2019 National Women's League (New Zealand)

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]

National Women's League
Season2019
ChampionsCanterbury United Pride
Matches played42
Goals scored150 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorerEmma Rolston (10)
Biggest home winCapital 8-0 WaiBOP
(28 October 2019)
Biggest away winWaiBOP 0–5 Canterbury United Pride
(6 October 2019)
WaiBOP 0–5 Capital
(26 October 2019)
Highest scoringSouthern United 5–5 Northern Lights
(29 September 2019)
Longest winning runCanterbury United Pride (4 games)
Longest unbeaten runNorthern Lights (13 games)
Longest winless runCentral (12 games)
Longest losing runCentral (11 games)
← 2018
2020 →
All statistics correct as of 15 December 2019.

Teams
2019 National Women's League (New Zealand) is located in New Zealand
Northern Lights
Northern Lights
Auckland
Auckland
WaiBOP
WaiBOP
Central
Central
Capital
Capital
Canterbury United Pride
Canterbury United Pride
Southern United
Southern United
Locations of the 2019 National Women's League Teams
TeamLocationGroundCoach
Northern LightsNorth ShoreAllen Hill StadiumShane Verma[2]
AucklandAucklandMcLennan ParkNic Downes
WaiBOPCambridgeJohn Kerkhof ParkNico Girard[3]
Central FootballPalmerston NorthMassey UniBarry Scullion[4]
CapitalLower HuttPetone Memorial ParkNatalie Lawrence[5]
Canterbury United PrideChristchurchEnglish ParkAlana Gunn[6]
Southern UnitedDunedinLogan ParkNick Pierce[7]

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Canterbury United Pride (C) 12 10 1 1 36 8 +28 31 Qualification to the Final
2 Northern Lights 12 7 5 0 28 8 +20 26
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 Football 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.
(C) Champions

*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 ╲ Round12345678910111213
Auckland3333443334333
Canterbury United Pride1121121111111
Capital6666555455555
Central Football6777777777777
Northern Lights4442212222222
Southern United1214334543444
WaiBOP5555666666666
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 Football Logan Park, Dunedin
12:00
  • Smith 2' (pen.)
  • Whittaker 24'
  • Mackay-Wright 32'
  • de Ronde 63'
  • Gray 66'
  • Anderson 88'
 Report
15 September 2019 Canterbury United Pride 6–0 Capital English Park, Christchurch
13:00
  • Dominikovich 25'
  • van Noorden 49'
  • Hepburn 72', 84'
  • Donald 75'
  • Nicholson 82'
 Report
15 September 2019 WaiBOP 0–3 Auckland John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00 Report

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 2
22 September 2019 WaiBOP 0–1 Southern United John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
12:00 Report
22 September 2019 Northern Lights 2–0 Capital Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00
  • Knott 32', 45' (pen.)
 Report
22 September 2019 Canterbury United Pride 4–0 Central Football English Park, Christchurch
14:00
  • Nicholson 2'
  • Dominikovich 23'
  • Herman-Watt 48'
  • Stewart 89'
 Report

Bye: Auckland

Round 3
29 September 2019 Southern United 5–5 Northern Lights Rugby Park, Invercargill
13:00
  • Smith 6'
  • Gray 9'
  • Hayr 33'
  • Hislop 61' (pen.), 85'
 Report
  • Kelderman 3'
  • Brown 44', 50'
  • Jervis 81'
  • Knott 90+3'
29 September 2019 Capital 3–3 Auckland Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00
Report
  • Cunningham-Lee 55'
  • Marthe 79'
  • Carter 84'
29 September 2019 Central Football 2–5 WaiBOP Massey Uni, Palmerston North
15:00
Report
  • Wisnewski 5', 60'
  • Heuvel 45+1', 81'
  • Trebes 88'

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 4
6 October 2019 WaiBOP 0–5 Canterbury United Pride John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
12:00 Report
  • Lake 6'
  • Nicholson 56', 74'
  • Stewart 75'
  • Fraser 87' (pen.)
6 October 2019 Northern Lights 7–1 Central Football Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00
  • Wasi 19'
  • Knott 36'
  • Vosper 45+1'
  • Brown 68'
  • Pritchard 75'
  • Stevens 86'
  • Maynard 90'
 Report
  • Olson 63'
6 October 2019 Auckland 4–2 Southern United McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
  • Cunningham-Lee 2', 76'
  • Skilton 45+2'
  • Leong 78'
 Report
  • Anderson 29'
  • Hayr 60'

