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 (160)
Top scorer	Amber Hearn (54)
FIFA code	NZL
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	24 2 (9 December 2022)[2]
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	6 (first in 1991)
Best result	Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
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, 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 OFC, New Zealand had no serious and competitive Rivals in Oceania, which made it easier New Zealand's qualifications to World Cup and Olimpic Tournament, 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


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

17 February SheBelieves Cup	Iceland	1–0	New Zealand	Carson, California, United States
20:00 ET	Brynjarsdóttir 1'	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

20 February SheBelieves Cup	United States	5–0	New Zealand	Carson, California, United States
15:00 ET	Moore 5' (o.g.), 6' (o.g.), 36' (o.g.) Hatch 51' Pugh 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 16,587 Referee: Maria Belen Carvajal (Chile)

23 February SheBelieves Cup	New Zealand	0–0	Czech Republic	Frisco, Texas, United States
18:00 ET		Report		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,359 Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

8 April Friendly	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Townsville, Australia
19:45 AEDT	van Egmond 90+4' Kerr 90+6'	Report	Green 32'	Stadium: QCB Stadium Referee: Asaka Koizumi (England)

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) Friendly	Australia	3–1	New Zealand	Canberra, Australia
19:45 UTC+10	Kerr 15', 32' Raso 17'	Source	Wilkinson 45+3'	Stadium: GIO Stadium

25 June Friendly	Norway	2–0	New Zealand	Oslo, Norway
17:00 (UTC+1)		Source		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

28 June Friendly	Wales	0–0	New Zealand	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
19:00 (UTC+1)		Source		Stadium: Pinatar Arena

2 September 2022 (2022-09-02) Friendly	Mexico	0–1	New Zealand	Carson, California, United States
18:00 (UTC-7)		Report	Bott 84'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

6 September 2022 (2022-09-06) Friendly	New Zealand	2–1	Philippines	Fullerton, California, United States
17:00 (UTC-7)	Moore 70' (pen.) Riley 83'	Report	Bolden 45+1'	Stadium: Titan Stadium

9 October 2022 (2022-10-09) 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 2022 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 2022 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[7] 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 2023 (2023-02-17) Friendly	New Zealand	v	Portugal	Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report		Stadium: Waikato Stadium

20 February 2023 (2023-02-20) Friendly	New Zealand	v	Argentina	Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report		Stadium: Waikato Stadium

23 February 2023 (2023-02-23) Friendly	New Zealand	v	Argentina	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report		Stadium: North Harbour Stadium

20 July 2023 (2023-07-20) FIFA WC Group	New Zealand	v	Norway	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report		Stadium: Eden Park

25 July 2023 (2023-07-25) FIFA WC Group	New Zealand	v	Philippines	Wellington, New Zealand
17:30 NZT		Report		Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium

30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) FIFA WC Group	Switzerland	v	New Zealand	Dunedin, New Zealand
19:00 NZT		Report		Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium

Played behind closed doors.[6]

New Zealand Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Jitka Klimková	[8]

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the friendly matches against United States on 18 and 21 January 2023.[9]

Caps and goals are current as of 21 January 2023 after match against United States.[10]

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

7	2DF	Ali Riley (captain)	(1987-10-30) 30 October 1987	149	2	Angel City
18	2DF	Mackenzie Barry	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001	5	0	Wellington Phoenix
19	2DF	Elizabeth Anton	(1998-12-12) 12 December 1998	17	0	Perth Glory
24	2DF	Ally Green	(1998-08-17) 17 August 1998	4	0	AGF
30	2DF	Ashleigh Ward	(1994-08-18) 18 August 1994	4	0	Southampton
31	2DF	Anna Green	(1990-08-20) 20 August 1990	82	8	Sydney FC
35	2DF	Grace Neville	(2000-04-09) 9 April 2000	1	0	London City Lionesses
37	2DF	Rebecca Lake		0	0	Canterbury United Pride

12	3MF	Betsy Hassett	(1990-08-04) 4 August 1990	138	14	Wellington Phoenix
15	3MF	Daisy Cleverley	(1997-04-30) 30 April 1997	26	2	HB Køge
16	3MF	Emma Rolston	(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996	15	6	Wellington Phoenix
20	3MF	Jana Radosavljevic	(1996-11-04) 4 November 1996	3	0	Arminia Bielefeld
25	3MF	Grace Jale	(1999-04-10) 10 April 1999	12	2	Canberra United
28	3MF	Ava Collins	(2002-04-26) 26 April 2002	9	0	St. John's Red Storm
32	3MF	Aniela Jensen	(2002-01-22) 22 January 2002	0	0	Pacific Tigers

