2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship

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 →

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.

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	Qualified for the 2011–12 OFC Champions League
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	Qualified for the 2011 ASB Premiership Finals
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:
(C) Champions

Regular season

Round 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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')

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

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

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]

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]

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]

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

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

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

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

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

4	Canterbury United	3
			1	Waitakere United	3

			2	Auckland City FC	2
2	Auckland City FC	7

3	Team Wellington	1

Semi-finals – first leg

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

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

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

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

10 April 2011

Sunday 2:00pm

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

Douglas Field, Auckland

Attendance: 3 500

Referee: Peter O'Leary

Scorers

Updated to Round 16.

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
Total	Player		Team	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
9		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
7		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		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

References

↑ "ASB Premiership ready for kickoff". Klick FC. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
1 2 Waitakere swamp Waikato with six goal blitz. NZFC.co.nz: Official Home of the ASB Premiership. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
1 2 3 Bay edge closer to historic semi-final. NZFC.co.nz: Official Home of the ASB Premiership. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
1 2 Derby day delight keeps Dragons in playoff contention. NZFC.co.nz: Official Home of the ASB Premiership. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

External links

NZFC Website

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[1] "ASB Premiership ready for kickoff". Klick FC. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

[Waitakere_vs_Waikato-2] 1 2 Waitakere swamp Waikato with six goal blitz. NZFC.co.nz: Official Home of the ASB Premiership. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

[Wellington_vs_Hawkes_Bay_-3] 1 2 3 Bay edge closer to historic semi-final. NZFC.co.nz: Official Home of the ASB Premiership. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

[Canterbury_vs_Otago_-4] 1 2 Derby day delight keeps Dragons in playoff contention. NZFC.co.nz: Official Home of the ASB Premiership. Retrieved 20 February 2011.

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