2012–13 New Zealand Football Championship

ASB Premiership
Season2012–13
ChampionsWaitakere United
PremiersWaitakere United
OFC Champions LeagueWaitakere United
Auckland City
Matches played44
Goals scored174 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorerRoy Krishna (12)
Biggest home win5x 4–0
Biggest away winWaikato 1–9 Waitakere United (Round 9)
Highest scoringWaikato 1–9 Waitakere United (Round 9)

The New Zealand Football Championship's 2012–13 season (known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the ninth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season will begin on 3 November 2012 with the final scheduled to be on 17 March 2013. As a new feature, three games will be played as curtain-raisers to Wellington Phoenix home matches in Westpac Stadium. Auckland City and Waitakere United will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2012–13 OFC Champions League after finishing Minor Premiers and Champions respectively in the 2011–12 competition.

Clubs

Team Location Stadium Capacity Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Auckland City FC Auckland Kiwitea Street 3,500 Spain Ramon Tribulietx New Zealand Ivan Vicelich Nike Trillian Trust Inc.
Canterbury United Christchurch ASB Football Park 9,000 New Zealand Keith Braithwaite England Dan Terris Samurai Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 5,000 New Zealand Chris Greatholder England Bill Robertson Samurai Kinetic Electrical
Otago United Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium 30,500 New Zealand Richard Murray New Zealand Tristan Prattley Canterbury Gran's Remedy
Team Wellington Wellington David Farrington Park 3,000 New Zealand Matt Calcott New Zealand Karl Whalen adidas Exodus Health & Fitness Club
Waikato FC Hamilton Porritt Stadium 2,700 New Zealand Mark Cossey New Zealand Adam Thomas Nike The Soccer Shop
Waitakere United West Auckland Fred Taylor Park 2,500 New Zealand Paul Marshall New Zealand Jake Butler Lotto Sport Italia Cuesports Foundation
YoungHeart Manawatu Palmerston North Memorial Park 8,000 New Zealand Stu Jacobs New Zealand Nathan Cooksley Nike New Zealand Pharmaceuticals
Location of clubs and the region they represent

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Waitakere United (C) 14 12 1 1 48 12 +36 37 Qualified for the Finals and Champions League
2 Auckland City 14 10 3 1 44 18 +26 33
3 Canterbury United 14 9 1 4 34 19 +15 28 Qualified for the Finals
4 Hawke's Bay United 14 7 3 4 29 21 +8 24
5 Team Wellington 14 7 0 7 27 21 +6 21
6 Waikato FC 14 3 0 11 18 48 −30 9
7 Otago United 14 2 0 12 14 40 −26 6
8 YoungHeart Manawatu 14 2 0 12 15 50 −35 6 Disbanded at end of season
Source:
(C) Champions

Regular season

Round 1

Saturday, 3 November 2012

2:00pm Saturday Auckland City FC 5–2 Canterbury United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Adam Dickinson 20', 29'
Chris Bale 39'
Albert Riera 77'
Emiliano Tade 81'		 Preview
Report		 Julyan Collett 40'
Aaron Clapham 69' (pen.)		 Attendance: 635
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Sunday, 4 November 2012

12:00pm Sunday Otago United 0–3 YoungHeart Manawatu Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Preview
Report		 Tomas Mosquera 8', 28', 55' Attendance: 250
Referee: Issac Trevis
12:00pm Sunday Waikato FC 0–2 Hawke's Bay United Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
Preview
Report		 Sean Lovemore 71', 80' Attendance: 300
Referee: John Rowberry
2:00pm Sunday Waitakere United 3–0 Team Wellington Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Roy Krishna 28s'
David Mulligan 65' (pen.)
Allan Pearce 78'		 Preview
Report		 Attendance: 347
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 2

