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.
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 sponsorAuckland City FC Ramon Tribulietx Ivan VicelichNikeTrillian Trust Inc.Canterbury United Keith Braithwaite Dan TerrisSamuraiRobbie's Bar and BistroHawke's Bay United Chris Greatholder Bill RobertsonUmbroKinetic ElectricalOtago United Richard Murray Tristan PrattleyCanterburyGran's RemedyTeam Wellington Matt Calcott Karl WhalenLotto Sport ItaliaExodus Health & Fitness ClubWaikato FC Declan Edge Adam ThomasNikeThe Soccer ShopWaitakere United Neil Emblen Jake ButlerLotto Sport ItaliaCuesports FoundationYoungHeart Manawatu Stu Jacobs Nathan CooksleyUmbroNew Zealand Pharmaceuticals
League table
Regular season Round 1
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.
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
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.
Round 9
Round 10
Round 5 Catch Up
Round 11
Round 6 Catch Up
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Finals
Semi-finals – first leg
Semi-finals – second leg
Final
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 TotalPlayerTeamGoals per Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10* 11* 12 13 1412 George Slefendorfas Canterbury United 2 4 5 1 9 Aaron Clapham Canterbury United 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Allan Pearce Waitakere United 1 2 1 2 1 28 Emiliano Tade Auckland City FC 2 1 1 1 1 2 Manel Expósito Auckland City FC 2 1 1 1 2 1 Louis Fenton Team Wellington 4 1 1 1 1 Russell Kamo Canterbury United 1 2 2 2 17 Roy Krishna Waitakere United 1 1 1 1 3 Ryan De Vries Waitakere United 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 Sam Margetts Hawke's Bay United 1 2 1 1 1 Hamish Watson 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
TotalPlayerTeamWeek(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
MonthMost Outstanding PlayerCoach of the MonthPlayerClubPlayerClubNovember 2011 George Slefendorfas Canterbury United Ramon Tribulietx Auckland City FCDecember 2011 Adam Highfield Canterbury United Declan Edge Waikato FCJanuary 2012 Aaron Clapham Canterbury United Matt Calcott Team WellingtonFebruary 2012 Chris Bale Waitakere United Ramon Tribulietx Auckland City FCMarch/April 2012 Luke Rowe Team Wellington Keith Braithwaite Canterbury United
References
External links NZFC Website