2014–15 New Zealand Football Championship

ASB Premiership
Season2014–15
ChampionsAuckland City
PremiersAuckland City
OFC Champions LeagueAuckland City
Team Wellington
Matches played72
Goals scored261 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorerTyler Boyd (10)
Tom Jackson (10)
Sean Lovemore (10)
Biggest home winWellington Phoenix 6–2 Southern United
14 February 2015
Waitakere United 4–0 Team Wellington
14 March 2015
Biggest away winWellington Phoenix 0–7 Auckland City
14 March 2015
Highest scoringWaitakere United 6–3 Wellington Phoenix
3 February 2015
All statistics correct as of 10 March 2015.

The 2014–15 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Nine teams are involved this season, which includes the newly formed Wellington Phoenix reserve team. Auckland City and Team Wellington will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2014–15 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Runners-up respectively in the 2013–14 competition.

Clubs

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Team Location Stadium[1] Capacity Manager[1] Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Auckland City Sandringham, Auckland Kiwitea Street 3,500 Spain Ramon Tribulietx Nike Trillian Trust Inc.
Canterbury United Christchurch ASB Football Park 9,000 Republic of Ireland Sean Devine Samurai Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 5,000 England Brett Angell[2] Lotto Sport Italia Kinetic Electrical
Southern United Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium 30,500 Scotland Mike Fridge[3] Lotto Sport Italia Gran's Remedy
Team Wellington Wellington David Farrington Park 3,000 New Zealand Matt Calcott Nike Exodus Health & Fitness Club
WaiBOP United Cambridge John Kerkhof Park 2,700 Scotland Peter Smith Lotto Sport Italia The Soccer Shop
Waitakere United Whenuapai, Auckland Fred Taylor Park 2,500 Republic of Ireland Brian Shelley Lotto Sport Italia Cuesports Foundation
Wanderers SC Albany, Auckland QBE Stadium 25,000 England Darren Bazeley Nike Trillian Trust Inc.
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Newtown Park 5,000 England Andy Hedge[4] Adidas Huawei

Kits

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Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City (C) 16 14 0 2 39 14 +25 42 Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2 Team Wellington 16 9 3 4 32 24 +8 30
3 Hawke's Bay United 16 8 3 5 34 29 +5 27 Qualification to the Finals series
4 Waitakere United 16 8 2 6 29 23 +6 26
5 WaiBOP United 16 7 1 8 24 29 −5 22
6 Wellington Phoenix 16 7 0 9 37 42 −5 21
7 Wanderers SC 16 5 2 9 24 29 −5 17 Disbanded at end of season
8 Canterbury United 16 4 2 10 22 32 −10 14
9 Southern United 16 3 1 12 20 39 −19 10
Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2015. Source: NZ Football
(C) Champions

Positions by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Auckland City111111211111111111
Team Wellington422222122222222222
Hawke's Bay United574666434564543333
Waitakere United357334566776454444
WaiBOP United888888777343335665
Wellington Phoenix735743353457766556
Wanderers SC599999999988877777
Canterbury United246577645635688888
Southern United963455888899999999
Source: [citation needed]

Fixtures and results

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The 2014–15 season sees every team play the other both home and away. With the introduction of the Wellington Phoenix Reserves side creating an uneven number of teams, each team has two byes in the regular season. However, due to Auckland City FC's participation in the 2014 OFC President's Cup and the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, several matches and byes have been rescheduled.[5][6]

Round 4 (rescheduled)

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25 October 2014 Southern United 0–3 Auckland City FC Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Saturday, 13:00 NZDT
Match rescheduled due to Auckland City competing in the OFC Presidents Cup
Report Payne 25'
Vicelich 28'
Tade 52'
Referee: Campbell Kirk-Waugh

Round 1

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2 November 2014 Auckland City FC 3–2 Hawke's Bay United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT Morton 25' (o.g.)
Tavano 45'
Tade 64'
Report Halpin 7'
Lovemore 77'
Referee: Matt Conger
2 November 2014 Team Wellington 2–1 Wellington Phoenix David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT Corrales 36'
Peverley 80' (pen.)
Report Boyd 28'
Rufer Yellow card ?' Yellow-red card 82'
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Bye: Southern United

Round 8 (rescheduled)

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8 November 2014 Waitakere United 0–1 Auckland City FC Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday, 13:00 NZDT
Match rescheduled due to Auckland City competing in the FIFA Club World Cup
Report Browne 90' Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 2

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Round 6 (rescheduled)

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12 November 2014 Auckland City FC 3–0 Wanderers SC Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Wednesday, 17:45 NZDT
Match rescheduled due to Auckland City competing in the FIFA Club World Cup
Tavano 11'
A. Milne 17', 65'
Report Referee: Chris Kerr

Round 3

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16 November 2014 Team Wellington 3–2 WaiBOP United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT Corrales 19'
Robertson 60'
Gwyther 72'
Report Higgins 10'
Marquez 20'
Molony Red card 50'
16 November 2014 Wanderers SC 1–2 Hawke's Bay United Michaels Ave Reserve, Auckland
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT de Jong 29' (pen.) Report Lekaj 34'
Gowan Stares 42' (o.g.)

