New Zealand Football Championship 2005-06
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Final league table
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland City 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... |
21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 28 | 48 |
| YoungHeart Manawatu YoungHeart 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 :... |
21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 29 | 46 |
| Canterbury United 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... |
21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 41 |
| 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 :... |
21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 53 | 28 |
| Otago United Otago 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... |
21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 27 |
| Waitakere United Waitakere 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:... |
21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 41 | 22 |
| 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... |
21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 44 | 22 |
| Hawke's Bay United Hawke'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... |
21 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 63 | 5 |
- Auckland win "Premiership" and qualify for Round 2 of the playoffs
- Manawautu, Canterbury, Wellington and Otago all qualify for Round 1 of the playoffs
Round 1
The second place team plays the third place team in Game 1; and fourth place plays fifth place in Game 2. The second and fourth placed teams get home advantage. The winners of each game progress to Round 2, as does the loser of Game 1. The Game 2 loser is eliminated.- Game 1: April-2nd: YoungHeart ManawatuYoungHeart ManawatuYoungHeart 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 :...
0-0 Canterbury UnitedCanterbury UnitedCanterbury 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...
(AET, Canterbury won on penalties 5-4) - Game 2: April-2nd: Team WellingtonTeam WellingtonTeam 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 :...
2-2 Otago UnitedOtago UnitedOtago 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...
(AET, Wellington won on penalties 4-1)
Round 2
Auckland City, as Premiers, receive a byeBye
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straight to Round 2 where they face the winner from Game 1. The loser of Game 1 gets a second chance by going into Round 2 to face the Game 2 winner.
- Game 3: April-8th: Auckland City FCAuckland City FCAuckland 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...
3-0 Canterbury UnitedCanterbury UnitedCanterbury 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... - Game 4: April-9th: YoungHeart ManawatuYoungHeart ManawatuYoungHeart 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 :...
2-3 Team WellingtonTeam WellingtonTeam 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 :...
The winner of Game 3 (Auckland) now goes into the Grand Final - and with home advantage. The loser of Game 3 (Canterbury) gets a second chance to make the Grand Final by playing the winner of Game 4 (Wellington). The Game 4 loser is eliminated.
Round 3
- Game 5: April-15th: Canterbury UnitedCanterbury UnitedCanterbury 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...
2-1 Team WellingtonTeam WellingtonTeam 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 :...
Canterbury, as winners, go on to face Auckland City in the Grand Final.
Grand Final
- April-22nd: Auckland CityAuckland CityAuckland City was the city and local authority covering the Auckland isthmus and most of the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, in the North Island of New Zealand. On 1 November 2010 it was amalgamated into the wider Auckland Region under the authority of the new Auckland Council...
3-3 Canterbury UnitedCanterbury UnitedCanterbury 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...
(AET, Auckland won on penalties 4-3)
Auckland City are the champions of the 2005-06 New Zealand Football Championship and, along with league runners up YoungHeart Manawatu, will go on to represent New Zealand in the Oceania Club Championship 2006
Oceania Club Championship 2006
The Oceania Club Championship is organised by the Oceania Football Confederation to ascertain the champions of Oceania. The 2006 event was held in Albany, New Zealand and was the final playing of the tournament before being replaced by the OFC Champions League. The tournament was held from 10–21...