2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship

ISPS Handa Premiership
Season	2019–20
Champions	Auckland City
Premiers	Auckland City
OFC Champions League	Auckland City; Team Wellington
Matches played	60
Goals scored	226 (3.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Myer Bevan (12)
Biggest home win	Eastern Suburbs 6–0 Southern United; (2 February 2020)
Biggest away win	Canterbury United 1–6 Eastern Suburbs; (19 January 2020)
Highest scoring	Waitakere United 2–6 Auckland City; (11 January 2020)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 2 February 2020.

The 2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ISPS Handa Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the sixteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment, in 2004. Ten teams compete in the competition with Eastern Suburbs and Auckland City representing the ISPS Handa Premiership in the 2020 OFC Champions League after finishing Champions (Eastern Suburbs) and Premiers (Auckland City) respectively in the 2018–19 competition.

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City	Auckland	Kiwitea Street	3,250	José Figueira^[1]	Kappa	Trillian Trust Inc (Front) Carters (Back)
Canterbury United	Christchurch	English Park	9,000	Lee Padmore^[2]	Nike	Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Eastern Suburbs	Auckland	Madills Farm	5,000	Tony Readings^[3]^[4]	Lilywhites	Winger Motors
Hamilton Wanderers	Hamilton	Porritt Stadium	5,000	Kale Herbert^[5]	Kelme	The Soccer Shop
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	5,000	Chris Greatholder Bill Robertson^[6]	Adidas	Thirsty Whale
Southern United	Dunedin	Sunnyvale Park	1,000	Paul O'Reilly^[7]	Lotto Sport Italia	Freshwater Solutions
Tasman United	Nelson	Trafalgar Park	18,000	Jess Ibrom^[8]	Nike	Nelson Pine LVL (Front) Sprig & Fern (Back)
Team Wellington	Wellington	David Farrington Park	2,250	Scott Hales^[9]	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^[10]	Adidas	Huawei

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position on table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Hamilton Wanderers	Ricki Herbert	Resigned^[5]	4 December 2019	10th	Kale Herbert	4 December 2019^[5]

Regular season

League table

On 18 March 2020, New Zealand Football announced that the 2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship season had been concluded due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining two rounds of the regular season and the finals series were cancelled. Auckland City, who were leading the regular season table, were declared champions and also awarded the Minor Premiership, and qualified for the 2021 OFC Champions League together with Team Wellington, who were at second place in the regular season table.^[11]^[12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City (C)	16	11	4	1	42	15	+27	37	Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage
2	Team Wellington	16	10	4	2	36	15	+21	34	Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage
3	Waitakere United	16	8	3	5	35	32	+3	27
4	Eastern Suburbs	16	6	4	6	33	26	+7	22
5	Tasman United	16	6	2	8	27	26	+1	20	Disbanded at end of season
6	Hamilton Wanderers	16	6	2	8	24	39	−15	20
7	Southern United	16	5	4	7	25	38	−13	19	Disbanded at end of season
8	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	16	4	6	6	30	32	−2	18
9	Hawke's Bay United	16	4	3	9	32	44	−12	15
10	Canterbury United	16	2	4	10	19	36	−17	10

Source: NZ Football
(C) Champions

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Team ╲ Round
Auckland City	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Canterbury United	7	6	6	7	8	8	9	7	8	9	10	10
Eastern Suburbs	5	8	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	4	3	3
Hamilton Wanderers	9	7	8	9	10	10	8	6	4	3	5	6
Hawke's Bay United	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	7	7
Southern United	2	4	7	5	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	8
Tasman United	10	10	10	8	7	7	6	9	5	5	6	5
Team Wellington	1	2	5	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Waitakere United	3	1	2	2	4	4	5	5	9	7	4	4
Wellington Phoenix	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9

	Leader and qualification to OFC Champions League Group stage
	Qualification to Finals series

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2020. Source: NZ Football

Notes:

