2019 National Women's League (New Zealand)

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National Women's League
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Season2019
ChampionsCanterbury United Pride
Matches played42
Goals scored150 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer Emma Rolston (10)
Biggest home winCapital 8-0 WaiBOP
(28 October 2019)
Biggest away winWaiBOP 0–5 Canterbury United Pride
(6 October 2019)
WaiBOP 0–5 Capital
(26 October 2019)
Highest scoringSouthern United 5–5 Northern Lights
(29 September 2019)
Longest winning runCanterbury United Pride (4 games)
Longest unbeaten runNorthern Lights (13 games)
Longest winless runCentral (12 games)
Longest losing runCentral (11 games)
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2020 →
All statistics correct as of 15 December 2019.

The 2019 National Women's League was the seventeenth season of the NWL, New Zealand's top level women's football league since its establishment in 2002. Seven teams were involved in this season representing the different regions in New Zealand. This was the second year that the league played two rounds, with the two highest-placed sides progressing to a one-off grand final. The season also featured a double header round over Labour weekend, in which all sides except Central played two matches over the weekend. [1]

Contents

Teams

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Northern Lights
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Auckland
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WaiBOP
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Central
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Capital
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Canterbury United Pride
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Southern United
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Locations of the 2019 National Women's League Teams
TeamLocationGroundCoach
Northern Lights North Shore Allen Hill StadiumShane Verma [2]
Auckland Auckland McLennan ParkNic Downes
WaiBOP Cambridge John Kerkhof Park Nico Girard [3]
Central Football Palmerston North Massey Uni Barry Scullion [4]
Capital Lower Hutt Petone Memorial Park Natalie Lawrence [5]
Canterbury United Pride Christchurch English Park Alana Gunn [6]
Southern United Dunedin Logan Park Nick Pierce [7]

Regular season

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Canterbury United Pride (C)121011368+2831Qualification to the Final
2 Northern Lights 12750288+2026
3 Auckland 126422013+722
4 Southern United 126242720+720
5 Capital 123272428−411
6 WaiBOP 12219633−277
7 Central Football 120111940−311
Source: The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

*Round 13 match between WaiBOP and Northern Lights was abandoned at half-time with the score 0-0
**Round 13 match between Central and Capital was postponed due to inclement weather and road closures. Was not played and declared a 0–0 draw

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213
Auckland 3333443334333
Canterbury United Pride 1121121111111
Capital 6666555455555
Central Football 6777777777777
Northern Lights 4442212222222
Southern United 1214334543444
WaiBOP 5555666666666
Qualification to Grand final
Source: NZ Football

Fixtures and results

New Zealand women's football league matches took place from September to December 2019 and for the second year running, included a double header round over the Labour weekend. [8]

Round 1

15 September 2019 Southern United 6–0 Central Football Logan Park, Dunedin
12:00
 Report

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 2

22 September 2019 Northern Lights 2–0 Capital Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00
 Report

Bye: Auckland

Round 3

29 September 2019 Southern United 5–5 Northern Lights Rugby Park, Invercargill
13:00
 Report
29 September 2019 Central Football 2–5 WaiBOP Massey Uni, Palmerston North
15:00
 Report

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 4

6 October 2019 Northern Lights 7–1 Central Football Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00
 Report
6 October 2019 Auckland 4–2 Southern United McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
 Report

Bye: Capital

Round 5

13 October 2019 Northern Lights 2–0 WaiBOP Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00
 Report

Bye: Southern United

Round 6

19 October 2019 Southern United 4–2 Capital Logan Park, Dunedin
13:00
 Report

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 7 (Double Header Week)

24 October 2019 Auckland 0–0 Northern Lights McLennan Park, Auckland
19:30 Report
28 October 2019 Capital 8–0 WaiBOP Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00
 Report

Bye: Central

Round 8

3 November 2019 Auckland 1–0 WaiBOP McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
 Report

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 9

Bye: Auckland

Round 10

17 November 2019 Northern Lights 2–0 Southern United Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
14:00
 Report
17 November 2019 Auckland 3–1 Capital McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
 Report

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 11

Bye: Capital

Round 12

1 December 2019 Auckland 2–1 Central Football McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
 Report

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 13

Bye: Southern United
*Match abandoned at half-time with the score 0-0
**Postponed due to inclement weather and road closures. Not going to be played so declared a 0–0 draw

Final

Canterbury United Pride 1–1 (a.e.t.) Northern Lights
Report
Penalties
4–2
English Park, Christchurch
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Statistics

As of 11 December 2019

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Emma Rolston Capital Football 10
2Britney-Lee Nicholson Canterbury United Pride 9
3Britney Cunningham-Lee Auckland Football 7
Gabi Rennie Canterbury United Pride
5Amy Hislop Southern United 6
6Kelli Brown Northern Lights 5
Nicola Dominikovich Canterbury United Pride
Chloe Knott Northern Lights
Ava Pritchard Northern Lights
Steph Skilton Auckland Football
11Ruby Anderson Southern United 4
Renee Bacon Southern United
Kelsey Wilkinson Capital Football

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Emma Rolston Capital Football WaiBOP 8–029 October 2019 [10]

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