2014–15 New Zealand Football Championship

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Regular season[edit]

League table[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

Round 6 (rescheduled)[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

Round 10[edit]

Bye: Southern United

Round 11[edit]

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[edit]

Bye: Wellington Phoenix

Round 13[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1 March 2015 Team Wellington 1–1 Wanderers SC David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT Robertson 13' Report Maukau-McPhee 45'

Bye: Auckland City FC

Round 17[edit]

7 March 2015 Wellington Phoenix 2–1 Canterbury United Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT Stevens 51' (pen.)
Pratt 74'
Report Spain 56'

Bye: Team Wellington

Round 18[edit]

Bye: Wanderers SC


Finals series[edit]

Semi-finals first leg[edit]

Semi-finals second leg[edit]

29 March 2015 Team Wellington 3–4
(5 – 5a agg.)
Hawke's Bay United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT Myers 16'
Hogg 36'
Robertson 66'
Report Lovemore 8'
Tinsley 27' (pen.), 71' (pen.)
Barbero 47'
29 March 2015 Auckland City 5–1
(7–1 agg.)
Waitakere United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT Browne 13', 15', 60'
Moreira 17'
Óscar 71'
Report Richards 63'

Grand final[edit]

5 April 2015 Auckland City 2–1 Hawke's Bay United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZST De Vries 38'
Đorđević 62'
Report Tinsley 19' (pen.) Attendance: 1,853
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Statistics[edit]

Top Goal scorers[edit]

