2019 National Women's League (New Zealand)

National Women's League
Season	2019
Champions	Canterbury United Pride
Matches played	42
Goals scored	150 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emma Rolston (10)
Biggest home win	Capital 8-0 WaiBOP ; (28 October 2019)
Biggest away win	WaiBOP 0–5 Canterbury United Pride ; (6 October 2019); WaiBOP 0–5 Capital ; (26 October 2019)
Highest scoring	Southern United 5–5 Northern Lights ; (29 September 2019)
Longest winning run	Canterbury United Pride (4 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Northern Lights (13 games)
Longest winless run	Central (12 games)
Longest losing run	Central (11 games)
	← 2018 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]

Teams[]

Northern Lights

Auckland

WaiBOP

Central

Capital

Canterbury United Pride

Southern United

Locations of the 2019 National Women's League Teams

Team	Location	Ground	Coach
Northern Lights	North Shore	Allen Hill Stadium	Shane Verma^[2]
Auckland	Auckland	McLennan Park	Nic Downes
WaiBOP	Cambridge	John Kerkhof Park	Nico Girard^[3]
Central	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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canterbury United Pride	12	10	1	1	36	8	+28	31	Qualification to the Final
2	Northern Lights	12	7	5	0	28	8	+20	26	Qualification to the Final
3	Auckland	12	6	4	2	20	13	+7	22
4	Southern United	12	6	2	4	27	20	+7	20
5	Capital	12	3	2	7	24	28	−4	11
6	WaiBOP	12	2	1	9	6	33	−27	7
7	Central	12	0	1	11	9	40	−31	1

Source: The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

*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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Team ╲ Round
Auckland	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Canterbury United Pride	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Capital	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
Central	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Northern Lights	4	4	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Southern United	1	2	1	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4
WaiBOP	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	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	Logan Park, Dunedin
12:00	2' (pen.) 24' 32' 63' 66' 88'	Report

15 September 2019	Canterbury United Pride	6–0	Capital	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	25' 49' 72', 84' 75' 82'	Report

15 September 2019	WaiBOP	0–3	Auckland	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00		Report	Skilton 7' Duncan 22' 77'

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 2[]

22 September 2019	WaiBOP	0–1	Southern United	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
12:00		Report	85' (pen.)

22 September 2019	Northern Lights	2–0	Capital	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00	32', 45' (pen.)	Report

22 September 2019	Canterbury United Pride	4–0	Central	English Park, Christchurch
14:00	2' 23' 48' 89'	Report

Bye: Auckland

Round 3[]

29 September 2019	Southern United	5–5	Northern Lights	Rugby Park, Invercargill
13:00	6' 9' 33' 61' (pen.), 85'	Report	3' 44', 50' 81' 90+3'

29 September 2019	Capital	3–3	Auckland	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00	Robertson 5' 58' Rolston 90' (pen.)	Report	55' 79' 84'

29 September 2019	Central	2–5	WaiBOP	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
15:00	11' 76' (pen.)	Report	5', 60' 45+1', 81' 88'

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 4[]

6 October 2019	WaiBOP	0–5	Canterbury United Pride	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
12:00		Report	6' 56', 74' 75' 87' (pen.)

6 October 2019	Northern Lights	7–1	Central	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00	19' 36' 45+1' 68' 75' 86' 90'	Report	63'

6 October 2019	Auckland	4–2	Southern United	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	2', 76' Skilton 45+2' 78'	Report	29' 60'

Bye: Capital

Round 5[]

12 October 2019	Capital	3–2	Central	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00	Rolston 27' 45+1' 88' (pen.)	Report	57' (pen.), 75'

13 October 2019	Northern Lights	2–0	WaiBOP	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00	16', 80'	Report

13 October 2019	Auckland	0–1	Canterbury United Pride	Kiwitea Street, Auckland^[9]
13:30		Report	42'

Bye: Southern United

Round 6[]

19 October 2019	Canterbury United Pride	1–3	Northern Lights	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Rennie 86'	Report	26' 31' 48'

19 October 2019	Southern United	4–2	Capital	Logan Park, Dunedin
13:00	16', 29' 24' 83'	Report	Rolston 54' 89'

20 October 2019	Central	1–2	Auckland	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00	5'	Report	59' Anton 80'

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 7 (Double Header Week)[]

