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| Day | Date | Venue | Opposition | Result | F | A | Scorers | Memories |
| Sat | Oct 19 | home | Brisbane Roar | win | 2 | 0 | OG, L. Rogerson | First ever game. Att 24,492. Hiroki Sakai capt, cross put in own net by Roar defender. Rogerson sidefooted in a De Vries cross at far post. |
| Sun | Oct 27 | home | Sydney FC | win | 1 | 0 | N. Pijnaker | Att 14000. Even HT 0 - 0. Plane flew over towing banner NZ is yellow - see you next week! Liam Gillion hit the crossbar of an open goal. Late Sydney goal ruled out for a dubious off-side. Last minute free-kick, backheel goal by Pijnaker wins it. |
| Sat | Nov 2 | away | Welly Phoenix | win | 2 | 0 | J. Brimmer (2) | First Kiwi derby, got a late win pouncing on keeper mistake, and a break away in injury time. Hundreds of fans went to Welly, met at Shepherd's Arms (!). |
| Sun | Nov 24 | away | Macarthur FC | win | 1 | 0 | G. May | Unite round, in Sydney. Gallegos pass to Guillermo May with flicked shot after 30 min. Paulsen saves in second half as Auckland under pump. Top of table. |
| Sat | Nov 30 | home | Newcastle Jets | win | 2 | 0 | N. Moreno, F. De Vries | Wet. Late goals again, volley from edge of the box by sub Neyder Moreno in 83 min, then Francis de Vries through sea of players in 89 min. |
| Sat | Dec 7 | home | Welly Phoenix | win | 2 | 1 | OG, Pijnaker | Sold out derby in Auckland, big contingent of Nix fans. Hughes headed into own net after Sakai cross in first half. Pijnaker header at far post from free kick. Sheridan couldn't stick a great chance in the net from close range. Great pass from Rufer put Kosta through and scored left foot strike, Auckland's first goal conceeded. Exciting finale. |
| Sun | Dec 15 | away | Melbourne City | draw | 2 | 2 | May, N. Moreno | Down 1 - 0 HT. May goal. Pijnaker passback bobbled, own goal. Moreno late freekick went through keeper's hands in 95th min to grab draw and stay unbeaten, just! |
| Sat | Dec 21 | home | Western Utd | loss | 0 | 4 | Dan Hall broken ankle at training. Early pen for handball. Down 3 - 0 HT. Late goal sealed it. | |
| Sat | Dec 28 | away | Central Coast Mrn | win | 4 | 1 | H. Sakai, Brimmer, May, Rogerson | Sakai header, CCM equalised, Brimmer well weighted shot, May bundle in. HT 3 - 1. Rogerson from Mata cross. |
| Wed | Jan 1 | home | Melbourne Victory | draw | 0 | 0 | 15000 att. Even game. Two ex-Nix keepers. De Vries header brilliantly saved by Jack Duncan. Sakai great last ditch tackle to keep clean sheet. | |
| Sat | Jan 11 | away | Perth Glory | loss | 0 | 1 | Perth early goal ruled out for offside. Good strike scored after 30 min. Sakai flattened by a shot. Auck pushed hard for goal in second half. Coulibally red card late for Dogso. | |
| Sat | Jan 18 | home | Melbourne City | win | 3 | 0 | May, Pijnaker, M. Mata | Three goals in final 15 min of first half. May with a terrific left footer from 25m. Pijnaker smacked in a clearance from a corner. Mata poked in from a corner. City keeper looked impeded. Back to top of table briefly. |
| Wed | Jan 22 | away | Adelaide Utd | draw | 2 | 2 | Moreno, Rogerson | Top of table clash. 0 - 0 HT. Sub Moreno put thru and scores. Despite VAR pointing out a shirt pull on defender Calan Elliot, Adelaide equalise with 10 to go. After 95 min Adelaide think they've won it with a fast break goal, but 100min Rogerson heads home a De Vries corner for a dramatic draw. |
| Sun | Jan 26 | away | Westn Sydney Wnd | win | 1 | 0 | Moreno | Quite a few chances to both teams, with Auckland the stronger. Looks like a scoreless draw until in 95th and final minute, Moreno scores when they overload on the back post. Back on top of the table. |
| Sat | Feb 1 | home | Macarthur FC | win | 2 | 1 | Moreno, L Verstraete | Scored early Sakai long throw in headed on by May and tucked home by Moreno. Macarthur equalised after being denied a likely penalty, then a free kick was saved but followed up on. Late winner, a wide free kick headed in by Verstraete. |
| Sat | Feb 15 | away | Western Utd | win | 2 | 0 | May, Mata | Late in first half May scored a cracker from outside the box, then Mata tapped in after a Moreno pass. Two goals in two min. |
| Sat | Feb 22 | home | Welly Phoenix | win | 6 | 1 | Rogerson (3), Moreno (2), J. Randall | 27009 att. 3 - 0 HT |
| Sat | Mar 1 | home | Adelaide Utd | draw | 4 | 4 | May (2), Rogerson, Sakai | Reds equalised 3 - 3 before 90 min then Sakai thought he won it, but Reds equalised in 98th minute! |
| Sun | Mar 9 | away | Newcastle Jets | draw | 1 | 1 | Randall | Jets early lead. Also got penalty, but Paulsen saved it. Randall equalised. HT 1 - 1. Verstraete subbed on, but red carded for bad tackle with 15 min to go. |
| Sun | Mar 16 | home | Central Coast Mrn | draw | 2 | 2 | May, C. Elliot | May scores early. Late in second half goals traded with CCM getting late equaliser. |
| Sun | Mar 30 | away | Brisbane Roar | win | 2 | 0 | Pijnaker, Sakai | Pijnaker heads home Verstraete cross in last play of first half. Late in game Rogerson pass sets up Sakai for a strong finish. |
| Sat | Apr 5 | home | Westn Sydney Wnd | draw | 1 | 1 | F. Gallegos | WSW had a goal reled out by VAR for tight offside. Felipe Gallegos intercepted a pass from the WSW keeper and scored just before half time. Mata bicycle kisk saved. HT 1 - 0. Soon after break with a well struck shot. |
| Sat | Apr 12 | away | Sydney FC | draw | 2 | 2 | Rogerson, De Vries | Down 0 - 2, came back, almost won at the end, hit the post. |
| Sat | Apr 19 | away | Melbourne Victory | win | 2 | 0 | Verstraete, May | HT 0- 0. Louis Verstraete shot crept in, from 20m. Paulsen pulled off brilliant close range save, then May tap in to seal it. Nearly claiming premiership... |
| Sun | Apr 27 | home | Perth Glory | |||||
| Sat | May 3 | away | Western Utd | |||||
| More | to | be added | (finals) |
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Scorers:
| Guillermo May | 9 |
| Logan Rogerson | 8 |
| Neyder Moreno | 7 |
| Nando Pijnaker | 4 |
| Hiroki Sakai | 3 |
| Jake Brimmer | 3 |
| Jesse Randall | 2 |
| Max Mata | 2 |
| Own Goal | 2 |
| Francis De Vries | 2 |
| Louis Verstraete | 2 |
| Callan Elliot | 1 |
| Felipe Gallegos | 1 |
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