2020–21 New Zealand Football Championship

The 2020–21 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the ISPS Handa Men's Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth and final season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Eight teams compete in the competition with Auckland City and Team Wellington representing the ISPS Handa Men's Premiership in the 2021 OFC Champions League after Auckland City finished Premiers, with Team Wellington finishing regular season runners-up in the 2019–20 competition, after the remainder of the competition was cancelled mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.^[1] The change from ten teams to eight teams was due to Tasman United and Southern United joining Canterbury United to form a united South Island team, playing under the Canterbury United name.^[2] Auckland City won the league with a game in hand, taking top spot for their 12th premiership.^[3]

ISPS Handa Men's Premiership

Season	2020–21
Champions	Team Wellington
Premiers	Auckland City
Matches played	56
Goals scored	186 (3.32 per match)
Best Player	Alex Paulsen (Wellington Phoenix)
Top goalscorer	Hamish Watson (12) (Team Wellington)
Biggest home win	Eastern Suburbs 8–0 Wellington Phoenix (31 January 2021)
Biggest away win	Canterbury United 0–4 Waitakere United (14 November 2020) Wellington Phoenix 0–4 Eastern Suburbs (28 November 2020) Hamilton Wanderers 0–4 Auckland City (31 January 2021)
Highest scoring	Eastern Suburbs 8–0 Wellington Phoenix (31 January 2021)
← 2019–20 2021 National League → All statistics correct as of 21 March 2021. Steve Sumner Trophy - Andy Bevin (Team Wellington)

Waitakere

Akld City

E.Suburbs

Hamilton

Team Wgtn

Phoenix

Canterbury

Hawke's Bay

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City	Auckland	Kiwitea Street	3,250	José Figueira^[4]	Dynasty Sport^[5]	Vuksich & Borich, Trillian Trust Inc
Canterbury United	Christchurch	English Park	9,000	Lee Padmore^[6]	Nike	McDonald's
Eastern Suburbs	Auckland	Madills Farm	1,000	Tony Readings^[7]^[8]	Lilywhites	Winger Motors
Hamilton Wanderers	Hamilton	Porritt Stadium	5,000	Kale Herbert^[9]	Dynasty Sport^[10]	The Soccer Shop
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	5,000	Chris Greatholder   Bill Robertson^[11]	Adidas	Thirsty Whale
Team Wellington	Wellington	David Farrington Park	2,250	Scott Hales^[12]	Nike	Stonewood Homes
Waitakere United	Auckland	Seddon Fields	1,000	Chris Milicich	Lotto Sport Italia	Triumph Motorcycles
Wellington Phoenix	Lower Hutt	Fraser Park	750	Paul Temple^[13]	Adidas	Huawei

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	14	8	4	2	27	13	+14	28	Qualification to OFC Champions League group stage and Finals series
2	Team Wellington (C)	14	7	5	2	35	21	+14	26	Qualification to Finals series and disbanded at end of season
3	Hamilton Wanderers	14	5	5	4	23	21	+2	20	Qualification to Finals series
4	Eastern Suburbs	14	5	4	5	25	23	+2	19
5	Waitakere United	14	4	6	4	28	26	+2	18	Disbanded at end of season
6	Canterbury United	14	5	3	6	21	24	−3	18
7	Hawke's Bay United	14	4	1	9	17	29	−12	13
8	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	14	2	4	8	18	37	−19	10

Source: NZ Football
(C) Champions

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Auckland City	3	6	4	4	5	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Canterbury United	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Eastern Suburbs	5	5	3	3	3	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4
Hamilton Wanderers	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Hawke's Bay United	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	7
Team Wellington	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Waitakere United	1	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	6	6	6	4	5
Wellington Phoenix	6	3	6	6	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8

Source: NZ Football
  = Leader and qualification to OFC Champions League Group stage;   = Qualification to Finals series

