyvale Park | 6th |
| Mosgiel | Mosgiel | Memorial Park Ground | 1st |
| Northern | North East Valley, Dunedin | Caledonian Ground | 3rd |
| Northern Hearts | Timaru | Aorangi Park | 10th |
| Otago University | Dunedin North, Dunedin | Dunedin Artificial Turf | 7th |
| Queens Park | Invercargill | Surrey Park | 5th |
| Queenstown | Queenstown | Queenstown Events Centre Stadium | 9th |
| Roslyn-Wakari | Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin | Ellis Park | 2nd |
| Wanaka | Wānaka | Wānaka Recreation Centre | 4th |
(2) — Denotes club's second team, ineligible for promotion to the Southern League
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