2014–15 New Zealand Football Championship

ASB Premiership
Season	2014–15
Champions	Auckland City
Premiers	Auckland City
OFC Champions League	Auckland City ; Team Wellington
Matches played	72
Goals scored	261 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tyler Boyd (10) ; Tom Jackson (10) ; Sean Lovemore (10)
Biggest home win	Wellington Phoenix 6–2 Southern United ; 14 February 2015 ; Waitakere United 4–0 Team Wellington ; 14 March 2015
Biggest away win	Wellington Phoenix 0–7 Auckland City ; 14 March 2015
Highest scoring	Waitakere United 6–3 Wellington Phoenix; 3 February 2015
	← 2013–14 2015–16 → 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	Ramon Tribulietx	Nike	Trillian Trust Inc.
Canterbury United	Christchurch	ASB Football Park	9,000	Sean Devine	Samurai	Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	5,000	Brett Angell^[2]	Lotto Sport Italia	Kinetic Electrical
Southern United	Dunedin	Forsyth Barr Stadium	30,500	Mike Fridge^[3]	Lotto Sport Italia	Gran's Remedy
Team Wellington	Wellington	David Farrington Park	3,000	Matt Calcott	Nike	Exodus Health & Fitness Club
WaiBOP United	Cambridge	John Kerkhof Park	2,700	Peter Smith	Lotto Sport Italia	The Soccer Shop
Waitakere United	Whenuapai, Auckland	Fred Taylor Park	2,500	Brian Shelley	Lotto Sport Italia	Cuesports Foundation
Wanderers SC	Albany, Auckland	QBE Stadium	25,000	Darren Bazeley	Nike	Trillian Trust Inc.
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Newtown Park	5,000	Andy Hedge^[4]	Adidas	Huawei

Kits[edit]

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

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	Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
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	Qualification to the Finals series
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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Auckland City	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Team Wellington	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hawke's Bay United	5	7	4	6	6	6	4	3	4	5	6	4	5	4	3	3	3	3
Waitakere United	3	5	7	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	6	4	5	4	4	4	4
WaiBOP United	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	3	4	3	3	3	5	6	6	5
Wellington Phoenix	7	3	5	7	4	3	3	5	3	4	5	7	7	6	6	5	5	6
Wanderers SC	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Canterbury United	2	4	6	5	7	7	6	4	5	6	3	5	6	8	8	8	8	8
Southern United	9	6	3	4	5	5	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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]

1 November 2014	Waitakere United	3–2	Wanderers SC	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT	Biss 30' Mulligan 40' Boyens 61'	Report	Murati 6' de Jong 18'

1 November 2014	Canterbury United	2–0	WaiBOP United	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT	Schwarz 28' Stansfield 62'	Report

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 ?' 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]

8 November 2014	Canterbury United	0–1	Southern United	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	G. Milne 35'

9 November 2014	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Wanderers SC	Newtown Park, Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Cunningham 8' Boyd 26' Messenger 65' (o.g.)	Report

9 November 2014	Hawke's Bay United	2–2	Team Wellington	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Lekaj 12' Haviland 90'	Report	7' J. Smith 54' Fa'arodo	Referee: Chris Kerr

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]

15 November 2014	Southern United	2–1	Waitakere United	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Saturday, 13:00 NZDT	Ridden 16' Da Costa 66'	Report	Richards 59'

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 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'

23 November 2014	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Waitakere United	Newtown Park, Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Boyd 21'	Report	Dickinson 87' Biss 90+1'

23 November 2014	Canterbury United	2–2	Team Wellington	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Sunday, 15:30 NZDT	Hofmann 19' Spain 89'	Report	Fa'arodo 51' Chettleburgh 86'

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 ?' 62'	Referee: Matt Conger

30 November 2014	Southern United	3–4	Wellington Phoenix	Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Jackson 19', 90' Hindson 35'	Report	Hailemariam 9' Stevens 42' (pen.), 59', 80' (pen.)

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	Hawke's Bay United	2–5	Wellington Phoenix	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Tinsley 31' (pen.) Barcia 52'	Report	Ridenton 20' Hailemariam 30', 71' Boyd 45' (pen.), 50'

7 December 2014	Team Wellington	2–0	Southern United	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT	Corrales 2' 25' Feneridis 15'	Report

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 7[edit]

13 December 2014	Waitakere United	0–2	Canterbury United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Barton 16' O'Brien 75'

14 December 2014	Wellington Phoenix	0–2	WaiBOP United	Eden Park, Auckland
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Marquez 18', 25'

14 December 2014	Hawke's Bay United	3–1	Southern United	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Tinsley 28' (pen.) Barbero 30' Halpin 55'	Report	Jackson 6'

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]

20 December 2014	Canterbury United	2–0	Wellington Phoenix	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT	Schwarz 37' Clapham 43'	Report

20 December 2014	WaiBOP United	2–4	Hawke's Bay United	Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT	Wylie 22' 58' Coombes 57'	Report	Haviland 29' Lovemore 41', 72' Tinsley 75'

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]

10 January 2015	Canterbury United	1–1	Hawke's Bay United	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT	Clapham 55' (pen.)	Report	Tinsley 47' (pen.)

11 January 2015	Auckland City FC	1–3	Wellington Phoenix	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Tavano 45+1' Bilen 88'	Report	Hailemariam 15', 27' Stevens 17' Doyle 88'

11 January 2015	Southern United	0–1	WaiBOP United	Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	O'Regan 35'

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

Bye: Wanderers SC

Round 15 (rescheduled)[edit]

14 January 2015	Wanderers SC	0–1	Auckland City FC	QBE Stadium, Auckland
Wednesday, 18:00 NZDT		Report	Vicelich 61'

Round 10[edit]

17 January 2015	Wellington Phoenix	3–4	Team Wellington	Newton Park, Wellington
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT	Stevens 4' Brindell-South 38' Hailemariam 75'	Report	Peverley 15' (pen.) ?' 55' Gwyther 48', 62' Feneridis 82'

17 January 2015	WaiBOP United	4–3	Canterbury United	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Molony 46' Neil 64', 90' Jones 81'	Report	Clapham 35', 68' (pen.) Wellbourn 48'

17 January 2015	Wanderers SC	2–0	Waitakere United	QBE Stadium, Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Holthusen 13' Lewis 80'	Report

18 January 2015	Hawke's Bay United	0–3	Auckland City FC	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Tade 58' (pen.) Vicelich 77' Burfoot 80'