Nickname(s) | Futsal Ferns | ||
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Association | New Zealand Football (NZF) | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Nic Downes | ||
FIFA code | NZL | ||
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First international | |||
New Zealand 14–0 New Caledonia (Tauranga, New Zealand, 12 September 2017) | |||
Biggest win | |||
New Zealand 15–0 New Caledonia (Tauranga, New Zealand, 13 September 2017) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
China 8–3 New Zealand (Chengdu, China, 7 September 2019) | |||
OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (First in 2024 ) | ||
Best result | Champions (2024) |
The New Zealand women's national futsal team represents New Zealand in international women's futsal competitions and is controlled by the New Zealand Football.
The New Zealand Football would launch the first women's national futsal team in 2017. At around this time, the federation has already been organizing the National Women's Futsal League. [1] [2]
Their debut game, and the first ever women's futsal international in Oceania was held on 12 September 2023 at the ASB Baypark Arena in Tauranga. The Futsal Ferns would win 14–0 against New Caledonia. The match which is part of the Trans Pacific Futsal Cup at the AIMS Games was followed by two more matches against the same opposition. [3]
12 September 2017 Trans Pacific Futsal Cup | New Zealand | 14–0 | New Caledonia | Tauranga, New Zealand |
Report | Stadium: ASB Baypark Arena |
13 September 2017 Trans Pacific Futsal Cup | New Zealand | 15–0 | New Caledonia | Tauranga, New Zealand |
Report | Stadium: ASB Baypark Arena |
14 September 2017 Trans Pacific Futsal Cup | New Zealand | 9–2 | New Caledonia | Tauranga, New Zealand |
Report | Stadium: ASB Baypark Arena |
7 September 2019 2019 CFA Four Nations Women’s Futsal Tournament | China | 8–3 | New Zealand | Chengdu, China |
14:00 | Report |
8 September 2019 2019 CFA Four Nations Women’s Futsal Tournament | New Zealand | 1–4 | Thailand | Chengdu, China |
16:30 | Report |
10 September 2019 2019 CFA Four Nations Women’s Futsal Tournament | Kuwait | 0–4 | New Zealand | Chengdu, China |
16:30 | Report |
18 October 2023 2023 PFF Women’s Tri-Nation Futsal Invitational | Indonesia | 3–1 | New Zealand | Manila, Philippines |
16:00 | Report | Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium |
20 October 2023 PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational | New Zealand | 4–1 | Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
18:00 | Report | Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium |
21 October 2023 PFF Women's Tri Nation Futsal Invitational | New Zealand | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
16:00 | Stadium: Ninoy Aquino Stadium |
17 August 2024 2024 OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup | New Zealand | 10–0 | Tonga | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
15:00 |
| Report | Stadium: Friendship Hall, Honiara Attendance: 500 Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia) |
20 August 2024 2024 OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup | Fiji | 1–9 | New Zealand | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
15:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Friendship Hall, Honiara Attendance: 300 Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia) |
22 August 2024 2024 OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup | Solomon Islands | 0–4 | New Zealand | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
17:00 | Report | Stadium: Friendship Hall, Honiara Attendance: 350 Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia) |
22 August 2024 2024 OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup | New Zealand | 6–1 | Tahiti | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
17:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Friendship Hall, Honiara Attendance: 250 Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands) |
25 August 2024 2024 OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup Final | New Zealand | 7–1 | Fiji | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
17:00 | Report | Likuculacula 18:53 | Stadium: Friendship Hall, Honiara Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands) |
FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
2025 | Qualified | |||||||
Total | – | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
2024 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
Total | 1 title | 1/1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
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