2010–11 ASB Premiership

ASB Premiership

Season	2010–11
Champions	Waitakere United
Matches played	28
Goals scored	92 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Allan Pearce (13)
Biggest home win	ACFC 5-0 HBU (Round 9) TW 5-0 OU (Round 9) WU 6-1 YHM (Round 13) WU 6-1 WFC (Round 15)
Biggest away win	YoungHeart Manawatu 0-4 Waitakere United (Round 5)
Highest scoring	Waitakere United 5-2 Canterbury United (Semi-final)
← 2009–10 2011-12 →

The New Zealand Football Championship's 2010–11 season (known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the sixth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 16 October 2010 with a kickoff between Auckland City FC and Waikato FC.^[1] Auckland City and Waitakere United will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2010–11 OFC Champions League after finishing Premiers and Champions respectively in the 2009–10 competition.

Contents 1 Clubs 1.1 Stadia and locations 2 League table 3 Regular Season 3.1 Round 1 3.2 Round 2 3.3 Round 3 3.4 Round 4 3.5 Round 5 3.6 Round 6 3.7 Round 7 3.8 Round 8 3.9 Round 9 3.10 Round 10 3.11 Round 11 3.12 Round 12 3.13 Round 13 3.14 Round 14 3.15 Round 15 3.16 Round 16 4 Finals series 4.1 Semi-finals – first leg 4.2 Semi-finals – second leg 4.3 Final 5 Scorers 5.1 Own goals 6 References 7 External links

Clubs

As in the previous season, eight clubs participated in the league.

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity1
Auckland City FC	Auckland	Kiwitea Street	3,000
Canterbury United	Christchurch	English Park	8,000
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	4,000
Otago United	Dunedin	Forsyth Barr Stadium	30,748
Team Wellington	Wellington	Newtown Park	5,000
Waikato FC	Hamilton	Waikato Stadium	25,800
Waitakere United	Waitakere City	Fred Taylor Park	2,500
YoungHeart Manawatu	Palmerston North	Memorial Park	8,000

League table

Updated at end of Round 15.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Premiers and Qualification
Waitakere United	14	12	0	2	39	12	+27	36	2011–12 OFC Champions League
Auckland City	14	9	3	2	29	12	+17	30	2011–12 OFC Champions League
Team Wellington	14	7	2	5	28	23	+5	23
Canterbury United	14	6	2	6	20	19	+1	20
Hawke's Bay United	14	5	4	5	18	22	-4	19
Waikato FC	14	4	3	7	21	33	-12	15
Otago United	14	3	3	8	15	30	-15	12
YoungHeart Manawatu	14	1	1	12	19	38	-19	4	Wooden Spoon

Regular Season

Round 1

October 16, 2010	Waikato FC	2 – 3	Auckland City FC	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 3:00pm	Nikolic  19' Palmer  43'	Preview Summary/Report	Koprivcic  38' (pen) Mulligan  79', 82'	Attendance: 500 approx. Referee: Chris Kerr

October 17, 2010	Waitakere United	2 – 0	Team Wellington	Fred Taylor Park
Sunday 2:00pm	Duncan  8' (o.g.) Emblen  90+2'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 483 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 2

October 30, 2010	Team Wellington	0 – 0	Auckland City FC	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Saturday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 412 Referee: Nick Waldron

October 31, 2010	Hawke's Bay United	1 – 3	Waitakere United	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Birnie  80'	Preview Summary/Report	Pearce  2', 47' Krishna  17'	Attendance: 650 Referee: Chris Kerr

Round 3

November 7, 2010	Otago United	0 – 1	Waikato FC	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Sunday 12:30pm		Preview Summary/Report	Hicks  7'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Darren Sundborn

November 7, 2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	0 – 1	Hawke's Bay United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	McIvor  90'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Mirko Benischke

November 7, 2010	Team Wellington	2 – 4	Canterbury United	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 2:00pm	John Sutherland  31' Tade  88'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamo  3', 17', 73' Joe Murray  71'	Attendance: 392 Referee: Matt Conger

November 7, 2010	Auckland City FC	1 – 3	Waitakere United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 3:00pm	Edington  2'	Preview Summary/Report	Peacre  22' De Vries  35', 51'	Attendance: 1 572 Referee: Chris Kerr

