2015–16 New Zealand Football Championship

ASB Premiership
Season	2015–16
Champions	Team Wellington
Premiers	Auckland City
OFC Champions League	Team Wellington
Matches played	59
Goals scored	236 (4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ryan De Vries (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Waitakere United 6–0 Southern United ; (31 January 2016)
Biggest away win	Wellington Phoenix 1–6 Team Wellington ; (26 February 2016)
Highest scoring	Hawke's Bay United 5–5 Wellington Phoenix ; (13 December 2015)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 10 March 2016.

The 2015–16 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the twelfth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Eight teams are involved this season, after Wanderers SC withdrew from the competition.^[1] Auckland City and Team Wellington will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2016 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Runners-up respectively in the 2014–15 competition.

Team Wgtn

Canterbury

Clubs[]

Team	Location	Stadium^[2]	Capacity	Manager^[2]	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City	Sandringham, Auckland	Kiwitea Street, QBE Stadium	3,250, 25,000	Ramon Tribulietx	Nike	Hi-Chew (front) Trillian Trust Inc (Back) Carters (Back)
Canterbury United	Christchurch	ASB Football Park	9,000	Willy Gerdsen		Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	5,000	Brett Angell^[3]	Lotto Sport Italia	Kinetic Electrical
Southern United	Dunedin	Forsyth Barr Stadium	30,500	Mike Fridge^[4]	Lotto Sport Italia	Freshwater Solutions
Team Wellington	Wellington	David Farrington Park	3,000	Matt Calcott	Nike	Exodus Health & Fitness Club
WaiBOP United	Hamilton	John Kerkhof Park	2,700	Peter Smith	Lotto Sport Italia	The Soccer Shop
Waitakere United	Whenuapai, Auckland	QBE Stadium	25,000	Chris Milicich	Lotto Sport Italia	Jerry Clayton BMW (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back)
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Newtown Park	5,000	Andy Hedge^[5]	Adidas	Huawei

Kits[]

Auckland City	Canterbury United	Hawke's Bay United	Southern United
Team Wellington	WaiBOP United	Waitakere United	Wellington Phoenix

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	14	12	2	0	43	12	+31	38	Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2	Hawke's Bay United	14	9	3	2	29	16	+13	30	Qualification to the Finals series
3	Team Wellington (C)	14	8	3	3	36	21	+15	27	Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
4	Canterbury United	14	8	2	4	28	23	+5	26	Qualification to the Finals series
5	WaiBOP United	14	6	0	8	29	27	+2	18
6	Waitakere United	14	4	1	9	23	36	−13	13
7	Wellington Phoenix	14	2	1	11	24	46	−22	7
8	Southern United	14	1	0	13	11	42	−31	3

Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2016. Source: NZ Football
(C) Champion

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Auckland City	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hawke's Bay United	5	3	2	2	1	4	4	2	2	4	4	3	2	2
Team Wellington	3	5	3	4	3	2	3	4	5	3	3	2	3	3
Canterbury United	2	2	4	5	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	4	4
WaiBOP United	6	4	5	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
Waitakere United	4	6	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wellington Phoenix	8	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Southern United	7	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to Finals series

Source: NZ Football

Fixtures and results[]

The 2015–16 season sees every team play the other both home and away. Due to Auckland City's participation in the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, several matches have been rescheduled.^[6]^[7]

Round 5 (rescheduled)[]

8 November 2015	Waitakere United	0–4	Auckland City	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT Match rescheduled due to Auckland City competing in the FIFA Club World Cup		Report	Moreira 76' Lea'alafa 79', 87' De Vries 84'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

Round 1[]

12 November 2015	Auckland City	1–1	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT	Lea'alafa 11'	Report	Matsumoto 86'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Chris Kerr

15 November 2015	Southern United	0–2	Waitakere United	Dunedin
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Wylie 4' Butler 56'	Stadium: Caledonian Ground Referee: Peter Linney

15 November 2015	Wellington Phoenix	0–3	Canterbury United	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	White 69', 72' 84'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matthew Conger

