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The 2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ISPS Handa Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams competed in the competition with Auckland City and Team Wellington representing the ISPS Handa Premiership in the 2019 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions and Premiers (Auckland City) and runner-up (Team Wellington) respectively in the 2017–18 competition.

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City	Auckland	Kiwitea Street	3,250	Ramon Tribulietx	Kappa	Trillian Trust Inc (Front) Carters (Back)
Canterbury United	Christchurch	English Park	9,000	Willy Gerdsen	Nike	Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Eastern Suburbs	Auckland	Riverhills Park	5,000	Danny Hay	Lilywhites	Winger Motors
Hamilton Wanderers	Hamilton	Porritt Stadium	5,000	Ricki Herbert	Kelme	The Soccer Shop
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	5,000	Brett Angell	Adidas	Thirsty Whale
Southern United	Dunedin	Sunnyvale Park	1,000	Paul O'Reilly	Lotto Sport Italia	Freshwater Solutions
Tasman United	Nelson	Trafalgar Park	18,000	Andy Hedge	Nike	Nelson Pine LVL (Front) Sprig & Fern (Back)
Team Wellington	Wellington	David Farrington Park	2,250	José Figueira	Nike	Stonewood Homes
Waitakere United	Auckland	The Trusts Arena	4,900	Chris Milicich	Lotto Sport Italia	Mitre 10 Mega - Henderson (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back)
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Porirua Park	1,900	Paul Temple	Adidas	Huawei

Regular season

League table

1. ^ Head-to-head results: Team Wellington 1–1 Canterbury United, Canterbury United 2–1 Team Wellington.
2. ^ Head-to-head results: Hawke's Bay United 0–2 Hamilton Wanderers, Hamilton Wanderers 4–4 Hawke's Bay United.

Positions by round

Notes:

• The match between Southern United and Auckland City in Round 3 was abandoned at 0–0 after 47 minutes due to the pitch becoming unplayable, it will be rescheduled for 14 February 2019.
• Waitakere United were tied with Wellington Phoenix Reserves at the end of Round 3 in last place.
• The match between Canterbury United and Tasman United was cancelled due to the Christchurch mosque shootings and awarded as a 0–0 draw.

Fixtures and results

The 2018–19 season sees every team play the other both home and away. With the finals series being played at the end of March 2019

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

* The match between Canterbury United and Tasman United was cancelled due to the Christchurch mosque shootings and awarded as a 0–0 draw.

Finals series

Semi-finals

Grand final

Eastern Suburbs

Team Wellington

GK 1 Andrew Withers DF 16 Dominic Wooldridge  89' DF 3 Kelvin Kalua  90' DF 4 Nando Pijnaker MF 15 Dalton Wilkins  76' MF 7 Tim Payne (c) MF 6 Harry Edge MF 8 Owen Parker-Price FW 14 Elijah Just  81' FW 10 Andre de Jong FW 9 Callum McCowatt 7', 36', 58' Substitutes: GK 21 Justin Biega DF 2 Alex Clayton DF 5 Adam Thomas MF 23 Campbell Strong  89' MF 17 Michael Built  90' MF 12 Kingsley Sinclair FW 11 Mohammed Awad  81' Manager: Danny Hay

GK 1 Scott Basalaj DF 11 Bill Robertson  51' DF 4 Mario Ilich DF 16 Taylor Schrijvers MF 14 Jack-Henry Sinclair MF 17 Alex Palezević MF 12 Andy Bevin (c)  38' MF 18 Aaron Clapham  54' MF 15 Joel Stevens  51' FW 10 Nathanael Hailemariam FW 16 Angus Kilkolly Substitutes: GK 22 Marcel Kampman DF 3 Adam Mitchell MF 7 Eric Molloy  51' MF 8 Henry Cameron MF 13 Daniel Mulholland  54' FW 19 Ross Allen  51' Manager: José Figueira

Statistics

As of 17 March 2019

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Callum McCowatt	Eastern Suburbs	18
2	Andre de Jong	Eastern Suburbs	16
	Sam Mason-Smith	Hawke's Bay United
4	Garbhan Coughlan	Southern United	13
5	Martín Bueno	Hamilton Wanderers	12
6	Stephen Hoyle	Canterbury United	10
	Tommy Semmy	Hamilton Wanderers
8	Javier López	Auckland City	8
	Ahmed Othman	Tasman United
	Ben Waine	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
	Hamish Watson	Team Wellington

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Martín Bueno	Hamilton Wanderers	Waitakere United	4–3	16 December 2018
Sam Mason-Smith	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	4–1	6 January 2019
Callum McCowatt	Eastern Suburbs	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	4–0	12 January 2019
Garbhan Coughlan	Southern United	Hamilton Wanderers	3–1	19 January 2019
Alex Connor-McLean	Waitakere United	Hawke's Bay United	7–2	24 February 2019
Andre de Jong	Eastern Suburbs	Waitakere United	5–1	3 March 2019
Callum McCowatt	Eastern Suburbs	Team Wellington	3–0	31 March 2019

Own goals

References

1. "Premiership Team Management". Auckland City FC. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
2. "Canterbury United". Canterbury United FC. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
3. "Ole at Eastern". Eastern Suburbs. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
4. "Hamilton Wanderers National League". Hamilton Wanderers. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
5. "About Us". Hawkes Bay United Football. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
6. "2017/18 Squad". Southern United. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
7. "2018 - 19 Tasman United Men's ISPS Handa Premiership Team". Tasman United. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
8. "First Team Staff". Team Wellington. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
9. "Academy Staff". Wellington Phoenix FC. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
10. Hyslop, Liam (28 October 2018). "Hamilton Wanderers continue strong start to national league season". Stuff.co.nz.
11. ^ "Canterbury United end regular season ahead of Team Wellington". Stuff.co.nz. 17 March 2019.
12. "2018/19 ISPS Handa Premiership Draw". NZ Football. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
13. "ISPS Handa Premiership: Live match centre". 10 February 2019.
14. Hyslop, Liam (16 December 2018). "Auckland City's David Browne returns from skull fracture to bag a brace". Stuff.co.nz.
15. "Auckland City extend their national league unbeaten streak to 21 matches". Stuff.co.nz. 6 January 2019.
16. "Hamilton Wanderers and Hawke's Bay United lose ground in national league". Stuff.co.nz. 13 January 2019.
17. "Eastern Suburbs run rampant as top two go clear in national men's football league". Stuff.co.nz. 20 January 2019.
18. "Team Wellington, Auckland City make winning starts in OFC Champions League". Stuff.co.nz. 24 February 2019.
19. "Andre de Jong hat-trick fires Eastern Suburbs closer to home semifinal". Stuff.co.nz. 3 March 2019.
20. "Callum McCowatt stars as Eastern Suburbs win national men's football league final". Stuff.co.nz. 31 March 2019.

External links

• ISPS Handa Premiership website Archived 23 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine

• New Zealand Football Championship seasons
• 2018–19 in New Zealand association football
• 2018 in Oceanian association football leagues
• 2019 in Oceanian association football leagues