Sunday, 11 November 2012

1:45pm Sunday Team Wellington 0–1 Canterbury United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Preview
Report		 Julyan Collett 13' Attendance: 402
Referee: Mark Hester
2:00pm Sunday Waitakere United 1–0 Waikato FC Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
David Mulligan 66' (pen.) Preview
Report		 Attendance: 328
Referee: Isaac Trevis
2:00pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United 4–2 YoungHeart Manawatu Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Stephen Hoyle 6'
Cole Peverley 31'
Sean Lovemore 45+2', 46'		 Preview
Report		 Tom Mosquera 75'
Lewis Cumber 76'		 Attendance: 413
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday Otago United 1–3 Auckland City FC Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Regan Coldicott 62' Preview
Report		 Luis Corrales 85', 90+2'
Alex Feneridis 89'		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 3

Sunday, 18 November 2012

1:00pm Sunday Waikato FC 1–4 Team Wellington Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
Eder Franchini 33' Preview
Report		 Hamish Watson (2) 38' (pen.), 64'
Cory Chettleburgh 61'
Karsten Viborg 81'		 Attendance: 450
Referee: Matt Conger
2:00pm Sunday YoungHeart Manawatu 0–5 Waitakere United Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Preview
Report		 Ryan de Vries 13'
David Mulligan 30'
Roy Krishna 40'
Allan Pearce 46'
George Slefendorfas 89'		 Attendance: 400
2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United 2–1 Otago United ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Darren White 24'
Dimitar Bayrev 26'		 Preview
Report		 Joel Stevens 45' Referee: Mirko Benischke
2:30pm Sunday Auckland City FC 1–1 Hawke's Bay United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Alex Feneridis 53' Preview
Report		 Sean Lovemore 32'

Round 4

Sunday, 25 November 2012

12:00pm Sunday Waikato FC 0–5 Canterbury United Centennial Park, Ngāruawāhia
Preview
Report		 Russell Kamo 18'
Aaron Clapham 55'
Darren White 74'
Ashley Welborn 77', 81'		 Attendance: 250
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday Waitakere United 1–1 Auckland City FC Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Jake Butler 22' Preview
Report		 Luis Corrales 41' Attendance: 650
Referee: Mirko Benischke
2:00pm Sunday Team Wellington 3–1 YoungHeart Manawatu David Farrington Park, Wellington
Tobias Bertsch 39'
Henry Fa'arodo 56'
Justin Gulley 65'		 Preview
Report		 Tom Mosquera 34' Attendance: 412
Referee: Peter O'Leary
2:00pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United 2–0 Otago United Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Rudi Bauerfiend 47'
Sean Lovemore 77'		 Preview
Report		 Attendance: 412
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 5

Sunday, 2 December 2012

1:45pm Sunday YoungHeart Manawatu 2–3 Waikato FC Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Tom Mosquera 68', 90+2' Preview
Rrport		 Rory Turner 18'
Sam Margetts 69'
Ryan Thomas 81'		 Attendance: 150
Referee: Campbell Kirk Waugh
2:00pm Sunday Waitakere United 4–1 Otago United Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
David Mulligan 13'
Jake Butler 55'
Roy Krishna 86'
Ryan De Vries 88'		 Preview
Report		 Joel Stevens 7' Attendance: 212
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:30pm Sunday Canterbury United 4–0 Hawke's Bay United English Park, Christchurch
Aaron Clapham 33', 62' (pen.)
Russell Kamo 38'
Dan Terris 73'		 Preview
Report		 Attendance: 400
Referee: John Rowbury

Round 6

Sunday, 9 December 2012

1:45pm Sunday Team Wellington 0–1 Otago United Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Report Joel Stevens 84' Attendance: 412
Referee: Mirko Benischke
2:00pm Sunday YoungHeart Manawatu 0–2 Canterbury United Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Report Darren White 74'
Russell Kamo 85'		 Attendance: 150
Referee: Mark Hester
2:30pm Sunday Waitakere United 3–1 Hawke's Bay United Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Brian Shelley 11'
David Mulligan 14'
Milos Nikolic 90+2'		 Report Stephen Hoyle 22' Attendance: 273
Referee: Matt Conger