15 November 2015	WaiBOP United	2–3	Team Wellington	Hamilton
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	15' 79'	Report	31' 80' Halpin 89'	Stadium: Referee: Cory Mills

Round 2[]

19 November 2015	Waitakere United	1–5	WaiBOP United	Auckland
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT	Lovemore 45'	Report	13', 15', 86' 19' (pen.) 43'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

22 November 2015	Hawke's Bay United	3–0	Southern United	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	28' Mason-Smith 53' Matsumoto 61'	Report		Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Antony Riley

22 November 2015	Wellington Phoenix	1–3	Auckland City	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	McGarry 65'	Report	De Vries 33' Lewis 63' Álvaro 75'	Stadium: Newtown Park Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

22 November 2015	Canterbury United	2–1	Team Wellington	Christchurch
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	5' (o.g.) 72'	Report	Peverley 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: ASB Football Park Referee: Chris Kerr

Round 3[]

26 November 2015	WaiBOP United	0–1	Hawke's Bay United	Taupo
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT		Report	Jones 84'	Stadium: Owen Delany Park Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

29 November 2015	Southern United	1–0	Wellington Phoenix	Dunedin
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	8'	Report		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

29 November 2015	Team Wellington	3–1	Waitakere United	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Musa 44', 75' 77'	Report	49'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matthew Conger

29 November 2015	Auckland City	4–1	Canterbury United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	De Vries 36' Moreira 54' Álvaro 59' Tade 83'	Report	De Jong 75'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 4[]

3 December 2015	Wellington Phoenix	2–1	Waitakere United	Auckland
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT	Mata 40' Ridenton 53'	Report	16'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

6 December 2015	Hawke's Bay United	2–0	Canterbury United	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Biss 52' (pen.) Watson 86'	Report		Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

6 December 2015	Southern United	1–2	WaiBOP United	Dunedin
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	Mobberley 61'	Report	Hoyle 10', 55'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 5[]

10 December 2015	Canterbury United	2–0	WaiBOP United	Christchurch
Thursday, 19:05 NZDT	47' Messenger 84'	Report		Stadium: ASB Football Park Referee: Peter Linney

13 December 2015	Hawke's Bay United	5–5	Wellington Phoenix	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Watson 47' Chettleburgh 49' 68' Mason-Smith 71', 90+2'	Report	Stevens 9', 57' (pen.) Mata 14', 23' Rogerson 44' Fox 31' 66'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Chris Kerr

13 December 2015	Team Wellington	4–1	Southern United	Wellington
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	50' 80', 85' 90+3'	Report	45'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Hayden McCabe

Round 6[]

17 December 2015	Waitakere United	2–1	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT	Butler 23' (pen.) 40' (pen.)	Report	Watson 6'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

20 December 2015	Team Wellington	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	36' Peverley 45+1' Musa 85'	Report	Powell 68' (pen.) Stevens 90+6'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Antony Riley

20 December 2015	Southern United	1–3	Canterbury United	Invercargill
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	28'	Report	de Jong 33', 86' Kaua 80'	Stadium: Rugby Park Stadium Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

20 December 2015	WaiBOP United	0–2	Auckland City	Hamilton
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT		Report	Kim 18' Tade 50'	Stadium: FMG Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

Round 7[]

9 January 2016	Wellington Phoenix	3–4	WaiBOP United	Wellington
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT	Rogerson 46' Blake 47' 81'	Report	52' (pen.), 90+6' Hoyle 64' 69'	Stadium: Newtown Park Referee: Nick Waldron

10 January 2016	Hawke's Bay United	2–2	Team Wellington	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Liddicoat 48' 56'	Report	6', 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

10 January 2016	Canterbury United	2–0	Waitakere United	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	de Jong 29' Clapham 34' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: ASB Football Park Referee: Matthew Conger

10 January 2016	Auckland City	3–1	Southern United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	Tade 37', 63' Lewis 77'	Report	52'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Peter Linney

Round 8[]

