New Zealand women's national football team

New Zealand
Nickname(s)	Football Ferns [1]
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Tom Sermanni
Captain	Ali Riley
Most caps	Ria Percival (135)
Top scorer	Amber Hearn (54)
FIFA code	NZL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	19 1 (7 December 2018) [2]
Highest	16 (December 2013, July–September 2015)
Lowest	24 (December 2006)
First international
	New Zealand 2–0 Hong Kong ; (Hong Kong; 25 August 1975)
Biggest win
	New Zealand 21–0 Samoa ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 9 October 1998)
Biggest defeat
	North Korea 11–0 New Zealand ; (Brisbane, Australia; 24 February 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1991 )
Best result	Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1983 )
Best result	Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 2008 )
Best result	8th (2012)

Last updated March 06, 2019

The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). The New Zealand national team qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in September 2007, sending the team to their first World Cup in 16 years, and the second since their 1975 debut in international competition.^[3]

New Zealand Football is the governing body for the sport of association football in New Zealand. It oversees the seven New Zealand Football federations, as well as the New Zealand national football team, the national junior and women's teams, the men's and women's national Leagues ISPS Handa Premiership, National Women's League, and a number of tournaments, including the Chatham Cup and Women's Knockout Cup. A New Zealand team, Wellington Phoenix FC who plays in the Australian A-League also comes under New Zealand Football jurisdiction.

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international association football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United States. FIFA immediately granted the 2007 event to China, which meant that no new host nation was chosen competitively until the voting was held for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

History

The New Zealand Women’s Soccer Association was founded in 1975. By invitation the team took part in the Asian Women's Championship in 1975 and won the championship.^[4] They have since then played in the Oceanic Championship.

The Asian Football Confederation's 1975 AFC Women's Championship was the first AFC Women's Championship. It was held from 25 August to 3 September 1975 in Hong Kong. Participating members were New Zealand, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia. The tournament was won by New Zealand in the final against Thailand.

Record

World Cup

Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Group Stage	11th	3	0	0	3	1	11
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007	Group Stage	14th	3	0	0	3	0	9
2011	Group Stage	12th	3	0	1	2	4	6
2015	Group Stage	19th	3	0	2	1	2	3
2019	Qualified
Total	Group Stage	-	12	0	3	9	7	29

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1996	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not enter
2008	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1
2012	Quarter-finals	4	1	0	3	3	5	−2	3
2016	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	1	5	−4	3
2020	Qualified
Total	Quarter-finals	10	2	1	7	6	17	−11	7

OFC Championship

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1983	1st	4	3	1	0	24	3	+21
1986	3rd	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
1989	2nd	5	4	0	1	10	1	+9
1991	1st	4	3	0	1	28	1	+27
1994	2nd	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8
1998	2nd	4	3	0	1	41	3	+38
2003	2nd	4	3	0	1	29	2	+27
2007	1st	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20
2010	1st	5	5	0	0	50	0	+50
2014	1st	3	3	0	0	30	0	+30
2018	1st	5	5	0	0	43	0	+43
Total	6 Titles	45	37	1	7	289	16	+273

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2018

3 March 2018 Friendly	New Zealand	0–2	Scotland	La Manga, Spain
17:00 UTC+07:00		Report	Jane Ross 34' Lisa Evans 78'	Stadium: La Manga Stadium

6 March 2018 Friendly	New Zealand	0–2	Scotland	La Manga, Spain
17:00 UTC+07:00		Report	Jane Ross 40' Fiona Brown 48'	Stadium: La Manga Stadium

10 June 2018 Friendly	New Zealand	1–3	Japan	Wellington, New Zealand
15:00 WET	Moore 18'	Report	Tanaka 17', 34', 44' Takagi 23'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium

19 November 2018 OFC Nations Cup – GS	New Zealand	11–0	Tonga	Nouméa, New Caledonia
	White 8', 15' Longo 9', 13' Hassett 34', 35' Gregorius 37', 39', 52' Percival 67' Jale 88' Rosemary Eleanor Florence "Rosie" White is a New Zealand footballer who plays in the striker position for the New Zealand women's national football team and the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously represented her country on the under-17 and under-20 national teams. Annalie Antonia Longo is an association football player who represents New Zealand at international level. She played for Sydney FC in the Australian W-League. Betsy Doon Hassett is a New Zealand footballer who plays for the New Zealand women's national football team and Dutch club Ajax. She previously played for German side SC Sand, English club Manchester City, Amazon Grimstad in Norway, and Werder Bremen in Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga. Hassett represented New Zealand at the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. As a youth, she played at the 2008 and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup tournaments.	Box Report		Stadium: Stade Numa Daly Attendance: 150 Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