Fixtures and results

The season was scheduled to be played on a home and away basis between 14 November 2020 and 28 February 2021, with the finals series being played in March 2021.^[14] On 27 February 2021 it was announced that the game between Hawkes Bay United and Eastern Suburbs for Round 14 had been delayed because of a COVID-19 outbreak that resulted in the Auckland region moving to Level 3 and the rest of the country changing to Level 2.^[15] New Zealand Football announced that the game was to be rescheduled to be played as a midweek fixture sometime between 8–12 March but is dependent on the Alert Levels coming down.^[16] It was also announced that if the restrictions in Auckland remained, then the game would be cancelled and classed as a draw with both clubs sharing the points. If that was to happen, then the final top four teams for the semi-finals would be Auckland City, Team Wellington, Hamilton Wanderers and Waitakere United.^[16] This potentially could cause more issues, as two of the teams (Auckland City and Waitakere United) are based in the Auckland region so was also advised that in the event that the restrictions where still in place when the semi-finals where due to be played, then the competition would proceed to a straight final to be played between the two clubs that where top of the league at the end of the season.^[16] This would then see Auckland City and Team Wellington play the final, scheduled to be played on 21 March.^[16] With the restrictions in Auckland being lowered, the game was rescheduled and played on Wednesday 10 March 2021. The result of the game decided on who finished fourth and faced Auckland City for the second Semi-final.^[17]

Results table

Home \ Away	AC	CU	ES	HW	HB	TW	WU	WP
Auckland City	—	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–1
Canterbury United	1–0	—	1–0	2–3	2–1	0–2	0–4	5–1
Eastern Suburbs	1–1	3–1	—	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	8–0
Hamilton Wanderers	2–0	1–1	1–2	—	1–4	1–1	3–2	1–1
Hawke's Bay United	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–3	—	2–2	2–0	3–2
Team Wellington	2–2	3–1	7–0	3–2	2–1	—	3–4	5–2
Waitakere United	0–3	3–3	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–4
Wellington Phoenix Reserves	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

All times are in New Zealand Time.

Round 1

Canterbury United v Waitakere United

14 November 2020	Canterbury United	0–4	Waitakere United	Christchurch
14:00			Greive   45' Garriga   62' Connor-McClean   81' Schnell   90'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Chris Bennett

Wellington Phoenix v Team Wellington

14 November 2020	Wellington Phoenix	0–1	Team Wellington	Lower Hutt
14:00			Sinclair   89'	Stadium: Fraser Park Referee: Calvin-Kei Berg

Hawke's Bay United v Hamilton Wanderers

15 November 2020	Hawke's Bay United	0–3	Hamilton Wanderers	Napier
14:00			Signey   53', 55' Tieku   85'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

Auckland City v Eastern Suburbs

15 November 2020	Auckland City	1–0	Eastern Suburbs	Auckland
16:00	Tade   67' (pen.)			Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Matt Conger

Round 2

Team Wellington v Hawke's Bay United

21 November 2020	Team Wellington	2–1	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington
13:00	Hailemariam   70' Moreira   90'		Randall   66'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matt Conger

Waitakere United v Wellington Phoenix

21 November 2020	Waitakere United	1–4	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
13:30	Greive   23'		Khan   33' (o.g.) van Hattum   53' Old   90', 90+5'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Ben O'Connell

Hamilton Wanderers v Auckland City

22 November 2020	Hamilton Wanderers	2–0	Auckland City	Hamilton
14:00	Tieku   32', 44'			Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Luke Gardner

Eastern Suburbs v Canterbury United

22 November 2020	Eastern Suburbs	3–1	Canterbury United	Auckland
16:00	Kalua   37' Thurston   41' Sinclair   63'		Richards   56'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: John Rowbury

Round 3

Wellington Phoenix v Eastern Suburbs

28 November 2020	Wellington Phoenix	0–4	Eastern Suburbs	Lower Hutt
13:00		Report	Hoyle   3' Thurston   32', 53' Strong   81'	Stadium: Fraser Park Referee: Chris Bennett

Waitakere United v Team Wellington

28 November 2020	Waitakere United	2–2	Team Wellington	Auckland
13:00	Searle   48' Redfearn   90+2'	Report	Moreira   40' Watson   60' (pen.)	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: John Rowbury

Auckland City v Hawke's Bay United

29 November 2020	Auckland City	2–1	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
14:00	Howieson   76' (pen.) Manickum   90+2'	Report	Randall   26'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Ben O'Connell

Canterbury United v Hamilton Wanderers

29 November 2020	Canterbury United	2–3	Hamilton Wanderers	Christchurch
16:00	Schwarz   45+1' Coughlan   55' (pen.)	Report	Tieku   34' Semmy   52' Lamb   79'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Matt Conger

Round 4

Hamilton Wanderers v Wellington Phoenix

6 December 2020	Hamilton Wanderers	1–1	Wellington Phoenix	Hamilton
13:00	Semmy   90+4' (pen)		Bidois   83'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