Round 7

Sunday, 16 December 2012

1:00pm Sunday Otago United 1–6 Waikato FC Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Tristan Prattley 60' Preview
Report		 Jack Hobson-McVeigh 20'
Eder Franchini 24'
Rory Turner 48', 72', 90+2'
Hone Fowler 79'		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Matt Conger
2:00pm Sunday Auckland City FC 4–0 YoungHeart Manawatu Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Chris Bale 16'
Emiliano Tade 19'
Manel Exposito 41' (pen.)
David Browne 70'		 Preview
Report		 Attendance: 1027
Referee: Isaac Trevis
2:00pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United 3–0 Team Wellington Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Dakota Lucas 13'
Cole Peverley 14' (pen.)
Connor Tinnion 66'		 Preview
Report		 Attendance: 426
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United 1–3 Waitakere United ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Dan Terris 8' Preview
Report		 Jake Butler 15'
Roy Krishna 53'
Ryan de Vries 88'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 6 Catch Up

Sunday, 6 January 2013

5:30pm Wednesday Waikato FC 1–4 Auckland City FC Centennial Park, Ngāruawāhia
Sam Margetts 31' Preview
Report		 Daniel Koprivcic 3', 61'
Manel Exposito 49', 59'		 Attendance: 513
Referee: Mirko Benischke

Round 8

Sunday, 12 January 2013

4:00pm Saturday Team Wellington 1–3 Waitakere United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Darren Cheriton 5' Preview
Report		 Brian Shelley 16'
Roy Krishna 57', 74'		 Attendance: 212
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Sunday, 13 January 2013

2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United 1–3 Auckland City FC ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Andrew Barton 14' Preview
Report		 Alex Feneridis 26'
Daniel Koprivcic 52'
Emiliano Tade 79'		 Attendance: 600
Referee: Issac Trevis
2:00pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United 4–0 Waikato FC Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Jarrod Smith 45', 48'
Conor Tinnion 77'
Sean Lovemore 80'		 Preview
Report		 Attendance: 413
Referee: R Scholes
2:00pm Sunday YoungHeart Manawatu 1–4 Otago United Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Suele Soromon 87' (pen.) Preview
Report		 Aaron Burgess 11' (pen.), 74'
Regan Coldicott 62', 67'		 Attendance: 150
Referee: N Waldron

Round 9

Sunday, 20 January 2013

2:00pm Sunday Auckland City FC 3–1 Otago United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Andrew Milne 17'
Manel Exposito 24'
Adam Dickinson 66'		 Preview
Report		 Regan Coldicott 37' Attendance: 934
Referee: Jon Rowberry
2:00pm Sunday YoungHeart Manawatu 1–5 Hawke's Bay United Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Seule Soromon 74' Preview
Report		 Dakota Lucas 3'
Cole Peverley 15'
Sean Lovemore 19', 45'
Jarrod Smith 21'		 Referee: Mirko Benischke
2:00pm Sunday Waikato FC 1–9 Waitakere United Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
Sunny Singh 60' Preview
Report		 Allan Pearce 10', 27', 83'
Brian Shelley 17'
Chad Coombes 18'
Roy Krishna 21', 85', 90'
Ryan De Vries 23'		 Attendance: 439
Referee: Peter O'Leary
2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United 0–2 Team Wellington ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Preview
Report		 Wiremu Patrick 45' (pen.)
Luis Corrales 68'		 Attendance: 400
Referee: Mark Hester

Round 10

Saturday, 26 January 2013

2:00pm Saturday Waitakere United 4–0 YoungHeart Manawatu Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Tim Myers 27', 31'
Roy Krishna 74', 90+4'		 Preview
Report		 Attendance: 342
Referee: Mark Hester
2:00pm Saturday Team Wellington 1–0 Waikato FC David Farrington Park, Wellington
Luke Rowe 89' Preview
Report		 Attendance: 251
Referee: Issac Trevis

Sunday, 27 January 2013

Hawke's Bay United 1–1 Auckland City FC Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Jarrod Smith 70' Report Pedro Garcia 57' Attendance: 516
Referee: J Rowbury
3:00pm Sunday Otago United 1–4 Canterbury United Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Regan Coldicott 85' Report Ken Yamamoto 28', 75'
Ashley Wellbourn 33'
Andy Barton 68'		 Attendance: 300
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 11

