Football league season
The 2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ISPS Handa Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams competed in the competition with Team Wellington and Auckland City representing the ISPS Handa Premiership in the 2018 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Premiers respectively in the 2016–17 competition.
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 English Park 9,000
Nike Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Eastern Suburbs Panmure , Auckland Bill McKinlay Park 5,000
Danny Hay [ 1] Lilywhites
Winger Motors
Hamilton Wanderers Hamilton Porritt Stadium 5,000
Ricki Herbert Nike The Soccer Shop
Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 5,000
Brett Angell [ 2] Adidas Kinetic Electrical
Southern United Dunedin Sunnyvale Park 1,000
[ 3] Lotto Sport Italia Freshwater Solutions
Tasman United Nelson Trafalgar Park 18,000
[ 4] Joma Nelson Pine LVL (Front) Sprig & Fern (Back)
Team Wellington Wellington David Farrington Park 2,250
Jose Figueira Nike Stonewood Homes
Waitakere United Whenuapai , Auckland The Trusts Arena 4,900
Lotto Sport Italia Jerry Clayton BMW (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back)
Wellington Phoenix Wellington David Farrington Park 2,250
Chris Greenacre [ 5] Adidas Huawei
Kits
Regular season
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2018. Source:
NZ Football (C) Champions
Positions by round
Notes:
Auckland City and Team Wellington played their Round 8 game early on 15 October 2017, and had an extra game played between Rounds 1 and 7.
Canterbury United were tied with Waitakere United at the end of Round 1.
Hawke's Bay United were tied with Wellington Phoenix Reserves at the end of Round 1.
Auckland City and Eastern Suburbs had a game in hand between Rounds 7 and 12, with their Round 7 game played before the start of Round 13 on 24 January 2018.
Wellington Phoenix and Canterbury United had a game in hand between Rounds 4 and 14, with their Round 4 game played before the start of Round 15 on 11 February 2018.
Auckland City beat Tasman United 3–1 in round 9, however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had played an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3–0 result to Tasman.[ 6]
Fixtures and results
The 2017–18 season sees every team play the other both home and away. The Round 7 and round 8 matches between Team Wellington and Eastern Suburbs vs Auckland City have been moved due to Auckland City playing at 2017 FIFA Club World Cup at the start of December.[ 7] Wellington Phoenix Reserves and Canterbury United was postponed till
February 2018 due to New Zealand playing their intercontinental playoff against Peru that same day in Wellington.[ 8]
(rescheduled)
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
* Auckland City beat Tasman United 3–1 however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had played an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3–0 result to Tasman United.[ 6]
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
(rescheduled)
Round 13
Round 14
(rescheduled)
(split round)
(split round)
Round 17
Round 18
Finals series
Semi-finals
Grand final
Steve Sumner Trophy:
Callum McCowatt
Assistant referees:
Fourth official:
Statistics
As of 18 March 2018
Top scorers
1 Transferred to Maccabi Hakoah in Australia, 5 March 2018.2 Transferred to FC Gifu in Japan, 17 January 2018.
Hat-tricks
Own goals
References
^ "Suburbs appoint Danny Hay" . New Zealand Football . 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017 .^ "Brett Angell appointed Head Coach of Hawke's Bay" . Hawke's Bay United Football . Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014 .^ "O'Reilly takes charge of Southern" . NZ Football . Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016 .^ "Tasman United coach Davor Tavich deserved the job from the start" .^ "Chris Greenacre takes over as Wellington Phoenix national league coach" . stuff ^ a b "Auckland City field ineligible player" . New Zealand Football . Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017 .^ "2017/18 ISPS Handa Premiership Draw" (PDF) . NZ Football . Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017 .^ "National league schedules amended" . NZ Football . Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017 .^ Hyslop, Liam (22 October 2017). "Andre de Jong hat-trick fires Eastern Suburbs past Team Wellington" . Stuff.co.nz ^ Voerman, Andrew (29 October 2017). "Auckland City put five past nine-man Waitākere United in Super City derby" . Stuff.co.nz ^ Pearson, Joseph. "Angus Kilkolly's hat-trick guides Team Wellington to victory over Hamilton Wanderers" . Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 19 November 2017 . ^ Pearson, Joseph. "Team Wellington grab the upper hand as Auckland City held to draw by Waitākere" . Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 7 January 2018 . ^ Voerman, Andrew; Rollo, Phillip. "High penalty count hurts Tasman United as top four slips further away" . Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 14 January 2018 . ^ Voerman, Andrew; Rollo, Phillip. "Hamilton Wanderers end their winless run as Auckland City, Team Wellington draw" . Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 4 February 2018 . ^ Voerman, Andrew. "Canterbury United set up semifinal with Team Wellington, but where will it be?" . Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 18 March 2018 . ^ Voerman, Andrew. "Defending champs Team Wellington strike late to secure home national league semi" . Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 18 March 2018 .
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