2019 National Women's League (New Zealand)

Football league season

National Women's League
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Season	2019
Champions	Canterbury United Pride
Matches played	42
Goals scored	150 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emma Rolston (10)
Biggest home win	Capital 8-0 WaiBOP (28 October 2019)
Biggest away win	WaiBOP 0–5 Canterbury United Pride (6 October 2019) WaiBOP 0–5 Capital (26 October 2019)
Highest scoring	Southern United 5–5 Northern Lights (29 September 2019)
Longest winning run	Canterbury United Pride (4 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Northern Lights (13 games)
Longest winless run	Central (12 games)
Longest losing run	Central (11 games)
← 2018 2020 → All statistics correct as of 15 December 2019.

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.

Teams

Northern Lights

Auckland

WaiBOP

Central

Capital

Canterbury United Pride

Southern Unitedclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2019 National Women's League Teams

Team	Location	Ground	Coach
Northern Lights	North Shore	Allen Hill Stadium	Shane Verma
Auckland	Auckland	McLennan Park	Nic Downes
WaiBOP	Cambridge	John Kerkhof Park	Nico Girard
Central Football	Palmerston North	Massey Uni	Barry Scullion
Capital	Lower Hutt	Petone Memorial Park	Natalie Lawrence
Canterbury United Pride	Christchurch	English Park	Alana Gunn
Southern United	Dunedin	Logan Park	Nick Pierce

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	Qualification to the Final
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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Team ╲ Round
Auckland	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Canterbury United Pride	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Capital	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
Central Football	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Northern Lights	4	4	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Southern United	1	2	1	4	3	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	4
WaiBOP	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	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.

Round 1

Southern United v Central Football

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

Canterbury United Pride v Capital

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

WaiBOP v Auckland

15 September 2019	WaiBOP	0–3	Auckland	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00		Report	Skilton 7' Duncan 22' Cunningham-Lee 77'

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 2

WaiBOP v Southern United

22 September 2019	WaiBOP	0–1	Southern United	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
12:00		Report	Hislop 85' (pen.)

Northern Lights v Capital

22 September 2019	Northern Lights	2–0	Capital	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00	Knott 32', 45' (pen.)	Report

Canterbury United Pride v Central Football

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

Southern United v Northern Lights

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'

Capital v Auckland

29 September 2019	Capital	3–3	Auckland	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00	Robertson 5' Robertson 58' Rolston 90' (pen.)	Report	Cunningham-Lee 55' Marthe 79' Carter 84'

Central Football v WaiBOP

29 September 2019	Central Football	2–5	WaiBOP	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
15:00	Olson 11' Lyne-Lewis 76' (pen.)	Report	Wisnewski 5', 60' Heuvel 45+1', 81' Trebes 88'

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 4

WaiBOP v Canterbury United Pride

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.)

Northern Lights v Central Football

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'

Auckland v Southern United

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

Capital v Central Football

12 October 2019	Capital	3–2	Central Football	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00	Rolston 27' Wilkinson 45+1' Barrott 88' (pen.)	Report	Boxall 57' (pen.), 75'

Northern Lights v WaiBOP

13 October 2019	Northern Lights	2–0	WaiBOP	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00	Pritchard 16', 80'	Report

Auckland v Canterbury United Pride

13 October 2019	Auckland	0–1	Canterbury United Pride	Kiwitea Street, Auckland
13:30		Report	Nicholson 42'

Bye: Southern United

Round 6

Canterbury United Pride v Northern Lights

19 October 2019	Canterbury United Pride	1–3	Northern Lights	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Rennie 86'	Report	Maynard 26' Pritchard 31' Brown 48'

Southern United v Capital

19 October 2019	Southern United	4–2	Capital	Logan Park, Dunedin
13:00	Anderson 16', 29' Hislop 24' Roxburgh 83'	Report	Rolston 54' Watts 89'

Central Football v Auckland

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)