Southern United beat Tasman United 4–0 in round 1, however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had played an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3–0 result to Tasman United.^[13]^[14]

Fixtures and results

The season was scheduled to be played on a home and away basis between November 2019 and March 2020, with the finals series being played in April 2020.^[15]

Round 1

2 November 2019	Hawke's Bay United	2–3	Auckland City	Napier
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Hoy 32' Parker 68'	Report	Bevan 14', 21', 45'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Ben O'Connell

2 November 2019	Waitakere United	3–1	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Schnell 33' McIsaac 43' Porter 80'	Report	Sutton 2'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

2 November 2019	Southern United	0–3*	Tasman United	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT	Stevens 31', 51' Last 16' Coughlan 58'	Report		Stadium: Logan Park Referee: Cory Mills

3 November 2019	Team Wellington	5–1	Hamilton Wanderers	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Watson 15', 54' Bassett 27' Bevin 66' Kilkolly 90'	Report	Tieku 31'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matthew Conger

3 November 2019	Eastern Suburbs	1–0	Canterbury United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	Mechell 63'	Report		Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh

*Southern United beat Tasman United 4–0 however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had played an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3–0 result to Tasman United.^[13]

Round 2

10 November 2019	Wellington Phoenix	3–4	Hawke's Bay United	Porirua
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT	Driehuis 88', 90+2', 90+3'	Report	Sacramento 8', 65', 78' Selemani 49'	Stadium: Porirua Park Referee: Calvin Berg

10 November 2019	Canterbury United	2–1	Southern United	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	King 18' Dalton 83'	Report	Coughlan 13'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Matthew Conger

10 November 2019	Hamilton Wanderers	3–0	Eastern Suburbs	Hamilton
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Butler 33' Tieku 35' Semmy 44'	Report		Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Sean Reilly

10 November 2019	Tasman United	0–2	Waitakere United	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Connor-McLean 66', 90+3'	Stadium: Saxton Field Referee: Ben O'Connell

10 November 2019	Auckland City	2–2	Team Wellington	Auckland
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	Bevan 24' (pen.) Rogerson 78'	Report	Bassett 38' Watson 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Cory Mills

Round 3

16 November 2019	Hamilton Wanderers	0–5	Auckland City	Cambridge
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Rogerson 28' 37' (o.g.) Bevan 44' (pen.), 60' Browne 87'	Stadium: John Kerkhof Park Referee: Luke Gardner

16 November 2019	Waitakere United	1–1	Canterbury United	Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Connor-McLean 81'	Report	Liddicoat 15'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Cory Mills

16 November 2019	Hawke's Bay United	2–0	Tasman United	Napier
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT	Delaney 9' Robertson 34'	Report		Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Antony Riley

16 November 2019	Southern United	2–4	Eastern Suburbs	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT	Coughlan 49' (pen.) Brook 67'	Report	Drake 25' Bueno 27' Hoyle 47' Awad 58'	Stadium: Logan Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

17 November 2019	Team Wellington	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Watson 23' Bassett 26'	Report	Waine 55', 64'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Sean Reilly

Round 4

23 November 2019	Southern United	4–0	Hamilton Wanderers	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:30 NZDT	Al-Kalisy 4', 90+1' O'Keeffe 11' Stevens 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: Calvin Berg

23 November 2019	Wellington Phoenix	0–3	Auckland City	Wellington
Saturday, 16:30 NZDT		Report	Bevan 43' (pen.) Manickum 82' Vale 89'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Referee: Ben O'Connell

24 November 2019	Canterbury United	2–2	Hawke's Bay United	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Mitchell 5' Zeb 75'	Report	Selemani 64' Goto 75'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Sean Reilly

24 November 2019	Tasman United	1–0	Team Wellington	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Saïko 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Saxton Field Referee: Cory Mills

24 November 2019	Eastern Suburbs	1–1	Waitakere United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	de Jong 40'	Report	Schnell 33'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Luke Gardner

