2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship

The 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship was the second season of the New Zealand Football Championship. The final was won by Auckland City, who defended the title they won in 2005.

New Zealand Football Championship
Season2005–06
ChampionsAuckland City
Oceania Club ChampionshipAuckland City,
YoungHeart Manawatu
Matches played90
Goals scored326 (3.62 per match)

New Format

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In the regular season, all teams played each other three times, as before. But the playoff stage was changed slightly, with the top five teams now going through to the playoffs (as opposed to the previous three).

Team locations

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City (C) 21 16 0 5 63 28 +35 48 Qualified for the Club Championship and Finals series
2 YoungHeart Manawatu 21 14 4 3 50 29 +21 46
3 Canterbury United 21 13 2 6 36 22 +14 41 Qualification for Finals series
4 Team Wellington 21 8 4 9 43 53 −10 28
5 Otago United 21 7 6 8 27 25 +2 27
6 Waitakere United 21 6 4 11 38 41 −3 22
7 Waikato FC 21 6 4 11 31 44 −13 22
8 Hawke's Bay United 21 1 2 18 17 63 −46 5
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Finals

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In this season's extended playoff system, the games are broken up into several rounds.

Bracket

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Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalGrand final
1Auckland City31Auckland City (p)3 (4)
3Canterbury United03Canterbury United3 (3)
2YoungHeart Manawatu0 (4)3Canterbury United2
3Canterbury United (p)0 (5)4Team Wellington1
2YoungHeart Manawatu2
4Team Wellington3
4Team Wellington (p)2 (4)
5Otago United2 (1)

Round 1

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The second place team plays the third place team in Game 1; and fourth place plays fifth place in Game 2. The second and fourth placed teams get home advantage. The winners of each game progress to Round 2, as does the loser of Game 1. The Game 2 loser is eliminated.

Round 2

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Auckland City, as Premiers, receive a bye straight to Round 2 where they face the winner from Game 1. The loser of Game 1 gets a second chance by going into Round 2 to face the Game 2 winner.

The winner of Game 3 (Auckland) now goes into the Grand Final - and with home advantage. The loser of Game 3 (Canterbury) gets a second chance to make the Grand Final by playing the winner of Game 4 (Wellington). The Game 4 loser is eliminated.

Round 3

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Canterbury, as winners, go on to face Auckland City in the Grand Final.

Grand Final

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Auckland City are the champions of the 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship and, along with league runners up YoungHeart Manawatu, will go on to represent New Zealand in the Oceania Club Championship 2006

See also

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