2013–14 New Zealand Football Championship

The New Zealand Football Championship's 2013–14 season (known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the tenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season will begin on 10 November 2013 with the final scheduled to be on 16 March 2014. Auckland City and Waitakere United will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2013–14 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Runners-up respectively in the 2012–13 competition. Two franchises have had changes to the clubs branding for this season, with Otago United changing to Southern United and Waikato FC changing to Waibop United. YoungHeart Manawatu has been replaced with Wanderers SC, which aims to give young football players top level matches under the New Zealand Football High Performance Strategy.[1]

ASB Premiership
Season2013–14
ChampionsAuckland City FC
PremiersAuckland City FC
OFC Champions LeagueAuckland City FC
Team Wellington
Matches played61
Goals scored234 (3.84 per match)
Top goalscorerEmiliano Tade (12)
Biggest home winTeam Wellington 6 – 1 Hawke's Bay United
Biggest away winSouthern United 0 – 10 Auckland City FC
Highest scoringSouthern United 0 – 10 Auckland City FC

Clubs edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
  Auckland City FC Auckland Kiwitea Street 3,500   Ramon Tribulietx Nike Trillian Trust Inc.
  Canterbury United Christchurch ASB Football Park 9,000   Keith Braithwaite Samurai Robbie's Bar and Bistro
  Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 5,000   Chris Greatholder Lotto Sport Italia Kinetic Electrical
  Southern United Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium 30,500   Luis Uehura Lotto Sport Italia Gran's Remedy
  Team Wellington Wellington David Farrington Park 3,000   Matt Calcott Adidas Exodus Health & Fitness Club
  WaiBOP United Cambridge John Kerkhof Park 2,000   Peter Smith Nike The Soccer Shop
  Waitakere United West Auckland Fred Taylor Park 2,500   Paul Temple & Brian Shelley Lotto Sport Italia Cuesports Foundation
  Wanderers SC Albany North Harbour Stadium 25,000   Darren Bazeley Nike Trillian Trust Inc.

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City (C) 14 10 3 1 40 12 +28 33 Qualified for the 2014–15 OFC Champions League
and 2014 ASB Premiership Finals
2 Team Wellington 14 8 2 4 37 25 +12 26
3 Hawke's Bay United 14 8 2 4 29 28 +1 26 Qualified for the 2014 ASB Premiership Finals
4 Waitakere United 14 7 2 5 30 19 +11 23
5 Canterbury United 14 6 4 4 22 16 +6 22
6 WaiBOP United 14 4 2 8 24 31 −7 14
7 Southern United 14 3 1 10 19 50 −31 10
8 Wanderers SC 14 1 2 11 19 39 −20 5
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Fixtures and results edit

Round 1 edit


Saturday, 10 November 2013

1:00pm Sunday Waibop United   2–1   Canterbury United Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Miloš Nikolić   41'
Maksim Manko   78'
Report Dan Terris   7' Attendance: 324
Referee: Chris Kerr
1:00pm Sunday Southern United   0–3   Waitakere United Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Report Richard Cardozo   43', 73'
Dan Morgan   62'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday Team Wellington   1–4   Auckland City FC David Farrington Park, Wellington
Jamie de Abreu   22' Report Darren White   10'
David Browne   80'
Alex Feneridis   90'
Mario Bilen   90'
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 2 edit


Saturday, 16 November 2013

2:00pm Saturday Wanderers SC   2–2   Canterbury United North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Scott Doney   18'
Finn Cochrane   90+4'
Report Frederico Marquez   44'
Damien Hirst   49' (o.g.)
Attendance: 453
Referee: Peter O'Leary
5:00pm Saturday Hawke's Bay United   3–2   Southern United Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Tom Mosquera   36', 68'
Sean Lovemore   80'
Report Daniel Morris   10'
Campbell Higgins   26'
Attendance: 487
Referee: J. Rowbury

Sunday, 17 November 2013

2:00pm Sunday Auckland City FC   3–1   Waibop United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Roy Krishna   45+3'
Adam Dickinson   84'
David Browne   90+3'
Report Maksim Manko   2' Attendance: 1200
Referee: Isaac Trevis
4:00pm Sunday Waitakere United   2–0   Team Wellington Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Jordan Lowdon   42'
Richie Cardozo   48'
Report Attendance: 417
Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 3 edit