Bye: Wellington Phoenix
Bye: Canterbury United (rescheduled from Round 15)

Round 4

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22 November 2014 WaiBOP United 3–1 Wanderers SC Links Ave Reserve, Mount Maunganui
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT O'Regan 3'
Coombes 10'
Higgins 62'
Report Lewis 74'

Bye: Hawke's Bay United

Round 5

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29 November 2014 Waitakere United 1–1 Hawke's Bay United Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT Biss 26' (pen.) Report Tinsley 27' (pen.) Referee: Chris Kerr
29 November 2014 Team Wellington 4–0 Auckland City FC David Farrington Park, Wellington
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT Gwyther 20', 62'
Corrales 60'
J. Smith 74'
Report Đorđević Yellow card ?' Yellow-red card 62' Referee: Matt Conger
30 November 2014 Wanderers SC 3–1 Canterbury United Seddon Fields, Auckland
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT Baker 30'
Messenger 56'
Brotherton 71'
Report Schwarz 44'

Bye: WaiBOP United

Round 6

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6 December 2014 WaiBOP United 1–1 Waitakere United Links Ave Reserve, Mount Maunganui
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT Varela 76' Report Biss 36'
7 December 2014 Team Wellington 2–0 Southern United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT Corrales 2' Red card 25'
Feneridis 15'
Report

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 7

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14 December 2014 Wanderers SC 1–4 Team Wellington Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT Mitchell 3' Report Morris 45'
Fleming 52'
Bechar 62'
Robertson 78'

Bye: Auckland City FC

Round 8

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21 December 2014 Wanderers SC 3–3 Southern United Seddon Fields, Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT Kilkolly 1'
de Jong 21'
Messenger 70'
Report Connor 8'
Fitzpatrick 80'
Jackson 85'

Bye: Team Wellington
Bye: Waitakere United rescheduled from Round 2

Round 9

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11 January 2015 Team Wellington 1–2 Waitakere United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT Robertson 28' Yellow card ?' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Musa Yellow card ?' Yellow-red card 54'
Report Butler 52'
Manickum 68'

Bye: Wanderers SC

Round 15 (rescheduled)

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Round 10

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Bye: Southern United

Round 11

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25 January 2015 Team Wellington 1–0 Hawke's Bay United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT J. Smith 78' Report

Bye: Waitakere United

Round 12

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Bye: Wellington Phoenix

Round 13

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8 February 2015 Auckland City FC 4–2 Southern United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT Benjudah Fitzpatrick 4' (o.g.)
Browne 5', 47'
Đorđević 87'
Report McIntyre 29'
Jackson 62'
8 February 2015 Wanderers SC 1–2 WaiBOP United QBE Stadium, Auckland
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT Baker 57' Report Elia 75'
Wylie 76'
8 February 2015 Team Wellington 3–0 Canterbury United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT J. Smith 43', 78'
Corrales 66'
Report

Bye: Hawke's Bay United

Round 14

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14 February 2015 Wellington Phoenix 6–2 Southern United Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT Hailemariam 53'
Boyd 84' (pen.), 88' (pen.), 89', 90+3' (pen.)
Rufer 90+1'
Report Jackson 3', 14'
Fitzpatrick Red card 88'

Bye: WaiBOP United

Round 2 (rescheduled)

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18 February 2015 WaiBOP United 0–2 Auckland City FC John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
Wednesday, 18:00 NZDT Report Browne 28'
Burfoot 90'
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 15

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21 February 2015 Wellington Phoenix 2–4 Hawke's Bay United Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
Saturday, 13:30 NZDT Cahill-Fleury 5'
Hailermariam 62'
Report Lovemore 51', 79'
Lekaj 64'
Tinsley 65' (pen.)
21 February 2015 Waitakere United 2–1 WaiBOP United Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT Biss 23'
Richards 90+4'
Report Coombes 14' Referee: Nicholas Waldron
22 February 2015 Auckland City FC 3–1 Canterbury United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT Carril 31'
Óscar 56' (pen.)
Moreira 66'
Report Peers 16' Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Bye: Wanderers SC

Round 16

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