2012–13 New Zealand Football Championship

ASB Premiership
Season	2012–13
Champions	Waitakere United
Premiers	Waitakere United
OFC Champions League	Waitakere United; Auckland City
Matches played	44
Goals scored	174 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roy Krishna (12)
Biggest home win	5x 4–0
Biggest away win	Waikato 1–9 Waitakere United (Round 9)
Highest scoring	Waikato 1–9 Waitakere United (Round 9)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The New Zealand Football Championship's 2012–13 season (known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the ninth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season will begin on 3 November 2012 with the final scheduled to be on 17 March 2013. As a new feature, three games will be played as curtain-raisers to Wellington Phoenix home matches in Westpac Stadium. Auckland City and Waitakere United will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2012–13 OFC Champions League after finishing Minor Premiers and Champions respectively in the 2011–12 competition.

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City FC	Auckland	Kiwitea Street	7003350000000000000♠3,500	Ramon Tribulietx	Ivan Vicelich	Nike	Trillian Trust Inc.
Canterbury United	Christchurch	ASB Football Park	7003900000000000000♠9,000	Keith Braithwaite	Dan Terris	Samurai	Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000	Chris Greatholder	Bill Robertson	Samurai	Kinetic Electrical
Otago United	Dunedin	Forsyth Barr Stadium	7004305000000000000♠30,500	Richard Murray	Tristan Prattley	Canterbury	Gran's Remedy
Team Wellington	Wellington	David Farrington Park	7003300000000000000♠3,000	Matt Calcott	Karl Whalen	adidas	Exodus Health & Fitness Club
Waikato FC	Hamilton	Porritt Stadium	7003270000000000000♠2,700	Mark Cossey	Adam Thomas	Nike	The Soccer Shop
Waitakere United	Waitakere City	Fred Taylor Park	7003250000000000000♠2,500	Paul Marshall	Jake Butler	Lotto Sport Italia	Cuesports Foundation
YoungHeart Manawatu	Palmerston North	Memorial Park	7003800000000000000♠8,000	Stu Jacobs	Nathan Cooksley	Nike	New Zealand Pharmaceuticals

Location of clubs and the region they represent

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Waitakere United (C)	14	12	1	1	48	12	+36	37	Qualified for the 2013–14 OFC Champions League
2	Auckland City	14	10	3	1	44	18	+26	33	Qualified for the 2013–14 OFC Champions League
3	Canterbury United	14	9	1	4	34	19	+15	28	Qualified for the 2013 ASB Premiership Finals
4	Hawke's Bay United	14	7	3	4	29	21	+8	24	Qualified for the 2013 ASB Premiership Finals
5	Team Wellington	14	7	0	7	27	21	+6	21
6	Waikato FC	14	3	0	11	18	48	−30	9
7	Otago United	14	2	0	12	14	40	−26	6
8	YoungHeart Manawatu (R)	14	2	0	12	15	50	−35	6	Team withdrew and joined the ASB Youth League

Regular season

Round 1

Saturday, 3 November 2012

2:00pm Saturday	Auckland City FC	5–2	Canterbury United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
	Adam Dickinson 20', 29' Chris Bale 39' Albert Riera 77' Emiliano Tade 81'	Preview Report	Julyan Collett 40' Aaron Clapham 69' (pen.)	Attendance: 635 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Sunday, 4 November 2012

12:00pm Sunday	Otago United	0–3	YoungHeart Manawatu	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
		Preview Report	Tomas Mosquera 8', 28', 55'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Issac Trevis

12:00pm Sunday	Waikato FC	0–2	Hawke's Bay United	Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
		Preview Report	Sean Lovemore 71', 80'	Attendance: 300 Referee: John Rowberry

2:00pm Sunday	Waitakere United	3–0	Team Wellington	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City
	Roy Krishna 28s' David Mulligan 65' (pen.) Allan Pearce 78'	Preview Report		Attendance: 347 Referee: Matt Conger