Round 4

November 14, 2010	Canterbury United	1 – 0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Sunday 2:00pm	Feni  15'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 400

November 14, 2010	Hawke's Bay United	3 – 2	Otago United	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Bevin  8', 49', 62'	Preview Summary/Report	Hancock  9' Seaman  48'	Attendance: 380 Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 5

November 21, 2010	Team Wellington	3 – 1	Waikato FC	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 2:00pm	Sutherland  55' (pen) Kamri  79', 89'	Preview Summary/Report	Manko  24'	Attendance: 419 Referee: Jarred Gillett

November 21, 2010	Canterbury United	0 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 450 Referee: Mike Hester

November 21, 2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	0 – 4	Waitakere United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Gwyther  28' De Vries  35' Krishna  67' Pierce  74'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Chris Kerr

November 21, 2010	Auckland City FC	0 – 0	Otago United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 3:00pm		Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 418 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 6

November 27, 2010	Waikato FC	3 – 0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 2:00pm	Hicks  13' (pen) Palmer  63' Jones  65'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 250 Referee: Nick Waldron

November 27, 2010	Waitakere United	2 – 1	Canterbury United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	Gwyther  30' Pearce  71'	Preview Summary/Report	Attwell  86'	Attendance: 507 Referee: Jarrod Gillet

November 28, 2010	Otago United	0 – 3	Team Wellington	Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Coburn  6' (o.g.) Sutherland  23', 39'	Attendance: 160 Referee: Mike Hester

November 28, 2010	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 2	Auckland City FC	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Bevin  46' Smith  83' (pen)	Preview Summary/Report	Feneridis  13', 25'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Jonathon Price

Round 7

December 5, 2010	Canterbury United	2 – 2	Waikato FC	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Saturday 2:00pm	Clapham  3' (pen) Barton  54'	Preview Summary/Report	Nikolic  33', 61'	Attendance: 650+ Referee: Chris Kerr

December 5, 2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	1 – 2	Otago United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Saturday 2:00pm	Higham  49'	Preview Summary/Report	Knox  17' Ruggles  59'	Attendance: 100

Round 8

December 11, 2010	Auckland City FC	3 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	?  10' (o.g.) Berlanga  23' Morgan  40'	Preview Summary/Report	White  61'	Attendance: 629 Referee: Darren Sundborn

December 11, 2010	Waikato FC	1 – 3	Waitakere United	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 3:00pm	Nikolic  28'	Preview Summary/Report	Lovemore  4' Krishna  29' Pearce  47'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Matt Conger

December 12, 2010	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 3	Team Wellington	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 1:00pm	Smith  13' Bevin  35'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamri  48' Fifi  80' Tado  88'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Peter O'Leary

December 12, 2010	Otago United	2 – 1	Canterbury United	Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
Sunday 2:00pm	Ruggles  86' Knox  90+3'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamo  35'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 9

December 18, 2010	Auckland City FC	5 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Saturday 2:30pm	McGeorge  6', 65', 87' (pen) Kelly  73' Milne  76'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 554 Referee: Nick Waldron

December 19, 2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	5 – 2	Waikato FC	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Sunday 2:00pm	White  9', 29', 73' Higham  46' Hayne  80'	Preview Summary/Report	Nikolic  23' Margetts  86'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Matt Conger

December 19, 2010	Canterbury United	0 – 2	Waitakere United	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Sunday 3:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Krishna  15' Bale  35'	Referee: Darren Sundborn

December 19, 2010	Team Wellington	5 – 0	Otago United	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 3:00pm	Sutherland  20' Cheriton  22' Kamri  75', 86' Tade  84'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 351 Referee: C-K Waugh

Round 10

January 8, 2011	Waikato FC	1 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 3:00pm	Nikolic  76'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 200 Referee: Peter O'Leary

January 8, 2011	Waitakere United	3 – 1	Otago United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday 4:00pm	Pearce  2' Gwyther  58' Emblen  90'	Preview Summary/Report	Ruggles  12'	Attendance: 421 Referee: Matt Conder

January 9, 2011	Canterbury United	1 – 2	Auckland City FC	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Saturday 2:00pm	Clapham  12' (pen.)	Preview Summary/Report	Kelly  22' Koprivcic  36'	Attendance: 380 Referee: Chris Kerr