14 January 2016	WaiBOP United	3–0	Southern United	Hamilton
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT	37' 62' Hoyle 87'	Report		Stadium: FMG Stadium Referee: Antony Riley

17 January 2016	Canterbury United	1–3	Hawke's Bay United	Christchurch
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	56'	Report	Biss 2' Watson 61', 82'	Stadium: ASB Football Park Referee: John Rowbury

17 January 2016	Team Wellington	2–2	Auckland City	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	5' 12' (pen.)	Report	Tade 9', 23' Spoonley 14' 67'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Nick Waldron

17 January 2016	Waitakere United	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	23' Lovemore 45+1' 90' 90+2'	Report	Blake 15'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Cory Mills

Round 9[]

21 January 2016	WaiBOP United	5–0	Waitakere United	Hamilton
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT	Hoyle 5', 40', 89' 29' 90'	Report	Coombes 44' 90+5'	Stadium: FMG Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

24 January 2016	Southern United	1–2	Hawke's Bay United	Dunedin
Sunday, 12:00 NZDT	75'	Report	Mason-Smith 45' Ifill 82' 86'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: Chris Kerr

24 January 2016	Team Wellington	2–2	Canterbury United	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	66' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.)	Report	32' 87' 90+3'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matthew Conger

24 January 2016	Auckland City	4–2	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	Moreira 11' (pen.), 21', 42' De Vries 40'	Report	22', 78'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Hayden McCabe

Round 4 (rescheduled)[]

28 January 2016	Auckland City	1–0	Team Wellington	Auckland
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT Match rescheduled due to Auckland City competing in the FIFA Club World Cup	Lewis 82'			Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Chris Kerr

Round 10[]

30 January 2016	Canterbury United	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Christchurch
Saturday, 16:15 NZDT	White 29' Clapham 44' de Jong 82'	Report	Singh 40'	Stadium: AMI Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

31 January 2016	Team Wellington	3–1	WaiBOP United	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	3' (o.g.) 74' 80'	Report	82'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

31 January 2016	Hawke's Bay United	1–3	Auckland City	Napier
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT	Watson 30'	Report	De Vries 5', 31' Lea'alafa 34'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

31 January 2016	Waitakere United	6–0	Southern United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	Lovemore 25', 33', 58' 41' Butler 89' 89'	Report		Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Hayden McCabe

Round 11[]

4 February 2016	Auckland City	5–1	Waitakere United	Auckland
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT	De Vries 10', 49', 78' 20' Lewis 66'	Report	40'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

6 February 2016	Wellington Phoenix	0–2	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington
Saturday, 13:00 NZDT		Report	Mason-Smith 6', 89'	Stadium: Newtown Park Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

7 February 2016	Southern United	0–3	Team Wellington	Dunedin
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	3' 16'	Report	Feneridis 34' 37', 84'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

7 February 2016	WaiBOP United	2–3	Canterbury United	Hamilton
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	67' 89'	Report	4' de Jong 32' Messenger 90+3'	Stadium: FMG Stadium Referee: Chris Kerr

Round 12[]

11 February 2016	Waitakere United	2–4	Team Wellington	Auckland
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT	Peverley 32' (o.g.) Lovemore 88'	Report	8', 12', 36' Peverley 57' (pen.)	Stadium: QBE Stadium

13 February 2016	Wellington Phoenix	4–3	Southern United	Wellington
Saturday, 13:00 NZDT	McGarry 2', 22', 33' 37'	Report	12', 87' 48'	Stadium: David Farrington Park

14 February 2016	Hawke's Bay United	2–0	WaiBOP United	Napier
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT	83' Ifill 90'	Report		Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

14 February 2016	Canterbury United	Postponed	Auckland City	Christchurch
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT				Stadium: ASB Football Park

Round 13[]

18 February 2016	Southern United	0–4	Auckland City	Dunedin
Thursday, 19:35 NZDT		Report	Moreira 37' (pen.), 82' De Vries 47' 89'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium

