ASB Phoenix Challenge
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The ASB Challenge Series (also known as the ASB Phoenix Challenge) is a friendly match series competition in which a reserve side from A-League
team Wellington Phoenix compete in a series of friendly matches against opposition from the New Zealand National League, the ASB Premiership. The league is run separately from the ASB Premiership.
with Waikato FC
the first club to take on the Phoenix.
Interspersed between ASB Premiership and O-League fixtures, the ASB Challenge Series matches will offer a prize of $2000 to the winner of each game and be played at the ground of the ASB Premiership club with early evening midweek kickoffs. Prize money will be split if games are drawn.
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The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...
team Wellington Phoenix compete in a series of friendly matches against opposition from the New Zealand National League, the ASB Premiership. The league is run separately from the ASB Premiership.
Format
The ASB Challenge Series, which features the Wellington Phoenix reserve side taking on ASB Premiership clubs across New Zealand in eight winner-takes-all clashes, will begin on November 15 in HamiltonHamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
with Waikato FC
Waikato FC
Waikato Football Club, currently known as Yardhouse Waikato Football Club due to sponsorship agreements, is a football club based in Hamilton, New Zealand. The club was founded in 2004 and currently play in the ASB Premiership...
the first club to take on the Phoenix.
Interspersed between ASB Premiership and O-League fixtures, the ASB Challenge Series matches will offer a prize of $2000 to the winner of each game and be played at the ground of the ASB Premiership club with early evening midweek kickoffs. Prize money will be split if games are drawn.
Participating Clubs
There will be nine participating clubs in the inaugural season. Eight of the clubs will be from the national league ASB Premiership and the other will be the Wellington Phoenix "A" side, composed of squad players and trialists.| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Coach | Captain |
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 Auckland City FC Auckland City Football Club is a football club based in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city. The club competes in the eight-team ASB Premiership which is the highest level of domestic football in the country... |
Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... |
Kiwitea Street Kiwitea Street Kiwitea Street, also known as Freyberg Field, is a multi-purpose stadium in Auckland, New Zealand with a capacity of 3,500. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of both Auckland City FC and Central United.... |
3,000 |  Aaron McFarland |
James Pritchett James Pritchett James Pritchett was an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Matt Powers on the long-running soap opera The Doctors. He was born in Lenoir, North Carolina in 1922... |
 Canterbury United Canterbury United FC is an association football club from Christchurch, New Zealand. The club plays most of its matches at English Park in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in Nelson... |
Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour.... |
English Park English Park English Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Canterbury United. The stadium has a capacity of 9,000 people.... |
3,000 | Keith Braithwaite Keith Braithwaite Keith Braithwaite is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Braithwaite made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 3-2 win over Saudi Arabia on 23 June 1988.... |
Dan Terris |
 Hawke's Bay UnitedHawke's Bay United Hawke's Bay United is an association football club based in Napier, New Zealand. HB United play in the ASB Premiership - a semi-professional franchise based league, which runs independently of the winter club season. Local winter clubs provide the player pool for each franchise... |
Napier Napier, New Zealand Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"... |
Bluewater Stadium | 3,000 | Matt Chandler |
Jonathon Taylor |
 Otago UnitedOtago United Otago United is a soccer club based in Dunedin, New Zealand.It participates in the ASB Premiership. Their previous home stadium is Carisbrook in the South Dunedin suburb of Caversham which is the soon the replaced home of Otago Rugby... |
Dunedin Dunedin Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until... |
Carisbrook Carisbrook Carisbrook was a major sporting venue in Dunedin, New Zealand. The city's main domestic and international rugby union venue, it has also been used for other sports such as cricket, football, rugby league and motocross. Carisbrook has also hosted a Joe Cocker concert and frequently hosted pre-game... |
29,000 | Malcolm Fleming |
Tim Horner |
 Team WellingtonTeam Wellington Team Wellington are one of the eight franchises in the New Zealand ASB Premiership football competition. They play their home games at Newtown Park, Wellington.- History :... |
Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... |
