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New Zealand
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Football Ferns[1]
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachJitka Klimková
CaptainAli Riley
Most capsRia Percival (160)
Top scorerAmber Hearn (54)
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 32 Decrease 1 (13 December 2024)[2]
Highest16 (December 2013, July–September 2015)
Lowest25 (March 2023)
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
Appearances6 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1983)
Best resultChampions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 2008)
Best result8th (2012)

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 will co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup alongside Australia, the Football Ferns automatically qualified as co-host.

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.

As Australia left the OFC, New Zealand had no serious and competitive rivals in Oceania. This made New Zealand's qualification to the World Cup and Olympics easier having contested every edition of both tournaments since 2007.

New Zealand will co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup along with Australia after being awarded on 25 June 2020 as the favourites over Colombia. The Football Ferns automatically qualified as co-host.

Team image

Nicknames

The New Zealand women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Football Ferns".[1]

FIFA world rankings

As of 14 July 2021[5]

  Worst Ranking    Best Ranking    Worst Mover    Best Mover  

New Zealand's FIFA world rankings
Rank Year Games
Played
Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
22 2021 1 0 1 0 22 Increase 0 22 Decrease 0

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.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2022

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) Friendly Australia  3–1  New Zealand Canberra, Australia
19:45 UTC+10
  • Kerr 15', 32'
  • Raso 17'
Source
Stadium: GIO Stadium
25 June Friendly Norway  2–0  New Zealand Oslo, Norway
17:00 (UTC+1) Source Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion
2 September 2022 (2022-09-02) Friendly Mexico  0–1  New Zealand Carson, California, United States
18:00 (UTC-7) Report
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 0[a]
6 September 2022 (2022-09-06) Friendly New Zealand  2–1  Philippines Fullerton, California, United States
17:00 (UTC-7)
Report
Stadium: Titan Stadium
9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) Friendly Japan  2–0  New Zealand Nagano, Japan
14:55 UTC+9
Report Stadium: Nagano U Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Yujeong Kim (South Korea)
12 November 2022 Friendly New Zealand  0–1  South Korea Christchurch, New Zealand
14:30 UTC+13 Report (KFA) Stadium: Orangetheory Stadium

2023

18 January Friendly New Zealand  0–4  United States Wellington, New Zealand
Report
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 12,508
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
21 January Friendly New Zealand  0–5  United States Auckland, New Zealand
Report
Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 12,721
Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)
17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) Friendly New Zealand  0–5  Portugal Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00 NZT Report
Stadium: Waikato Stadium
Attendance: 3,788[8]
Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)
20 February 2023 (2023-02-20) Friendly New Zealand  0–2  Argentina Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00 NZT Report Stadium: Waikato Stadium
Attendance: 3,622[9]
Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)
23 February 2023 (2023-02-23) Friendly New Zealand  0–1  Argentina Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 NZT Report Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
Attendance: 3,914[10]
Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)[11]
7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) Friendly New Zealand  1–1  Iceland Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
11 April 2023 (2023-04-11) Friendly New Zealand  v  Nigeria Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex
10 July 2023 (2023-07-10) Friendly New Zealand  v  Vietnam Napier, New Zealand
17:30 NZT Report Stadium: McLean Park
20 July 2023 (2023-07-20) FIFA WC Group New Zealand  v  Norway Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 NZT Report Stadium: Eden Park
30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) FIFA WC Group Switzerland  v  New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand
19:00 NZT Report Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium
  1. ^ Played behind closed doors.[6]

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Czech Republic Jitka Klimkova
Assistant coach United States Keri Sarver
Assistant coach New Zealand Michael Mayne
Goalkeeping coach New Zealand Duncan Reed
Analyst New Zealand Alice Noyer

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs) friendly matches against Portugal and Argentina between 18 and 23 February 2023.[12]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Erin Nayler (1992-04-17) April 17, 1992 (age 32) 80 0 Sweden IFK Norrköping
21 1GK Brianna Edwards (2003-01-27) January 27, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Australia Bankstown City
23 1GK Murphy Sheaff (2003-09-12) September 12, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 United States Jacksonville Dolphins

2 2DF Kate Taylor (2003-10-21) October 21, 2003 (age 21) 6 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
3 2DF Claudia Bunge (1999-09-21) September 21, 1999 (age 25) 16 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
4 2DF CJ Bott (1995-04-22) April 22, 1995 (age 29) 36 2 England Leicester City
5 2DF Meikayla Moore (1996-06-04) June 4, 1996 (age 28) 60 4 Scotland Glasgow City
7 2DF Ali Riley (1987-10-30) October 30, 1987 (age 37) 149 2 United States Angel City FC
13 2DF Michaela Foster (1999-01-09) January 9, 1999 (age 26) 0 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
14 2DF Katie Bowen (1994-04-15) April 15, 1994 (age 30) 87 3 Australia Melbourne City
16 2DF Grace Neville (2000-04-09) April 9, 2000 (age 24) 1 0 England London City Lionesses
18 2DF Mackenzie Barry (2001-04-11) April 11, 2001 (age 23) 5 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
19 2DF Elizabeth Anton (1998-12-12) December 12, 1998 (age 26) 17 0 Australia Perth Glory

