The National League South is a professional Association football league in England. National League South is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 of the NLS and sixth-highest tier overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League, the EFL leagues and the National League and is contested by 24 clubs.

National League South includes teams from the South East, London, and the South West, as well as teams from Essex. The National League South was introduced in 2004 as part of a major restructuring of the National League System. Each year the champion of the league is automatically promoted to the National League. A second promotion place goes to the winner of a play-off involving the teams finishing in second to seventh place (expanded from four to six teams in the 2017–18 season). The three bottom clubs were relegated to Step 3 leagues.

Current member clubs, 2026–27

The current member clubs for the 2026–27 season are as follows:

Current league stadiums 2025–26

The stadiums of all teams in the league for the 2025–26 season are listed below in capacity order:

Past winners

Attendances

As of the end of the 2025–26 season, the record for the highest average league attendance is 1,319. Torquay United hold the record for the highest club average attendance with 3,943, having previously broken the record in the 2018–19 season with 2,551.

1. Average and highest attendances

Records

See also

• National League

• National League North

References

External links

• The National League official site