# 2015 Chatham Cup

The 2015 Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 88th annual knockout football competition.
The 2015 competition had a preliminary round, a qualification round, and four rounds proper before quarter-finals, semi-finals, and a final. In total, 125 teams took part in the 2015 competition, two fewer than the 2014 Chatham Cup.

## Round and dates

| Round | Match date | Number of fixtures | Teams | New entries this round |
| Preliminary round | 25–27 April 2015 | 14 + 80 Byes | 125 → 111 | 28 |
| Round 1 | 27 April–10 May 2015 | 47 + 17 byes | 111 → 64 | 80 |
| Round 2 | 30 May–1 June 2015 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 17 |
| Round 3 | 27–28 June 2015 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none |
| Round 4 | 10–12 July 2015 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none |
| Quarterfinals | 8–9 August 2015 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none |
| Semifinals | 29–30 August 2015 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none |
| The Grand Final | 20 September 2015 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none |

## The 2015 final

The Final of the 2015 Chatham Cup was held between Eastern Suburbs and Napier City Rovers on Sunday, 20 September 2015 at The Trusts Arena, Waitakere City.
Eastern Suburbs won the match 2–1 after extra time.
It was the sixth time Eastern Suburbs AFC had won the Chatham Cup.

## Results
### Round 2

New Entries:
* Central United
* Eastern Suburbs
* Birkenhead United AFC
* Western Suburbs
* Napier City Rovers
* Three Kings United
* East Coast Bays AFC
* Onehunga Sports
* Melville United
* Ferrymead Bays Football
* Palmerston North Marist
* Bay Olympic
* Glenfield Rovers
* Waitakere City FC
* Hamilton Wanderers FC
* Western Springs AFC
* Stop Out
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Wairarapa United | 3–0 | Havelock North Wanderers AFC |
| Victoria University AFC | 2–3 | Island Bay United |
| New Plymouth Rangers | 3–0 | Tawa AFC |
| Wellington United | 2–3 | Western Suburbs |
| Wellington Olympic AFC | 4–2 | North End AFC |
| Lower Hutt City AFC | 0–3 | Petone FC |
| Palmerston North Marist | 6–0 | Red Sox Manawatu |
| Napier City Rovers | 2–1 | Stop Out |
| Northern Hearts AFC | 4–1 | Mornington AFC |
| Roslyn-Wakari | 2–3 | Dunedin Technical |
| West End | 1–5 | Mosgiel |
| Otago University AFC | 1–0 | Caversham AFC |
| Mangere United | 7–3 | Te Puke United |
| Waitemata City AFC | 2–1 | Hibiscus Coast AFC |
| Manukau City AFC | 3–0 | Claudelands Rovers |
| Takapuna AFC | 2–6 | Papakura City FC |
| Cashmere Technical | 6–1 | Halswell United |
| Ferrymead Bays | 3–1 | Richmond Athletic |
| Coastal Spirit | 3–2 | Selwyn United |
| Nomads United | 4–2 | Parklands United |
| Melville United | 9–0 | South Auckland Rangers |
| The University of Auckland FC | 0–2 | Tauranga City United AFC |
| Eastern Suburbs AFC | 4–1 | Western Springs AFC |
| North Shore United | 1–0 | Hamilton Wanderers |
| Albany United | 0–3 | Forrest Hill Milford |
| Ellerslie AFC | 0–4 | Birkenhead United |
| FC Old Boys | 1–4 | East Coast Bays AFC |
| Waiuku AFC | 4–3 | Waitakere City FC |
| Central United | 3–0 | Glenfield Rovers |
| Onehunga Sports | 5–1 | Bay Olympic |
| Oratia United | 3–0 | Mount Albert-Ponsonby |
| Three Kings United | 5–2 | Ngongotaha AFC |

### Round 3

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Wairarapa United | 3–0 | Island Bay United |
| New Plymouth Rangers | 0–4 | Western Suburbs |
| Wellington Olympic | 3–1 | Petone FC |
| Palmerston North Marist | 2–4 | Napier City Rovers |
| Northern Hearts | 0–10 | Dunedin Technical |
| Mosgiel | 1–0 | Otago University AFC |
| Mangere United | 2–1 | Waitemata City AFC |
| Manukau City AFC | 3–4 | Papakura City FC |
| Cashmere Technical | 2–1 | Ferrymead Bays |
| Coastal Spirit | 3–2 | Nomads United |
| Melville United | 1–2 | Tauranga City United |
| Eastern Suburbs | 4–1 | North Shore United |
| Forrest Hill Milford | 1–3 | Birkenhead United |
| East Coast Bays AFC | 2–0 | Waiuku AFC |
| Central United | 2–0 | Onehunga Sports |
| Oratia United | 2–6 | Three Kings United |

### Round 4

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Wairarapa United | 2–7 | Western Suburbs |
| Wellington Olympic | 3–4 | Napier City Rovers |
| Dunedin Technical | 6–1 | Mosgiel |
| Mangere United | 3–1 | Papakura City FC |
| Cashmere Technical | 3–1 | Coastal Spirit |
| Tauranga City United AFC | 1–1 (p.) | Eastern Suburbs |
| Birkenhead United | 2–0 | East Coast Bays AFC |
| Central United | 2–0 | Three Kings United |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Western Suburbs | 0–3 | Napier City Rovers |
| Dunedin Technical | 1–2 | Mangere United |
| Cashmere Technical | 1–2 | Eastern Suburbs |
| Birkenhead United | 3–0 | Central United |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 4–0 | Mangere United |
| Birkenhead United | 1–1 (p.) | Napier City Rovers |

### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Eastern Suburbs | 2–1 | Napier City Rovers |