2018–19_New_Zealand_Football_Championship

ISPS Handa Premiership
Season	2018–19
Champions	Eastern Suburbs
Premiers	Auckland City
OFC Champions League	Auckland City; Eastern Suburbs
Matches played	89
Goals scored	343 (3.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Callum McCowatt (18 goals)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 31 March 2018.

2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship

Football league season

The 2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ISPS Handa Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams competed in the competition with Auckland City and Team Wellington representing the ISPS Handa Premiership in the 2019 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Premiers (Auckland City) and runner-up (Team Wellington) respectively in the 2017–18 competition.

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[table_hth_CU0.53199872119911-10] Head-to-head results: Team Wellington 1–1 Canterbury United, Canterbury United 2–1 Team Wellington.

[table_hth_HW0.53199872119911-11] Head-to-head results: Hawke's Bay United 0–2 Hamilton Wanderers, Hamilton Wanderers 4–4 Hawke's Bay United.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City	Auckland	Kiwitea Street	3,250	Ramon Tribulietx^[1]	Kappa	Trillian Trust Inc (Front) Carters (Back)
Canterbury United	Christchurch	English Park	9,000	Willy Gerdsen^[2]	Nike	Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Eastern Suburbs	Auckland	Riverhills Park	5,000	Danny Hay^[3]	Lilywhites	Winger Motors
Hamilton Wanderers	Hamilton	Porritt Stadium	5,000	Ricki Herbert^[4]	Kelme	The Soccer Shop
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	5,000	Brett Angell^[5]	Adidas	Thirsty Whale
Southern United	Dunedin	Sunnyvale Park	1,000	Paul O'Reilly^[6]	Lotto Sport Italia	Freshwater Solutions
Tasman United	Nelson	Trafalgar Park	18,000	Andy Hedge^[7]	Nike	Nelson Pine LVL (Front) Sprig & Fern (Back)
Team Wellington	Wellington	David Farrington Park	2,250	José Figueira^[8]	Nike	Stonewood Homes
Waitakere United	Auckland	The Trusts Arena	4,900	Chris Milicich	Lotto Sport Italia	Mitre 10 Mega - Henderson (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back)
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Porirua Park	1,900	Paul Temple^[9]	Adidas	Huawei

14 October 2018 Charity Cup	Auckland City	4–3	Team Wellington	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	Howieson 19' Lopez 30' Morgan 52' Lea'alafa 73'	Report	Barcia 16' Watson 17', 85'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Cory Mills

20 October 2018	Eastern Suburbs	5–0	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT	De Jong 7' Sinclair 27', 74' Awad 61' Pijnaker 83'	Report		Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

21 October 2018	Canterbury United	1–0	Southern United	Christchurch
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Liddicoat 36'	Report		Stadium: English Park Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

21 October 2018	Hamilton Wanderers	3–1	Waitakere United	Hamilton
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Semmy 15', 39' Bueno 22'	Report	Issa 61'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Cory Mills

2018–19_New_Zealand_Football_Championship

2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship

Clubs

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Fixtures and results

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 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Finals series

Semi-finals

Grand final

Statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Own goals

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	18	17	1	0	46	18	+28	52	Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Eastern Suburbs (C)	18	13	1	4	53	16	+37	40
3	Canterbury United	18	10	4	4	34	29	+5	34^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to Finals series
4	Team Wellington	18	10	4	4	43	25	+18	34^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to Finals series
5	Southern United	18	6	5	7	24	30	−6	23
6	Hamilton Wanderers	18	5	2	11	34	44	−10	17^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Hawke's Bay United	18	4	5	9	38	55	−17	17^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Tasman United	18	3	5	10	22	36	−14	14
9	Waitakere United	18	4	1	13	29	46	−17	13
10	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	18	3	2	13	22	46	−24	11

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Team ╲ Round
Auckland City	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Canterbury United	2	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Eastern Suburbs	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hamilton Wanderers	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Hawke's Bay United	2	10	6	8	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Southern United	2	6	7	6	7	7	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Tasman United	2	7	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8
Team Wellington	10	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Waitakere United	2	8	9	7	6	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9
Wellington Phoenix	2	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Leader and qualification to OFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to Finals series

21 October 2018	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	1–4	Team Wellington	Wellington
Sunday, 14:10 NZDT	Harris 20'	Report	Barcia 28' Bevin 39' Watson 56' (pen.) Cameron 79'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Referee: Ben O'Connell

27 October 2018	Eastern Suburbs	2–0	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Wooldridge 6' De Jong 25'	Report		Stadium: Riverhills Park Referee: Allan Wilson