Round 5

30 November 2019	Waitakere United	2–5	Southern United	Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	50' (o.g.) Duncan 90'	Report	Coughlan 28' Mackenzie 31' Stevens 38', 51', 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Nick Waldron

1 December 2019	Hawke's Bay United	3–3	Eastern Suburbs	Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Akers 39' Selemani 65', 78'	Report	Hoyle 8', 12' Gray 84'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh

1 December 2019	Hamilton Wanderers	2–4	Wellington Phoenix	Hamilton
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Wilke 2' Tieku 10'	Report	Othman 15', 56' Sutton 42' (pen.) Sprowson 80'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Cory Mills

1 December 2019	Team Wellington	2–1	Canterbury United	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Sinclair 24' McKeown 31'	Report	Ferguson 22'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Calvin Berg

1 December 2019	Auckland City	2–1	Tasman United	Auckland
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	Howieson 37' Bevan 48' (pen.)	Report	Boss 75'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Round 6

7 December 2019	Southern United	2–2	Hawke's Bay United	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT	Ledwith 48' Brook 86'	Report	Delaney 2' Selemani 56'	Stadium: Logan Park Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

8 December 2019	Canterbury United	0–3	Auckland City	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Bilen 65' Bevan 71' Howieson 90 + 3'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh

8 December 2019	Hamilton Wanderers	1–2	Waitakere United	Hamilton
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Terry 58'	Report	Burfoot 26' Foulds 44'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Matthew Conger

8 December 2019	Tasman United	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Tod-Smith 52'	Report	Heath 27'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park Referee: Nick Waldron

8 December 2019	Eastern Suburbs	2–3	Team Wellington	Auckland
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	Drake 48' Bueno 55' (pen.)	Report	Bassett 60' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Sinclair 81'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Cory Mills

Round 7

14 December 2019	Wellington Phoenix	3–3	Canterbury United	Porirua
Saturday, 13:00 NZDT	Othman 11', 84' Heath 19'	Report	King 9' Clapham 54' Chang 90+7'	Stadium: Porirua Park Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh

14 December 2019	Auckland City	0–0	Eastern Suburbs	Auckland
Saturday, 16:30 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Matthew Conger

15 December 2019	Hawke's Bay United	4–2	Waitakere United	Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Selemani 30' Signey 69' Delaney 76', 84'	Report	Porter 13' McIsaac 45+2'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

15 December 2019	Tasman United	2–3	Hamilton Wanderers	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Tod-Smith 25' Randall 45+2'	Report	Tieku 12' Butler 51' (pen.) Semmy 56'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park Referee: Cory Mills

15 December 2019	Team Wellington	6–1	Southern United	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Sinclair 10', 67' Bassett 13' McKeown 47' Stamecic 49' Watson 64'	Report	Coughlan 72'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Antony Riley

Round 8

20 December 2019	Canterbury United	2–0	Tasman United	Christchurch
Friday, 18:30 NZDT	King 72' Clapham 74'	Report		Stadium: English Park Referee: Calvin Berg

21 December 2019	Waitakere United	1–1	Team Wellington	Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Schnell 60'	Report	Watson 90+4'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh

21 December 2019	Southern United	0–0	Auckland City	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: Logan Park Referee: Dan Woulahan

22 December 2019	Eastern Suburbs	2–2	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	Bueno 55' (pen.) Drake 74'	Report	Waine 9' Hooper 40'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Antony Riley

22 December 2019	Hamilton Wanderers	2–1	Hawke's Bay United	Hamilton
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	Tieku 75' Butler 90'	Report	Selemani 87'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Round 9

11 January 2020	Waitakere United	2–6	Auckland City	Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Schnell 56' Carlson-Du Toit 83'	Report	Manickum 20', 48' Howieson 40' Bevan 64' Lewis 80' Bonsu-Maro 86'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Matthew Conger

