New Zealand women's national football team

New Zealand
Nickname(s)	Football Ferns[1]
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Jitka Klimková
Captain	Ali Riley
Most caps	Ria Percival (163)
Top scorer	Amber Hearn (54)
FIFA code	NZL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	26 (25 August 2023)[2]
Highest	16 (December 2013, July 2015 – March 2016)
Lowest	26 (June – August 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
Appearances	6 (first in 1991)
Best result	Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1983)
Best result	Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (first in 2008)
Best result	8th (2012)

The New Zealand women's national football team (recognised as Aotearoa New Zealand by FIFA)[3] is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). They are nicknamed the Football Ferns.

The New Zealand national team has taken part in the FIFA Women's World Cup six times, making their debut in 1991.[4] New Zealand co-hosted the 2023 World Cup alongside Australia. They have failed to go past the group stage in all occasions.

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.[5] 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.

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

New Zealand co-hosted the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup along with Australia after being awarded it on 25 June 2020 as the favourites over other bidder Colombia. The Football Ferns automatically qualified as co-host. Despite winning their opening match against Norway, they suffered a shocking loss to debutants Philippines and later drew to Switzerland in their final match, and were eliminated. This was the first time the hosts were eliminated from the group stage. They only managed to score one goal during the tournament.[6]

Team image

The New Zealand women's national football team are also known by their nickname the "Football Ferns".[1] Like their male counterparts, the team has traditionally worn all white kits. For the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, the Football Ferns switched to an all black first choice kit reminiscent of the New Zealand national rugby union team, as well as the country's national teams in other sports, including rugby league, field hockey, netball, basketball, volleyball, and limited overs cricket. The away kit pairs the traditional white shirts and socks with turquoise shorts.[7]

FIFA world rankings

As of 14 July 2021[8]

Worst Ranking Best Ranking Worst Mover Best Mover


Rank	Year	Games Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Best		Worst
Rank	Year	Games Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Rank	Move	Rank	Move
22	2021	1	0	1	0	22	0	22	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

9 October Friendly	Japan	2–0	New Zealand	Nagano, Japan
14:55 UTC+9	Miyazawa 44' Ueki 61'	Report		Stadium: Nagano U Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Yujeong Kim (South Korea)

12 November Friendly	New Zealand	0–1	South Korea	Christchurch, New Zealand
14:30 UTC+13		Report (KFA)	Lee Min-a 31'	Stadium: Orangetheory Stadium

15 November Friendly	New Zealand	1–1	South Korea	Christchurch, New Zealand
18:00 UTC+13	Chance 13'	Report (KFA)	Ye-eun 57'	Stadium: Orangetheory Stadium Attendance: 3523[9] Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

2023

18 January Friendly	New Zealand	0–4	United States	Wellington, New Zealand
		Report	Swanson 52', 63' Morgan 60' Williams 74'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 12,508 Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

21 January Friendly	New Zealand	0–5	United States	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	Hatch 22' Lavelle 39', 74' Swanson 53' Kornieck 80'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 12,721 Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

17 February Friendly	New Zealand	0–5	Portugal	Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report	J.Silva 17' D.Silva 42' Capeta 63', 69' Pinto 79'	Stadium: Waikato Stadium Attendance: 3,788[10] Referee: Emikar Calderas (Venezuela)

20 February Friendly	New Zealand	0–2	Argentina	Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report	Larroquette 17' Cometti 90'	Stadium: Waikato Stadium Attendance: 3,622[11] Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

23 February Friendly	New Zealand	0–1	Argentina	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report	Larroquette 77'	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 3,914[12] Referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)[13]

7 April Friendly	New Zealand	1–1	Iceland	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3	Wilkinson 34'	Report	Brynjarsdóttir 27'	Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex

11 April Friendly	New Zealand	0–3	Nigeria	Antalya, Turkey
16:00 UTC+3		Report	Ebi 34' Echegini 49' Oparanozie 90+5'	Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex Referee: Arda Kardeşler (Turkey)

10 July Friendly	New Zealand	2–0	Vietnam	Napier, New Zealand
17:30 NZT	Bott 17' Hand 44'	Report		Stadium: McLean Park Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

14 July Friendly	New Zealand	0–1	Italy	Auckland, New Zealand
		Report	Giacinti 23'	Stadium: Keith Hay Park Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

20 July FIFA WC Group	New Zealand	1–0	Norway	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 NZT	Wilkinson 48'	Report		Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 42,137 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