Bye: Capital

Round 5
12 October 2019 Capital 3–2 Central Football Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00
Report
  • Boxall 57' (pen.), 75'
13 October 2019 Northern Lights 2–0 WaiBOP Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00
  • Pritchard 16', 80'
 Report
13 October 2019 Auckland 0–1 Canterbury United Pride Kiwitea Street, Auckland[9]
13:30 Report
  • Nicholson 42'

Bye: Southern United

Round 6
19 October 2019 Canterbury United Pride 1–3 Northern Lights English Park, Christchurch
13:00
Report
  • Maynard 26'
  • Pritchard 31'
  • Brown 48'
19 October 2019 Southern United 4–2 Capital Logan Park, Dunedin
13:00
  • Anderson 16', 29'
  • Hislop 24'
  • Roxburgh 83'
 Report
20 October 2019 Central Football 1–2 Auckland Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00
  • Boxall 5'
 Report
  • Cunningham-Lee 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
26 October 2019 WaiBOP 0–5 Capital John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
13:30 Report
  • Barrott 4'
  • Wilkinson 8'
  • Ohlsson 60'
  • Rolston 66'
  • Catherwood 87'
28 October 2019 Canterbury United Pride 3–2 Southern United English Park, Christchurch
13:00
Report
  • Smith 10'
  • Bacon 32'
28 October 2019 Capital 8–0 WaiBOP Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00
  • Rolston 2', 31', 45+1', 52'
  • Barrott 16', 20'
  • Wilkinson 49'
  • Boobyer 90+1'
 Report
29 October 2019 Northern Lights 1–1 Auckland North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00
  • Vosper 7'
 Report

Bye: Central

Round 8
2 November 2019 Capital 1–4 Canterbury United Pride Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00
  • Robertson 79'
 Report
  • Dominikovich 30'
  • Rennie 55'
  • Nicholson 66', 83'
3 November 2019 Central Football 0–1 Southern United Massey Uni, Palmerston North
11:00 Report
  • Hislop 17'
3 November 2019 Auckland 1–0 WaiBOP McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
  • Cunningham-Lee 10'
 Report

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 9
9 November 2019 Central Football 2–5 Canterbury United Pride Massey Uni, Palmerston North
12:00
  • Barry 53'
  • Lancaster 80'
 Report
  • 3' (o.g.)
  • Jones 49'
  • Wall 70'
  • Rennie 88'
  • Stewart 90+2'
9 November 2019 Capital 0–2 Northern Lights Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00 Report
  • Knott 2'
  • Pretty 90+3'
10 November 2019 Southern United 3–0 WaiBOP Logan Park, Dunedin
12:00
  • Bacon 1'
  • Hislop 41'
  • Morison 87'
 Report

Bye: Auckland

Round 10
17 November 2019 Northern Lights 2–0 Southern United Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
14:00
Report
17 November 2019 WaiBOP 1–0 Central Football John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00
  • Evans 68'
 Report
17 November 2019 Auckland 3–1 Capital McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
  • Skilton 13'
  • Dewell 79'
  • Cunningham-Lee 83'
 Report

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 11
23 November 2019 Canterbury United Pride 3–0 WaiBOP English Park, Christchurch
12:00
  • Rennie 18'
  • Dominikovich 45+2', 77'
 Report
23 November 2019 Southern United 1–1 Auckland Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
13:00
  • Bacon 1'
 Report
  • Dewell 16'
24 November 2019 Central Football 0–4 Northern Lights Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00 Report
  • Pritchard 10'
  • Savage 32', 82'
  • Brown 69'

Bye: Capital

Round 12
30 November 2019 Capital 1–2 Southern United Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
11:00
Report
  • Morison 2'
  • Bacon 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 Football McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
Report
  • Olson 7'

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 13
7 December 2019 Canterbury United Pride 2–0 Auckland English Park, Christchurch
13:00
Report
8 December 2019 WaiBOP 0–0* Northern Lights John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00 Report
8 December 2019 Central Football 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
Canterbury United Pride1–1 (a.e.t.)Northern Lights
  • Dominikovich 56'
  • Lake soccer ball with check mark
  • van Noorden soccer ball with check mark
  • Dabner soccer ball with check mark
  • Nicholson soccer ball with check mark
 Report
  • Brown 64'
  • soccer ball with check mark Savage
  • soccer ball with red X Knott
  • soccer ball with check mark Jenkins
  • soccer ball with red X Brown
Penalties
4–2
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
Gabi Rennie Canterbury United Pride
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
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Emma Rolston Capital Football WaiBOP 8–0 29 October 2019 [10]

References
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  2. "Verma ready to Light-Up National Women's League". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  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.
  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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