Round 2

Sunday, 11 November 2012

1:45pm Sunday	Team Wellington	0–1	Canterbury United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
		Preview Report	Julyan Collett 13'	Attendance: 402 Referee: Mark Hester

2:00pm Sunday	Waitakere United	1–0	Waikato FC	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City
	David Mulligan 66' (pen.)	Preview Report		Attendance: 328 Referee: Isaac Trevis

2:00pm Sunday	Hawke's Bay United	4–2	YoungHeart Manawatu	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
	Stephen Hoyle 6' Cole Peverley 31' Sean Lovemore 45+2', 46'	Preview Report	Tom Mosquera 75' Lewis Cumber 76'	Attendance: 413 Referee: Nick Waldron

2:00pm Sunday	Otago United	1–3	Auckland City FC	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	Regan Coldicott 62'	Preview Report	Luis Corrales 85', 90+2' Alex Feneridis 89'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 3

Sunday, 18 November 2012

1:00pm Sunday	Waikato FC	1–4	Team Wellington	Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
	Eder Franchini 33'	Preview Report	Hamish Watson (2) 38' (pen), 64' Cory Chettleburgh 61' Karsten Viborg 81'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Matt Conger

2:00pm Sunday	YoungHeart Manawatu	0–5	Waitakere United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
		Preview Report	Ryan de Vries 13' David Mulligan 30' Roy Krishna 40' Allan Pearce 46' George Slefendorfas 89'	Attendance: 400

2:00pm Sunday	Canterbury United	2–1	Otago United	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
	Darren White 24' Dimitar Bayrev 26'	Preview Report	Joel Stevens 45'	Referee: Mirko Benischke

2:30pm Sunday	Auckland City FC	1–1	Hawke's Bay United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
	Alex Feneridis 53'	Preview Report	Sean Lovemore 32'

Round 4

Sunday, 25 November 2012

12:00pm Sunday	Waikato FC	0–5	Canterbury United	Centennial Park, Ngaruawahia
		Preview Report	Russell Kamo 18' Aaron Clapham 55' Darren White 74' Ashley Welborn 77', 81'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Nick Waldron

2:00pm Sunday	Waitakere United	1–1	Auckland City FC	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City
	Jake Butler 22'	Preview Report	Luis Corrales 41'	Attendance: 650 Referee: Mirko Benischke

2:00pm Sunday	Team Wellington	3–1	YoungHeart Manawatu	David Farrington Park, Wellington
	Tobias Bertsch 39' Henry Fa'arodo 56' Justin Gulley 65'	Preview Report	Tom Mosquera 34'	Attendance: 412 Referee: Peter O'Leary

2:00pm Sunday	Hawke's Bay United	2–0	Otago United	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
	Rudi Bauerfiend 47' Sean Lovemore 77'	Preview Report		Attendance: 412 Referee: Matt Conger

Round 5

Sunday, 2 December 2012

1:45pm Sunday	YoungHeart Manawatu	2–3	Waikato FC	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
	Tom Mosquera 68', 90+2'	Preview Rrport	Rory Turner 18' Sam Margetts 69' Ryan Thomas 81'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Campbell Kirk Waugh

2:00pm Sunday	Waitakere United	4–1	Otago United	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City
	David Mulligan 13' Jake Butler 55' Roy Krishna 86' Ryan De Vries 88'	Preview Report	Joel Stevens 7'	Attendance: 212 Referee: Nick Waldron

2:30pm Sunday	Canterbury United	4–0	Hawke's Bay United	English Park, Christchurch
	Aaron Clapham 33', 62' (pen.) Russell Kamo 38' Dan Terris 73'	Preview Report		Attendance: 400 Referee: John Rowbury

Round 6

Sunday, 9 December 2012

1:45pm Sunday	Team Wellington	0–1	Otago United	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
		Report	Joel Stevens 84'	Attendance: 412 Referee: Mirko Benischke