20 February 2016	WaiBOP United	4–2	Wellington Phoenix	Mount Maunganui
Saturday, 13:00 NZDT	26' Hoyle 36', 43' 83'	Report	Rogerson 64' Whyte 89'	Stadium:

21 February 2016	Team Wellington	0–2	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT	Peverley 75'	Report	Biss 6' 74'	Stadium: David Farrington Park

21 February 2016	Waitakere United	2–2	Canterbury United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	39' Lovemore 51'	Report	79' Clapham 84' (pen.)	Stadium: QBE Stadium

Round 12 (rescheduled)[]

24 February 2016	Canterbury United	1–3	Auckland City	Christchurch
Wednesday, 18:00 NZDT Match rescheduled due to original postponement on 14 February, due to Christchurch earthquake	Clapham 19' (pen.)	Report	Tade 60' Lea'alafa 66' De Vries 81'	Stadium: ASB Football Park

Round 14[]

26 February 2016	Wellington Phoenix	1–6	Team Wellington	Wellington
Friday, 16:15 NZDT	McGarry 60'	Report	7' Wood 23' (o.g.) Barcia 25', 48' 83', 87'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium

28 February 2016	Canterbury United	3–2	Southern United	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	de Jong 60' Clapham 85' (pen.) 90+4'	Report	16' Day 67'	Stadium: ASB Football Park

28 February 2016	Hawke's Bay United	2–1	Waitakere United	Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Biss 15' Ifill 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Lovemore 15'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

28 February 2016	Auckland City	4–1	WaiBOP United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	Lea'alafa 24', 64' De Vries 61', 71' 55'	Report	Hoyle 54'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street

Finals series[]

Semi-finals[]

6 March 2016	Auckland City	2–1	Canterbury United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:05 NZDT	De Vries 3', 70'	Report	41'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street

6 March 2016	Hawke's Bay United	1–3	Team Wellington	Napier
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	Matsumoto 10'	Report	41' 41' (pen.) Vieira 79'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

Grand final[]

10 March 2016	Auckland City	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Team Wellington	Auckland
Thursday, 19:35 NZST	Moreira 68' (pen.) Kim 81'	Report	52', 99' Peverley 88' (pen.) 94'	Stadium: QBE Stadium Attendance: 1,508 Referee: Matt Conger

Statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of matches played on 10 March 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ryan De Vries	Auckland City	15
2		Team Wellington	14
3	Stephen Hoyle	WaiBOP United	10
4	João Moreira	Auckland City	8
4	Sean Lovemore	Waitakere United	8
6	Micah Lea'alafa	Auckland City	7
	Emiliano Tade	Auckland City
	Andre de Jong	Canterbury United
9	Sam Mason-Smith	Hawke's Bay United	6
9	Hamish Watson	Hawke's Bay United	6

Own goals[]

Player	Club	Against	Round
	Team Wellington	Canterbury United	2
	WaiBOP United	Team Wellington	10
Cole Peverley	Team Wellington	Waitakere United	12
Liam Wood	Wellington Phoenix	Team Wellington	14

References[]

^ "ASB Premiership draw revealed". New Zealand Football. 9 September 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b Smith, Tony. "Team by team appraisal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
^ "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.
^ Hepburn, Steve (20 June 2014). "Fridge coaching Southern United". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
^ "Hedge appointed coach of the reserve side". Wellington Phoenix FC. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
^ "2015–16 ASB Premiership Draw". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
^ "2015–16 fixtures and results". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

External links[]

ASB Premiership website

[1] "ASB Premiership draw revealed". New Zealand Football. 9 September 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[Grounds_&_Managers-2] Smith, Tony. "Team by team appraisal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[Angell-3] "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.

[Fridge-4] Hepburn, Steve (20 June 2014). "Fridge coaching Southern United". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

[Hedge-5] "Hedge appointed coach of the reserve side". Wellington Phoenix FC. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

[6] "2015–16 ASB Premiership Draw". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

[7] "2015–16 fixtures and results". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.

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