Saturday, 2 February 2013

1:00pm Saturday Auckland City FC 2–3 Waitakere United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Alex Feneridis 11'
Manel Exposito 48'		 Report Luiz Del Monte 43'
Roy Krishna 59'
Tim Myers 74'		 Attendance: 1876
Referee: Matt Conger

Sunday, 3 February 2013

12:00pm Sunday Otago United 1–3 Hawke's Bay United Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Victor da Costa 57' Report Jarrod Smith 2' (pen.)
Stephen Hindmarch 8'
Sean Lovemore 63' (pen.)		 Attendance: 200
Referee: Mirko Benischke
2:00pm Sunday Canterbury United 4–0 Waikato FC ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Aaron Clapham 41', 49' (pen.)
Russell Kamo 63'
Ken Yamamoto 83'		 Report Attendance: 275
Referee: Peter O'Leary
2:00pm Sunday YoungHeart Manawatu 0–6 Team Wellington Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Report Wiremu Patrick 2', 7'
Rowe Dominic 39'
Luke Rowe 41'
Hamish Watson 80', 83'		 Attendance: 200
Referee: J Rowbury

Round 5 Catch Up

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

2:00pm Wednesday Auckland City FC 3–2 Team Wellington Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Chris Bale 39'
Manel Exposito 73'
Ivan Vicelich 90+4'		 Preview
Report		 Henry Fa'arodo 9'
Cory Chettleburgh 57'		 Attendance: 716
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Round 12

Sunday, 10 February 2013

1:00pm Sunday Otago United 1–4 Waitakere United Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Regan Coldicott 49' Preview
Report		 Ryan De Vries 31', 37', 90+3' (pen.)
Milos Nikolic 89'		 Attendance: 220
Referee: I. Trevis
2:00pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United 1–1 Canterbury United Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Connor Tinnion 43' Preview
Report		 Aaron Clapham 45+2' Attendance: 464
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:30pm Sunday Waikato FC 2–3 YoungHeart Manawatu Porritt Stadium, Hamilton
Rory Turner 8'
Gurjeep Singh 54'		 Preview
Report		 Seule Soromon 4', 18'
Sam Redwood 84'		 Attendance: 304
Referee: Mirko Benischke
4:00pm Sunday Team Wellington 2–3 Auckland City FC David Farrington Park, Wellington
Darren Cheriton 32'
Hamish Watson 81'		 Preview
Report		 Adam Dickinson 52'
Simon Arms 66'
Daniel Koprivcic 90+1'		 Attendance: 305
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 13

Sunday, 17 February 2013

2:00pm Sunday Auckland City FC 7–1 Waikato FC Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Gustavo Souto 11', 24'
Alex Feneridis 29'
Adam Dickinson 43' (pen.)
Manel Exposito 45+1'
Emiliano Tade 59'
Chris Bale 89'		 Report Sunny Singh 55' Attendance: 874
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday Otago United 0–2 Team Wellington Rugby Park, Invercargill
Report Henry Fa'arodo 16'
Hamish Watson 24'		 Attendance: 350
Referee: Mark Hester
2:10pm Sunday Canterbury United 4–1 YoungHeart Manawatu ASB Football Park, Christchurch
Aaron Clapham 11' (pen.), 70', 82' (pen.)
Russell Kamo 59'		 Report Seule Soroman 33' (pen.) Attendance: 375
Referee: Matt Conger
2:15pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United 0–3 Waitakere United Bluewater Stadium, Napier
Report Jake Butler 31'
Matt Cunneen 51'
Ryan De Vries 56'		 Attendance: 415
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Round 14

Saturday, 23 February 2013

1:30pm Saturday Team Wellington 4–2 Hawke's Bay United David Farrington Park, Wellington
Luis Corrales 16'
Hamish Watson 29', 47'
Adam McGeorge 35'		 Report Stephen Hoyle 38'
Dakota Lucas 45+1'		 Attendance: 222
Referee: Mirko Benischke