Hawke's Bay United v Canterbury United

6 December 2020	Hawke's Bay United	0–3	Canterbury United	Napier
13:30			Delaney   51' Coughlan   68' Taguchi   71'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Chris Bennett

Eastern Suburbs v Waitakere United

6 December 2020	Eastern Suburbs	2–2	Waitakere United	Auckland
16:00	Thurston   48' Hoyle   78' (pen)		Duncan   14' Redfearn   40'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Calvin Berg

Team Wellington v Auckland City

6 December 2020	Team Wellington	2–2	Auckland City	Wellington
16:00	Moreira   51' (pen.) Watson   54'		Rogerson   12', 23'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: John Rowbury

Round 5

Wellington Phoenix v Hawke's Bay United

12 December 2020	Wellington Phoenix	3–0	Hawke's Bay United	Lower Hutt
14:00	Ott   51' Raimbault   75' Bidois   78'			Stadium: Fraser Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

Waitakere United v Hamilton Wanderers

12 December 2020	Waitakere United	1–1	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
15:00	Kilkolly   86'		Semmy   63'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Matt Conger

Eastern Suburbs v Team Wellington

13 December 2020	Eastern Suburbs	1–1	Team Wellington	Auckland
15:00	Thurston   45+2'		Barcia   34'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Nick Waldron

Canterbury United v Auckland City

13 December 2020	Canterbury United	1–0	Auckland City	Christchurch
16:00	Richards   89'			Stadium: English Park Referee: Calvin Berg

Round 6

Auckland City v Wellington Phoenix

19 December 2020	Auckland City	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
13:30	Manickum   58', 68' Rogerson   86' Awad   90+4'		Bidois   45'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: John Rowbury

Team Wellington v Canterbury United

19 December 2020	Team Wellington	3–1	Canterbury United	Wellington
14:00	Watson   43', 75' Mason-Smith   47'		King   88'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matt Conger

Hawke's Bay United v Waitakere United

20 December 2020	Hawke's Bay United	2–0	Waitakere United	Napier
13:00	Randall   11', 85'			Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

Hamilton Wanderers v Eastern Suburbs

20 December 2020	Hamilton Wanderers	1–2	Eastern Suburbs	Hamilton
16:00	Tieku   20'		Feutz   11', 34'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Calvin Berg

Round 7

Wellington Phoenix v Canterbury United

9 January 2021	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Canterbury United	Lower Hutt
14:00	van Hattum   19'		Surman   23' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fraser Park Referee: Calvin Berg

Hamilton Wanderers v Team Wellington

10 January 2021	Hamilton Wanderers	1–1	Team Wellington	Hamilton
14:00	Tieku   45' (pen.)		Barcia   42'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

Eastern Suburbs v Hawke's Bay United

10 January 2021	Eastern Suburbs	1–2	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
15:00	Drake   70'		Hoy   56', 63'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: John Rowbury

Waitakere United v Auckland City

10 January 2021	Waitakere United	0–3	Auckland City	Auckland
16:00			Awad   11' Rogerson   23' Howieson   48'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Matt Conger

Round 8

Auckland City v Hamilton Wanderers

16 January 2021	Auckland City	2–1	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
14:00	Harris   31' (o.g.) Kaltack   53'	Report	Comber   80'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Calvin Berg

Canterbury United v Eastern Suburbs

16 January 2021	Canterbury United	1–0	Eastern Suburbs	Christchurch
15:30	Richards   75'	Report		Stadium: English Park Referee: Nick Waldron

Hawke's Bay United v Team Wellington

17 January 2021	Hawke's Bay United	2–2	Team Wellington	Napier
13:00	Akers   64' Delhommelle   75' (pen.)	Report	Mason-Smith   17' Watson   40'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Matt Conger

Wellington Phoenix v Waitakere United

17 January 2021	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Waitakere United	Lower Hutt
16:00	Mogg   78'	Report	Gibert   23'	Stadium: Fraser Park Referee: John Rowbury

Round 9

Waitakere United v Canterbury United

23 January 2021	Waitakere United	3–3	Canterbury United	Auckland
15:30	Schnell   77' Gibert   79' Grieve   87'		Mitchell   17' Matthysen   38' Coughlan   90'	Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Matt Conger

Hamilton Wanderers v Hawke's Bay United

24 January 2021	Hamilton Wanderers	1–4	Hawke's Bay United	Hamilton
14:00	Harris   35'		Akers   15', 60' Othman   31' Hoyle   75'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

