The 2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the Stirling Sports Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams competed this season with the addition of Eastern Suburbs AFC and Tasman United, and with WaiBOP United replaced by Hamilton Wanderers.

The competition began on 16 October and ended on 2 April 2017.

Clubs Team Location Stadium Capacity Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Auckland City Sandringham, Auckland Kiwitea Street 3,250 Ramon Tribulietx Kappa Hi-Chew (front) Trillian Trust Inc (Back) Carters (Back) Canterbury United Christchurch ASB Football Park 9,000 Willy Gerdsen Nike Robbie's Bar and Bistro Eastern Suburbs Panmure, Auckland Bill McKinlay Park 5,000 Malcolm McPherson Lilywhites Winger Motors Hamilton Wanderers Hamilton Porritt Stadium Waikato Stadium 5,000 25,800 Mark Cossey Nike The Soccer Shop Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 5,000 Brett Angell Adidas Kinetic Electrical Southern United Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium Peter Johnstone Park 30,500 1,000 Paul O'ReillyLotto Sport Italia Freshwater Solutions Tasman United Nelson Trafalgar Park 18,000 Davor Tavich JomaNelson Pine LVL (Front) Sprig & Fern (Back) Team Wellington Wellington David Farrington Park 1,500 Jose Figueira Nike Stonewood Homes Waitakere United Whenuapai, Auckland The Trusts Arena Fred Taylor Park 4,900 2,500 Chris Milicich Lotto Sport Italia Jerry Clayton BMW (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back) Wellington Phoenix Wellington Newtown Park 5,000 Andy Hedge Adidas Huawei

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Fixtures and results

Round 8 (rescheduled)

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 7 (rescheduled)

Round 16

Round 13 (rescheduled)

Round 17

Round 18 (rescheduled)

Round 17 (rescheduled)

Round 18

Finals series Bracket

Semi-finals

Grand final

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Tom JacksonTeam Wellington162 Aaron ClaphamCanterbury United12 Saul HalpinHawke's Bay United Emiliano TadeAuckland City5 Ben HarrisTeam Wellington11 Sam Mason-SmithHawke's Bay United7 Facundo BarberoHawke's Bay United98 Paul IfillTasman United89 Stephen HoyleCanterbury United7 Tinashe MarowaTasman United

References

External links ASB Premiership website