2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship

The New Zealand Football Championship's 2010–11 season (known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the seventh season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 16 October 2010 with a kickoff between Auckland City FC and Waikato FC.^[1] Auckland City and Waitakere United will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2010–11 OFC Champions League after finishing Premiers and Champions respectively in the 2009–10 competition.

ASB Premiership

Season	2010–11
Champions	Waitakere United
Matches played	28
Goals scored	92 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	Allan Pearce (13)
Biggest home win	ACFC 5-0 HBU (Round 9) TW 5-0 OU (Round 9) WU 6-1 YHM (Round 13) WU 6-1 WFC (Round 15)
Biggest away win	YoungHeart Manawatu 0-4 Waitakere United (Round 5)
Highest scoring	Waitakere United 5-2 Canterbury United (Semi-final)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Clubs

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

Stadia and locations

Location of clubs and the region they represent

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity1
Auckland City FC	Auckland	Kiwitea Street	3,000
Canterbury United	Christchurch	English Park	8,000
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	4,000
Otago United	Dunedin	Forsyth Barr Stadium	30,748
Team Wellington	Wellington	Newtown Park	5,000
Waikato FC	Hamilton	Waikato Stadium	25,800
Waitakere United	Waitakere City	Fred Taylor Park	2,500
YoungHeart Manawatu	Palmerston North	Memorial Park	8,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Waitakere United (C)	14	12	0	2	39	12	+27	36	Qualified for the 2011–12 OFC Champions League
2	Auckland City	14	9	3	2	29	12	+17	30
3	Team Wellington	14	7	2	5	28	23	+5	23	Qualified for the 2011 ASB Premiership Finals
4	Canterbury United	14	6	2	6	20	19	+1	20
5	Hawke's Bay United	14	5	4	5	18	22	−4	19
6	Waikato FC	14	4	3	7	21	33	−12	15
7	Otago United	14	3	3	8	15	30	−15	12
8	YoungHeart Manawatu	14	1	1	12	19	38	−19	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Regular season

Round 1

Waikato FC v Auckland City FC

16 October 2010	Waikato FC	2 – 3	Auckland City FC	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 3:00pm	Nikolic 19' Palmer 43'	Preview Summary/Report	Koprivcic 38' (pen.) Mulligan 79', 82'	Attendance: 500 approx. Referee: Chris Kerr

Waitakere United v Team Wellington

17 October 2010	Waitakere United	2 – 0	Team Wellington	Fred Taylor Park
Sunday 2:00pm	Duncan 8' (o.g.) Emblen 90+2'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 483 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 2

Team Wellington v Auckland City FC

30 October 2010	Team Wellington	0 – 0	Auckland City FC	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Saturday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 412 Referee: Nick Waldron

Hawke's Bay United v Waitakere United

31 October 2010	Hawke's Bay United	1 – 3	Waitakere United	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Birnie 80'	Preview Summary/Report	Pearce 2', 47' Krishna 17'	Attendance: 650 Referee: Chris Kerr

Round 3

Otago United v Waikato FC

7 November 2010	Otago United	0 – 1	Waikato FC	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Sunday 12:30pm		Preview Summary/Report	Hicks 7'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Darren Sundborn

YoungHeart Manawatu v Hawke's Bay United

7 November 2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	0 – 1	Hawke's Bay United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	McIvor 90'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Team Wellington v Canterbury United

7 November 2010	Team Wellington	2 – 4	Canterbury United	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 2:00pm	John Sutherland 31' Tade 88'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamo 3', 17', 73' Joe Murray 71'	Attendance: 392 Referee: Matt Conger

Auckland City FC v Waitakere United

7 November 2010	Auckland City FC	1 – 3	Waitakere United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 3:00pm	Edington 2'	Preview Summary/Report	Peacre 22' De Vries 35', 51'	Attendance: 1 572 Referee: Chris Kerr

Round 4

Canterbury United v YoungHeart Manawatu

14 November 2010	Canterbury United	1 – 0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Sunday 2:00pm	Feni 15'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 400

Hawke's Bay United v Otago United

14 November 2010	Hawke's Bay United	3 – 2	Otago United	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Bevin 8', 49', 62'	Preview Summary/Report	Hancock 9' Seaman 48'	Attendance: 380 Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 5

Team Wellington v Waikato FC

21 November 2010	Team Wellington	3 – 1	Waikato FC	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 2:00pm	Sutherland 55' (pen.) Kamri 79', 89'	Preview Summary/Report	Manko 24'	Attendance: 419 Referee: Jarred Gillett

Canterbury United v Hawke's Bay United

21 November 2010	Canterbury United	0 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 450 Referee: Mike Hester

YoungHeart Manawatu v Waitakere United

21 November 2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	0 – 4	Waitakere United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Gwyther 28' De Vries 35' Krishna 67' Pierce 74'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Chris Kerr

