2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship

April 2019 April 2019 New Zealand Football Championship 2005–06 Auckland City Oceania Club Championship Auckland City,YoungHeart Manawatu 90 326 2004–05 2006–07 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 Format 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 New Zealand 370 right Location of teams in the 2004–05 New Zealand Football Championship New Zealand 90 12 -36.8001 174.5957 left waitakcolours.png Waitakere United New Zealand -36.848270 174.762491 90 12 Auckland City ACFCcolours.png right New Zealand -37.887384 175.455638 90 12 Waikato FC Waikatocolours.png top New Zealand -41.292504 174.778755 90 12 Team Wellington WellingtonColours.png right New Zealand 90 12 -43.530459 172.635102 left Cantabcolours.png Canterbury United New Zealand 90 12 -39.508197 176.856895 right Hawkesbaycolours.png Hawke's Bay United New Zealand 90 12 -45.863274 170.526950 right Otagocolours.png Otago United New Zealand 90 12 -40.3464 175.6346 bottom Yhmcolours.png YoungHeart Manawatu Club Name Home City Stadium 20px|border Auckland City FC Auckland Kiwitea Street 20px Canterbury United Christchurch English Park 20px Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 20px Otago United Dunedin Sunnyvale Park 20px Team Wellington FC Wellington Newtown Park 20px Waikato FC Ngaruawahia Centennial Park 20px Waitakere United Waitakere City Douglas Field 20px YoungHeart Manawatu Palmerston North Memorial Park League table main WDL Q AC Auckland City YHM YoungHeart Manawatu CU Canterbury United TW Team Wellington OU Otago United WU Waitakere United WFC Waikato FC HBU Hawke's Bay United 16 0 5 63 28 C 14 4 3 50 29 13 2 6 36 22 8 4 9 43 53 7 6 8 27 25 6 4 11 38 41 6 4 11 31 44 1 2 18 17 63 green1 Qualified for the Club Championship and Finals series OCC OCC yellow1 Qualification for Finals series ZFCF ZFCF ZFCF complete Finals In this season's extended playoff system, the games are broken up into several rounds. Bracket 150 Grand final 2 YoungHeart Manawatu 0 (4) 3 Canterbury United 0 (5) 4 Team Wellington 2 (4) 5 Otago United 2 (1) 1 Auckland City 3 3 Canterbury United 0 2 YoungHeart Manawatu 2 4 Team Wellington 3 3 Canterbury United 2 4 Team Wellington 1 1 Auckland City 3 (4) 3 Canterbury United 3 (3) Round 1 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. 2 April 2006 YoungHeart Manawatu 0–0 Canterbury United 4–5 yes 2 April 2006 Team Wellington unknown 12 o.g. Little 102 2–2 Otago United Scoullar 85 pen. Eisenhut 100 4–1 yes Round 2 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. Game 3: April-8th: Auckland City FC 3-0 Canterbury United Game 4: April-9th: YoungHeart Manawatu 2-3 Team Wellington 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 Game 5: April-15th: Canterbury United 2-1 Team Wellington Canterbury, as winners, go on to face Auckland City in the Grand Final. Grand Final April-22nd: Auckland City 3-3 Canterbury United (AET, Auckland won on penalties 4-3) 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 New Zealand Football Championship External links Official Website Category:New Zealand Football Championship seasons 1 New Zealand