2:00pm Sunday	YoungHeart Manawatu	0–2	Canterbury United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
		Report	Darren White 74' Russell Kamo 85'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Mark Hester

2:30pm Sunday	Waitakere United	3–1	Hawke's Bay United	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City
	Brian Shelley 11' David Mulligan 14' Milos Nikolic 90+2'	Report	Stephen Hoyle 22'	Attendance: 273 Referee: Matt Conger

Round 7

Sunday, 16 December 2012

1:00pm Sunday	Otago United	1–6	Waikato FC	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	Tristan Prattley 60'	Preview Report	Jack Hobson-McVeigh 20' Eder Franchini 24' Rory Turner 48', 72', 90+2' Hone Fowler 79'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Matt Conger

2:00pm Sunday	Auckland City FC	4–0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
	Chris Bale 16' Emiliano Tade 19' Manel Exposito 41' (pen.) David Browne 70'	Preview Report		Attendance: 1027 Referee: Isaac Trevis

2:00pm Sunday	Hawke's Bay United	3–0	Team Wellington	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
	Dakota Lucas 13' Cole Peverley 14' (pen.) Connor Tinnion 66'	Preview Report		Attendance: 426 Referee: Nick Waldron

2:00pm Sunday	Canterbury United	1–3	Waitakere United	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
	Dan Terris 8'	Preview Report	Jake Butler 15' Roy Krishna 53' Ryan de Vries 88'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 6 Catch Up

Sunday, 6 January 2013

5:30pm Wednesday	Waikato FC	1–4	Auckland City FC	Centennial Park, Ngaruawahia
	Sam Margetts 31'	Preview Report	Daniel Koprivcic 3', 61' Manel Exposito 49', 59'	Attendance: 513 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 8

Sunday, 12 January 2013

4:00pm Saturday	Team Wellington	1–3	Waitakere United	David Farrington Park, Wellington
	Darren Cheriton 5'	Preview Report	Brian Shelley 16' Roy Krishna 57', 74'	Attendance: 212 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Sunday, 13 January 2013

2:00pm Sunday	Canterbury United	1–3	Auckland City FC	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
	Andrew Barton 14'	Preview Report	Alex Feneridis 26' Daniel Koprivcic 52' Emiliano Tade 79'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Issac Trevis

2:00pm Sunday	Hawke's Bay United	4–0	Waikato FC	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
	Jarrod Smith 45', 48' Conor Tinnion 77' Sean Lovemore 80'	Preview Report		Attendance: 413 Referee: R Scholes

2:00pm Sunday	YoungHeart Manawatu	1–4	Otago United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
	Suele Soromon 87' (pen.)	Preview Report	Aaron Burgess 11' (pen.), 74' Regan Coldicott 62', 67'	Attendance: 150 Referee: N Waldron

Round 9

Sunday, 20 January 2013

2:00pm Sunday	Auckland City FC	3–1	Otago United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
	Andrew Milne 17' Manel Exposito 24' Adam Dickinson 66'	Preview Report	Regan Coldicott 37'	Attendance: 934 Referee: Jon Rowberry

2:00pm Sunday	YoungHeart Manawatu	1–5	Hawke's Bay United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
	Seule Soromon 74'	Preview Report	Dakota Lucas 3' Cole Peverley 15' Sean Lovemore 19', 45' Jarrod Smith 21'	Referee: Mirko Benischke

2:00pm Sunday	Waikato FC	1–9	Waitakere United	Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
	Sunny Singh 60'	Preview Report	Allan Pearce 10', 27', 83' Brian Shelley 17' Chad Coombes 18' Roy Krishna 21', 85', 90' Ryan De Vries 23'	Attendance: 439 Referee: Peter O'Leary

2:00pm Sunday	Canterbury United	0–2	Team Wellington	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
		Preview Report	Wiremu Patrick 45' (pen.) Luis Corrales 68'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Mark Hester

