NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The 'New Zealand Football Championship' (NZFC) is the national football league in New Zealand. It is a semi-professional franchise league, run by New Zealand Football. The league was created in 2004 on the basis of starting small and gaining gradual growth over a period of time. The league is run separately from the winter club season. Many local clubs in their respective regions are combined together to field the franchises in the NZFC; as in Australia and North America, no promotion and relegation exists. The NZFC does not include the Wellington Phoenix or the now defunct New Zealand Knights FC who play in the Australian A-League.
The league is an eight-team system, with each club playing everyone else three times. After the end of the regular season, the top three teams progress to the playoffs.

Contents

Current clubs

NZFC champions to date

All Time (2004/05-2006/07) NZFC Regular Season Records By Clubs

All Time (2004/05-2006/07) NZFC Playoff Records By Clubs

Notes

See also

External links

Current clubs

★ Auckland City FC

★ Waitakere United

★ Waikato FC

★ Canterbury United of Christchurch

★ Hawke's Bay United of Napier (formerly Napier City Rovers for the 2004/2005 inaugural season)

★ Team Wellington

★ Otago United of Dunedin

★ YoungHeart Manawatu of Palmerston North
When the league was being formed, there were 11 bids for franchises. The three rejected bids were Olé Madrids of Porirua, Team Bay of Plenty, and East Auckland. After being rejected, the Olé Madrids bid president raised legal action against the NZFC and New Zealand Soccer, but the lawsuit was eventually dropped. Western Suburbs, the club associated with the Olé Academy, is now a principal member of the Team Wellington franchise. The league may expand in the long-term future to regions such as Bay of Plenty and North Shore.

NZFC champions to date

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Total wins ★	Playoff Final Score	Premiers	Premiership Runners-up
2004-05	Auckland City	Waitakere United	1 (1)	3-2	Auckland City	Waitakere United
2005-06	Auckland City	Canterbury United	2 (2)	3-3 aet, 4-3 pks	Auckland City	YoungHeart Manawatu
2006-07	Auckland City	Waitakere United	3 (3)	3-2	Waitakere United	YoungHeart Manawatu

All Time (2004/05-2006/07) NZFC Regular Season Records By Clubs

Rank (by Points)	Club [1]	Seasons	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	For	Against	GD	Points	PPG	Rank (by PPG)
1	Auckland City FC	3 (2004/05-2006/07)	63	42	11	10	166	82	+84	137	2.174	1
2	YoungHeart Manawatu	3 (2004/05-2006/07)	63	32	13	18	134	95	+39	109	1.730	2
3	Waitakere United	3 (2004/05-2006/07)	63	32	11	20	124	83	+41	107	1.698	3
4	Canterbury United	3 (2004/05-2006/07)	63	29	12	22	100	90	+10	99	1.571	4
5	Team Wellington	3 (2004/05-2006/07)	63	20	18	25	115	127	-12	78	1.238	5
6	Waikato FC	3 (2004/05-2006/07)	63	18	13	32	77	114	-37	67	1.063	6
7	Otago United	3 (2004/05-2006/07)	63	14	17	32	72	122	-50	59	0.937	7
8	Hawke's Bay United	3 (2004/05-2006/07)	63	12	11	40	85	160	-75	40	0.635	8

All Time (2004/05-2006/07) NZFC Playoff Records By Clubs

Rank (by Points)	Club [1]	Playoffs Reached vs Seasons Played	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	For	Against	GD	Points	PPG	Rank (by Champions, Runners-Up, PPG)	Champions	Runners-Up
1	Auckland City FC	3/3	5	4	1	0	15	8	+7	13	2.600	1	3
2	Canterbury United	1/3	4	1	2	1	5	7	-2	5	1.250	3		1
3	Team Wellington	1/3	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	1.333	4
4	Waitakere United	2/3	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3	1.000	2		2
5	Otago United	1/3	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1.000	5
6	YoungHeart Manawatu	2/3	2	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1	0.333	6
7	Waikato FC	1/3	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	0.000	7

Notes

1. The latest names are used for clubs who had name changes, e.g. Hawke's Bay United was formerly known as Napier City Rovers.
2. The latest names are used for clubs who had name changes, e.g. Hawke's Bay United was formerly known as Napier City Rovers.

See also

★ New Zealand Football Championship 2004-05

★ New Zealand Football Championship 2005-06

★ New Zealand Football Championship 2006-07

★ New Zealand Champions (Soccer)

★ New Zealand National Soccer League

External links

★ NZFC Official Site