2014–15 New Zealand Football Championship

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.

ASB Premiership
Season2014–15
ChampionsAuckland City
PremiersAuckland City
OFC Champions LeagueAuckland City
Team Wellington
Matches72
Goals261 (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.

Clubs

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TeamLocationStadium[1]CapacityManager[1]Kit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Auckland CitySandringham, AucklandKiwitea Street3,500Spain Ramon TribulietxNikeTrillian Trust Inc.
Canterbury UnitedChristchurchASB Football Park9,000Republic of Ireland Sean DevineSamuraiRobbie's Bar and Bistro
Hawke's Bay UnitedNapierBluewater Stadium5,000England Brett Angell[2]Lotto Sport ItaliaKinetic Electrical
Southern UnitedDunedinForsyth Barr Stadium30,500Scotland Mike Fridge[3]Lotto Sport ItaliaGran's Remedy
Team WellingtonWellingtonDavid Farrington Park3,000New Zealand Matt CalcottNikeExodus Health & Fitness Club
WaiBOP UnitedCambridgeJohn Kerkhof Park2,700Scotland Peter SmithLotto Sport ItaliaThe Soccer Shop
Waitakere UnitedWhenuapai, AucklandFred Taylor Park2,500Republic of Ireland Brian ShelleyLotto Sport ItaliaCuesports Foundation
Wanderers SCAlbany, AucklandQBE Stadium25,000England Darren BazeleyNikeTrillian Trust Inc.
Wellington PhoenixWellingtonNewtown Park5,000England Andy Hedge[4]AdidasHuawei

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 Reserves 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 red-colored football 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 red-colored football 42' (o.g.)

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

Round 4

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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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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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Round 15 (rescheduled)

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Round 10

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Bye: Southern United

Round 11

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Round 12

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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 red-colored football 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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Round 17

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Round 18

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Bye: Wanderers SC


Finals series

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Semi-finals Finals
        
4 Waitakere United 0 1 1
1 Auckland City FC 2 5 7
1 Auckland City FC 2
3 Hawke's Bay United 1
3 Hawke's Bay United (a) 1 4 5
2 Team Wellington 2 3 5

Semi-finals first leg

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Semi-finals second leg

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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

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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