Auckland City FC v Otago United

21 November 2010	Auckland City FC	0 – 0	Otago United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 3:00pm		Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 418 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 6

Waikato FC v YoungHeart Manawatu

27 November 2010	Waikato FC	3 – 0	YoungHeart Manawatu	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 2:00pm	Hicks 13' (pen.) Palmer 63' Jones 65'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 250 Referee: Nick Waldron

Waitakere United v Canterbury United

27 November 2010	Waitakere United	2 – 1	Canterbury United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	Gwyther 30' Pearce 71'	Preview Summary/Report	Attwell 86'	Attendance: 507 Referee: Jarrod Gillet

Otago United v Team Wellington

28 November 2010	Otago United	0 – 3	Team Wellington	Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Coburn 6' (o.g.) Sutherland 23', 39'	Attendance: 160 Referee: Mike Hester

Hawke's Bay United v Auckland City FC

28 November 2010	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 2	Auckland City FC	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Bevin 46' Smith 83' (pen.)	Preview Summary/Report	Feneridis 13', 25'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Jonathon Price

Round 7

Canterbury United v Waikato FC

5 December 2010	Canterbury United	2 – 2	Waikato FC	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Saturday 2:00pm	Clapham 3' (pen.) Barton 54'	Preview Summary/Report	Nikolic 33', 61'	Attendance: 650+ Referee: Chris Kerr

YoungHeart Manawatu v Otago United

5 December 2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	1 – 2	Otago United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Saturday 2:00pm	Higham 49'	Preview Summary/Report	Knox 17' Ruggles 59'	Attendance: 100

Round 8

Auckland City FC v YoungHeart Manawatu

11 December 2010	Auckland City FC	3 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	? 10' (o.g.) Berlanga 23' Morgan 40'	Preview Summary/Report	White 61'	Attendance: 629 Referee: Darren Sundborn

Waikato FC v Waitakere United

11 December 2010	Waikato FC	1 – 3	Waitakere United	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 3:00pm	Nikolic 28'	Preview Summary/Report	Lovemore 4' Krishna 29' Pearce 47'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Matt Conger

Hawke's Bay United v Team Wellington

12 December 2010	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 3	Team Wellington	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 1:00pm	Smith 13' Bevin 35'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamri 48' Fifi 80' Tade 88'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Otago United v Canterbury United

12 December 2010	Otago United	2 – 1	Canterbury United	Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
Sunday 2:00pm	Ruggles 86' Knox 90+3'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamo 35'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 9

Auckland City FC v Hawke's Bay United

18 December 2010	Auckland City FC	5 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Saturday 2:30pm	McGeorge 6', 65', 87' (pen.) Kelly 73' Milne 76'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 554 Referee: Nick Waldron

YoungHeart Manawatu v Waikato FC

19 December 2010	YoungHeart Manawatu	5 – 2	Waikato FC	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Sunday 2:00pm	White 9', 29', 73' Higham 46' Hayne 80'	Preview Summary/Report	Nikolic 23' Margetts 86'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Matt Conger

Canterbury United v Waitakere United

19 December 2010	Canterbury United	0 – 2	Waitakere United	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Sunday 3:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Krishna 15' Bale 35'	Referee: Darren Sundborn

Team Wellington v Otago United

19 December 2010	Team Wellington	5 – 0	Otago United	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 3:00pm	Sutherland 20' Cheriton 22' Kamri 75', 86' Tade 84'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 351 Referee: C-K Waugh

Round 10

Waikato FC v Hawke's Bay United

8 January 2011	Waikato FC	1 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 3:00pm	Nikolic 76'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 200 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Waitakere United v Otago United

8 January 2011	Waitakere United	3 – 1	Otago United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday 4:00pm	Pearce 2' Gwyther 58' Emblen 90'	Preview Summary/Report	Ruggles 12'	Attendance: 421 Referee: Matt Conder

Canterbury United v Auckland City FC

9 January 2011	Canterbury United	1 – 2	Auckland City FC	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Saturday 2:00pm	Clapham 12' (pen.)	Preview Summary/Report	Kelly 22' Koprivcic 36'	Attendance: 380 Referee: Chris Kerr

YoungHeart Manawatu v Team Wellington

9 January 2011	YoungHeart Manawatu	2 – 3	Team Wellington	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Saturday 2:00pm	Hayne 75' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Preview Summary/Report	Barbarouses 10' Kamri 32' Cheriton 80'	Attendance: 175 Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 11

Waikato FC v Otago United

15 January 2011	Waikato FC	2 – 2	Otago United	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 3:00pm	Hicks 38' (pen.) Nikolic 56'	Preview Summary/Report	Rodeka 46' Ruggles 49'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Nick Waldron

