\u201cThe head coach \u2013 it hasn\u2019t been for lack of people, it\u2019s been for actually trying to find the right one.<\/p>\n
Auckland FC won last season’s grand final against Sydney FC. Photo \/ Alyse Wright <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to think they would make a decision on that before the Spurs game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Becker also said he expected some changes to the squad before the season starts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s probably another three or four players to come in, we\u2019re getting very close to finding our replacement head coach, we\u2019ve got a massive game against Spurs a week Sunday, which will be a huge opportunity for both the boys who are already back in pre-season and some of the younger, wider squad players who have joined into training to really show what they\u2019re about at that game.<\/p>\n
\u201cTowards the end of August, we\u2019re off to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to play the Fifa Intercontinental Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a couple of large milestones in our sporting calendar between now and early September, where we will probably play a series of pre-season games against some A-League opposition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Auckland FC will begin their title defence on October 17. Photo \/ Photosport <\/p>\n
Of their home games, there will be seven Saturday 5pm kickoffs and five Sunday 3pm starts, alongside a New Year\u2019s Day home fixture against Adelaide United, beginning at 5pm on a Friday.<\/p>\n
Fans can expect to have fun around the home games as well, with a theme in place for each one, including a beach, Ferris wheel, bucking bronco and inflatable slide.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to be there and grow and get better and bigger, and so we\u2019re really excited about the season ahead,\u201d Becker said.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously the football on the pitch will be fantastic, but lots of fun for the whole family around the stadium and the best match day experience in New Zealand sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Auckland FC play last season\u2019s premiers the Newcastle Jets away on January 9 and at home on March 13, while their fixtures against their grand final opponents Sydney FC take place on December 12 at GoMedia Stadium and February 27 in Australia.<\/p>\n
The away Kiwi derby is scheduled for December 19 and the final game of the regular season will be against Western Sydney Wanderers on May 8.<\/p>\n
Auckland FC 2026-27 A-League fixtures (all KOs local time)<\/p>\n
October 17, 5pm – Auckland FC v Melbourne City<\/p>\n
October 24, 5pm – Western Sydney Wanderers v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
October 30, 7pm – Brisbane Roar v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
November 7, 5pm – Auckland FC v Wellington Phoenix<\/p>\n
November 21, 5pm – Auckland FC v Melbourne Victory<\/p>\n
November 28, 7.40pm – Central Coast Mariners v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
December 12, 5pm – Auckland FC v Sydney FC<\/p>\n
December 19, 5pm – Wellington Phoenix v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
December 27, 6pm – Melbourne City v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
January 1, 5pm – Auckland FC v Adelaide United<\/p>\n
January 9, 5pm – Newcastle Jets v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
January 15, 7.40pm – Melbourne Victory v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
January 24, 3pm – Auckland FC v Perth Glory<\/p>\n
January 31, 3pm – Auckland FC v Brisbane Roar<\/p>\n
February 6, 5pm – Macarthur FC v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
February 13, 5pm – Auckland FC v Wellington Phoenix<\/p>\n
February 27, 5pm – Sydney FC v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
March 7, 3pm – Auckland FC v Central Coast Mariners<\/p>\n
March 13, 5pm – Auckland FC v Newcastle Jets<\/p>\n
March 20, 5pm – Western Sydney Wanderers v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
April 4, 3pm – Auckland FC v Macarthur FC<\/p>\n
April 10, 7.45pm – Perth Glory v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
April 18, 3pm – Auckland FC v Brisbane Roar<\/p>\n
April 23, 7.40pm – Sydney FC v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
May 1, 4.30pm – Adelaide United v Auckland FC<\/p>\n
May 8, 5pm – Auckland FC v Western Sydney Wanderers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe head coach \u2013 it hasn\u2019t been for lack of people, it\u2019s been for actually trying to find…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[125510,27500,17623,806,51,28246,682,651,1320,5346,26845,38984,106,1345,20562,117,111,139,69,1570,6926,213,61,686,1533,102,10119],"class_list":["post-528199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-125510","tag-aleague","tag-appointed","tag-as","tag-auckland","tag-begin","tag-being","tag-close","tag-coach","tag-expected","tag-fc","tag-fixtures","tag-head","tag-home","tag-mens","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-october","tag-season","tag-sports","tag-to","tag-week","tag-will","tag-with","tag-within"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}