Saturday, 23 November 2013

5:00pm Saturday Waibop United   0–2   Hawke's Bay United John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
Report Sean Morris   71'
Thomas Mosquera   86'
Attendance: 422
Referee: Nick Waldron

Sunday, 24 November 2013

2:00pm Sunday Team Wellington   3–1   Southern United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Henry Fa'arodo   19', 79'
Charlie Henry   30'
Report Henrique Alves Viana   5'
4:00pm Sunday Waitakere United   4–1   Wanderers SC Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Ian Hogg   29'
Jake Butler   45+1'
Dylan Stansfield   52'
Jordon Lowdon   70'
Report Stuart Holthusen   90+1' (pen.) Attendance: 375
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 4 edit


Saturday, 30 November 2013

2:00pm Saturday Auckland City FC   2–0   Waitakere United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Chris Bale   31'
Darren White   90+1'
Report Attendance: 1274
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Sunday, 1 December 2013

12:00pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United   1–2   Team Wellington Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Aaron Jones   53' Report Charlie Henry   54'
Hamish Watson   61'
Attendance: 310
Referee: I. Trevis
2:00pm Sunday Southern United   0–3   Canterbury United Rugby Park, Invercargill
Report Aaron Clapham   42'
Federico Marquez   66'
Russell Kamo   75'
Attendance: 150
Referee: John Rowbury
2:00pm Sunday Wanderers SC   3–3   Waibop United North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Ben Thomas   3'
Elijiah Neblett   71'
Nick Sugden   90+7'
Report Milos Nikolic   11'
Masaki Nomoto   32'
Maksim Manko   60'
Attendance: 349
Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 5 edit


Saturday, 7 December 2013

5:00pm Saturday Waibop United   4–2   Southern United John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
Milos Nikolic   31' (pen.), 85'
Shaydon Young   45'
Reid Drake   61'
Report Henrique Alves Viana   71'
Matt Joy   90'
Attendance: 461
Referee: Antony Riley

Sunday, 8 December 2013

4:00pm Sunday Waitakere United   2–2   Hawke's Bay United Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Richie Cardozo   19'
Dylan Stansfield   38'
Report Danny Wilson   9'
Tom Biss   90'
Attendance: 378
Referee: John Rowbury

Round 6 edit


Saturday, 14 December

2:45pm Saturday Team Wellington   3–2   Wanderers SC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Henry Fa'arodo   8'
Cam Lindsay   40'
Charlie Henry   57' (pen.)
Report Scott Doney   30'
Elijah Neblett   75'
Attendance: 278
Referee: Nick Waldron
4:00pm Saturday Waitakere United   3–0   Waibop United Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Sam French   13', 77'
Jarrod Young   87'
Report Attendance: 257
Referee: Campbell Kirk-Waugh
5:00pm Saturday Hawke's Bay United   1–0   Canterbury United Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Tom Biss   75' Report Attendance: 419
Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 7 edit


Sunday, 22 December 2013

2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United   3–2   Waitakere United ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Aaron Clapham   19', 32' (pen.)
Danny Boys   49'
Report Dylan Stansfield   51'
Richie Cardozo   82'
Attendance: 620
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday Auckland City FC   4–4   Hawke's Bay United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Cristobal Marquez   34', 56'
Emiliano Tade   53', 71'
Report David Mulligan   31'
Tom Biss   32'
Sean Lovemore   40'
Aaron Jones   77'
Attendance: 765
Referee: Antony Riley
2:00pm Sunday Wanderers SC   1–2   Southern United North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Michael Den Heijer   68' Report Andrew Ridden   41'
Henrique Alves Viana   51'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Matt Conger
4:05pm Sunday Team Wellington   3–2   Waibop United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Henry Fa'arodo   4'
Cole Peverley   32'
Cory Chettleburgh   60'
Adam Cowan   28' (o.g.)
Maksim Manko   41'
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 8 edit