24 October 2019	Auckland	0–0	Northern Lights	McLennan Park, Auckland
19:30		Report

26 October 2019	Southern United	0–2	Canterbury United Pride	Logan Park, Dunedin
13:00		Report	25' Rennie 32'

26 October 2019	WaiBOP	0–5	Capital	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
13:30		Report	4' 8' 60' Rolston 66' 87'

28 October 2019	Canterbury United Pride	3–2	Southern United	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Rennie 40' 65', 77'	Report	10' 32'

28 October 2019	Capital	8–0	WaiBOP	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00	Rolston 2', 31', 45+1', 52' 16', 20' 49' 90+1'	Report

29 October 2019	Northern Lights	1–1	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00	7'	Report	Skilton 43'

Bye: Central

Round 8[]

2 November 2019	Capital	1–4	Canterbury United Pride	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00	79'	Report	30' Rennie 55' 66', 83'

3 November 2019	Central	0–1	Southern United	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
11:00		Report	17'

3 November 2019	Auckland	1–0	WaiBOP	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	10'	Report

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 9[]

9 November 2019	Central	2–5	Canterbury United Pride	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
12:00	53' 80'	Report	3' (o.g.) 49' 70' Rennie 88' 90+2'

9 November 2019	Capital	0–2	Northern Lights	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00		Report	2' 90+3'

10 November 2019	Southern United	3–0	WaiBOP	Logan Park, Dunedin
12:00	1' 41' 87'	Report

Bye: Auckland

Round 10[]

17 November 2019	Northern Lights	2–0	Southern United	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
14:00	Jenkins 29', 34'	Report

17 November 2019	WaiBOP	1–0	Central	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00	68'	Report

17 November 2019	Auckland	3–1	Capital	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	Skilton 13' 79' 83'	Report	Rolston 46'

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 11[]

23 November 2019	Canterbury United Pride	3–0	WaiBOP	English Park, Christchurch
12:00	Rennie 18' 45+2', 77'	Report

23 November 2019	Southern United	1–1	Auckland	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
13:00	1'	Report	16'

24 November 2019	Central	0–4	Northern Lights	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00		Report	10' 32', 82' 69'

Bye: Capital

Round 12[]

30 November 2019	Capital	1–2	Southern United	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
11:00	Rolston 61'	Report	2' 88'

1 December 2019	Northern Lights	0–0	Canterbury United Pride	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00		Report

1 December 2019	Auckland	2–1	Central	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	Skilton 39', 71'	Report	7'

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 13[]

7 December 2019	Canterbury United Pride	2–0	Auckland	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Rennie 12' 90'	Report

8 December 2019	WaiBOP	0–0*	Northern Lights	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00		Report

8 December 2019	Central	postponed**	Capital	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
14:00		Report	https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/85209

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[]

15 December 2019

14:00

Canterbury United Pride	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Northern Lights
56'	Report	64' Jenkins
Penalties
	4–2

English Park, Christchurch

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Statistics[]

As of 11 December 2019

Top scorers[]

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

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Emma Rolston	Capital Football	WaiBOP	8–0	29 October 2019	^[10]

References[]

^ "Draw released for National Women's League". New Zealand Football. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Verma ready to Light-Up National Women's League". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Girard takes WaiBOP NWL helm". WaiBOP Football. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Central Football announce NWL Head Coach". Central Football. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ "Lawrence to lead Capital Football National Women's League Team". Capital Football. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ "2019 Pride Staff". Mainland Football. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "Southern United Women's - The Team". Southern United. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "2019 National Women's League Draw". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "NWL – Change of venue confirmed for Auckland". Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^ "Pride big winners over double header". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

External links[]

Official website Archived 21 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine

[nwl_2019-1] "Draw released for National Women's League". New Zealand Football. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Verma ready to Light-Up National Women's League". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Girard takes WaiBOP NWL helm". WaiBOP Football. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[4] "Central Football announce NWL Head Coach". Central Football. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[5] "Lawrence to lead Capital Football National Women's League Team". Capital Football. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[6] "2019 Pride Staff". Mainland Football. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[7] "Southern United Women's - The Team". Southern United. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[Draw-8] "2019 National Women's League Draw". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[9] "NWL – Change of venue confirmed for Auckland". Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[10] "Pride big winners over double header". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

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