Eastern Suburbs v Auckland City

24 January 2021	Eastern Suburbs	1–1	Auckland City	Auckland
16:00	Mitchell   90' (o.g.)		Manickum   78'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Calvin Berg

Team Wellington v Wellington Phoenix

24 January 2021	Team Wellington	5–2	Wellington Phoenix	Wellington
16:00	Mason-Smith   23', 47' Bevin   79', 87' Surman   90+3' (o.g.)		Old   7' van Hattum   14'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

Round 10

Team Wellington v Waitakere United

30 January 2021	Team Wellington	3–4	Waitakere United	Wellington
13:00	Watson   17', 25' (pen.), 66'	Report	Greive   12' (pen.) Gibert   13' Duncan   24' Murati   57'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

Hamilton Wanderers v Canterbury United

31 January 2021	Hamilton Wanderers	1–1	Canterbury United	Hamilton
13:00	Tieku   41'	Report	Richards   90+2'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

Hawke's Bay United v Auckland City

31 January 2021	Hawke's Bay United	0–4	Auckland City	Napier
14:00		Report	Vollenhoven   31' Kaltack   61' Awad   78' Al-Kalisy   87'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Calvin Berg

Eastern Suburbs v Wellington Phoenix

31 January 2021	Eastern Suburbs	8–0	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
16:00	Mechell   36' Feutz   52', 74', 87', 90+3' Edwards   62' Drake   64', 90'	Report		Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 11

Wellington Phoenix v Hamilton Wanderers

6 February 2021	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Hamilton Wanderers	Lower Hutt
11:30	Clayton   34'		Tieku   63' Lamb   78'	Stadium: Fraser Park Referee: Chris Bennett

Waitakere United v Eastern Suburbs

6 February 2021	Waitakere United	4–0	Eastern Suburbs	Auckland
14:00	Duncan   25' van den Hoven   28' Greive   35' Zoricich   63'			Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Calvin Berg

Canterbury United v Hawke's Bay United

6 February 2021	Canterbury United	2–1	Hawke's Bay United	Christchurch
16:00	Taguchi   8' Wilkinson   78'		Othman   70'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

Auckland City v Team Wellington

7 February 2021	Auckland City	3–1	Team Wellington	Auckland
16:00	Manickum   50' Howieson   70' (pen.) Rogerson   72'		Watson   75'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Matt Conger

Round 12

Team Wellington v Eastern Suburbs

13 February 2021	Team Wellington	7–0	Eastern Suburbs	Wellington
13:00	Watson   3', 46', 69' Bevin   43', 54' Mason-Smith   72' Zeb   90+2'			Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

Hawke's Bay United v Wellington Phoenix

14 February 2021	Hawke's Bay United	3–2	Wellington Phoenix	Napier
13:00	Akers   6', 75' Othman   83'		Toomey   47' Bidois   72'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Luke Gardner

Auckland City v Canterbury United

14 February 2021	Auckland City	2–0	Canterbury United	Auckland
14:00	Howieson   71' (pen.) Rogerson   77'			Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: John Rowbury

Hamilton Wanderers v Waitakere United

14 February 2021	Hamilton Wanderers	3–2	Waitakere United	Hamilton
16:00	Tieku   54', 75', 90+4'		Schnell   58' Cromb   61'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Nick Waldron

Round 13

Canterbury United v Team Wellington

20 February 2021	Canterbury United	0–2	Team Wellington	Christchurch
14:00		Report	Sinclair   30' Bevin   43'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Calvin Berg

Wellington Phoenix v Auckland City

20 February 2021	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Auckland City	Lower Hutt
14:00	Bidois   52'	Report	Rogerson   79'	Stadium: Fraser Park Referee: Ben O'Connell

Eastern Suburbs v Hamilton Wanderers

21 February 2021	Eastern Suburbs	1–1	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
16:00	Drake   62'	Report	Contratti   79'	Stadium: Madills Farm Referee: Nick Waldron

Waitakere United v Hawke's Bay United

21 February 2021	Waitakere United	2–0	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
16:00	van den Hoven   72' Greive   75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Seddon Fields Referee: Chris Bennett

Round 14

Team Wellington v Hamilton Wanderers

27 February 2021	Team Wellington	3–2	Hamilton Wanderers	Wellington
13:00	Mason-Smith   17', 45', 85'		Clarkin   20' Tieku   58'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matt Conger

Canterbury United v Wellington Phoenix

27 February 2021	Canterbury United	5-1	Wellington Phoenix	Christchurch
14:00	Matthysen   32' Wilkinson   37' Coughlan   45+1', 67', 76'		Bidois   63'	Stadium: English Park Referee: Nick Waldron