28 October 2018	Hawke's Bay United	2–2	Canterbury United	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Oliveri 45+3' Ifill 90+4'	Report	Ogilvie 56' Hoyle 60'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

14 February 2019	Southern United	1–1	Auckland City	Dunedin
Thursday, 16:00 NZDT	Last 10'	Report	López 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Caledonian Ground Referee: Cory Mills

28 October 2018	Tasman United	1–2	Hamilton Wanderers	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Othman 87'	Report	Ayers 43' (o.g.) Terry 69'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

28 October 2018	Waitakere United	0–3	Team Wellington	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT		Report	Watson 4' (pen.) Ilich 79' Allen 81'	Stadium: The Trusts Arena Referee: Antony Riley

3 November 2018	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	1–5	Waitakere United	Wellington
Saturday, 16:45 NZDT	Harris 55'	Report	Bassett 3' Connor-McLean 31' Frachini 44' Butler 70' Abba 80'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Referee: Calvin Berg

4 November 2018	Hamilton Wanderers	0–1	Southern United	Hamilton
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Wade 68'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

4 November 2018	Auckland City	2–1	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Manickum 67' Lea'alafa 71'	Report	Mason-Smith 90+1'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

4 November 2018	Canterbury United	1–3	Eastern Suburbs	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Clark 74'	Report	Just 2' Liddicoat 5' (o.g.) de Jong 33'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Antony Riley

11 November 2018	Hawke's Bay United	0–2	Hamilton Wanderers	Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Shaw 54' Semmy 73'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Ben O'Connell

11 November 2018	Waitakere United	3–0	Tasman United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Franchini 70' (pen.) Abba 75', 80'	Report		Stadium: The Trusts Arena Referee: Peter Linney

11 November 2018	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	2–3	Canterbury United	Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT	Ebbinge 24', 27'	Report	Hoyle 45+1' Schwarz 61' Thurston 85'	Stadium: Newtown Park Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

18 November 2018	Hamilton Wanderers	0–2	Eastern Suburbs	Cambridge
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Awad 21' McCowatt 48'	Stadium: John Kerkhof Park Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

18 November 2018	Auckland City	4–1	Canterbury United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Morgan 44' Lopez 45+3' (pen.) Drake 74' Manickum 83'	Report	Hoyle 10'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Peter Linney

18 November 2018	Tasman United	3–2	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Hughes-Mason 53' Othman 70' Larsen 72'	Report	Waine 8', 77'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park Referee: Antony Riley

25 November 2018	Southern United	3–1	Tasman United	Dunedin
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Coughlan 10', 45' (pen.) Last 58'	Report	Hughes-Mason 38'	Stadium: Sunnyvale Park Referee: Peter Linney

25 November 2018	Hawke's Bay United	4–0	Waitakere United	Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Zupo 22' Mason-Smith 54', 59' Eriksson 83'	Report		Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Cory Mills

25 November 2018	Canterbury United	3–3	Hamilton Wanderers	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Hoyle 5', 54' Schwarz 16'	Report	Ruka 65' Bueno 67', 77'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Calvin Berg

1 December 2018	Team Wellington	1–1	Canterbury United	Wellington
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT	Liddicoat 45' (o.g.)	Report	Kowal 75'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Nick Waldron

2 December 2018	Tasman United	2–4	Hawke's Bay United	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Winterton 66' Hughes-Mason 70'	Report	Oliveri 8' Mason-Smith 9' Akers 30' Goto 34'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

9 December 2018	Hawke's Bay United	3–2	Southern United	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Goto 28' Mason-Smith 36' Oliveri 64'	Report	Wade 10' Coughlan 42'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

9 December 2018	Eastern Suburbs	0–0	Tasman United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Riverhills Park Referee: Peter Linney

16 December 2018	Hawke's Bay United	1–4	Eastern Suburbs	Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Mason-Smith 90+3'	Report	de Jong 24' McCowatt 35' Just 72' Parker-Price 75'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Cory Mills

16 December 2018	Waitakere United	3–4	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
Sunday, 16:35 NZDT	Basset 4' Butler 22' Gordon 23'	Report	Bueno 55', 73', 77' Semmy 80'	Stadium: The Trusts Arena Referee: Nick Waldron

6 January 2019	Hawke's Bay United	4–1	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Mason-Smith 32', 48', 90+5' Oliveri 90+3'	Report	Waine 24'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

6 January 2019	Southern United	1–6	Eastern Suburbs	Dunedin
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Coughlan 87' (pen.)	Report	de Jong 6' McCowatt 43', 84' Wooldridge 47' Just 49', 52'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: Calvin Berg