9	4FW	Gabi Rennie	(2001-07-07) 7 July 2001	20	2	Arizona State Sun Devils
11	4FW	Olivia Chance	(1993-10-05) 5 October 1993	39	2	Celtic
13	4FW	Paige Satchell	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998	37	2	Wellington Phoenix
22	4FW	Hannah Blake	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000	6	0	Michigan Wolverines
27	4FW	Indiah-Paige Riley	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001	6	0	Fortuna Hjørring
29	4FW	Jacqui Hand	(1999-02-19) 19 February 1999	10	1	Åland United
33	4FW	Grace Wisnewski	(2002-06-28) 28 June 2002	2	0	Wellington Phoenix
34	4FW	Tayla O'Brien		1	0	Eastern Suburbs
36	4FW	Deven Jackson		1	0	Eastern Suburbs

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	Lily Alfeld	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995	0	0	Wellington Phoenix	v. United States, 18 January 2023^INJ
GK	Victoria Esson	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	12	0	Rangers	v. South Korea, 15 November 2022
GK	Anna Leat	(2001-06-26) 26 June 2001	9	0	Aston Villa	v. South Korea, 15 November 2022

DF	Katie Bowen	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994	87	3	North Carolina Courage	v. South Korea, 15 November 2022
DF	Claudia Bunge	(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999	16	0	Melbourne Victory	v. South Korea, 15 November 2022
DF	Meikayla Moore	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996	60	4	Glasgow City	v. South Korea, 15 November 2022
DF	Kate Taylor	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003	6	0	Wellington Phoenix	v. South Korea, 15 November 2022
DF	C. J. Bott	(1995-04-22) 22 April 1995	36	2	Leicester City	v. Japan, 9 October 2022
DF	Rebekah Stott	(1993-06-17) 17 June 1993	87	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	v. Wales, 28 June 2022^INJ
DF	Abby Erceg	(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989	146	6	North Carolina Courage	SheBelieves Cup^RET

MF	Malia Steinmetz	(1999-01-18) 18 January 1999	13	0	Western Sydney Wanderers	v. South Korea, 15 November 2022
MF	Ria Percival	(1989-12-07) 7 December 1989	161	15	Tottenham Hotspur	v. Australia, 12 April 2022

FW	Alyssa Whinham	(2003-10-26) 26 October 2003	0	0	Wellington Phoenix	v. Japan, 9 October 2022
FW	Hannah Wilkinson	(1992-05-28) 28 May 1992	108	27	Melbourne City	v. Japan, 9 October 2022
FW	Maggie Jenkins	(2001-06-14) 14 June 2001	1	0	UCF Knights	v. Philippines, 6 September 2022
FW	Annalie Longo	(1991-07-01) 1 July 1991	127	15	Christchurch United	v. Philippines, 6 September 2022^INJ
Notes: ^RET Retired from national team. ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury. ^COVID Withdrew due to COVID–19.

Captains

[11]

Abby Erceg – 49 matches (2013–2017)
Rebecca Smith – 45 matches (2003–2007, 2011–2012)
Hayley Moorwood – 43 matches (2007–2011
Ali Riley – 42 matches (2017– ) †
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)
Leslie King – 5 matches (1991)
Viv Robertson – 5 matches (1998–1991)

†Current New Zealand captain

Records

Bold players are still active.

Statistics as of 21 January 2023.[11]

Most capped players

#	Player	Years	Caps	Goals
1	Ria Percival	2006–	161	15
2	Ali Riley	2007–	149	1
3	Abby Erceg	2006–2022	146	6
4	Betsy Hassett	2008–	138	14
5	Annalie Longo	2006–	127	15
6	Amber Hearn	2004–2018	125	54
7	Katie Duncan	2006–2019	124	1
8	Rosie White	2009–2021	111	24
9	Hannah Wilkinson	2010–	108	27
10	Kirsty Yallop	2004–2017	104	12

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Years	Goals	Caps
1	Amber Hearn	2004–2018	54	125
2	Wendy Sharpe	1980–1995	34	51
2	Sarah Gregorius	2010–2020	34	100
4	Hannah Wilkinson	2010–	27	108
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	127
	Ria Percival	2006–	15	161

Ria Percival is the most capped player

Amber Hearn is the all-time top scorer

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	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	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		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	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".[12]

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

References

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"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - New Zealand - Women's". FIFA. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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External links

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[7] Played behind closed doors.[6]

[Stuff.co.nz-1] "Soccer women step out with new name – Football Ferns..." Stuff.co.nz. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

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[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.

[8] "Liv takes her chance to secure draw for Ferns". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[9] "Ferns coach to take side through to 2023 Women's World Cup revealed". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[10] "Ford Football Ferns squad named for home USA series". New Zealand Football. 6 January 2023.

[11] "Caps 'n' Goals". ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.

[Honour-12] "Roll of Honour". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[13] "Women's game thriving in the Algarve". FIFA. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

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
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
†By invitation, the New Zealand team took part in the 1975 AFC Women's Championship. They have since then played in the Oceanic Championship.