Sunday, 12 January 2014

1:00pm Sunday Waitakere United   1–3   Southern United Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Tim Myers   39' Report Henrique Alves Viana   3'
Peter Rae   43'
Logan Wright-Webb   68'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Matt Conger
2:00pm Sunday Auckland City FC   3–2   Team Wellington Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Emiliano Tade   10' (pen.), 61'
Ryan de Vries   53'
Report Henry Fa'arodo   80'
Charlie Henry   83'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United   1–0   Waibop United ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Federico Marquez   56' Report Attendance: 550
Referee: Peter O'Leary
3:00pm Sunday Wanderers SC   1–3   Hawke's Bay United North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Stuart Holthusen   10' Report Sean Morris   24'
Tomas Mosquera   35', 52'
Attendance: 154
Referee: John Rowbury
  • Due to a breach of player eligibility regulations, the match between Wanderers SC and Hawke's Bay United on 12 January – originally a 1–3 win to Hawke's Bay United – has been awarded as a 3–0 win to Wanderers SC.[2]

Round 9 edit


Saturday, 18 January 2014

5:00pm Saturday Southern United   1–6   Hawke's Bay United Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Taylor McCormack   65' Report Aaron Jones   19'
Nathaniel Hailemariam   40', 65'
Tom Biss   71'
Bill Robertson   85'
Harley Rodeka   90+1'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Mirko Benischke
5:00pm Saturday Waibop United   0–2   Auckland City FC John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
Report Emiliano Tade   38'
Darren White   90+1'
Attendance: 671
Referee: Campbell Kirk-Waugh

Sunday, 19 January 2014

2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United   2–0   Wanderers SC ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Russell Kamo   38'
Michael White   85'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Isaac Trevis
3:00pm Sunday Team Wellington   3–1   Waitakere United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Joel Stevens   14'
Cole Peverley   60'
Hamish Watson   86'
Report Jordan Lowdon   62' Referee: Brian Botha

Round 5 Catch Up edit


Wednesday, 22 January 2014

6:00pm Wednesday Wanderers SC   0–2   Auckland City FC North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Report Alex Feneridis   59'
Emiliano Tade   90+4'
Attendance: 435
Referee: Mirko Benitschke

Round 10 edit


Saturday, 25 January 2014

5:00pm Saturday Hawke's Bay United   3–2   Waibop United Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Tom Biss   8'
Bill Robertson   11'
Sean Lovemore   28'
Report Jack McNab   42'
Sam Messam   83'
Attendance: 482
Referee: Matt Conger

Sunday, 26 January 2014

2:00pm Sunday Southern United   2–2   Team Wellington Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Jacob Schneider   2'
Regan Coldicott   63'
Report Henry Fa'arodo   6'
Joel Stevens   60'
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh
2:00pm Sunday Auckland City FC   1–1   Canterbury United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Adam Dickinson   8' Report Aaron Clapham   59' Attendance: 932
Referee: Mirko Benischke
2:00pm Sunday Wanderers SC   1–6   Waitakere United North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Andre De Jong   58' Report Jordan Lowdon   36'
Maksim Manko   44'
Dylan Stansfield   48', 61'
Richie Cardozo   67'
Sansern Limwatthana   89'
Attendance: 343
Referee: Antony Riley

Round 11 edit


Saturday, 1 February 2014

2:00pm Saturday Waibop United   3–1   Wanderers SC Links Ave, Tauranga
Jack McNab   45+2', 61'
Masaki Nomoto   80'
Report Adam Mitchell   64' Attendance: 383
Referee: Nick Waldron

Sunday, 2 February 2014

2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United   2–0   Southern United ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Russell Kamo   48'
Aaron Clapham   55'
Report Attendance: 600
Referee: Antony Riley
2:00pm Sunday Team Wellington   6–1   Hawke's Bay United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Charlie Henry   47', 83'
Henry Fa'arodo   68'
Joel Stevens   78'
Hamish Watson   86', 90'
Report Sean Morris   24' (pen.) Referee: Mirko Benischke
4:00pm Sunday Waitakere United   1–0   Auckland City FC Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Maksim Manko   3' Report Attendance: 679
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 1 Catch Up edit


Thursday, 6 February 2014

2:00pm Thursday Hawke's Bay United   1–0   Wanderers SC Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Harley Rodeka   50' Report Attendance: 333
Referee: Anthony Riley

Round 6 Catch Up edit


Thursday, 6 February 2014

2:00pm Thursday Auckland City FC   3–0   Southern United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Alex Feneridis   27'
Darren White   34'
Sam Burfoot   72'
Report Attendance: 743
Referee: John Rowbury

Round 12 edit


Sunday, 9 February 2014

1:00pm Sunday Southern United   1–6   Waibop United Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Daniel Morris   88' Report Nik Robson   10', 20', 54', 58'
Sam Messam   37'
Liam Higgins   84'
Attendance: 120
Referee: I. Trevis
2:00pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United   2–1   Waitakere United Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Tom Biss   38'
Tom Mosquera   44'
Report Richard Cardoza   72' Attendance: 428
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday Team Wellington   3–3   Canterbury United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Charlie Henry   23' (pen.), 32'
Tom Doyle   65'
Report Russell Kamo   3'
Frederico Marquez   40'
Michael White   77'
Referee: Campbell Kirk Waugh
2:00pm Sunday Auckland City FC   2–1   Wanderers SC Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Darren White   14'
Emiliano Tade   31'
Report Andre de Jong   50' Attendance: 832
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 13 edit


Saturday, 15 February 2014

5:00pm Saturday Waibop United   1–1   Waitakere United John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
Jack McNab   61' Report Richie Cardozo   80' (pen.) Attendance: 419
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Sunday, 16 February 2014

1:00pm Sunday Southern United   0–10   Auckland City FC Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Report Emiliano Tade   16', 56'
Joao Moreira   27'
Darren White   67', 82'
Takuya Iwata   71'
Adam Dickinson   72'
Chris Bale   75'
Andrew Milne   79' (pen.)
Ryan De Vries   90+2'
Attendance: 150
Referee: John Rowbury
2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United   1–2   Hawke's Bay United ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Aaron Clapham   70' (pen.) Report Tom Biss   31'
Aaron Jones   90'
Attendance: 725
Referee: Matt Conger
3:00pm Sunday Wanderers SC   1–4   Team Wellington North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Judd Baker   54' Report Henry Fa'arodo   16'
Tom Doyle   74'
Colin Murphy   80'
Sam Mason-Smith   90+5'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 14 edit


Saturday, 22 February 2014

12:30pm Saturday Waibop United   0–5   Team Wellington John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
[ Report] Attendance: 332

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round12345678910116 Catch-Up121314
Auckland City112112311111
Canterbury United4665354222345
Hawke's Bay United03334355423
Southern United67888877777
Team Wellington58446424332
Waibop United34565666666
Waitakere United22122113554
Wanderers SC05777788888
Source: [citation needed]

Finals edit

Semi-finals – first leg edit


Saturday, 1 March 2014

Sunday, 2 March 2014

Semi-finals – second leg edit


Saturday, 8 March 2014

1:00 pm Saturday Team Wellington   1–0   Hawke's Bay United David Farrington Park, Wellington

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Final edit


Sunday, 16 March 2014

2:35 pm Sunday Auckland City FC   1–0   Team Wellington Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Tade   31' Report Attendance: 2232
Referee: Matt Conger

Season statistics edit

Leading goalscorers edit

Updated to end of Round 13

Total Player Team Goals per Round
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14
12   Emiliano Tade   Auckland City FC 1 2 2 1 1 2 3
8   Charlie Henry   Team Wellington 1 1 1 1 2 2
  Richard Cardozo   Waitakere United 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Aaron Clapham   Canterbury United 1 2 2 1 1 1
  Henry Fa'arodo   Team Wellington 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
7   Darren White   Auckland City FC 1 1 1 1 1 2
  Tom Biss   Hawke's Bay United 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6   Maksim Manko   Waibop United 1 1 1 1 1 1
4   Miloš Nikolić   Waibop United 1 1 2
  Henrique Alves Viana   Southern United 1 1 1 1
  Jordan Lowdon   Waitakere United 1 1 1 1
  Dylan Stansfield   Waitakere United 1 1 1 1
  Hamish Watson   Team Wellington 1 1 2
  Nik Robson   Waibop United 4
  Tom Mosquera   Hawke's Bay United 2 1 1
  Russell Kamo   Canterbury United 1 1 1 1
  Frederico Marquez   Canterbury United 1 1 1 1
  Jack McNab   Waibop United 1 2 1
  Aaron Jones   Hawke's Bay United 1 1 1 1
3   Alex Feneridis   Auckland City FC 1 1 1
  Sean Lovemore   Hawke's Bay United 1 1 1
  Joel Stevens   Team Wellington 1 1 1
  Adam Dickinson   Auckland City FC 1 1 1
2   David Browne   Auckland City FC 1 1
  Scott Doney   Wanderers SC 1 1
  Elijah Neblett   Wanderers SC 1 1
  Sam French   Waitakere United 2
  Cristóbal Márquez Crespo   Auckland City FC 2
  Stuart Holthusen   Wanderers SC 1 1
  Harley Rodeka   Hawke's Bay United 1 1
  Nathaniel Hailemariam   Hawke's Bay United 2
  Cole Peverley   Team Wellington 1 1
  Bill Robertson   Hawke's Bay United 1 1
  Masaki Nomoto   Waibop United 1 1
  Sean Morris   Hawke's Bay United 1 1
  Daniel Morris   Southern United 1 1
  Sam Messam   Waibop United 1 1
  Michael White   Canterbury United 1 1
  Andre De Jong   Wanderers SC 1 1
  Chris Bale   Auckland City FC 1 1
  Ryan de Vries   Auckland City FC 1 1
  Tom Doyle   Team Wellington 1 1
1   Dan Terris   Canterbury United 1
  Dan Morgan   Waitakere United 1
  Jamie de Abreu   Team Wellington 1
  Mario Bilen   Auckland City FC 1
  Finn Cochrane   Wanderers SC 1
  Campbell Higgins   Southern United 1
  Roy Krishna   Auckland City FC 1
  Ian Hogg   Waitakere United 1
  Jake Butler   Waitakere United 1
  Ben Thomas   Wanderers SC 1
  Nick Sugden   Wanderers SC 1
  Shaydon Young   Waibop United 1
  Reid Drake   Waibop United 1
  Matt Joy   Southern United 1
  Danny Wilson   Hawke's Bay United 1
  Cameron Lindsay   Team Wellington 1
  Jarrod Young   Waitakere United 1
  Sam Burfoot   Auckland City FC 1
  Danny Boys   Canterbury United 1
  David Mulligan   Hawke's Bay United 1
  Michael Den Heijer   Wanderers SC 1
  Andrew Ridden   Southern United 1
  Cory Chettleburgh   Team Wellington 1
  Tim Myers)   Waitakere United 1
  Peter Rae   Southern United 1
  Logan Wright-Webb   Southern United 1
  Taylor McCormack   Southern United 1
  Jacob Schneider   Southern United 1
  Regan Coldicott   Southern United 1
  Sansern Limwatthana   Waitakere United 1
  Adam Mitchell   Wanderers SC 1
  Liam Higgins   Waibop United 1
  Joao Moreira   Auckland City FC 1
  Takuya Iwata   Auckland City FC 1
  Andrew Milne   Auckland City FC 1
  Judd Baker   Wanderers SC 1
  Colin Murphy   Team Wellington 1
  Sam Mason-Smith   Team Wellington 1
  A goal was scored from a penalty kick
  Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Own goals edit

Updated to end of Round 7

Total Player Team Week(s)
1   Damien Hirst Wanderers SC (v Canterbury United) 2
  Adam Cowan   Team Wellington (v WaiBOP United) 7

Notes edit

ASB Premiership Monthly Awards edit

Month Most Outstanding Player Coach of the Month
Player Club Player Club
November 2013

References edit

  1. ^ "ASB Premiership Media Guide 2013–14" (PDF). New Zealand Football. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Hawke's Bay sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". www.asbpremiership.co.nz. Official Home of the ASB Premiership. January 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

External links edit