Auckland City v Waitakere United

27 February 2021	Auckland City	2-2	Waitakere United	Auckland
15:00	Rogerson   17' Awad   61'		Schnell   50' Gibert   90+2'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Calvin Berg

Hawke's Bay United v Eastern Suburbs

10 March 2021	Hawke's Bay United	1–2	Eastern Suburbs	Napier
16:15	Akers   48'	Report	Kalua   56' Drake   70'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

Finals series

Semi-finals

Team Wellington v Hamilton Wanderers

13 March 2021	Team Wellington	4–1	Hamilton Wanderers	Wellington
14:05	Watson   12', 36', 70' Mason-Smith   51'	Report	Semmy   60'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Calvin Berg

Auckland City v Eastern Suburbs

14 March 2021	Auckland City	2–1	Eastern Suburbs	Auckland
14:05	Manickum   5' Gray   51' (o.g.)	Report	Feutz   74'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Nick Waldron

Grand final

21 March 2021

16:10

Auckland City	2–4	Team Wellington
Tade   34' (pen.) Manickum   42'	Report	Bevin   15', 69' Sinclair   31' Whyte   55'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,587

Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

Auckland City

Team Wellington

GK 24 Cameron Brown DF 14 Jordan Vale   74' DF 3 Adam Mitchell   90+4' DF 6 Brian Kaltak DF 23 Alfie Rogers MF 2 Mario Ilich   89' MF 7 Cameron Howieson (c)   51' MF 16 Yousif Al-Kalisy   71' FW 10 Dylan Manickum FW 20 Emiliano Tade FW 22 Mohamed Awad Substitutes: GK 18 Conor Tracey DF 17 Andrew Blake   74' DF 4 Mario Bilen DF 12 Sam Brotherton MF 8 Albert Riera FW 11 Kayne Vincent   89' FW 13 Deandre Vollenhoven   71' Manager: José Figueira

GK 22 Zac Jones DF 14 Jack-Henry Sinclair   82' DF 2 Justin Gulley DF 4 Taylor Schrijvers DF 6 Scott Midgley DF 23 Rory McKeown MF 5 Ollie Whyte MF 11 Mario Barcia (c)   71'   88' MF 12 Andy Bevin FW 8 Sam Mason-Smith   68' FW 9 Hamish Watson Substitutes: GK 1 Scott Basalaj DF 15 Jake Williams MF 13 Sam Dewar MF 19 Haris Zeb   82' MF 20 Wan Gatkek   88' FW 7 João Moreira   68' FW 10 Nathanael Hailemariam Manager: Scott Hales

Steve Sumner Trophy: Andy Bevin

Statistics

As of 28 February 2021

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Derek Tieku	Hamilton Wanderers	12
	Hamish Watson^†	Team Wellington
3	Logan Rogerson	Auckland City	8
	Sam Mason-Smith	Team Wellington
5	Riley Bidois	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	6
	Garbhan Coughlan	Canterbury United
	Ryan Feutz	Eastern Suburbs
	Alex Grieve	Waitakere United
9	Jorge Akers	Hawke's Bay United	5
	Andy Bevin	Team Wellington
	Gerard Garriga	Waitakere United
	Dylan Manickum	Auckland City
	Adam Thurston	Eastern Suburbs

^† Due to reaching 12 goals in less games, Hamish Watson was awarded the Golden Boot at the Grand finals.^[18]

Hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
10^[19]	Hamish Watson	Team Wellington	Waitakere United	3–4	30 January 2021
10^[20]	Ryan Feutz	Eastern Suburbs	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	8–0	31 January 2021
12^[21]	Hamish Watson	Team Wellington	Eastern Suburbs	7–0	13 February 2021
12^[22]	Derek Tieku	Hamilton Wanderers	Waitakere United	3–2	14 February 2021
14^[23]	Sam Mason-Smith	Team Wellington	Hamilton Wanderers	3–2	27 February 2021
14^[23]	Garbhan Coughlan	Canterbury United	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	5–1	27 February 2021

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
2^[24]	Shuiab Khan	Waitakere United	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
7^[25]	Finn Surman	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Canterbury United
8^[26]	Joseph Harris	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland City
9^[27]	Adam Mitchell	Auckland City	Eastern Suburbs
9^[27]	Finn Surman	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	Team Wellington

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External links

• ISPS Handa Men's Premiership website 23 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine