2004–05 New Zealand Football Championship
2004–05 was the first season of the New Zealand Football Championship.
Team locations
Season summary
The league kicked off on 15 October 2004, with a 3–1 victory for
Waikato FC came out best of the rest to take the final playoff position in third, despite making a slow start to the season. Notables among the other teams were Napier City Rovers, who also came back from a slow start to have a chance of making the playoffs in the final week of the season. Otago United won five games all year, but did not win any of their last twelve games.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Auckland City (C) | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 24 | +29 | 46 | Qualified for the finals and Club Championship
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2 | Waitakere United | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 40 | Qualified for the finals |
3 | Waikato FC
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21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 31 | |
4 | Canterbury United
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21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 27 | |
5 | Napier City Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 26 | |
6 | Team Wellington
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21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 23 | |
7 | Otago United | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 46 | −20 | 20 | |
8 | YoungHeart Manawatu
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21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 18 |
https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz05.html
Finals
Waitakere and Waikato play in the Elimination Final, the winner of which plays Auckland in Grand Final.
Bracket
Elimination Final | Grand Final | |||||
1 Auckland City | 3 | |||||
2 Waitakere United | 2 | |||||
2 Waikato | 1 | |||||
Elimination Final
6 March: Waitakere United 4 - 1 Waikato FC
Grand Final
12 March: Auckland City 3 - 2 Waitakere United
Oceania Club Championship
By winning the NZFC, Auckland City went on to represent New Zealand in the