25 July FIFA WC Group	New Zealand	0–1	Philippines	Wellington, New Zealand
17:30 NZT		Report	Sarina Bolden 24'	Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium Attendance: 32,357 Referee: Katia García (Mexico)

30 July FIFA WC Group	Switzerland	0–0	New Zealand	Dunedin, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Attendance: 25,947 Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

23 September Friendly	Chile	3–0	New Zealand	Santiago, Chile
19:00 UTC−3	Zamora 27' Acuña 31' López 47'	Source		Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida Referee: Nadia Fuques (Uruguay)

26 September Friendly	Chile	2–1	New Zealand	Santiago, Chile
11:00 UTC−3	Aedo 56' Araya 90+4'	Source	Hassett 81'	Stadium: Quilín Complex Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

New Zealand Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Jitka Klimková	[14]

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the friendly against Chile on 23 and 25 September 2023.[15]

Caps and goals are current as of 30 July 2023 after match against Switzerland.[16]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Brianna Edwards	(2003-01-27) January 27, 2003	0	0	Bankstown City
21	1GK	Victoria Esson	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	19	0	Rangers
23	1GK	Anna Leat	(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001	10	0	Aston Villa

4	2DF	CJ Bott	(1995-04-22) 22 April 1995	41	3	Leicester City
14	2DF	Katie Bowen	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994	97	3	Inter
3	2DF	Claudia Bunge	(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999	24	0	HB Køge
5	2DF	Michaela Foster	(1999-01-09) 9 January 1999	6	0	Wellington Phoenix
	2DF	Ally Green	(1998-08-17) 17 August 1998	4	0	AGF
	2DF	Grace Neville	(2000-04-09) April 9, 2000	4	0	London City Lionesses
7	2DF	Ali Riley (captain)	(1987-10-30) 30 October 1987	157	2	Angel City
13	2DF	Rebekah Stott	(1993-06-17) 17 June 1993	93	4	Melbourne City
	2DF	Kate Taylor	(2003-10-21) October 21, 2003	8	0	Wellington Phoenix

11	3MF	Olivia Chance	(1993-10-05) 5 October 1993	47	2	Celtic
12	3MF	Betsy Hassett	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990	148	13	Stjarnan
10	3MF	Annalie Longo	(1991-07-01) 1 July 1991	131	15	Christchurch United
6	3MF	Malia Steinmetz	(1999-01-18) 18 January 1999	23	0	FC Nordsjælland

22	4FW	Milly Clegg	(2005-11-01) 1 November 2005	4	0	Western Sydney Wanderers
16	4FW	Jacqui Hand	(1999-02-19) 19 February 1999	17	2	Åland United
18	4FW	Grace Jale	(1999-04-10) 10 April 1999	19	2	Perth Glory
9	4FW	Gabi Rennie	(2001-07-07) 7 July 2001	28	2	Arizona State Sun Devils
20	4FW	Indiah-Paige Riley	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001	12	0	PSV
15	4FW	Paige Satchell	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998	44	2	London City Lionesses
17	4FW	Hannah Wilkinson	(1992-05-28) 28 May 1992	118	29	Melbourne City
	4FW	Grace Wisnewski	(2002-06-28) 28 June 2002	2	0	Wellington Phoenix

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	Murphy Sheaff	(2003-09-12) September 12, 2003	0	0	Jacksonville Dolphins	v. Nigeria, 11 April 2023
GK	Lily Alfeld	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995	0	0	Wellington Phoenix	v. United States, 18 January 2023^INJ
GK	Erin Nayler	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992	84	0	Bayern Munich	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

DF	Meikayla Moore	(1996-06-04) June 4, 1996	63	4	Glasgow City	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup^UNV
DF	Mackenzie Barry	(2001-04-11) April 11, 2001	7	0	Wellington Phoenix	v. Nigeria, 11 April 2023
DF	Anna Green	(1990-08-20) 20 August 1990	82	8	Sydney FC	v. United States, 21 January 2023
DF	Ashleigh Ward	(1994-08-18) 18 August 1994	4	0	Southampton	v. United States, 21 January 2023
DF	Rebecca Lake	(1999-05-13) 13 May 1999	0	0	Canterbury United Pride	v. United States, 21 January 2023
DF	Elizabeth Anton	(1998-12-12) 12 December 1998	19	0	Perth Glory	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