Hawke's Bay United v YoungHeart Manawatu

16 January 2011	Hawke's Bay United	2 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Bevin 20' Taylor 61'	Preview Summary/Report	White 62'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Chris Kerr

Canterbury United v Team Wellington

16 January 2011	Canterbury United	1 – 2	Team Wellington	Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Sunday 2:00pm	Feni 70'	Preview Summary/Report	Cheriton 9' Cain 64'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jamie Cross

Waitakere United v Auckland City FC

16 January 2011	Waitakere United	0 – 1	Auckland City FC	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Sunday 4:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Koprivcic 63'	Attendance: 1,537 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 12

Auckland City FC v Waikato FC

22 January 2011	Auckland City FC	5 – 1	Waikato FC	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Saturday 3:00pm	Mulligan 12' Koprivcic 49', 56' Kelly 68' Milne 90'	Preview Summary/Report	Hicks 83'	Attendance: 833 Referee: Matt Conger

Team Wellington v Waitakere United

22 January 2011	Team Wellington	1 – 2	Waitakere United	Newtown Park, Wellington
Saturday 3:30pm	Patrick 89'	Preview Summary/Report	Krishna 31' Lucas 65'	Attendance: 344 Referee: Mike Hester

Otago United v Hawke's Bay United

23 January 2011	Otago United	0 – 0	Hawke's Bay United	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Sunday 12:00pm		Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 300 Referee: Jamie Cross

YoungHeart Manawatu v Canterbury United

23 January 2011	YoungHeart Manawatu	2 – 3	Canterbury United	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Sunday 12:00pm	Ishi 65', 79'	Preview Summary/Report	Terris 15' Rowe 45 + 3' Kamo 50'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 13

Waikato FC v Team Wellington

29 January 2011	Waikato FC	2 – 3	Team Wellington	Fred Jones Park, Hamilton
Saturday 12:30pm	Strom 44' Hicks 45'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamri 10' Tade 69', 84'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Chris Kerr

Waitakere United v YoungHeart Manawatu

29 January 2011	Waitakere United	6 – 1	YoungHeart Manawatu	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	Lucas 4', 21' Rowley 52' Krishna 60' Pearce 65', 77'	Preview Summary/Report	White 34'	Attendance: 343 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Otago United v Auckland City FC

30 January 2011	Otago United	0 – 3	Auckland City FC	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Sunday 2:00pm		Preview Summary/Report	Mulligan 52', 59' Kelly 75'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Hawke's Bay United v Canterbury United

30 January 2011	Hawke's Bay United	1 – 2	Canterbury United	Park Island, Napier
Sunday 2:00pm	Smith 14'	Preview Summary/Report	Kamo 27', 32'	Attendance: 450 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 14

Waikato FC v Canterbury United

12 February 2011	Waikato FC	1 – 0	Canterbury United	Centennial Park, Hamilton
Saturday 12:30pm	Peat 26'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 150 Referee: Michael Hester

Waitakere United v Hawke's Bay United

12 February 2011	Waitakere United	1 – 2	Hawke's Bay United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	Rowley 85'	Preview Summary/Report	Smith 47', 90+2'	Attendance: 357 Referee: Jamie Cross (Campbell-Kirk Waugh 73')

Otago United v YoungHeart Manawatu

13 February 2011	Otago United	4 – 3	YoungHeart Manawatu	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Sunday 12:00pm	Anderson 22' Lockhart 25' Coburn 83' Burgess 90+3'	Preview Summary/Report	Rande 36' Hodge 64' Fraser 81'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Chris Kerr

Auckland City FC v Team Wellington

13 February 2011	Auckland City FC	2 – 0	Team Wellington	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 2:00pm	Expósito 44' Corrales 67'	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 867 Referee: Jon Price

Round 15

Waitakere United v Waikato FC

19 February 2011	Waitakere United	6 – 1	Waikato FC	Fred Taylor Park, Whenuapai, Auckland
Saturday 2:00pm	Lucas 36' Pearce 41', 52' Rowley 50' De Vries 57' Gwyther 74'	Preview Summary/Report	Nikolic 77'	Attendance: 456[2] Referee: Peter O'Leary[2]

Team Wellington v Hawke's Bay United

20 February 2011	Team Wellington	1 – 3	Hawke's Bay United	Newtown Park, Wellington[3]
Sunday 2:00pm	Tade 88'	Preview Summary/Report	Bevin 48', 90' McIvor 89'	Attendance: 300[3] Referee: Darren Sundborn[3]

Canterbury United v Otago United

20 February 2011	Canterbury United	3 – 1	Otago United	Linfield Park, Christchurch
Sunday 2:00pm	Miles 45' Kamo 51' Murray 70'	Preview Summary/Report	Collins 66' (o.g.)	Attendance: 250[4] Referee: Matt Conger[4]