Sunday, 24 February 2013

1:00pm Sunday Waikato FC 3–1 Otago United Centennial Park, Ngāruawāhia
Gurjeep Singh 9', 23'
Alexis Cárcamo 70'		 Report Aajay Cunningham 54' Referee: Peter O'Leary
1:00pm Sunday Waitakere United 2–3 Canterbury United Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Milos Nikolic 42'
Louie Bush 90+3' (o.g.)		 Report Aaron Clapham 8' (pen.)
Russell Kamo 59', 90+1'		 Attendance: 609
Referee: Nick Waldron
2:00pm Sunday YoungHeart Manawatu 1–4 Auckland City FC Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Dale Higham 4' Report Emiliano Tade 23', 50'
Manuel Exposito 64'
Daniel Saric 83'		 Attendance: 150
Referee: Campbel-Kirk Waugh

Finals

Semi-finals – first leg

Sunday, 3 March 2013

2:00 pm Sunday Hawke's Bay United 1–4 Waitakere United Bluewater Stadium, Napier
2:00 pm Sunday Canterbury United 1–2 Auckland City FC ASB Football Park, Christchurch

Semi-finals – second leg

Saturday, 9 March 2013

2:00 pm Saturday Waitakere United 6–4 Hawke's Bay United Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland

Sunday, 10 March 2013

2:00 pm Sunday Auckland City FC 3–1 Canterbury United Kiwitea Street, Auckland

Final

Sunday, 17 March 2013

2:00 pm Sunday Waitakere United 4–3 (a.e.t.) Auckland City FC Fred Taylor Park, West Auckland
Roy Krishna 30', 90'
Allan Pearce 32', 100'		 Report Manel Exposito 15', 74'
Chris Bale 89'		 Attendance: 1600
Referee: Peter O'Leary

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345676*8910115*121314
Auckland City1124444322232222
Canterbury United6543222244444433
Hawke's Bay United4232333433323344
Otago United7877888876666667
Team Wellington7755555555555555
Waikato FC5688776667777776
Waitakere United2311111111111111
YoungHeart Manawatu2466667788888888
Source:

* Signals catch-up rounds

Season statistics

Leading goalscorers

Updated to end of regular season

Total Player Team Goals per Round[note 1]
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14
12 Fiji Roy Krishna Waitakere United 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1
11 New Zealand Aaron Clapham Canterbury United 1 1 2 2 1 3 1
10 New Zealand Sean Lovemore Hawke's Bay United 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
8 South Africa Ryan De Vries Waitakere United 1 1 1 1 3 1
New Zealand Hamish Watson Team Wellington 2 2 1 1 2
Spain Manel Exposito Auckland City FC 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
7 New Zealand Tomas Mosquera YoungHeart Manawatu 3 1 1 2
New Zealand Russell Kamo Canterbury United 1 1 1 1 1 2
6 New Zealand Regan Coldicott Otago United 1 2 1 1 1
Argentina Emiliano Tade Auckland City FC 1 1 1 1 2

   A goal was scored from a penalty kick    Two goals were scored from penalty kicks

Own goals

Updated to end of regular season

Total Player Team Week(s)
1 New Zealand Louie Bush Canterbury United (v Waitakere United) 14

Notes

  1. ^ Goals scored within Round 5 Catch-up were included within Round 5, and goals scored within Round 6 Catch-up were included within Round 6

ASB Premiership Monthly Awards

Month Most Outstanding Player Coach of the Month
Player Club Player Club
November 2012 New Zealand Russell Kamo Canterbury United New Zealand Chris Greatholder Hawke's Bay United
December 2012 New Zealand Jake Butler Waitakere United New Zealand Paul Marshall Waitakere United
January 2013 Fiji Roy Krishna Waitakere United Spain Ramon Tribulietx Auckland City FC
February 2013 New Zealand Aaron Clapham Canterbury United New Zealand Keith Braithwaite Canterbury United

Attendances

Team Home average
Auckland City 1,010
Hawke's Bay United 437
Canterbury United 408
Waitakere United 394
Waikato FC 376
Team Wellington 317
Otago United 246
YoungHeart Manawatu 200

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References

  1. ^ "NZ Football Championship 2012/2013 - Attendance". worldfootball.net.
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