2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship

Stirling Sports Premiership
Season 2016–17
Premiers Auckland City
Matches played 44
Goals scored 139 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorer Aaron Clapham
Tom Jackson
(8 goals)
Biggest home win Auckland City 4–0 Team Wellington
(23 October 2016)
Auckland City 4–0 Tasman United
(29 October 2016)
Hamilton Wanderers 4–0 Eastern Suburbs
(6 November 2016)
Eastern Suburbs 4–0 Southern United
(20 November 2016)
Wellington Phoenix 4–0 Hamilton Wanderers
(10 December 2016)
Biggest away win Southern United 0–3 Hawke's Bay United
(10 December 2016)
Highest scoring Team Wellington 6–6 Waitakere United
(26 March 2017)
2017–18

All statistics correct as of 18 December 2016.

The 2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the Stirling Sports Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the thirteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams will compete this season with the addition of Eastern Suburbs AFC and Tasman United, and with WaiBOP United replaced by Hamilton Wanderers.[1]

The competition began on 16 October and end on 2 April 2017.

Clubs

Team Location Stadium[2] Capacity Manager[2] Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Auckland City Sandringham, Auckland Kiwitea Street 3,250 Spain Ramon Tribulietx Kappa Hi-Chew (front) Trillian Trust Inc (Back) Carters (Back)
Canterbury United Christchurch ASB Football Park 9,000 New Zealand Willy Gerdsen Nike Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Eastern Suburbs Panmure, Auckland Bill McKinlay Park 5,000 Scotland Malcolm McPherson[3] Lilywhites Winger Motors
Hamilton Wanderers Hamilton Porritt Stadium
Waikato Stadium
5,000
25,800
New Zealand Mark Cossey Nike The Soccer Shop
Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 5,000 England Brett Angell[4] Adidas Kinetic Electrical
Southern United Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium
Peter Johnstone Park
30,500
?
Republic of Ireland Paul O'Reilly[5]Lotto Sport Italia Freshwater Solutions
Tasman United Nelson Trafalgar Park 18,000 Croatia Davor Tavich [6] JomaNelson Pine LVL (Front) Sprig & Fern (Back)
Team Wellington Wellington David Farrington Park 1,500 England Jose FigueiraNike Stonewood Homes
Waitakere United Whenuapai, Auckland The Trusts Arena
Fred Taylor Park
4,900
2,500
New Zealand Chris Milicich Lotto Sport Italia Jerry Clayton BMW (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back)
Wellington Phoenix Wellington Newtown Park 5,000 England Andy Hedge[7] Adidas Huawei

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 18 11 3 4 35 15 +20 36 Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2 Team Wellington 18 11 3 4 51 32 +19 36
3 Waitakere United 18 10 4 4 31 25 +6 34 Qualification to the Finals series
4 Hawke's Bay United 18 10 2 6 46 30 +16 32
5 Eastern Suburbs 18 9 3 6 28 25 +3 30
6 Canterbury United 18 6 6 6 32 28 +4 24
7 Wellington Phoenix Reserves 18 6 4 8 25 33 8 22
8 Tasman United 18 4 5 9 29 42 13 17
9 Hamilton Wanderers 18 4 1 13 24 50 26 13
10 Southern United 18 3 1 14 20 41 21 10
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2017. Source: NZ Football

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round 123456789101112131415161718
Team Wellington 10 10 8 6 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2
Auckland City 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1
Eastern Suburbs 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 5 4 5 5
Hamilton Wanderers 4 7 3 7 8 7 5 7 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
Wellington Phoenix 8 6 6 8 6 5 6 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Waitakere United 5 3 2 4 6 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 2 1 3 3 3 3
Canterbury United 6 4 5 3 3 6 7 6 7 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6
Hawke's Bay United 2 5 7 5 5 8 8 8 8 7 6 5 5 6 4 6 5 4
Tasman United 6 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8
Southern United 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10

Last updated: 18 December 2016
Source: NZ Football

Fixtures and results

Round 8 (rescheduled)

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 7 (rescheduled)

Round 16

Round 13 (rescheduled)

Round 17

Round 18 (rescheduled)

Round 17 (rescheduled)

Round 18

Finals series

Semi-finals

25 March 2017 (2017-03-25)
16:35
Auckland City 1-0 Hawke's Bay United
Lea'alafa 64'
Kiwitea Street
Attendance: 1,800

26 March 2017 (2017-03-26)
16:35
Team Wellington 6-6 Waitakere United
J. Gulley 45+1'

Zambrano 68'
T.Jackson 75'-pen, 87'-pen
J. Stevens 112', 114'

P. Reinhardt 36', 50', 120+1'

D. Morgan 67', 79'
D.Stansfield 91'

  Penalties  
Stevens
Bevin
Villa
Jackson
J. Gulley
Kirwan
3-2 Butler
Stansfield
Reinhardt
Collett
Thelen
Hilliar -
David Farrington Park
Referee: A. Riley

Grand final

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02)
16:35
Auckland City 1–2 Team Wellington
Emiliano Tade 28' Ben Harris 10', 51'
QBE Stadium
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 1 April 2017[8]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 New Zealand Tom Jackson Team Wellington 16
2 New Zealand Aaron Clapham Canterbury United 12
England Saul Halpin Hawke's Bay United
Argentina Emiliano Tade Auckland City
5 England Ben Harris Team Wellington 11
England Sam Mason-Smith Hawke's Bay United
7 Argentina Facundo Barbero Hawke's Bay United 9
8 Barbados Paul Ifill Tasman United 8
9 England Stephen Hoyle Canterbury United 7
New Zealand Tinashe Marowa Tasman United

References

  1. "New trio to join ASB Premiership". New Zealand Football. 16 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Tony. "Team by team appraisal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. "McPherson named Suburbs coach". NZ Football. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. "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.
  5. "O’Reilly takes charge of Southern". NZ Football. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. "Tasman United coach Davor Tavich deserved the job from the start".
  7. "Hedge appointed coach of the reserve side". Wellington Phoenix FC. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  8. "Players – Premiership – New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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