6 3MF Malia Steinmetz (1999-01-18) January 18, 1999 (age 25) 13 0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
8 3MF Daisy Cleverley (1997-04-30) April 30, 1997 (age 27) 26 2 Denmark Køge
11 3MF Olivia Chance (1993-10-05) October 5, 1993 (age 31) 39 2 Scotland Celtic
12 3MF Betsy Hassett (1990-08-04) August 4, 1990 (age 34) 138 14 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
22 3MF Ava Collins (2002-04-18) April 18, 2002 (age 22) 9 0 United States St. John's Red Storm

9 4FW Gabi Rennie (2001-07-07) July 7, 2001 (age 23) 20 2 United States Arizona State Sun Devils
10 4FW Grace Jale (1999-04-10) April 10, 1999 (age 25) 12 2 Australia Canberra United
15 4FW Paige Satchell (1998-04-13) April 13, 1998 (age 26) 37 2 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
17 4FW Hannah Wilkinson (1992-05-28) May 28, 1992 (age 32) 108 27 Australia Melbourne City
20 4FW Indiah-Paige Riley (2001-12-20) December 20, 2001 (age 23) 6 0 Australia Brisbane Roar

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Victoria Esson (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) 12 0 Scotland Rangers v.  Portugal, 17 February 2023INJ
GK Anna Leat (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 23) 9 0 England Aston Villa v.  Portugal, 17 February 2023INJ
GK Lily Alfeld (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29) 0 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix v.  United States, 18 January 2023INJ

DF Rebekah Stott (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31) 87 4 England Brighton & Hove Albion v.  Portugal, 17 February 2023INJ
DF Anna Green (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 (age 34) 82 8 Australia Sydney FC v.  United States, 21 January 2023
DF Ally Green (1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 (age 26) 4 0 Denmark AGF v.  United States, 21 January 2023
DF Ashleigh Ward (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 30) 4 0 England Southampton v.  United States, 21 January 2023
DF Rebecca Lake (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 25) 0 0 New Zealand Canterbury United Pride v.  United States, 21 January 2023
DF Katie Bowen (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 30) 87 3 United States North Carolina Courage v.  South Korea, 15 November 2022

MF Emma Rolston (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 28) 15 6 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix v.  United States, 21 January 2023
MF Jana Radosavljevic (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Germany Arminia Bielefeld v.  United States, 21 January 2023
MF Aniela Jensen (2002-01-22) 22 January 2002 (age 22) 0 0 United States Pacific Tigers v.  United States, 21 January 2023
MF Ria Percival (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 (age 35) 161 15 England Tottenham Hotspur v.  Australia, 12 April 2022

FW Grace Wisnewski (2002-06-28) 28 June 2002 (age 22) 2 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix v.  Argentina, 23 February 2023TOP
FW Jacqui Hand (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 25) 10 1 Finland Åland United v.  United States, 21 January 2023
FW Hannah Blake (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 24) 6 0 United States Michigan Wolverines v.  United States, 21 January 2023
FW Deven Jackson (1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 26) 1 0 New Zealand Eastern Suburbs v.  United States, 21 January 2023
FW Tayla O'Brien (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 (age 30) 1 0 New Zealand Eastern Suburbs v.  United States, 21 January 2023
FW Alyssa Whinham (2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 21) 0 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix v.  Japan, 9 October 2022
FW Maggie Jenkins (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 (age 23) 1 0 United States UCF Knights v.  Philippines, 6 September 2022
FW Annalie Longo (1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 (age 33) 127 15 New Zealand Christchurch United v.  Philippines, 6 September 2022INJ

Notes:

  • RET Retired from national team.
  • INJ Withdrew due to an injury.
  • COVID Withdrew due to COVID–19.
  • TOP Train-on player.

Captains

[14]

Current New Zealand captain

Records

Bold players are still active.