January 9, 2011	YoungHeart Manawatu	2 – 3	Team Wellington	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Saturday 2:00pm	Hayne  75' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Preview Summary/Report	Barbarouses  10' Kamri  32' Cheriton  80'	Attendance: 175 Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 11

January 15, 2011	Waikato FC	2 – 2	Otago United	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 3:00pm	Hicks  38' (pen.) Nikolic  56'	Preview Summary/Report	Rodeka  46' Ruggles  49'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Nick Waldron

January 16, 2011	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Bevin  20' Taylor  61'	Preview Summary/Report	White  62'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Chris Kerr

January 16, 2011	Canterbury United	1 – 2	Team Wellington	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Sunday 2:00pm	Feni  70'	Preview Summary/Report	Cheriton  9' Cain  64'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jamie Cross

January 16, 2011	Waitakere United	0 – 1	Auckland City FC	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Sunday 4:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Koprivcic  63'	Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 12

January 22, 2011	Auckland City FC	5 – 1	Waikato FC	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Saturday 3:00pm	Mulligan  12' Koprivcic  49', 56' Kelly  68' Milne  90'	Preview Summary/Report	Hicks  83'	Attendance: 833 Referee: Matt Conger

January 22, 2011	Team Wellington	1 – 2	Waitakere United	Newtown Park, Wellington
Saturday 3:30pm	Patrick  89'	Preview Summary/Report	Krishna  31' Lucas  65'	Attendance: 344 Referee: Mike Hester

January 23, 2011	Otago United	0 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Sunday 12:00pm		Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 300 Referee: Jamie Cross

January 23, 2011	YoungHeart Manawatu	2 – 3	Canterbury United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Sunday 12:00pm	Ishi  65', 79'	Preview Summary/Report	Terris  15' Rowe  45 + 3' Kamo  50'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 13

January 29, 2011	Waikato FC	2 – 3	Team Wellington	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 12:30pm	Strom  44' Hicks  45'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamri  10' Tade  69', 84'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Chris Kerr

January 29, 2011	Waitakere United	6 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	Lucas  4', 21' Rowley  52' Krishna  60' Pearce  65', 77'	Preview Summary/Report	White  34'	Attendance: 343 Referee: Mirko Benischke

January 30, 2011	Otago United	0 – 3	Auckland City FC	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Mulligan  52', 59' Kelly  75'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

January 30, 2011	Hawke's Bay United	1 – 2	Canterbury United	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Smith  14'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamo  27', 32'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 14

February 12, 2011	Waikato FC	1 – 0	Canterbury United	Centennial Park, Hamilton
Saturday 12:30pm	Peat  26'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 150 Referee: Michael Hester

February 12, 2011	Waitakere United	1 – 2	Hawke's Bay United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	Rowley  85'	Preview Summary/Report	Smith  47', 90+2'	Attendance: 357 Referee: Jamie Cross (Campbell-Kirk Waugh 73')

February 13, 2011	Otago United	4 – 3	YoungHeart Manawatu	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Sunday 12:00pm	Anderson  22' Lockhart  25' Coburn  83' Burgess  90+3'	Preview Summary/Report	Rande  36' Hodge  64' Fraser  81'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Chris Kerr

February 13, 2011	Auckland City FC	2 – 0	Team Wellington	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 2:00pm	Exposito  44' Corrales  67'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 867 Referee: Jon Price

Round 15

February 19, 2011	Waitakere United	6 – 1	Waikato FC	Fred Taylor Park, Whenuapai, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	Lucas  36' Pearce  41', 52' Rowley  50' De Vries  57' Gwyther  74'	Preview Summary/Report	Nikolic  77'	Attendance: 456[2] Referee: Peter O'Leary[2]

February 20, 2011	Team Wellington	1 – 3	Hawke's Bay United	Newtown Park, Wellington[3]
Sunday 2:00pm	Tade  88'	Preview Summary/Report	Bevin  48', 90' McIvor  89'	Attendance: 300[3] Referee: Darren Sundborn[3]

February 20, 2011	Canterbury United	3 – 1	Otago United	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Sunday 2:00pm	Miles  45' Kamo  51' Murray  70'	Preview Summary/Report	Collins  66' (o.g.)	Attendance: 250[4] Referee: Matthew Conger[4]

March 2, 2011	YoungHeart Manawatu	1 – 2	Auckland City FC	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Wednesday 6:00 pm	Rande  18'	Preview Summary/Report	Exposito  38' Milne  48'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Matt Bull

Round 16

March 6, 2011	Otago United	1 – 2	Waitakere United	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Saturday 2:00pm	Burgess  90+5'	Preview Summary/Report	Gwyther  3' Pearce  21'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Mirko Benischke

March 6, 2011	Hawke's Bay United	1 – 1	Waikato FC	Park Island, Napier
Saturday 2:00pm	Bevin  30'	Preview Summary/Report	Nikolic  8'	Attendance: 700 Referee: Mike Hester

March 6, 2011	Team Wellington	2 – 2	YoungHeart Manawatu	Newtown Park, Wellington
Saturday 4:00pm	Tade  36' Sutherland  39'	Preview Summary/Report	White  74' Falvey  90+1'	Attendance: n/a Referee: Peter O'Leary

March 10, 2011	Auckland City FC	0 – 1	Canterbury United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Thursday 5:30pm		Preview Summary/Report	88' Ken Yamamoto	Attendance: 342 Referee: Chris Kerr

Finals series

	Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Waitakere United	6
	4	Canterbury United	3
						1	Waitakere United	3
						2	Auckland City FC	2
	2	Auckland City FC	7
	3	Team Wellington	1

Semi-finals – first leg

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March 13, 2011	Team Wellington	0 – 2	Auckland City FC	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 1:30pm		Preview Summary/Report	78' Corrales  90' Exposito	Attendance: 423 Referee: Mirko Benischke

March 13, 2011	Waitakere United	6 – 2	Canterbury United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Sunday 2:00 pm	6', 15' de Vries  9', 40' Lucas  12' Scott  61' Pearce	Preview Summary/Report	81' Wortelboer  83' Schwarz	Attendance: 387 Referee: Chris Kerr

Semi-finals – second leg

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March 27, 2011	Auckland City FC	5 – 1 (7 – 1 on aggregate)	Team Wellington	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 3:30pm	1', 53' Koprivcic  30' Dickinson  64' Corrales  85' Exposito	Preview Summary/Report	16' Kamri	Attendance: 637 Referee: Peter O'Leary

April 3, 2011	Canterbury United	1 – 0 (3 – 6 on aggregate)	Waitakere United	Tulett Park, Christchurch
Sunday 2:00pm	31' (pen.) Clapham	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 280 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Final

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April 10, 2011 Sunday 2:00pm	Waitakere United	3 – 2	Auckland City FC	Douglas Field, Auckland Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Peter O'Leary
	Dakota Lucas  10', 37' James Pritchett  90' (o.g.)		Aaron Scott  26' (o.g.) Manel Expósito  49'

Scorers

Updated to Round 16.

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
12		Allan Pearce	Waitakere United		2	1		1	1		1		1			2		2	1
9		Andy Bevin	Hawke's Bay United				3		1		1			1				2	1
		Milos Nikolic	Waikato FC	1						2	1	1	1	1				1	1
8		Russel Kamo	Canterbury United			3					1				1	2		1
7		Hitcham Kamri	Team Wellington					2			1	2	1			1
		Michael White	YoungHeart Manawatu								1	3		1		1			1
6		Roy Krishna	Waitakere United		1			1			1	1			1	1
		Emiliano Tade	Team Wellington								1	1				2		1	1
		John Sutherland	Team Wellington			1		1	2			1							1
5		Daniel Koprivcic	Auckland City FC	1									1	1	2
		Jason Hicks	Waikato FC			1			1					1	1	1
		Dave Mulligan	Auckland City FC	2											1	2
		Jarrod Smith	Hawke's Bay United						1		1					1	2
		Mike Gwyther	Waitakere United					1	1				1					1	1
4		Phil Ruggles	Otago United							1	1		1	1
		Stuart Kelly	Auckland City FC									1	1		1	1
		Dakota Lucas	Waitakere United												1	2		1
		Ryan De Vries	Waitakere United			2		1										1

A goal was scored from a penalty kick

Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Own goals

Updated to end of Round 16.

Total	Player		Team	Week(s)
1		Jamie Duncan	Team Wellington (v Waitakere United)	1
		Andy Coburn	Otago United (v Team Wellington)	6
		Glen Collins	Canterbury United (v Otago United)	15

References

External links

• NZFC Website

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