MF	Emma Rolston	(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996	15	6	Wellington Phoenix	v. United States, 21 January 2023
MF	Jana Radosavljevic	(1996-11-04) 4 November 1996	3	0	Fenerbahçe	v. United States, 21 January 2023
MF	Aniela Jensen	(2002-01-22) 22 January 2002	0	0	Pacific Tigers	v. United States, 21 January 2023
MF	Ria Percival (vice-captain)	(1989-12-07) 7 December 1989	166	15	Tottenham Hotspur	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF	Daisy Cleverley	(1997-04-30) 30 April 1997	31	2	HB Køge	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF	Ava Collins	(2002-04-18) April 18, 2002	11	0	St. John's Red Storm	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup^PRE

FW	Hannah Blake	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000	6	0	Adelaide United	v. United States, 21 January 2023
FW	Deven Jackson	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998	1	0	Eastern Suburbs	v. United States, 21 January 2023
FW	Tayla O'Brien	(1994-07-06) 6 July 1994	1	0	Eastern Suburbs	v. United States, 21 January 2023
FW	Alyssa Whinham	(2003-10-26) 26 October 2003	0	0	Wellington Phoenix	v. Japan, 9 October 2022
FW	Maggie Jenkins	(2001-06-14) 14 June 2001	1	0	UCF Knights	v. Philippines, 6 September 2022
Notes: ^RET Retired from national team. ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^UNV Made themselves unavailable for selection ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury. ^COVID Withdrew due to COVID–19. ^TOP Train-on player.

Captains

[17]

Abby Erceg – 49 matches (2013–2017)
Ali Riley – 48 matches (2017– ) †
Rebecca Smith – 45 matches (2003–2007, 2011–2012)
Hayley Moorwood – 43 matches (2007–2011
Barbara Cox – 19 matches (1975,1984–1987)
Terry McCahill – 14 matches (1995–1998)
Marilyn Marshall – 12 matches (?)
Wendi Henderson – 9 matches (2000, 2006–2007
Maureen Jacobson – 9 matches (2005–2006)
Ali Grant – 6 matches (1981–1983)
Ria Percival – 6 matches (2017, 2019, 2023– ) †
Leslie King – 5 matches (1991)
Viv Robertson – 5 matches (1998–1991)

†Current New Zealand co-captain

Records

Bold players are still active.

Statistics as of 30 July 2023.[17]

Ria Percival is the most capped player

Amber Hearn is the all-time top scorer

Most capped players

#	Player	Years	Caps	Goals
1	Ria Percival	2006–	166	15
2	Ali Riley	2007–	157	2
3	Betsy Hassett	2008–	148	14
4	Abby Erceg	2006–2022	146	6
5	Annalie Longo	2006–	131	15
6	Amber Hearn	2004–2018	125	54
7	Katie Duncan	2006–2019	124	1
8	Hannah Wilkinson	2010–	118	29
9	Rosie White	2009–2021	111	24
10	Kirsty Yallop	2004–2017	104	12

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Years	Goals	Caps
1	Amber Hearn (list)	2004–2018	54	125
2	Wendy Sharpe	1980–1995	34	51
2	Sarah Gregorius	2010–2020	34	100
4	Hannah Wilkinson	2010–	29	118
5	Rosie White	2009–2021	24	111
6	Maureen Jacobson	1979–1996	17	53
6	Wendi Henderson	1987–2007	17	64
8	Pernille Andersen	1998	15	7
	Annalie Longo	2006–	15	131
	Ria Percival	2006–	15	166

Honours

Continental

OFC Women's Nations Cup

Champions: 1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018

Runners-up: 1989, 1994, 1998, 2003

AFC Women's Championship

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		20th	3	1	1	1	1	1	Squad	Qualified as co-hosts
Total		Group stage	6/9	18	1	4	13	9	35			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	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
			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	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
			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	W 1–0	Eden Park, Auckland
			25 July	Philippines	L 0–1	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
			30 July	Switzerland	D 0–0	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	Did not qualify
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
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".[18]

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
Algarve Cup record
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.

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

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External links

Official website
FIFA profile (archived 21 December 2007)

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New Zealand women's national football team
General	New Zealand Football History Managers
Statistics	Records FIFA World Cup record OFC Nations Cup record Olympics record
Players	Players Captains
Goals	Amber Hearn
World Cups	1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
OFC Nations Cup	1975† 1983 1986 1989 1991 1994 1998 2003 2007 2010 2014 2018
Olympic Games	2008 2012 2016 2020
Rivalries	Australia
Other NZF teams	Youth U-20 U-17 Futsal
†By invitation, the New Zealand team took part in the 1975 AFC Women's Championship. They have since then played in the Oceanic Championship.