National League South

National League South
Country	England
Founded	2004
Number of teams	24
Promotion to	National League
Relegation to	Isthmian League Premier Division Southern League Premier Division
Levels on pyramid	6 Step 2 (National League System)
Domestic cup(s)	FA Cup FA Trophy FA Challenger Shield
International cup(s)	Europa League (via FA Cup)
Current champions	Ebbsfleet United (1st title) (2022–23)
Website	Official website
2023-24

The National League South, formerly Conference South (billed as The Vanarama National League South for sponsorship reasons), is one of the second divisions of the National League in England, taking its place immediately below the top division National League. Along with National League North it is at the second level of the National League System, and at the sixth tier overall of the English football league system.

It was introduced in 2004 as part of a major restructuring of the National League System. The champion team each year is automatically promoted to the National League. A second promotion place goes to the winners of play-offs of the teams finishing in second place to fifth place. The three bottom clubs are relegated to Step 3 leagues.

For sponsorship reasons it has been known as Blue Square South (2007–2010), Blue Square Bet South (2010–2013), Skrill South (2013–2014) and the Vanarama Conference South following a new three-year sponsorship deal announced in July 2014. From the start of the 2015–16 season, the league is known as the National League South. The current champions are Maidenhead United.

The National League South will expand to 24 teams in 2020, when the bottom two clubs will be relegated and four promoted from Step 3. Four will be relegated starting in 2021.

Current member clubs, 2023–24

The current member clubs for the 2023–24 season are as follows:

Club	Finishing position 2022–23
Aveley	4th in Isthmian League (promoted)
Bath City	11th
Braintree Town	7th
Chelmsford City	5th
Chippenham Town	13th
Dartford	2nd
Dover Athletic	20th
Eastbourne Borough	8th
Farnborough	12th
Hampton & Richmond Borough	17th
Havant & Waterlooville	10th
Hemel Hempstead Town	15th
Maidstone United	24th in National League (relegated)
Slough Town	18th
St Albans City	6th
Taunton Town	14th
Tonbridge Angels	9th
Torquay United	21st in National League (relegated)
Truro City	3rd in Southern League (promoted)
Welling United	16th
Weston-super-Mare	1st in Southern League (promoted)
Weymouth	19th
Worthing	4th
Yeovil Town	22nd in National League (relegated)

League winners

Season	Winner	Playoff Winner
2004–05	Grays Athletic	Eastbourne Borough **
2005–06	Weymouth	St Albans City
2006–07	Histon	Salisbury City
2007–08	Lewes	Eastbourne Borough
2008–09	AFC Wimbledon	Hayes & Yeading United
2009–10	Newport County	Bath City
2010–11	Braintree Town	Ebbsfleet United
2011–12	Woking	Dartford
2012–13	Welling United	Salisbury City
2013–14	Eastleigh	Dover Athletic
2014–15	Bromley	Boreham Wood
2015–16	Sutton United	Maidstone United
2016–17	Maidenhead United	Ebbsfleet United
2017–18	Havant & Waterlooville	Braintree Town
2018-19	Torquay United	Woking
2019–20	Wealdstone	Weymouth
2020–21	None, season curtailed and voided
2021–22	Maidstone United	Dorking Wanderers
2022–23	Ebbsfleet United	Oxford City
2023–24	TBD	TBD

** Not promoted. In 2004–05 only three promotion places were available to the Conference National. The third place was decided in a Playoff at Stoke's Britannia Stadium, which Eastbourne lost 2–1 to the Conference North Playoff winners, Altrincham.

External links

• National League official site

Current National League South managers

Gill (Bath City) · O'Hara (Billericay Town) · Borg (Braintree Town) · Simpson (Chelmsford City) · Cook (Chippenham Town) · Scopes (Concord Rangers) · King (Dartford) · White (Dorking Wanderers) · Rose (Dulwich Hamlet) · Bloor (Eastbourne Borough) · Kutrieb (Ebbsfleet United) · McCann (Hampton & Richmond Borough) · Doswell (Havant & Waterlooville) · Bircham (Hemel Hempstead Town) · Robinson (Hungerford Town) · Hayrettin (Maidstone Town) · Oldfield (Oxford City) · Baker & Underwood (Slough Town) · Allinson (St Albans City) · McKimm (Tonbridge Angels) · Quinton (Welling United)

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