New Zealand Football Championship

The New Zealand Football Championship (known as the ASB Premiership from 2011 for sponsorship reasons) is the national association football league in New Zealand. It is a professional/semi-professional status Association football (soccer) sports Franchise league that is operated by New Zealand Football. The league is run separately from the New Zealand Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier and the other Winter Regional club competitions, and many of the teams competing are Franchises jointly run by Winter clubs. The Premiership does not include the Wellington Phoenix who play in the Australasian A-League. It is currently sponsored by ASB Bank.
==Champions to date==
O-League qualifiers in bold
Season 	Winner 	Score 	Runner-up 	Premier 	Premiership Runner-up	Wooden Spoon
2004/05	Auckland City FC 	2 - 3 	Canterbury United 	Auckland City FC	Waitakere United 	YoungHeart Manawatu
2004/05	Kiwitea Street, Auckland 	Kiwitea Street, Auckland 	Kiwitea Street, Auckland 	Auckland City FC	Waitakere United 	YoungHeart Manawatu
2005/06	Auckland City FC 	3 - 3(4 - 3) PK 	Canterbury United 	Auckland City FC	YoungHeart Manawatu 	Hawke's Bay United
2005/06	Kiwitea Street, Auckland 	Kiwitea Street, Auckland 	Kiwitea Street, Auckland 	Auckland City FC	YoungHeart Manawatu 	Hawke's Bay United
2006/07	Auckland City FC 	3 - 2 	Waitakere United 	Waitakere United	YoungHeart Manawatu 	Otago United
2006/07	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City	North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City	Waitakere United	YoungHeart Manawatu 	Otago United
2007/08	Waitakere United 	2 - 0 	Team Wellington 	Waitakere United	Auckland City FC 	Canterbury United
2007/08	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Waitakere United	Auckland City FC 	Canterbury United
2008/09	Auckland City FC 	2 - 1 	Waitakere United 	Waitakere United	Auckland City FC 	Canterbury United
2008/09	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Waitakere United	Auckland City FC 	Canterbury United
2009/10	Waitakere United 	3 - 1 	Canterbury United 	Auckland City FC	Waitakere United 	Waikato FC
2009/10	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City 	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City 	Fred Taylor Park, Waitakere City 	Auckland City FC	Waitakere United 	Waikato FC
2010/11	Waitakere United 	3-2 	Auckland City FC 	Waitakere United	Auckland City FC 	YoungHeart Manawatu
2010/11	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Douglas Field, Waitakere City 	Waitakere United	Auckland City FC 	YoungHeart Manawatu
2011/12	Waitakere United 	4-1 	Team Wellington 	Auckland City FC	Canterbury United 	YoungHeart Manawatu
2011/12	Trusts Stadium, Waitakere City 	Trusts Stadium, Waitakere City 	Trusts Stadium, Waitakere City 	Auckland City FC	Canterbury United 	YoungHeart Manawatu
==New Zealand Football Championship records==
===All-time NZFC regular season records by club===
Updated to the end of the 2011/12 season
Posn (pts)	Club 	Sn	Pld	W 	D 	L 	F 	A 	GD 	Pts 	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1 	Auckland City FC 	8 	140	95	24	21	342	149	+193	308*	4 	3 	1 	-
2 	Waitakere United 	8 	140	88	19	33	319	160	+159	285*	4 	2 	1 	-
3 	Team Wellington 	8 	140	64	26	50	277	241	+36 	218 	- 	- 	3 	5
4 	Canterbury United 	8 	140	54	24	62	214	217	-3 	186 	- 	1 	1 	4
5 	YoungHeart Manawatu	8 	140	49	25	66	238	294	-56 	172 	- 	2 	1 	-
6 	Hawke's Bay United†	8 	140	42	25	73	202	294	-92 	151 	- 	- 	- 	1
7 	Waikato FC 	8 	140	38	26	76	177	275	-98 	140 	- 	- 	1 	-
8 	Otago United 	8 	140	30	31	79	147	286	-139	121 	- 	- 	- 	-
:* Waitakere were awarded a goalless win against Auckland in 2006/07
:† Includes record as Napier City Rovers
===All-time NZFC playoff records by club===
Updated to, and including, the 2009/10 playoff semi-finals. 
Posn (pts)	Club 	P/sn	Pld	W	D	L	F 	A 	GD	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd
1 	Auckland City FC 	6/6 	11 	7	1	3	26	20	+6	22 	4 	- 	1
2 	Waitakere United 	5/6 	9 	5	0	4	21	13	+8	15 	2 	3 	-
3 	Team Wellington 	4/6 	9 	3	1	5	14	21	-7	10 	- 	1 	2*
4 	Canterbury United 	2/6 	6 	2	2	2	9 	9 	0 	8 	- 	2 	-
5 	YoungHeart Manawatu	3/6 	4 	1	1	3	6 	10	-4	4 	- 	- 	2*
6 	Otago United 	1/6 	1 	0	1	0	2 	2 	0 	1 	- 	- 	-
7 	Waikato FC 	1/6 	1 	0	0	1	1 	4 	-3	0 	- 	- 	1
- 	Hawke's Bay United†	0/6 	- 	-	-	-	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
:* Y.H. Manawatu finished 3rd in the 2008/09 playoffs with a better record than the other semi-finalist, Team Wellington. Team Wellington finished 3rd in the 2009/10 playoffs with a better record than the other semi-finalist, Auckland City.
:† Includes record as Napier City Rovers
==External links==
*ASB Premiership Official Site
*NZ Football Official Site
Category:Leagues