11 January 2020	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Southern United	Wellington
Saturday, 16:30 NZDT	Heath 32'	Report	Cromb 85'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Referee: Antony Riley

12 January 2020	Canterbury United	1–3	Hamilton Wanderers	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	King 68'	Report	Tieku 82' Semmy 84', 88'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Nick Waldron

12 January 2020	Tasman United	2–0	Eastern Suburbs	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Saïko 49' Brooks 90+7'	Report		Stadium: Saxton Field Referee: Calvin Berg

12 January 2020	Team Wellington	4–0	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Watson 4', 5' Mason-Smith 37' Hailemariam 90+3'	Report		Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

Round 10

18 January 2020	Tasman United	5–0	Southern United	Blenheim
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT	Saïko 6' Slotemaker 15' Watson 55' Randall 60' Vickers 69'	Report		Stadium: Lansdowne Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

19 January 2020	Canterbury United	1–6	Eastern Suburbs	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Ferguson 1'	Report	Thurston 29', 73' (pen.) Gray 37' Bueno 41', 45' Drake 83'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Cory Mills

19 January 2020	Hamilton Wanderers	1–0	Team Wellington	Hamilton
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Tieku 11'	Report		Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Antony Riley

19 January 2020	Wellington Phoenix	3–4	Waitakere United	Porirua
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Heath 22', 90+2' Bidois 52'	Report	Porter 12' Schnell 27' Zambrano 54' Connor-McLean 90+6'	Stadium: Porirua Park Referee: Sean Reilly

19 January 2020	Auckland City	4–2	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
Sunday, 18:00 NZDT	Bevan 37', 65' Berlanga 38' Howieson 90+1'	Report	Robertson 34' Kilkolly 54'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Calvin Berg

Round 11

25 January 2020	Waitakere United	3–2	Tasman United	Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT	Gibert 45+3' Porter 53' Burfoot 72'	Report	Saïko 3' Watson 49'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Luke Gardner

25 January 2020	Southern United	2–1	Canterbury United	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT	Ledwith 61' Cromb 85'	Report	King 23'	Stadium: Logan Park Referee: Nick Waldron

26 January 2020	Hawke's Bay United	0–2	Wellington Phoenix	Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Othman 55' Old 64'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Cory Mills

26 January 2020	Eastern Suburbs	3–0	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	Bueno 4', 53' Thurston 24'	Report		Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Ben O'Connell

26 January 2020	Team Wellington	0–0	Auckland City	Wellington
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT		Report		Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Antony Riley

Round 12

1 February 2020	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Team Wellington	Porirua
Saturday, 14:00 NZDT		Report	Sinclair 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Porirua Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

2 February 2020	Eastern Suburbs	6–0	Southern United	Auckland
Sunday, 12:00 NZDT	Bueno 9', 47', 53' Built 22' Drake 70' Kalua 78'	Report		Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Antony Riley

2 February 2020	Auckland City	3–1	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Tade 34' 44' (o.g.) Bevan 77'	Report	Ott 84'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Luke Gardner

2 February 2020	Tasman United	3–1	Hawke's Bay United	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT	Saïko 34', 73' Winterton 49'	Report	Selemani 90+5'	Stadium: Saxton Field Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh

2 February 2020	Canterbury United	1–2	Waitakere United	Christchurch
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT	Richards 55'	Report	Burfoot 77' Schnell 85'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Cory Mills

Round 13

8 February 2020	Waitakere United	v	Eastern Suburbs	Auckland
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: Seddon Fields

9 February 2020	Hamilton Wanderers	v	Southern United	Hamilton
Sunday, 12:00 NZDT				Stadium: Porritt Stadium

9 February 2020	Hawke's Bay United	v	Canterbury United	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

9 February 2020	Auckland City	v	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Kiwitea Street

9 February 2020	Team Wellington	v	Tasman United	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: David Farrington Park

