2008–09 New Zealand Football Championship

January 2021 March 2026 NZFC 2008–09 New Zealand Football Championship Association football 2008–2009 8 NZFC season Auckland City FC Champions Waitakere United Premiers Luis Corrales (12) Youth League Auckland City FC Champions NZFC 2007–08 New Zealand Football Championship 2007–08 2009–10 New Zealand Football Championship 2009–10 The NZFC 2008–09 season is the fifth season of the New Zealand Football Championship competition. The previous season's champion, Waitakere United, and second-ranked club Auckland City FC will also be competing in the 2008-09 O-League which will run alongside the NZFC season. Changes for 2008/09 The league format will change from three-round, 21-match system to a two-round, 14-match home and away system. The playoff system will be changed to home-and-away semifinals contested by the top four teams, followed by a one-match Grand Final. The Premier will no longer receive a bye to the final. Otago United will now play their home fixtures at Sunnyvale Park, moving from Carisbrook. YoungHeart Manawatu will now play their home fixtures at Memorial Park, moving from FMG Stadium Due to financial issues, Waikato FC will now play their home fixtures at Centennial Park in Ngaruawahia, moving from Waikato Stadium in Hamilton. It is expected the club will return to Hamilton the following season. Waitakere United will permanently return to Douglas Field, after spending the majority of the previous season at Fred Taylor Park. Team locations New Zealand 400 center Location of teams in the 2008-09 New Zealand Football Championship New Zealand -36.897799 174.736426 Auckland City top New Zealand -36.8001 174.5957 Waitakere United bottom New Zealand -37.781111 175.268333 Waikato FC right New Zealand -43.5092 172.6362 Canterbury United right New Zealand -39.5082 176.8569 Hawke's Bay United New Zealand -41.320278 174.7825 Team Wellington right New Zealand -45.893611 170.490556 Otago United right New Zealand -40.3464 175.6346 YoungHeart Manawatu right Participating clubs Club Name Home City Stadium 2008-09 Placing Notes 20px|border Auckland City FC Auckland Kiwitea Street 2nd 2008-09 ChampionshipO-League 2009–10 20px Canterbury United Christchurch English Park 8th 2008-09 Wooden Spoon 20px Hawke's Bay United Napier Bluewater Stadium 5th 20px Otago United Dunedin Sunnyvale Park 7th 20px Team Wellington Wellington Newtown Park 4th Lost in semifinals to Waitakere United 20px Waikato FC Ngaruawahia Centennial Park 6th 20px Waitakere United Waitakere City Douglas Field 1st 2008-09 PremiershipO-League 2009–10 20px YoungHeart Manawatu Palmerston North Memorial Park 3rd Lost in semi-finals to Auckland City FC League table main WDL 5 Q WU Waitakere United AC Auckland City YHM YoungHeart Manawatu TW Team Wellington HBU Hawke's Bay United WBU Waikato FC SU Otago United CU Canterbury United 10 3 1 30 12 8 1 5 27 15 C 7 2 5 22 19 7 2 5 28 28 7 1 6 24 17 6 1 7 19 22 2 2 10 16 32 2 2 10 11 32 green1 Qualified for the Finals and Champions League OCL OCL yellow1 Qualified for the Finals ZFCF ZFCF complete Competition Schedule Round 1 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border Canterbury United 0 – 1 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu 8 November 2008English Park(Report)20px|border Auckland City FC 2 – 020px|border Otago United9 November 2008Kiwitea Street(Report)20px|border Hawke's Bay United 2 – 120px|border Waikato FC9 November 2008Bluewater Stadium(Report)20px|border Team Wellington 2 – 420px|border Waitakere United9 November 2008Newtown Park(Report) Round 2 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports20px|border Waikato FC 1 – 3 20px|border Auckland City FC 15 November 2008Centennial Park(Report) 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu 3 – 020px|border Team Wellington15 November 2008Memorial Park(Report) 20px|border Otago United 2 – 1 20px|border Canterbury United15 November 2008Sunnyvale Park(Report)20px|border Hawke's Bay United 0 – 120px|border Waitakere United16 November 2009Douglas Field(Report) Round 3 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports20px|border Hawke's Bay United 1 – 220px|border Team Wellington23 November 2008Bluewater Stadium(Report) 20px|border Otago United 2 – 3 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu23 November 2008Sunnyvale Park(Report) 20px|border Canterbury United 0 – 120px|border Waikato FC23 November 2008English Park(Report) 20px|border Auckland City FC 1 – 220px|border Waitakere United26 November 2008Kiwitea Street(Report) Round 4 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu 1 – 220px|border Hawke's Bay United29 November 2008Memorial Park(Report)20px|border Waitakere United 1 – 1 20px|border Canterbury United29 November 2008Douglas Field(Report)20px|border Team Wellington 2 – 1 20px|border Auckland City FC29 November 2008Newtown Park(Report)20px|border Waikato FC 3 – 1 20px|border Otago United30 November 2008Centennial Park(Report) Round 5 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border Auckland City FC 3 – 120px|border Hawke's Bay United6 December 2008Kiwitea Street(Report)20px|border Waikato FC 2 – 0 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu7 December 2008Centennial Park(Report) 20px|border Canterbury United 2 – 220px|border Team Wellington7 December 2008English Park(Report) 20px|border Otago United 