- 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship
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New Zealand Football Championship Season 2005–06 Champions Auckland City Oceania Club Championship Auckland City,
YoungHeart ManawatuMatches played 90 Goals scored 326 (3.62 per match) ← 2004–052006–07 →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 successfully defended the title they won in 2005.
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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
Location of teams in the 2005-06 New Zealand Football ChampionshipFinal league table
Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points Auckland City 21 16 0 5 63 28 48 YoungHeart Manawatu 21 14 4 3 50 29 46 Canterbury United 21 13 2 6 36 22 41 Team Wellington 21 8 4 9 43 53 28 Otago United 21 7 6 8 27 25 27 Waitakere United 21 6 4 11 38 41 22 Waikato FC 21 6 4 11 31 44 22 Hawke's Bay United 21 1 2 18 17 63 5 - Auckland win "Premiership" and qualify for Round 2 of the playoffs
- Manawautu, Canterbury, Wellington and Otago all qualify for Round 1 of the playoffs
Playoffs
In this season's extended playoff system, the games are broken up into several rounds.
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.
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- Game 1: April-2nd: YoungHeart Manawatu 0-0 Canterbury United (AET, Canterbury won on penalties 5-4)
- Game 2: April-2nd: Team Wellington 2-2 Otago United (AET, Wellington won on penalties 4-1)
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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
External links
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