Round 14

15 February 2020	Southern United	v	Waitakere United	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: Logan Park

15 February 2020	Wellington Phoenix	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
Saturday, 16:30 NZDT				Stadium: Eden Park

Round 15

23 February 2020	Eastern Suburbs	v	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Madills Farm

23 February 2020	Tasman United	v	Auckland City	Nelson
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

23 February 2020	Canterbury United	v	Team Wellington	Christchurch
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: English Park

Round 16

29 February 2020	Waitakere United	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: Seddon Fields

1 March 2020	Hawke's Bay United	v	Southern United	Napier
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

1 March 2020	Team Wellington	v	Eastern Suburbs	Wellington
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: David Farrington Park

Round 17

8 March 2020	Auckland City	v	Canterbury United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Kiwitea Street

8 March 2020	Wellington Phoenix	v	Tasman United	Porirua
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Porirua Park

Round 18

14 March 2019	Waitakere United	v	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
Saturday, 15:00 NZDT				Stadium: Seddon Fields

14 March 2020	Southern United	v	Team Wellington	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: Logan Park

15 March 2020	Hamilton Wanderers	v	Tasman United	Hamilton
Sunday, 12:00 NZDT				Stadium: Porritt Stadium

15 March 2020	Canterbury United	v	Wellington Phoenix	Christchurch
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: English Park

15 March 2020	Eastern Suburbs	v	Auckland City	Auckland
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: Madills Farm

Round 19

22 March 2020	Wellington Phoenix	v	Eastern Suburbs	Porirua
Sunday, 13:00 NZDT				Stadium: Porirua Park

22 March 2020	Hawke's Bay United	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Napier
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

22 March 2020	Auckland City	v	Southern United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Kiwitea Street

22 March 2020	Team Wellington	v	Waitakere United	Wellington
Sunday, 15:00 NZDT				Stadium: David Farrington Park

22 March 2020	Tasman United	v	Canterbury United	Nelson
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

Round 20

28 March 2020	Southern United	v	Wellington Phoenix	Dunedin
Saturday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: Logan Park

29 March 2020	Hamilton Wanderers	v	Canterbury United	Hamilton
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Porritt Stadium

29 March 2020	Auckland City	v	Waitakere United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Kiwitea Street

29 March 2020	Eastern Suburbs	v	Tasman United	Auckland
Sunday, 14:00 NZDT				Stadium: Madills Farm

29 March 2020	Hawke's Bay United	v	Team Wellington	Napier
Sunday, 16:00 NZDT				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

Finals series

Semi-finals

11/12 April 2020

1st	v	4th

TBC

11/12 April 2020

2nd	v	3rd

TBC

Grand final

19 April 2020

Sunday, 16:35 NZDT

Winner SF1	v	Winner SF2

QBE Stadium, Auckland

Statistics

As of 2 February 2020

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Myer Bevan	Auckland City	13
2	Martín Bueno	Eastern Suburbs	10
3	Ahinga Selemani	Hawke's Bay United	8
3	Hamish Watson	Team Wellington	8
5	Derek Tieku	Hamilton Wanderers	7
6	Ollie Bassett	Team Wellington	6
	Jean-Philippe Saiko	Tasman United
	Dane Schnell	Waitakere United
9	Reid Drake	Eastern Suburbs	5
	Byron Heath	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
	George King	Canterbury United
	Ahmed Othman	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
	Jack-Henry Sinclair	Team Wellington

Hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
1	Myer Bevan	Auckland City	Waitakere United	3–2	2 November 2019	^[16]
2	Dylan Sacramento	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	3–4	10 November 2019	^[17]
2	Blake Driehuis	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Hawke's Bay United	3–4	10 November 2019	^[17]
5	Joel Stevens	Southern United	Hawke's Bay United	5–2	1 December 2019	^[18]
12	Martín Bueno	Eastern Suburbs	Southern United	6–0	2 February 2020	^[19]

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External links

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

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