Rank Player Team Goals per Round Goals
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1= New Zealand Tyler Boyd Wellington Phoenix 1 1 1 2 1 4 10
New Zealand Tom Jackson Southern United 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 10
New Zealand Sean Lovemore Hawke's Bay United 1 2 2 2 3 10
4 New Zealand Nathaniel Hailemariam Wellington Phoenix 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 9
5 England Ryan Tinsley Hawke's Bay United 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
6= New Zealand Joel Stevens Wellington Phoenix 3 1 1 1 1 7
England Derice Richards Waitakere United 1 1 1 2 2 7
8= Costa Rica Luis Corrales Team Wellington 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
New Zealand Michael Gwyther Team Wellington 1 2 2 1 6
New Zealand Jarrod Smith Team Wellington 1 1 1 2 1 6
Uruguay Federico Marquez WaiBOP United 1 2 1 1 1 6
New Zealand Tom Biss Waitakere United 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
New Zealand Aaron Clapham Canterbury United 1 1 2 1 1 6
14= New Zealand Andre de Jong Wanderers SC 1 1 1 1 1 5
New Zealand Chad Coombes WaiBOP United 1 1 1 2 5
Croatia Viktor Lekaj Hawke's Bay United 1 1 1 1 1 5
17= Papua New Guinea David Browne Auckland City FC 1* 1* 2 4
England Bill Robertson Team Wellington 1 1 1 1 4
Australia Nathaniel Bowen Waitakere United 1 2 1 4
Spain Ivan Carril Auckland City FC 1 1 1 1 4
21= England Tom Schwarz Canterbury United 1 1 1 3
Mexico Fabrizio Tavano Auckland City FC 1 1* 1 3
Argentina Emiliano Tade Auckland City FC 1 1* 1 3
New Zealand Ivan Vicelich Auckland City FC 1* 1 1* 3
New Zealand Dylan Manickum Waitakere United 1 2 3
Serbia Marko Dordevic Auckland City FC 2 1 3
New Zealand Craig Wylie WaiBOP United 1 1 1 3
New Zealand Clayton Lewis Wanderers SC 1 1 1 3
New Zealand Judd Baker Wanderers SC 1 1 1 3
New Zealand Sam Burfoot Auckland City FC 1* 1 1 3
New Zealand Ryan De Vries Auckland City FC 1 2 3
Spain Óscar García Auckland City FC 1 1 1 3
Portugal Joao Moreira Auckland City FC 1 2 3
New Zealand Andrew Milne Auckland City FC 2* 1 3
New Zealand Ross Haviland Hawke's Bay United 1 1 1 3
Papua New Guinea Aaron Spain Canterbury United 1 1 1 3
37= New Zealand Liam Higgins WaiBOP United 1 1 2
Solomon Islands Henry Fa'arodo Team Wellington 1 1 2
England Saul Halpin Hawke's Bay United 1 1 2
New Zealand Brock Messenger Wanderers SC 1 1 2
England Sam O'Regan WaiBOP United 1 1 2
New Zealand Cole Peverley Team Wellington 1 1 2
New Zealand Alex Feneridis Team Wellington 1 1 2
New Zealand Fergus Neil WaiBOP United 2 2
New Zealand Mark Jones WaiBOP United 1 1 2
New Zealand Shawn O'Brien Canterbury United 1 1 2
New Zealand Benjudah Fitzpatrick Southern United 1 1 2
New Zealand Te Atawahi Hudson-Wihongi Wanderers SC 1 1 2
New Zealand David Mulligan Waitakere United 1 1 2
New Zealand Andrew Boyens Waitakere United 1 1 2
New Zealand Mario Hoffman Canterbury United 1 1 2
New Zealand Regont Murati Wanderers SC 1 1 2
New Zealand Ruairi Cahill-Fleury Wellington Phoenix 1 1 2
New Zealand Andrew Ridden Southern United 1 1 2
55= New Zealand Tim Payne Auckland City FC 1* 1
New Zealand Dylan Stansfield Canterbury United 1 1
New Zealand George Milne Southern United 1 1
Costa Rica Kenny Cunningham Wellington Phoenix 1 1
France Victor da Costa Southern United 1 1
New Zealand Adam Dickinson Waitakere United 1 1
New Zealand Cory Chettleburgh Team Wellington 1 1
New Zealand Nicholas Hindson Southern United 1 1
New Zealand Sam Brotherton Wanderers SC 1 1
Chile Alexis Carcamo Varela Waitakere United 1 1
Argentina Mario Barcia Hawke's Bay United 1 1
New Zealand Matthew Ridenton Wellington Phoenix 1 1
New Zealand Andrew Barton Canterbury United 1 1
Argentina Facundo Barbero Hawke's Bay United 1 1
New Zealand Adam Mitchell Wanderers SC 1 1
New Zealand Patrick Fleming Team Wellington 1 1
United States Sean Morris Team Wellington 1 1
France Nicolas Bechar Team Wellington 1 1
New Zealand Angus Kilkolly Wanderers SC 1 1
New Zealand Thomas Connor Southern United 1 1
New Zealand Jacob Butler Waitakere United 1 1
Australia Josh Brindall-South Wellington Phoenix 1 1
New Zealand Wade Molony WaiBOP United 1 1
New Zealand Ashley Wellbourn Canterbury United 1 1
New Zealand Stuart Holthusen Wanderers SC 1 1
New Zealand Jason Hicks Wellington Phoenix 1 1
New Zealand Ryan Stanley Canterbury United 1 1
New Zealand Jake Porter Waitakere United 1 1
New Zealand Fin Milne Hawke's Bay United 1 1
New Zealand William McIntyre Southern United 1 1
New Zealand Alec Solomons Waitakere United 1 1
Wales Chris Bale Waitakere United 1 1
New Zealand Thomas Doyle Wellington Phoenix 1 1
New Zealand Van Elia WaiBOP United 1 1
New Zealand Alex Rufer Wellington Phoenix 1 1
England John Irving Auckland City FC 1 1
New Zealand Alex Palezevic Hawke's Bay United 1 1
England Mark Peers Canterbury United 1 1
New Zealand Dan Terris Canterbury United 1 1
New Zealand Andrew Blake Wellington Phoenix 1 1
New Zealand Cheauxyan Maukau-McPhee Wanderers SC 1 1
New Zealand Xavier Pratt Wellington Phoenix 1 1
New Zealand Robbie Greenhalgh WaiBOP United 1 1
New Zealand Jarrod Young WaiBOP United 1 1
New Zealand Tim McLennan Southern United 1 1

  Goal scored from penalty kick  Two goals were scored from penalty kicks   Team had a bye in this round

*Goals were scored in matches that were rescheduled.

Own goals[edit]

Player Team Opposition Round
New Zealand Harry Morton Hawke's Bay United Auckland City 1
New Zealand Brock Messenger Wanderers SC Wellington Phoenix 2
New Zealand Gowan Stares Wanderers SC Hawke's Bay United 3
New Zealand Benjudah Fitzpatrick Southern United Auckland City 13

Discipline[edit]

The 'total' column is based on 1 point for a yellow card, 2 points for two yellows equalling red, and 3 points for a straight red card.
As of end of round 3, 16 November 2014

Team Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Total
Auckland City 6 0 0 6
Hawke's Bay United 5 0 0 5
Team Wellington 6 0 0 6
Waitakere United 5 0 0 5
Wanderers SC 5 0 0 5
WaiBOP United 0 0 1 3
Wellington Phoenix 1 1 0 3
Canterbury United 3 0 0 3
Southern United 1 0 0 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Smith, Tony. "Team by team appraisal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Brett Angell appointed Head Coach of Hawke's Bay". Hawke's Bay United Football. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. ^ Hepburn, Steve (20 June 2014). "Fridge coaching Southern United". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Hedge appointed coach of the reserve side". Wellington Phoenix FC. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. ^ "2014–15 ASB Premiership Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  6. ^ "2014–15 fixtures and results". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

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