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Top Goal scorers

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Rank Player Team Goals per Round Goals
123456789101112131415161718
1=New Zealand Tyler Boyd Wellington Phoenix11121410
New Zealand Tom Jackson Southern United2111121110
New Zealand Sean Lovemore Hawke's Bay United1222310
4New Zealand Nathaniel Hailemariam Wellington Phoenix12211119
5England Ryan Tinsley Hawke's Bay United111111118
6=New Zealand Joel Stevens Wellington Phoenix311117
England Derice Richards Waitakere United111227
8=Costa Rica Luis Corrales Team Wellington1111116
New Zealand Michael Gwyther Team Wellington12216
New Zealand Jarrod Smith Team Wellington111216
Uruguay Federico Marquez WaiBOP United121116
New Zealand Tom Biss Waitakere United1111116
New Zealand Aaron Clapham Canterbury United112116
14=New Zealand Andre de Jong Wanderers SC111115
New Zealand Chad Coombes WaiBOP United11125
Croatia Viktor Lekaj Hawke's Bay United111115
17=Papua New Guinea David Browne Auckland City FC1*1*24
England Bill Robertson Team Wellington11114
Australia Nathaniel Bowen Waitakere United1214
Spain Ivan Carril Auckland City FC11114
21=England Tom Schwarz Canterbury United1113
Mexico Fabrizio Tavano Auckland City FC11*13
Argentina Emiliano Tade Auckland City FC11*13
New Zealand Ivan Vicelich Auckland City FC1*11*3
New Zealand Dylan Manickum Waitakere United123
Serbia Marko Dordevic Auckland City FC213
New Zealand Craig Wylie WaiBOP United1113
New Zealand Clayton Lewis Wanderers SC1113
New Zealand Judd Baker Wanderers SC1113
New Zealand Sam Burfoot Auckland City FC1*113
New Zealand Ryan De Vries Auckland City FC123
Spain Óscar García Auckland City FC1113
Portugal Joao Moreira Auckland City FC123
New Zealand Andrew Milne Auckland City FC2*13
New Zealand Ross Haviland Hawke's Bay United1113
Papua New Guinea Aaron Spain Canterbury United1113
37=New Zealand Liam Higgins WaiBOP United112
Solomon Islands Henry Fa'arodo Team Wellington112
England Saul Halpin Hawke's Bay United112
New Zealand Brock Messenger Wanderers SC112
England Sam O'Regan WaiBOP United112
New Zealand Cole Peverley Team Wellington112
New Zealand Alex Feneridis Team Wellington112
New Zealand Fergus Neil WaiBOP United22
New Zealand Mark Jones WaiBOP United112
New Zealand Shawn O'Brien Canterbury United112
New Zealand Benjudah Fitzpatrick Southern United112
New Zealand Te Atawahi Hudson-Wihongi Wanderers SC112
New Zealand David Mulligan Waitakere United112
New Zealand Andrew Boyens Waitakere United112
New Zealand Mario Hoffman Canterbury United112
New Zealand Regont Murati Wanderers SC112
New Zealand Ruairi Cahill-Fleury Wellington Phoenix112
New Zealand Andrew Ridden Southern United112
55=New Zealand Tim Payne Auckland City FC1*1
New Zealand Dylan Stansfield Canterbury United11
New Zealand George Milne Southern United11
Costa Rica Kenny Cunningham Wellington Phoenix11
France Victor da Costa Southern United11
New Zealand Adam Dickinson Waitakere United11
New Zealand Cory Chettleburgh Team Wellington11
New Zealand Nicholas Hindson Southern United11
New Zealand Sam Brotherton Wanderers SC11
Chile Alexis Carcamo Varela Waitakere United11
Argentina Mario Barcia Hawke's Bay United11
New Zealand Matthew Ridenton Wellington Phoenix11
New Zealand Andrew Barton Canterbury United11
Argentina Facundo Barbero Hawke's Bay United11
New Zealand Adam Mitchell Wanderers SC11
New Zealand Patrick Fleming Team Wellington11
United States Sean Morris Team Wellington11
France Nicolas Bechar Team Wellington11
New Zealand Angus Kilkolly Wanderers SC11
New Zealand Thomas Connor Southern United11
New Zealand Jacob Butler Waitakere United11
Australia Josh Brindall-South Wellington Phoenix11
New Zealand Wade Molony WaiBOP United11
New Zealand Ashley Wellbourn Canterbury United11
New Zealand Stuart Holthusen Wanderers SC11
New Zealand Jason Hicks Wellington Phoenix11
New Zealand Ryan Stanley Canterbury United11
New Zealand Jake Porter Waitakere United11
New Zealand Fin Milne Hawke's Bay United11
New Zealand William McIntyre Southern United11
New Zealand Alec Solomons Waitakere United11
Wales Chris Bale Waitakere United11
New Zealand Thomas Doyle Wellington Phoenix11
New Zealand Van Elia WaiBOP United11
New Zealand Alex Rufer Wellington Phoenix11
England John Irving Auckland City FC11
New Zealand Alex Palezevic Hawke's Bay United11
England Mark Peers Canterbury United11
New Zealand Dan Terris Canterbury United11
New Zealand Andrew Blake Wellington Phoenix11
New Zealand Cheauxyan Maukau-McPhee Wanderers SC11
New Zealand Xavier Pratt Wellington Phoenix11
New Zealand Robbie Greenhalgh WaiBOP United11
New Zealand Jarrod Young WaiBOP United11
New Zealand Tim McLennan Southern United11

  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

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Player Team Opposition Round
New Zealand Harry Morton Hawke's Bay United Auckland City1
New Zealand Brock Messenger Wanderers SC Wellington Phoenix2
New Zealand Gowan Stares Wanderers SC Hawke's Bay United3
New Zealand Benjudah Fitzpatrick Southern United Auckland City13

Discipline

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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 City6006
Hawke's Bay United5005
Team Wellington6006
Waitakere United5005
Wanderers SC5005
WaiBOP United0013
Wellington Phoenix1103
Canterbury United3003
Southern United1001

References

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  1. 1 2 Smith, Tony. "Team by team appraisal". Stuff. 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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