YoungHeart Manawatu v Auckland City FC

2 March 2011	YoungHeart Manawatu	1 – 2	Auckland City FC	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Wednesday 6:00 pm	Rande 18'	Preview Summary/Report	Expósito 38' Milne 48'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Matt Bull

Round 16

Otago United v Waitakere United

6 March 2011	Otago United	1 – 2	Waitakere United	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
Saturday 2:00pm	Burgess 90+5'	Preview Summary/Report	Gwyther 3' Pearce 21'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Hawke's Bay United v Waikato FC

6 March 2011	Hawke's Bay United	1 – 1	Waikato FC	Park Island, Napier
Saturday 2:00pm	Bevin 30'	Preview Summary/Report	Nikolic 8'	Attendance: 700 Referee: Mike Hester

Team Wellington v YoungHeart Manawatu

6 March 2011	Team Wellington	2 – 2	YoungHeart Manawatu	Newtown Park, Wellington
Saturday 4:00pm	Tade 36' Sutherland 39'	Preview Summary/Report	White 74' Falvey 90+1'	Attendance: n/a Referee: Peter O'Leary

Auckland City FC v Canterbury United

10 March 2011	Auckland City FC	0 – 1	Canterbury United	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Thursday 5:30pm		Preview Summary/Report	88' Ken Yamamoto	Attendance: 342 Referee: Chris Kerr

Finals

	Semi-finals							Finals
	1	Waitakere United	6	0	6
	4	Canterbury United	2	1	3
								1	Waitakere United	3
								2	Auckland City FC	2
	2	Auckland City FC	2	5	7
	3	Team Wellington	0	1	1

Semi-finals – first leg

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Team Wellington v Auckland City FC

13 March 2011	Team Wellington	0 – 2	Auckland City FC	David Farrington Park, Wellington
Sunday 1:30pm		Preview Summary/Report	78' Corrales 90' Expósito	Attendance: 423 Referee: Mirko Benischke

Waitakere United v Canterbury United

13 March 2011	Waitakere United	6 – 2	Canterbury United	Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Sunday 2:00 pm	6', 15' De Vries 9', 40' Lucas 12' Scott 61' Pearce	Preview Summary/Report	81' Wortelboer 83' Schwarz	Attendance: 387 Referee: Chris Kerr

Semi-finals – second leg

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Auckland City FC v Team Wellington

27 March 2011	Auckland City FC	5 – 1 (7 – 1 on aggregate)	Team Wellington	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Sunday 3:30pm	1', 53' Koprivcic 30' Dickinson 64' Corrales 85' Expósito	Preview Summary/Report	16' Kamri	Attendance: 637 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Canterbury United v Waitakere United

3 April 2011	Canterbury United	1 – 0 (3 – 6 on aggregate)	Waitakere United	Tulett Park, Christchurch
Sunday 2:00pm	31' (pen.) Clapham	Preview Summary/Report		Attendance: 280 Referee: Peter O'Leary

Final

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Waitakere United	3 – 2	Auckland City FC
Dakota Lucas 10', 37' James Pritchett 90' (o.g.)		Aaron Scott 26' (o.g.) Expósito 49'

10 April 2011

Sunday 2:00pm

Douglas Field, Auckland

Attendance: 3 500

Referee: Peter O'Leary

Scorers

Updated to Round 16.

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
12		Allan Pearce	Waitakere United		2	1		1	1		1		1			2		2	1
9		Andy Bevin	Hawke's Bay United				3		1		1			1				2	1
		Milos Nikolic	Waikato FC	1						2	1	1	1	1				1	1
8		Russel Kamo	Canterbury United			3					1				1	2		1
7		Hitcham Kamri	Team Wellington					2			1	2	1			1
		Michael White	YoungHeart Manawatu								1	3		1		1			1
6		Roy Krishna	Waitakere United		1			1			1	1			1	1
		Emiliano Tade	Team Wellington								1	1				2		1	1
		John Sutherland	Team Wellington			1		1	2			1							1
5		Daniel Koprivcic	Auckland City FC	1									1	1	2
		Jason Hicks	Waikato FC			1			1					1	1	1
		Dave Mulligan	Auckland City FC	2											1	2
		Jarrod Smith	Hawke's Bay United						1		1					1	2
		Mike Gwyther	Waitakere United					1	1				1					1	1
4		Phil Ruggles	Otago United							1	1		1	1
		Stuart Kelly	Auckland City FC									1	1		1	1
		Dakota Lucas	Waitakere United												1	2		1
		Ryan De Vries	Waitakere United			2		1										1

   A goal was scored from a penalty kick    Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Own goals

Updated to end of Round 16.

Total	Player		Team	Week(s)
1		Jamie Duncan	Team Wellington (v Waitakere United)	1
		Andy Coburn	Otago United (v Team Wellington)	6
		Glen Collins	Canterbury United (v Otago United)	15