2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship
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The 2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the Stirling Sports Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams competed this season with the addition of Eastern Suburbs AFC and Tasman United, and with WaiBOP United replaced by Hamilton Wanderers.[1]
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Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Team Wellington |
Premiers | Auckland City |
Matches played | 44 |
Goals scored | 139 (3.16 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Aaron Clapham Tom Jackson (8 goals) |
Biggest home win | Auckland City 4–0 Team Wellington (23 October 2016) Auckland City 4–0 Tasman United (29 October 2016) Hamilton Wanderers 4–0 Eastern Suburbs (6 November 2016) Eastern Suburbs 4–0 Southern United (20 November 2016) Wellington Phoenix 4–0 Hamilton Wanderers (10 December 2016) |
Biggest away win | Southern United 0–3 Hawke's Bay United (10 December 2016) |
Highest scoring | Team Wellington 6–6 Waitakere United (26 March 2017) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 18 December 2016. |
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The competition began on 16 October and ended on 2 April 2017.