Newtown Park Newtown Park Newtown Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Wellington, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletic events. The main pitch has a 400 metre, all-weather rubberized athletics track around it, as well as the spectator stands and the corporate loungue... |
3,000 | Stu Jacobs Stu Jacobs Stu Jacobs is a New Zealand association football player and manager who represented New Zealand and coached the New Zealand Men's Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Playing career:... |
Karl Whalen |
 Waikato FCWaikato FC Waikato Football Club, currently known as Yardhouse Waikato Football Club due to sponsorship agreements, is a football club based in Hamilton, New Zealand. The club was founded in 2004 and currently play in the ASB Premiership... |
Hamilton Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland... |
Fred Jones Park | 2,000 | Willy Gerdsen |
Nathan Palmer |
 Waitakere UnitedWaitakere United Waitakere United is a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They are one of the franchises in the ASB Premiership. They play their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu.-History:... |
Waitakere City | Fred Taylor Park Fred Taylor Park Fred Taylor Park is the home stadium to the Waitakere United, a New Zealand soccer team based in Whenuapai.-External links:* at the Waitakere United website... |
2,000 |  Neil EmblenNeil Emblen Neil Emblen is an English football player who plays for and is coach of New Zealand club Waitakere United.Emblen had spent the majority of his career in English football with Millwall, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Walsall.-Career:Emblen started his career as a youth... |
Jake Butler |
 YoungHeart ManawatuYoungHeart Manawatu YoungHeart Manawatu is a football club is based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It participates in the ASB Premiership and their home ground is Memorial Park.- History :... |
Palmerston North Palmerston North Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank... |
Memorial Park | 5,000 | Bob Sova |
Adam Cowan |
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Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range... |
Westpac Stadium Westpac Stadium Westpac Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as The Cake-Tin to the locals and other New Zealanders... |
35,500 |  Jonathan GouldJonathan Gould Jonathan Alan Gould is a former Scottish international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the Goalkeeping Coach at Perth Glory of the Australian A-League.-Playing:... |
Waikato FC vs Wellington Phoenix
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| GK | 1 |  Reece CrowtherReece Crowther Reece Crowther is an Australian Association football goalkeeper who last played for the New Zealand-based Wellington Phoenix in the Australasian A-League.-Club career:... |
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| CB | 5 | James Musa James Musa James Mzamo Musa is a New Zealand football player who plays as a central defender for Team Wellington in the ASB Premiership.-Club career:... |
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| MF | 7 | Marco Rojas Marco Rojas Marco Rodrigo Rojas is a New Zealand association football player who plays as a midfielder for A-League team Melbourne Victory, and for the New Zealand national team.-Wellington Phoenix:... |
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| MF | 8 |  DiegoDiego Walsh Diego Walsh is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for TOT S.C. in the Thai Premier League.-Youth and College:... |
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| AM | 11 | Sean Lovemore Sean Lovemore Sean Naohiko Patrick Lovemore is a New Zealand football player. He currently plays for Wellington Phoenix in the Hyundai A-League.- Club career :... |
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| ST | 9 | Dylan Macallister Dylan Macallister Dylan Jacob Macallister is an Australian football player who plays as a forward for A-League club Gold Coast United... |
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| ST | 10 | Mirjan Pavlovic Mirjan Pavlović Mirjan Pavlovic is an Australian-Croatian born footballer currently playing for A-League club Wellington Phoenix FC.-Career:... |
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Goal Scorers
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Jason Hicks | Waikato FC Waikato FC Waikato Football Club, currently known as Yardhouse Waikato Football Club due to sponsorship agreements, is a football club based in Hamilton, New Zealand. The club was founded in 2004 and currently play in the ASB Premiership... |
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Mirjan Pavlovic Mirjan Pavlović Mirjan Pavlovic is an Australian-Croatian born footballer currently playing for A-League club Wellington Phoenix FC.-Career:... |
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Dylan Macallister Dylan Macallister Dylan Jacob Macallister is an Australian football player who plays as a forward for A-League club Gold Coast United... |
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Emiliano Tade | Team Wellington Team Wellington Team Wellington are one of the eight franchises in the New Zealand ASB Premiership football competition. They play their home games at Newtown Park, Wellington.- History :... |
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