22 November 2018 OFC Nations Cup – GS	New Zealand	6–0	Cook Islands	Nouméa, New Caledonia
	Longo 13' Rolston 15', 44' Rood 68' Morton 90' Jale 90+2' Emma Rolston is a New Zealand professional football player. She currently plays for MSV Duisburg in the Frauen-Bundesliga. Kathryn Elizabeth "Katie" Rood is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Lewes on loan from Bristol City and the New Zealand national team. Sarah Morton is an American playwright, actor, educator and activist and a native of Cleveland, Ohio.	Report		Stadium: Stade Numa Daly Attendance: 100 Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

25 November 2018 OFC Nations Cup – GS	New Zealand	10–0	Fiji	Nouméa, New Caledonia
	Longo 8', 38' Gregorius 16', 24', 88' Moore 54' Rood 58', 79' Tora 70' (o.g.) Rolston 85' Sarah Joelle Gregorius, is an association football player who has represented New Zealand at international level. She plays for AS Elfen Saitama in the Japanese L. League. Meikayla Moore has represented New Zealand in association football at international level. She plays her club football with German Frauen-Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg (women).	Report		Stadium: Stade Numa Daly Attendance: 100 Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

28 November 2018 OFC Nations Cup – Semi-final	New Zealand	8–0	New Caledonia	Lifou, New Caledonia
	Hassett 1' Rolston 7', 20', 43' Bowen 26' Satchell 31' White 38', 68' Kate Elizabeth Bowen is an association football player who currently plays for Utah Royals FC and has represented New Zealand at international level. Paige Therese Satchell is a footballer from New Zealand. She has played for the New Zealand national team in the under-17, under-20, and senior levels. She was a travelling reserve for the New Zealand team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.	Report		Stadium: Stade de Hnassé Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

1 December 2018 OFC Nations Cup – Final	Fiji	0–8	New Zealand	Nouméa, New Caledonia
		Report	White 2', 90+1' Gregorius 6' (pen.), 75' Hassett 38', 55' Moore 45+2' Rood 48'	Stadium: Stade Numa-Daly Magenta Attendance: 450 Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)

2019

28 February 2019 Cup of Nations	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Sydney, Australia
19:30 AEDT	Gielnik 44' Raso 75'	Source		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 6,805

3 March 2019 Cup of Nations	Argentina	0–2	New Zealand	Brisbane, Australia
15:05 AEST		Source	Rood 50' Bott 70'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

6 March 2019 Cup of Nations	South Korea	v	New Zealand	Melbourne, Australia
15:05 AEDT		Source		Stadium: AAMI Park

5 April 2019 Friendly	Norway	v	New Zealand	Marbella, Spain
TBD		Source		Stadium: TBD

9 April 2019 Friendly	Norway	v	New Zealand	Marbella, Spain
TBD		Source		Stadium: TBD

16 May 2019 Friendly	United States	v	New Zealand	St. Louis, United States
19:00 CST		Source		Stadium: Busch Stadium

1 June 2019 Friendly	England	v	New Zealand	Brighton and Hove, England
TBD		Source		Stadium: Amex Stadium

11 June 2019 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup – GS	New Zealand	v	Netherlands	Le Havre, France
15:00 CEST				Stadium: Stade Océane

15 June 2019 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup – GS	Canada	v	New Zealand	Grenoble, France
21:00 CEST				Stadium: Stade des Alpes

20 June 2019 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup – GS	Cameroon	v	New Zealand	Montpellier, France
18:00 CEST				Stadium: Stade de la Mosson

Team

Current squad

The following 23 players were named to the roster for the 2019 Cup of Nations.^[5]

Caps and goals are current as of 28 February 2019 after match against Australia.