Round 10

Saturday, 26 January 2013

2:00pm Saturday	Waitakere United	4–0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City
	Tim Myers 27', 31' Roy Krishna 74', 90+4'	Preview Report		Attendance: 342 Referee: Mark Hester

2:00pm Saturday	Team Wellington	1–0	Waikato FC	David Farrington Park, Wellington
	Luke Rowe 89'	Preview Report		Attendance: 251 Referee: Issac Trevis

Sunday, 27 January 2013

	Hawke's Bay United	1–1	Auckland City FC	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
	Jarrod Smith 70'	Report	Pedro Garcia 57'	Attendance: 516 Referee: J Rowbury

3:00pm Sunday	Otago United	1–4	Canterbury United	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	Regan Coldicott 85'	Report	Ken Yamamoto 28', 75' Ashley Wellbourn 33' Andy Barton 68'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 11

Saturday, 2 February 2013

1:00pm Saturday	Auckland City FC	2–3	Waitakere United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
	Alex Feneridis 11' Manel Exposito 48'	Report	Luiz Del Monte 43' Roy Krishna 59' Tim Myers 74'	Attendance: 1876 Referee: Matt Conger

Sunday, 3 February 2013

12:00pm Sunday	Otago United	1–3	Hawke's Bay United	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	Victor da Costa 57'	Report	Jarrod Smith 2' (pen.) Stephen Hindmarch 8' Sean Lovemore 63' (pen.)	Attendance: 200 Referee: Mirko Benischke

2:00pm Sunday	Canterbury United	4–0	Waikato FC	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
	Aaron Clapham 41', 49' (pen.) Russell Kamo 63' Ken Yamamoto 83'	Report		Attendance: 275 Referee: Peter O'Leary

2:00pm Sunday	YoungHeart Manawatu	0–6	Team Wellington	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
		Report	Wiremu Patrick 2', 7' Rowe Dominic 39' Luke Rowe 41' Hamish Watson 80', 83'	Attendance: 200 Referee: J Rowbury

Round 5 Catch Up

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

2:00pm Wednesday	Auckland City FC	3–2	Team Wellington	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
	Chris Bale 39' Manel Exposito 73' Ivan Vicelich 90+4'	Preview Report	Henry Fa'arodo 9' Cory Chettleburgh 57'	Attendance: 716 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 12

Sunday, 10 February 2013

1:00pm Sunday	Otago United	1–4	Waitakere United	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
	Regan Coldicott 49'	Preview Report	Ryan De Vries 31', 37', 90+3' (pen.) Milos Nikolic 89'	Attendance: 220 Referee: I. Trevis

2:00pm Sunday	Hawke's Bay United	1–1	Canterbury United	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
	Connor Tinnion 43'	Preview Report	Aaron Clapham 45+2'	Attendance: 464 Referee: Nick Waldron

2:30pm Sunday	Waikato FC	2–3	YoungHeart Manawatu	Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
	Rory Turner 8' Gurjeep Singh 54'	Preview Report	Seule Soromon 4', 18' Sam Redwood 84'	Attendance: 304 Referee: Mirko Benischke

4:00pm Sunday	Team Wellington	2–3	Auckland City FC	David Farrington Park, Wellington
	Darren Cheriton 32' Hamish Watson 81'	Preview Report	Adam Dickinson 52' Simon Arms 66' Daniel Koprivcic 90+1'	Attendance: 305 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 13

Sunday, 17 February 2013

2:00pm Sunday	Auckland City FC	7–1	Waikato FC	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
	Gustavo Souto 11', 24' Alex Feneridis 29' Adam Dickinson 43' (pen.) Manel Exposito 45+1' Emiliano Tade 59' Chris Bale 89'	Report	Sunny Singh 55'	Attendance: 874 Referee: Nick Waldron

