New Zealand women's national football team

New Zealand

Nickname(s)	Football Ferns[1]
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Tony Readings
Captain	Abby Erceg
Most caps	Abby Erceg (107)
Top scorer	Amber Hearn (44)
FIFA ranking	17 1 (27 March 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking	16 (December 2013)
Lowest FIFA ranking	24 (December 2006)
First colours Second colours
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	4 (First in 1991)
Best result	Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances	10 (First in 1983)
Best result	Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)

The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women's football and 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.^[2]

Record

World Cup

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1991	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	11	–10	0
1995	Did not qualify
1999
2003
2007	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	9	–9	0
2011	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	6	–2	1
2015	Qualified
Total	Group Stage	9	0	1	8	5	26	–21	1

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1996	Did not qualify
2000
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
Total	Quarter-finals	7	1	1	5	5	12	–7	4

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
1995	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
Total	5 Titles	40	32	1	7	246	16	+230

Current Squad

The following players were called up for the friendly against USA on 4 April 2015 in St. Louis.^[3]
Caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2015 after the game against USA.

Head coach: Tony Readings

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club - 1GK Erin Nayler (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 27 0 Glenfield Rovers - 1GK Rebecca Rolls (1975-08-22) 22 August 1975 21 0 Three Kings United - 2DF Abby Erceg (c) (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 112 5 Chicago Red Stars - 2DF Ria Percival (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 102 11 FF USV Jena - 2DF Ali Riley (1987-10-30) 30 October 1987 92 1 FC Rosengård - 2DF Anna Green (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 56 7 Lokomotive Leipzig - 2DF Rebekah Stott (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 38 2 SC Sand - 2DF Meikayla Moore (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 10 0 Eastern Suburbs AFC - 3MF Katie Duncan (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 101 1 FC Zürich - 3MF Hayley Bowden (1984-02-13) 13 February 1984 92 10 Iwata Bonita - 3MF Kirsty Yallop (1986-11-04) 4 November 1986 89 12 Vittsjö - 3MF Betsy Hassett (1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 77 8 Manchester City W.F.C. - 3MF Annalie Longo (1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 77 6 Coastal Spirit FC - 3MF Katie Bowen (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 25 0 University of North Carolina - 3MF Daisy Cleverley (1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 3 2 Forrest Hill Milford - 4FW Amber Hearn (1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 98 45 FF USV Jena - 4FW Rosie White (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 68 14 UCLA Bruins - 4FW Hannah Wilkinson (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 68 22 University of Tennessee - 4FW Sarah Gregorius (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 65 23 AS Elfen Saitama - 4FW Jasmine Pereira (1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 7 0 Three Kings United

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national side in the previous 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up MF Evie Millynn (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 2 0 Eastern Suburbs AFC v.  Spain, 5 March 2015 (Friendly) DF Catherine Bott (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 1 0 Forrest Hill Milford v.  Spain, 5 March 2015 (Friendly) GK Cushla Lichtwark (1980-11-29) 29 November 1980 0 0 Upper Hutt City v.  Spain, 5 March 2015 (Friendly) FW Helen Collins (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 28 6 Claudelands Rovers v.  Australia, 12 February 2015 (Friendly) MF Isabella Coombes (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 0 0 Claudelands Rovers v.  Norway, 27 November 2014 (Friendly) DF Megan Lee (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 4 0 Louisiana State v.  Japan, 8 May 2014 (Friendly)

Results and fixtures

2014

Friendly 8 May 2014	Japan	2 – 1	New Zealand	Osaka, Japan
JST			Yallop

Friendly 16 June 2014	New Zealand	1 – 1	Brazil	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 NZST	White  86'		Cristiane  43'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium

Friendly 19 June 2014	New Zealand	0 – 0	Brazil	Taupo, New Zealand
NZST				Stadium: Owen Delany Park

2014 OFC Nations Cup 25 October 2014	New Zealand	16 – 0	Tonga	Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
11:00 UTC+10:00	Cleverley  1', 18' Gregorius  8' (pen.), 50', 70' Hassett  17' Collins  20', 69', 76' White  26', 29' Longo  67', 77' Hearn  86', 90+7' Percival  90+2'			Stadium: Kalabond Oval Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

2014 OFC Nations Cup 27 October 2014	Papua New Guinea	0 – 3	New Zealand	Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
14:00 UTC+10:00			Stott  59' Hearn  70' Longo  90+2'	Stadium: Kalabond Oval Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

