2011–12 New Zealand Football Championship Explained

Season:	2011–12
League Topscorer:	George Slefendorfas (12)
Biggest Home Win:	Canterbury United 9–1 YoungHeart Manawatu (Round 8)
Biggest Away Win:	Otago United 0–6 Waitakere United (Round 2) YoungHeart Manawatu 0–6 Auckland City FC (Round 11)
Highest Scoring:	Canterbury United 9–1 YoungHeart Manawatu (Round 8)
Matches:	61
Total Goals:	248
Nextseason:	2012–13

The New Zealand Football Championship's 2011–12 season (known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the eighth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season will begin on 22 October 2011. Waitakere United and Auckland City will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2011–12 OFC Champions League after finishing Premiers and runners up respectively in the 2009–10 competition.^[1]

Clubs

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

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Auckland City FC	Auckland	Kiwitea Street
Canterbury United	Christchurch	ASB Football Park
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium
Otago United	Dunedin	Forsyth Barr Stadium
Team Wellington	Wellington	Newtown Park
Waikato FC	Hamilton	Porritt Stadium
Waitakere United	West Auckland	Fred Taylor Park
YoungHeart Manawatu	Palmerston North	Memorial Park

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City FC	Ramon Tribulietx	Ivan Vicelich	Nike	Trillian Trust Inc.
Canterbury United	Keith Braithwaite	Dan Terris	Samurai	Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Hawke's Bay United	Chris Greatholder	Bill Robertson	Umbro	Kinetic Electrical
Otago United	Richard Murray	Tristan Prattley	Canterbury	Gran's Remedy
Team Wellington	Matt Calcott	Karl Whalen	Lotto Sport Italia	Exodus Health & Fitness Club
Waikato FC	Declan Edge	Adam Thomas	Nike	The Soccer Shop
Waitakere United	Neil Emblen	Jake Butler	Lotto Sport Italia	Cuesports Foundation
YoungHeart Manawatu	Stu Jacobs	Nathan Cooksley	Umbro	New Zealand Pharmaceuticals

League table

Regular season

Round 1

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• Due to a breach of player eligibility regulations, the match between Team Wellington and Otago United on 23 October – originally a 2–2 draw –has been awarded as a 2–0 win to Team Wellington.^[2]

Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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• After carefully examining the match footage of the Canterbury United vs YoungHeart Manawatu game, two goals have been reassigned and awarded to different players: 1) the 34th-minute goal credited to Darren White has now been awarded to Joe Murray; and 2) the 56th-minute goal credited to Russel Kamo has now been awarded as an own goal scored by Matt Borren.^[3]

Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 5 Catch Up

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Round 11

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Round 6 Catch Up

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Finals

Semi-finals – first leg

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Semi-finals – second leg

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Final

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Positions by round

Round 10 positions include the Round 5 catch-up game between Hawkes Bay United and Auckland City

Season statistics

Leading goalscorers

Updated to Round 14

Total	Player	Team	Goals per Round
	1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10*	11*	12	13	14
12			Canterbury United	2	4								5			1
9			Canterbury United	1			1				2	1	1	1	1	1
			Waitakere United	1	2			1		2				1			2
8			Auckland City FC	2	1		1		1	1			2
			Auckland City FC	2	1					1		1	2			1
			Team Wellington							4			1	1	1	1
		Russell Kamo	Canterbury United	1							2	2			2		1
7			Waitakere United	1	1		1			1		3
		Ryan De Vries	Waitakere United		1		1					1		1	1	1	1
6		Sam Margetts	Hawke's Bay United			1				2		1		1		1
			Hawke's Bay United		1	1						1		2			1

• Goals scored during Round 5 catch up were included in Round 10, and goals scored during Round 6 catch up were included in Round 11

Own goals

Updated to end of Round 11

Total	Player	Team	Week(s)
2		Jude Fitzpatrick	Otago United (v Waitakere United) Otago United (v Hawke's Bay United)	2,11
1		Tristan Prattley	Otago United (v Team Wellington)	1
		Bill Robertson	Hawke's Bay United (v YoungHeart Manawatu)	2
		Tim Schaeffers	Team Wellington (v Auckland City FC)	2
		Ross McKenzie	Waitakere United (v Auckland City FC)	3
		Timothy Myers	Waitakere United (v Auckland City FC)	3
		Josh Greene	Waikato FC (v Waitakere United)	4
		Matt Borren	YoungHeart Manawatu (v Canterbury United)	8
		Liam Lockhart	Otago United (v Waitakere United)	9

ASB Premiership Monthly Awards

Month	Most Outstanding Player		Coach of the Month
	Player	Club	Player	Club
November 2011	George Slefendorfas	Canterbury United	Ramon Tribulietx	Auckland City FC
December 2011	Adam Highfield	Canterbury United	Declan Edge	Waikato FC
January 2012	Aaron Clapham	Canterbury United	Matt Calcott	Team Wellington
February 2012	Chris Bale	Waitakere United	Ramon Tribulietx	Auckland City FC
March/April 2012	Luke Rowe	Team Wellington	Keith Braithwaite	Canterbury United

External links

• NZFC Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: ASB Premiership 2011/12 – Official Fact Guide. October 2011. nzfc.co.nz : Official Home of the ASB Premiership. 24 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120524015157/http://www.nzfc.co.nz/fileadmin/user_upload/New_Zealand_football_files/Documents/ASB_Premiership_Media_Guide_Web_2011-12_v2.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: http://www.nzfc.co.nz/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews[tt_news=1298&tx_ttnews[backPid]=3&cHash=601fe849d0 Outcome of review process: Team Wellington v Otago United]. December 2011. nzfc.co.nz : Official Home of the ASB Premiership.
3. Web site: http://www.nzfc.co.nz/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews[pointer=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1333&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=6597f8d3a6 ASB Premiership Media Advisory]. 25 January 2012. nzfc.co.nz : Official Home of the ASB Premiership. 30 January 2012.