The 2015–16 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ASB Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the twelfth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Eight teams are involved this season, after Wanderers SC withdrew from the competition. Auckland City and Team Wellington will represent the ASB Premiership in the 2016 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Runners-up respectively in the 2014–15 competition.

Clubs Team Location Stadium Capacity Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Auckland City Sandringham, Auckland Kiwitea Street, QBE Stadium 3,250, 25,000 Ramon Tribulietx Nike Hi-Chew (front) Trillian Trust Inc (Back) Carters (Back) Canterbury United Christchurch ASB Football Park 9,000 Willy Gerdsen Samurai Robbie's Bar and Bistro Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 5,000 Brett Angell Lotto Sport Italia Kinetic Electrical Southern United Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium 30,500 Mike FridgeLotto Sport Italia Freshwater Solutions Team Wellington Wellington David Farrington Park 3,000 Matt Calcott Nike Exodus Health & Fitness Club WaiBOP United Hamilton John Kerkhof Park 2,700 Peter Smith Lotto Sport Italia The Soccer Shop Waitakere United Whenuapai, Auckland QBE Stadium 25,000 Chris Milicich Lotto Sport Italia Jerry Clayton BMW (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back) Wellington Phoenix Wellington Newtown Park 5,000 Andy Hedge Adidas Huawei

Kits

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Fixtures and results The 2015–16 season sees every team play the other both home and away. Due to Auckland City's participation in the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, several matches have been rescheduled.

Round 5 (rescheduled)

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 4 (rescheduled)

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 12 (rescheduled)

Round 14

Finals series

Semi-finals

Grand final

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ryan De VriesAuckland City152 Ben HarrisTeam Wellington143 Stephen HoyleWaiBOP United104 João MoreiraAuckland City8 Sean LovemoreWaitakere United6 Micah Lea'alafaAuckland City7 Emiliano TadeAuckland City Andre de JongCanterbury United9 Sam Mason-SmithHawke's Bay United6 Hamish WatsonHawke's Bay United

Own goals PlayerClubAgainstRound Anthony Hobbs Team Wellington Canterbury United 2 Tyler Lissette WaiBOP United Team Wellington 10 Cole Peverley Team Wellington Waitakere United 12 Liam Wood Wellington Phoenix Team Wellington 14

References

External links ASB Premiership website