2 – 320px|border Waitakere United22 February 2009Sunnyvale Park(Report) Round 6 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports20px|border Hawke's Bay United 1 – 2 20px|border Canterbury United14 December 2008Bluewater Stadium(Report)20px|border Team Wellington 1 – 0 20px|border Otago United14 December 2008Newtown Park(Report)20px|border Waitakere United 2 – 020px|border Waikato FC26 January 2009Douglas Field(Report) 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu 0 – 0 20px|border Auckland City FC21 February 2009Memorial Park(Report) Round 7 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports20px|border Waitakere United 3 – 0 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu21 December 2008Douglas Field(Report)20px|border Waikato FC 2 – 020px|border Team Wellington21 December 2008Centennial Park(Report) 20px|border Otago United 1 – 320px|border Hawke's Bay United21 December 2008Sunnyvale Park(Report) 20px|border Canterbury United 2 – 1 20px|border Auckland City FC21 December 2008English Park(Report) Round 8 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu 4 – 0 20px|border Canterbury United10 January 2009Memorial Park(Report)20px|border Waikato FC 0 – 120px|border Hawke's Bay United11 January 2009Centennial Park(Report)20px|border Waitakere United 2 – 020px|border Team Wellington11 January 2009Douglas Field(Report) 20px|border Otago United 0 – 1 20px|border Auckland City FC11 January 2009Sunnyvale Park(Report) Round 9 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border Auckland City FC 3 – 020px|border Waikato FC17 January 2009Kiwitea Street(Report)20px|border Waitakere United 0 – 020px|border Hawke's Bay United18 January 2009Douglas Field(Report)20px|border Team Wellington 3 – 2 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu18 January 2009Newtown Park(Report) 20px|border Canterbury United 1 – 2 20px|border Otago United18 January 2009English Park(Report) Round 10 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu 2 – 0 20px|border Otago United24 January 2009Memorial Park(Report)20px|border Waitakere United 4 – 2 20px|border Auckland City FC24 January 2009Douglas Field(Report)20px|border Waikato FC 3 – 1 20px|border Canterbury United24 January 2009Centennial Park(Report)20px|border Team Wellington 2 – 520px|border Hawke's Bay United25 January 2009Newtown Park(Report) Round 11 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border Auckland City FC 1 – 320px|border Team Wellington31 January 2009Kiwitea Street(Report)20px|border Hawke's Bay United 2 – 3 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu1 February 2009Bluewater Stadium(Report) 20px|border Otago United 3 – 320px|border Waikato FC1 February 2009Sunnyvale Park(Report) 20px|border Canterbury United 0 – 220px|border Waitakere United1 February 2009English Park(Report) Round 12 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports20px|border Waitakere United 3 – 0 20px|border Otago United6 February 2009Douglas Field(Report)20px|border Hawke's Bay United 0 – 1 20px|border Auckland City FC6 February 2009Bluewater Stadium(Report) 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu 1 – 020px|border Waikato FC14 February 2009Memorial Park(Report)20px|border Team Wellington 3 – 120px|border Canterbury United22 February 2009Newtown Park(Report) Round 13 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border Auckland City FC 3 – 0 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu8 February 2009Kiwitea Street(Report)20px|border Waikato FC 2 – 120px|border Waitakere United8 February 2009Centennial Park(Report) 20px|border Otago United 2 – 420px|border Team Wellington8 February 2009Sunnyvale Park(Report) 20px|border Canterbury United 0 – 420px|border Hawke's Bay United8 February 2009English Park(Report) Round 14 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border Auckland City FC 5 – 0 20px|border Canterbury United1 March 2009Kiwitea Street(Report) 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu 2 – 220px|border Waitakere United1 March 2009Memorial Park(Report)20px|border Hawke's Bay United 2 – 0 20px|border Otago United1 March 2009Bluewater Stadium(Report)20px|border Team Wellington 4 – 120px|border Waikato FC1 March 2009Newtown Park(Report) Finals Bracket main 2 Elimination Final Grand Final 200 2+sum yes yes high   4 Team Wellington 0 0 1 Waitakere United 1 5   3 YoungHeart Manawatu 3 0 2 Auckland City 1 3   1 Waitakere United 1 2 Auckland City 2 Semi-final - 1st leg HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports20px|border Team Wellington0 – 120px|border Waitakere United14 March 2009Newtown Park(Report) 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu3 – 1 20px|border Auckland City FC15 March 2009Memorial Park(Report) Semi-final - 2nd leg HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports20px|border Waitakere United5 – 0 (agg. 6 – 0)20px|border Team Wellington21 March 2009Douglas Field(Report) 20px|border Auckland City FC3 – 0 (agg. 4 – 3) 20px|border YoungHeart Manawatu22 March 2009Kiwitea Street(Report) Grand final HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDateVenueReports 20px|border Waitakere United 1–2 20px|border Auckland City FC29 March 2009Douglas Field(Report) External links Official NZFC website NZ Soccer Scoreboard - NZFC 2008-09 page Category:New Zealand Football Championship seasons 1 New Zealand