Head coach: Tom Sermanni

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Erin Nayler	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 26)	58	0	Bordeaux
21	1 GK	Anna Leat	(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 17)	3	0	East Coast Bays
23	1 GK	Victoria Esson	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 27)	3	0	Avaldsnes

2	2 DF	Ria Percival	(1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 (age 29)	136	14	West Ham United
3	2 DF	Anna Green	(1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 (age 28)	71	7	Unattached
4	2 DF	CJ Bott	(1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 (age 23)	13	0	Vittsjö
5	2 DF	Meikayla Moore	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 22)	32	3	Duisburg
6	2 DF	Rebekah Stott	(1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 25)	68	4	Melbourne City
7	2 DF	Ali Riley (captain)	(1987-10-30) 30 October 1987 (age 31)	120	1	Chelsea
8	2 DF	Abby Erceg	(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 (age 29)	133	6	North Carolina Courage
15	2 DF	Sarah Morton	(1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 20)	5	1	Western Springs
17	2 DF	Stephanie Skilton	(1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 24)	8	0	Papakura City

10	3 MF	Annalie Longo	(1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 (age 27)	111	15	Cashmere Technical
12	3 MF	Betsy Hassett	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 28)	108	13	KR Reykjavík
14	3 MF	Katie Bowen	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 24)	57	3	Utah Royals
16	3 MF	Katie Duncan	(1988-02-11) 11 February 1988 (age 31)	119	1	Onehunga Sports
19	3 MF	Paige Satchell	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 20)	8	1	Three Kings United
20	3 MF	Daisy Cleverley	(1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 (age 21)	6	2	California Golden Bears

9	4 FW	Katie Rood	(1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 26)	8	4	Lewes
11	4 FW	Sarah Gregorius	(1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 31)	89	33	Upper Hutt City
13	4 FW	Rosie White	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 25)	96	23	Chicago Red Stars
18	4 FW	Aimee Phillips	(1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 (age 27)	6	1	Unattached
22	4 FW	Emma Kete	(1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 (age 31)	49	3	Unattached

Recent call-ups

The following players have been named to a roster in the previous 12 months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nadia Olla	(2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 (age 19)	1	0	Western Springs	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup

DF	Elizabeth Anton	(1998-12-12) 12 December 1998 (age 20)	5	0	Western Springs	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup

MF	Grace Jale	(1999-04-10) 10 April 1999 (age 19)	4	2	Auckland Football	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
MF	Malia Steinmetz	(1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 (age 20)	3	0	Forrest Hill Milford United	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup

FW	Emma Rolston	(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 22)	5	6	Duisburg	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
FW	Amber Hearn	(1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 (age 34)	124	54	Logroño	v. Japan, 10 June 2018
FW	Hannah Wilkinson	(1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 26)	86	25	Vittsjö	v. Japan, 10 June 2018

Records

Statistics as of 1 March 2019.

Most capped players

#	Name	Years	Caps	Goals
1	Ria Percival	2006–	136	14
2	Abby Erceg	2006–	133	6
3	Amber Hearn	2004–	124	54
4	Katie Duncan	2006–	119	1
4	Ali Riley	2007–	120	1
6	Annalie Longo	2006–	111	15
7	Betsy Hassett	2008–	108	13
8	Kirsty Yallop	2004–2017	102	12
9	Rosie White	2009–	96	23
10	Hayley Bowden	2003–2015	92	10

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Years	Goals	Caps
1	Amber Hearn	2004–	54	124
2	Wendy Sharpe	1980–1995	34	47
3	Sarah Gregorius	2010–	33	89
4	Hannah Wilkinson	2010–	25	86
5	Rosie White	2009–	23	96
6	Wendi Henderson	1987–2007	17	64
6	Maureen Jacobson	1979–1996	17	53
8	Pernille Andersen	1998	15	7
8	Annalie Longo	2006–	15	111
10	Nicky Smith	1998–2007	14	23
10	Ria Percival	2006–	14	136

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References

↑ "Soccer women step out with new name – Football Ferns..." Stuff.co.nz. 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
↑ "1975 ASIAN CUP". New Zealand Football on NZfootball.co.nz. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/aswomen.html#p75
↑ https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/72503

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	OFC Women's Champions 1983 (First title)	Succeeded by 1986 Chinese Taipei
Preceded by 1989 Chinese Taipei	OFC Women's Champions 1991 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1995 Australia
Preceded by 2003 Australia	OFC Women's Champions 2007 (Third title) 2010 (Fourth title) 2014 (Fifth title)	Succeeded by Incumbents
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	AFC Women's Champions 1975 (First title)	Succeeded by 1977 Republic of China

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[1] "Soccer women step out with new name – Football Ferns..." Stuff.co.nz. 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2012-10-22.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[OFC-3] "1975 ASIAN CUP". New Zealand Football on NZfootball.co.nz. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-05.

[4] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/aswomen.html#p75

[5] ttps://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/72503