2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship

Stirling Sports Premiership
Season 2016–17
Champions Team Wellington
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)
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) was the thirteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams competed 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 ended on 2 April 2017.

Clubs

TeamLocationStadium[2]CapacityManager[2]Kit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Auckland CitySandringham, AucklandKiwitea Street3,250Spain Ramon TribulietxKappaHi-Chew (front) Trillian Trust Inc (Back) Carters (Back)
Canterbury UnitedChristchurchASB Football Park9,000New Zealand Willy GerdsenNikeRobbie's Bar and Bistro
Eastern SuburbsPanmure, AucklandBill McKinlay Park5,000Scotland Malcolm McPherson[3]LilywhitesWinger Motors
Hamilton WanderersHamiltonPorritt Stadium
Waikato Stadium		5,000
25,800		New Zealand Mark CosseyNikeThe Soccer Shop
Hawke's Bay UnitedNapierBluewater Stadium5,000England Brett Angell[4]AdidasKinetic Electrical
Southern UnitedDunedinForsyth Barr Stadium
Peter Johnstone Park		30,500
1,000		Republic of Ireland Paul O'Reilly[5]Lotto Sport ItaliaFreshwater Solutions
Tasman UnitedNelsonTrafalgar Park18,000Croatia Davor Tavich [6]JomaNelson Pine LVL (Front) Sprig & Fern (Back)
Team WellingtonWellingtonDavid Farrington Park1,500England Jose FigueiraNikeStonewood Homes
Waitakere UnitedWhenuapai, AucklandThe Trusts Arena
Fred Taylor Park		4,900
2,500		New Zealand Chris MilicichLotto Sport ItaliaJerry Clayton BMW (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back)
Wellington PhoenixWellingtonNewtown Park5,000England Andy Hedge[7]AdidasHuawei

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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Team Wellington10108643311222132222
Auckland City111121232111441111
Eastern Suburbs324212123323325455
Hamilton Wanderers473787574888888999
Wellington Phoenix866865645677777777
Waitakere United532464456544213333
Canterbury United645336767456655566
Hawke's Bay United257558888765564654
Tasman United68999999910101010108888
Southern United99101010101010109999910101010
Leader and qualification to AFC Champions League Group stage
Qualification to Finals series

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

Auckland City 1–0 Hawke's Bay United
Lea'alafa 64'
Kiwitea Street
Attendance: 1,800
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

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. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  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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