2014 OFC Nations Cup 29 October 2014	Cook Islands	0 – 11	New Zealand	Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
14:00 UTC+10:00			Collins  12', 20' Erceg  14' Hearn  19', 47', 56', 86' Percival  43' White  45+4' Stott  54' Hassett  75'	Stadium: Kalabond Oval Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

Friendly 22 November 2014	France	2 – 1	New Zealand	Laval, France
	Le Sommer  10' Diani  88'		Collins  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 9,302

Friendly 25 November 2014	Norway	1 – 1	New Zealand	Randaberg, Norway
	Herlovsen  82'		Hearn  34'	Stadium: Randaberg Arena Attendance: 913 Referee: Linn Andersson, (Sweden)

Friendly 27 November 2014	Norway	2 – 0	New Zealand	Randaberg, Norway
	Andrine Hegerberg  80' Ada Hegerberg  88'			Stadium: Randaberg Arena Attendance: 830 Referee: Pernilla Larsson, (Sweden)

2015

Friendly 12 January 2015	Denmark	1 – 1	New Zealand	Belek, Turkey
	Troelsgaard  89'		Longo  38'

Friendly 15 January 2015	Denmark	2 – 3	New Zealand	Belek, Turkey
	Sørensen  5' Pedersen  45+2'		Percival  9' Wilkinson  22' Longo  58'

Friendly 8 February 2015	New Zealand	1 – 1	North Korea	Auckland, New Zealand
	Wilkinson  11'		Wi Jong Sim  22'	Stadium: Bill McKinley Park

Friendly 12 February 2015	New Zealand	2 – 3	Australia	Auckland, New Zealand
	Gregorius  56'  83'	Report[4]	van Egmond  9' Heyman  12' Foord  29'	Stadium: Bill McKinley Park

Friendly 3 March 2015	Spain	2 – 2	New Zealand	Guadalajara, Spain
	Boquete  20' Bermúdez  52'	Report[5]	Wilkinson  63' Hearn  82'

Friendly 5 March 2015	Spain	0 – 0	New Zealand	La Roda, Spain
		Report[6]

Friendly 4 April 2015	United States	4 - 0	New Zealand	St Louis, United States
14:30		Report		Stadium: Busch Stadium Attendance: 35,817

Friendly 24 May 2015	Japan	v	New Zealand	Marugame, Japan
				Stadium: Kagawa Marugame Stadium

2015 Women's World Cup 6 June 2015	New Zealand	v	Netherlands	Edmonton, Canada
19:00 MDT (UTC−6)				Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium

2015 Women's World Cup 11 June 2015	Canada	v	New Zealand	Edmonton, Canada
19:00 MDT (UTC−6)				Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium

2015 Women's World Cup 15 June 2015	China PR	v	New Zealand	Winnipeg, Canada
18:30 CDT (UTC−5)				Stadium: Winnipeg Stadium

Records

Most capped players # Name Years Caps Goals 1 Erceg, AbbyAbby Erceg 2006– 112 5 2 Percival, RiaRia Percival 2006– 102 11 3 Hoyle, KatieKatie Hoyle 2006– 101 1 4 Hearn, AmberAmber Hearn 2004– 98 45 5 Bowden, HayleyHayley Bowden 2003– 92 10 5 Riley, AliAli Riley 2007– 92 1 7 Yallop, KirstyKirsty Yallop 2004– 89 12 8 Bindon, JennyJenny Bindon 2004–2013 77 0 8 Hassett, BetsyBetsy Hassett 2008– 77 8 8 Longo, AnnalieAnnalie Longo 2006– 77 6 Statistics as of 5 April 2015.

Top goalscorers # Player Years Goals Caps 1 Hearn, AmberAmber Hearn 2004– 45 98 2 Sharpe, WendyWendy Sharpe 1980–1995 34 47 3 Gregorius, SarahSarah Gregorius 2010– 23 65 4 Wilkinson, HannahHannah Wilkinson 2010– 22 68 5 Henderson, WendiWendi Henderson 1987–2007 17 64 5 Jacobson, MaureenMaureen Jacobson 1979–1996 17 53 7 Andersen, PernillePernille Andersen 1998 15 7 8 Smith, NickyNicky Smith 1998–2007 14 23 8 White, RosieRosie White 2009– 14 68 10 Jackman, MaiaMaia Jackman 1993–2010 12 50 10 Yallop, KirstyKirsty Yallop 2004– 12 89

See also

• List of New Zealand women's international footballers
• New Zealand women's national under-20 football team
• New Zealand women's national under-17 football team

References

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile

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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