New Zealand Football Championship 2006-07
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Season 2006/2007 league table
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 47* |
| 2 | 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 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 45 |
| 3 | 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 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 42* |
| 4 | 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 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 31 |
| 5 | 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 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 27 |
| 6 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 49 | -20 | 16 |
| 7 | 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 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 45 | -26 | 14 |
| 8 | 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 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 51 | -32 | 12 |
- The regular stage winners win "Premiership" and qualify for Round 2 of the playoffs.
- The teams finished 2nd to 3rd qualify for Round 1 of the playoffs.
- Auckland City had their 1-0 victory overturned, and was stripped of three competition points, for fielding an ineligible player in the NZFC match against Waitakere United on 29 October. Their winning goal scored during the match was also forfeited as a result. Waitakere was declared winner of the match and awarded three points accordingly. Waitakere United took advantage of the ruling, and went on to qualify for the 2007 Oceania Champions League on 19 November, as the first round leader (after the opening 7 games) of the NZFC ladder.
Elimination Final
The second place team plays the third place team to make the Grand Final.-
- Elimination Final: March-25th: 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 :...
1-3 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...
- Elimination Final: March-25th: YoungHeart Manawatu
Grand Final
The Premiers (i.e. winners of the regular stage), receive a byeBye
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straight to the Grand Final, where they face the winners from the Elimination Final.
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- Grand Final: April-16th: Waitakere UnitedWaitakere UnitedWaitakere 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:...
2-3 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...
- Grand Final: April-16th: Waitakere United
The champions of the 2006-07 New Zealand Football Championship and the league runners-up, will go on to represent New Zealand in the OFC Champions League 2008
OFC Champions League
The Oceania Champions League 2007 was held in January 2007 with six clubs from five member associations of the Oceania Football Confederation: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. The six clubs were split into two groups of three for home and away matches.Auckland City...