Statistics as of 21 January 2023.[14]

Honours

Continental

Champions: 1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018
Runners-up: 1989, 1994, 1998, 2003
Champions: 1975

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

New Zealand's FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1991  China Group stage 11th 3 0 0 3 1 11 Squad Qualified 4 3 0 1 28 1
1995  Sweden Did not qualify 2nd 4 3 0 1 10 2
1999  United States 2nd 4 3 0 1 41 3
2003  United States 2nd 4 3 0 1 29 2
2007  China Group stage 14th 3 0 0 3 0 9 Squad Qualified 3 3 0 0 21 1
2011  Germany 12th 3 0 1 2 4 6 Squad Qualified 5 5 0 0 50 0
2015  Canada 19th 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad Qualified 3 3 0 0 30 0
2019  France 20th 3 0 0 3 1 5 Squad Qualified 5 5 0 0 43 0
2023  Australia
 New Zealand
qualified Qualified as co-hosts
Total Group stage 5/8 15 0 3 12 8 34 32 28 0 4 252 9
FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year Host Round Date Opponent Result Stadium
1991  China Group stage 17 November  Denmark L 0–3 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
19 November  Norway L 0–4 Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
21 November  China L 1–4 New Plaza Stadium, Foshan
2007  China Group stage 12 September  Brazil L 0–5 Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
15 September  Denmark L 0–2
20 September  China L 0–2 Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
2011  Germany Group stage 27 June  Japan L 1–2 Ruhrstadion, Bochum
1 July  England L 1–2 Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
5 July  Mexico D 2–2 Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
2015  Canada Group stage 6 June  Netherlands L 0–1 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
11 June  Canada D 0–0
15 June  China D 2–2 Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
2019  France Group stage 11 June  Netherlands L 0–1 Stade Océane, Le Havre
15 June  Canada L 0–2 Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
20 June  Cameroon L 1–2 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
2023  Australia
 New Zealand
Group stage 20 July  Norway Eden Park, Auckland
25 July  Philippines Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
30 July  Switzerland Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Host Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1996  United States Did not qualify
2000  Australia
2004  Greece Did not enter
2008  China Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
2012  United Kingdom Quarter-finals 4 1 0 3 3 5 −2 3
2016  Brazil Group stage 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
2020  Japan Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Total Quarter-finals 13 2 1 10 8 27 −19 7

OFC Women's Nations Cup

OFC Women's Nations Cup record
Year Host Result Pld W D L GF GA GD
1983  New Caledonia Champions 4 3 1 0 24 3 +21
1986  New Zealand Third place 4 2 0 2 3 3 0
1989  Australia Runners-up 5 4 0 1 10 1 +9
1991  Australia Champions 4 3 0 1 28 1 +27
1994  Papua New Guinea Runners-up 4 3 0 1 10 2 +8
1998  New Zealand Runners-up 4 3 0 1 41 3 +38
2003  Australia Runners-up 4 3 0 1 29 2 +27
2007  Papua New Guinea Champions 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20
2010  New Zealand Champions 5 5 0 0 50 0 +50
2014  Papua New Guinea Champions 3 3 0 0 30 0 +30
2018  New Caledonia Champions 5 5 0 0 43 0 +43
2022  Fiji Did not enter
Total 6 titles 45 37 1 7 289 16 +273

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Invitee
British Hong Kong 1975 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 11 3
Total 1 title 1/1 4 4 0 0 11 3

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".[15]

Portugal Algarve Cup record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA GD
2016 4th place 4 1 2 1 2 2 0
2020 4th place 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4
Total 2/27 7 1 3 3 4 8 −4

SheBelieves Cup

The SheBelieves Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted in the United States.

United States SheBelieves Cup record
Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA Coach
2016 Did not enter
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 4th 3 0 1 2 0 6
Total 1/7 3 0 1 2 0 6

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Soccer women step out with new name – Football Ferns..." Stuff.co.nz. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  3. ^ "1975 ASIAN CUP". New Zealand Football on NZfootball.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  4. ^ "1975". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - New Zealand - Women's". FIFA. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  6. ^ "PREVIEW: Ford Football Ferns vs Mexico". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Liv takes her chance to secure draw for Ferns". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Ferns fall to Portugal". New Zealand Football. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  9. ^ Rollo, Phillip (20 February 2023). "Football Ferns have goal ruled out in 2-0 defeat to Argentina in Hamilton". Stuff. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Attendances rising for women's football games ahead of FIFA World Cup". friendsoffootballnz.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  11. ^ "New Zealand–Argentina: Key details and streaming info". FIFA. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Ford Football Ferns squad named for games against Portugal and Argentina in Hamilton and Auckland this month". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Roll of Honour". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural Champions
OFC Women's Champions
1983 (First title)
Succeeded by
Preceded by OFC Women's Champions
1991 (Second title)
Succeeded by
Preceded by OFC Women's Champions
2007 (Third title)
2010 (Fourth title)
2014 (Fifth title)
2018 (Sixth title)
Succeeded by
Incumbents
Preceded by
Inaugural Champions
AFC Women's Champions
1975 (First title)
Succeeded by