Auckland v Northern Lights

24 October 2019	Auckland	0–0	Northern Lights	McLennan Park, Auckland
19:30		Report

Southern United v Canterbury United Pride

26 October 2019	Southern United	0–2	Canterbury United Pride	Logan Park, Dunedin
13:00		Report	van Noorden 25' Rennie 32'

WaiBOP v Capital

26 October 2019	WaiBOP	0–5	Capital	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
13:30		Report	Barrott 4' Wilkinson 8' Ohlsson 60' Rolston 66' Catherwood 87'

Canterbury United Pride v Southern United

28 October 2019	Canterbury United Pride	3–2	Southern United	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Rennie 40' Nicholson 65', 77'	Report	Smith 10' Bacon 32'

Capital v WaiBOP

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

Northern Lights v Auckland

29 October 2019	Northern Lights	1–1	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00	Vosper 7'	Report	Skilton 43'

Bye: Central

Round 8

Capital v Canterbury United Pride

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'

Central Football v Southern United

3 November 2019	Central Football	0–1	Southern United	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
11:00		Report	Hislop 17'

Auckland v WaiBOP

3 November 2019	Auckland	1–0	WaiBOP	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	Cunningham-Lee 10'	Report

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 9

Central Football v Canterbury United Pride

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'

Capital v Northern Lights

9 November 2019	Capital	0–2	Northern Lights	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00		Report	Knott 2' Pretty 90+3'

Southern United v WaiBOP

10 November 2019	Southern United	3–0	WaiBOP	Logan Park, Dunedin
12:00	Bacon 1' Hislop 41' Morison 87'	Report

Bye: Auckland

Round 10

Northern Lights v Southern United

17 November 2019	Northern Lights	2–0	Southern United	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
14:00	Jenkins 29', 34'	Report

WaiBOP v Central Football

17 November 2019	WaiBOP	1–0	Central Football	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00	Evans 68'	Report

Auckland v Capital

17 November 2019	Auckland	3–1	Capital	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	Skilton 13' Dewell 79' Cunningham-Lee 83'	Report	Rolston 46'

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 11

Canterbury United Pride v WaiBOP

23 November 2019	Canterbury United Pride	3–0	WaiBOP	English Park, Christchurch
12:00	Rennie 18' Dominikovich 45+2', 77'	Report

Southern United v Auckland

23 November 2019	Southern United	1–1	Auckland	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
13:00	Bacon 1'	Report	Dewell 16'

Central Football v Northern Lights

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

Capital v Southern United

30 November 2019	Capital	1–2	Southern United	Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
11:00	Rolston 61'	Report	Morison 2' Bacon 88'

Northern Lights v Canterbury United Pride

1 December 2019	Northern Lights	0–0	Canterbury United Pride	Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00		Report

Auckland v Central Football

1 December 2019	Auckland	2–1	Central Football	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	Skilton 39', 71'	Report	Olson 7'

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 13

Canterbury United Pride v Auckland

7 December 2019	Canterbury United Pride	2–0	Auckland	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Rennie 12' Hepburn 90'	Report

WaiBOP v Northern Lights

8 December 2019	WaiBOP	0–0*	Northern Lights	John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00		Report

Central Football v Capital

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

15 December 201914:00

Canterbury United Pride	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Northern Lights
Dominikovich 56'	Report	Brown 64'
Penalties
Lake van Noorden Dabner Nicholson	4–2	Savage Knott Jenkins Brown

English Park, ChristchurchReferee: 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
3	Gabi Rennie	Canterbury United Pride	7
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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Emma Rolston	Capital Football	WaiBOP	8–0	29 October 2019

References

"Draw released for National Women's League". New Zealand Football. 13 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"Verma ready to Light-Up National Women's League". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
"Girard takes WaiBOP NWL helm". WaiBOP Football. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"Central Football announce NWL Head Coach". Central Football. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
"Lawrence to lead Capital Football National Women's League Team". Capital Football. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
"2019 Pride Staff". Mainland Football. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"Southern United Women's - The Team". Southern United. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"2019 National Women's League Draw". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
"NWL – Change of venue confirmed for Auckland". Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
"Pride big winners over double header". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

External links

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