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 (123)
Top scorer Amber Hearn (50)
FIFA code NZL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 20 Steady (23 June 2017)
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 4 (first in 1991)
Best result Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances 10 (first in 1983)
Best result Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)
Summer Olympics
Appearances 3 (first in 2008)
Best result 8th (2012)

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]

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.[3] They have since then played in the Oceanic Championship.

Record

World Cup

Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991Group Stage11th3003111
Sweden 1995Did not qualify
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007Group Stage14th300309
Germany 2011Group Stage12th301246
Canada 2015Group Stage19th302123
TotalGroup Stage-12039729

Summer Olympics

Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States 1996Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004Did not enter
China 2008Group Stage301227–51
United Kingdom 2012Quarter-finals410335–23
Brazil 2016Group Stage310215–43
TotalQuarter-finals10217617–117

OFC Championship

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA GD
New Caledonia 19831st4310243+21
New Zealand 19863rd4202330
Australia 19892nd5401101+9
Australia 19911st4301281+27
Papua New Guinea 19952nd4301102+8
New Zealand 19982nd4301413+38
Australia 20032nd4301292+27
Papua New Guinea 20071st3300211+20
New Zealand 20101st5500500+50
Papua New Guinea 20141st3300300+30
Total5 Titles40321724616+230

Results and fixtures

2016

2017

Team

Current squad

The following players were named to the roster for the 2017 Cyprus Cup.[4]

Head coach: Tony Readings

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Leat, AnnaAnna Leat (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 1 0 New Zealand East Coast Bays AFC
1GK Nayler, ErinErin Nayler (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 44 0 France Grenoble Foot 38
2DF Bott, CJCJ Bott (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 3 0 New Zealand Forrest Hill Milford United
2DF Erceg, AbbyAbby Erceg (c) (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 130 6 United States North Carolina Courage
2DF Green, AnnaAnna Green (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 60 7 England Reading
2DF Moore, MeikaylaMeikayla Moore (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 16 0 New Zealand Cashmere Technical
2DF Percival, RiaRia Percival (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 120 11 Switzerland FC Basel
2DF Riley, AliAli Riley (1987-10-30) 30 October 1987 105 1 Sweden FC Rosengård
2DF Stott, RebekahRebekah Stott (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 53 4 Australia Melbourne City
3MF Bowen, KatieKatie Bowen (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 41 1 United States FC Kansas City
3MF Cleverley, DaisyDaisy Cleverley (1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 3 2 United States California Golden Bears (Berkeley University)
3MF Hassett, BetsyBetsy Hassett (1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 95 8 Netherlands Ajax
3MF Longo, AnnalieAnnalie Longo (1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 95 9 New Zealand Cashmere Technical
3MF Steinmetz, MaliaMalia Steinmetz (1999-01-18) 18 January 1999 0 0 New Zealand Forrest Hill Milford United
3MF Yallop, KirstyKirsty Yallop (1986-11-04) 4 November 1986 101 12 Australia Melbourne Victory
4FW Hearn, AmberAmber Hearn (1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 116 52 Germany USV Jena
4FW Pereira, JasmineJasmine Pereira (1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 21 0 New Zealand Three Kings United
4FW Phillips, AimeeAimee Phillips (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 3 1 New Zealand Eastern Suburbs
4FW Puketapu, MartineMartine Puketapu (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 0 0 United States Colorado Buffaloes (Colorado University)
4FW Satchell, PaigePaige Satchell (1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 1 0 New Zealand Three Kings United
4FW White, RosieRosie White (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 84 14 United States Boston Breakers
4FW Wilkinson, HannahHannah Wilkinson (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 78 24 United States Tennessee Volunteers (Tennessee University)

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
FW Jane Barnett 0 0 Unattached v.  Australia, 7 June 2016 (Friendly)
FW Paige Satchell (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 1 0 New Zealand Three Kings United v.  Australia, 7 June 2016 (Friendly)
GK Cushla Lichtwark (1980-11-29) 29 November 1980 0 0 New Zealand Hutt City v.  Australia, 7 June 2016 (Friendly)
DF Catherine Bott (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 3 0 New Zealand Forrest Hill Milford v.  Australia, 7 June 2016 (Friendly)
FW Aimee Phillips (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 3 1 New Zealand Canterbury United Pride v.  Netherlands, 7 April 2016 (Friendly)
GK Victoria Esson (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 0 0 New Zealand Ferrymead Bays v.  Netherlands, 7 April 2016 (Friendly)
MF Kate Loye (1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 1 0 New Zealand Claudelands Rovers 2016 Algarve Cup
MF Grace Jale (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 0 0 New Zealand Eastern Suburbs v.  Papua New Guinea, 23 January 2016 (Olympic Qualifier)
FW Stephanie Skilton (1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 2 0 United States Syracuse University v.  Brazil, 1 December 2015 (Friendly)

Records

Most capped players

# Name Years Caps Goals
1 Erceg, AbbyAbby Erceg 2006–2017 131 6
2 Percival, RiaRia Percival 2006– 124 11
3 Hearn, AmberAmber Hearn 2004– 120 53
4 Hoyle, KatieKatie Hoyle 2006– 119 1
5 Riley, AliAli Riley 2007– 109 1
6 Yallop, KirstyKirsty Yallop 2004– 102 12
7 Hassett, BetsyBetsy Hassett 2008– 99 8
7 Longo, AnnalieAnnalie Longo 2006– 99 9
9 Bowden, HayleyHayley Bowden 2003–2015 92 10
10 White, RosieRosie White 2009– 88 17
Statistics as of 9 March 2017.

Top goalscorers

# Player Years Goals Caps
1 Hearn, AmberAmber Hearn 2004– 53 120
2 Sharpe, WendyWendy Sharpe 1980–1995 34 47
3 Gregorius, SarahSarah Gregorius 2010–2016 25 82
4 Wilkinson, HannahHannah Wilkinson 2010– 24 81
5 Henderson, WendiWendi Henderson 1987–2007 17 64
5 Jacobson, MaureenMaureen Jacobson 1979–1996 17 53
5 White, RosieRosie White 2009– 17 88
8 Andersen, PernillePernille Andersen 1998 15 7
9 Smith, NickyNicky Smith 1998–2007 14 23
10 Jackman, MaiaMaia Jackman 1993–2010 12 50
10 Yallop, KirstyKirsty Yallop 2004– 12 102

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Soccer women step out with new name - Football Ferns...". Stuff.co.nz. 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
  2. ↑ "1975 ASIAN CUP". New Zealand Football on NZfootball.co.nz. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  3. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/aswomen.html#p75
  4. ↑ "Ferns ready for Cyprus Cup". New Zealand Football. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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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