2:00pm Sunday	Otago United	0–2	Team Wellington	Rugby Park, Invercargill
		Report	Henry Fa'arodo 16' Hamish Watson 24'	Attendance: 350 Referee: Mark Hester

2:10pm Sunday	Canterbury United	4–1	YoungHeart Manawatu	ASB Football Park, Christchurch
	Aaron Clapham 11' (pen.), 70', 82' (pen.) Russell Kamo 59'	Report	Seule Soroman 33' (pen.)	Attendance: 375 Referee: Matt Conger

2:15pm Sunday	Hawke's Bay United	0–3	Waitakere United	Bluewater Stadium, Napier
		Report	Jake Butler 31' Matt Cunneen 51' Ryan De Vries 56'	Attendance: 415 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 14

Saturday, 23 February 2013

1:30pm Saturday	Team Wellington	4–2	Hawke's Bay United	David Farrington Park, Wellington
	Luis Corrales 16' Hamish Watson 29', 47' Adam McGeorge 35'	Report	Stephen Hoyle 38' Dakota Lucas 45+1'	Attendance: 222 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Sunday, 24 February 2013

1:00pm Sunday	Waikato FC	3–1	Otago United	Centennial Park, Ngaruawahia
	Gurjeep Singh 9', 23' Alexi Caroama Varela 70'	Report	Aajay Cunningham 54'	Referee: Peter O'Leary

1:00pm Sunday	Waitakere United	2–3	Canterbury United	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City
	Milos Nikolic 42' Louie Bush 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Aaron Clapham 8' (pen.) Russell Kamo 59', 90+1'	Attendance: 609 Referee: Nick Waldron

2:00pm Sunday	YoungHeart Manawatu	1–4	Auckland City FC	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
	Dale Higham 4'	Report	Emiliano Tade 23', 50' Manuel Exposito 64' Daniel Saric 83'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Campbel-Kirk Waugh

Finals

Semi-finals – first leg

Sunday, 3 March 2013

2:00 pm Sunday	Hawke's Bay United	1–4	Waitakere United	Bluewater Stadium, Napier

2:00 pm Sunday	Canterbury United	1–2	Auckland City FC	ASB Football Park, Christchurch

Semi-finals – second leg

Saturday, March 9, 2013

2:00 pm Saturday	Waitakere United	6–4	Hawke's Bay United	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City

Sunday, March 10, 2013

2:00 pm Sunday	Auckland City FC	3–1	Canterbury United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland

Final

Sunday, March 17, 2013

2:00 pm Sunday	Waitakere United	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Auckland City FC	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City
	Roy Krishna 30', 90' Allan Pearce 32', 100'	Report	Manel Exposito 15', 74' Chris Bale 89'	Attendance: 1600 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Positions by round

Team / Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	6*	8	9	10	11	5*	12	13	14
Auckland City	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Canterbury United	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Hawke's Bay United	4	2	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4
Otago United	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Team Wellington	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Waikato FC	5	6	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Waitakere United	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
YoungHeart Manawatu	2	4	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Signals catch-up rounds

Season Statistics

Leading goalscorers

Updated to end of regular season

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round^{[note 1]}
Total	Player		Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
12		Roy Krishna	Waitakere United	1		1		1		1	2	3	2	1
11		Aaron Clapham	Canterbury United	1			1	2						2	1	3	1
10		Sean Lovemore	Hawke's Bay United	2	2	1	1				1	2		1
8		Ryan De Vries	Waitakere United			1		1		1		1			3	1
		Hamish Watson	Team Wellington			2								2	1	1	2
		Manel Exposito	Auckland City FC					1	2	1		1		1		1	1
7		Tomas Mosquera	YoungHeart Manawatu	3	1		1	2
7		Russell Kamo	Canterbury United				1	1	1					1		1	2
6		Regan Coldicott	Otago United		1						2	1	1		1
6		Emiliano Tade	Auckland City FC	1						1	1					1	2

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