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
Northern Lights
Auckland
WaiBOP
Central
Capital
Canterbury United Pride
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]
CentralPalmerston 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 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 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.

*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
Central6777777777777
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 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
  • Hislop  85' (pen.)
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 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 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
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 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 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
  • Rennie  86'
 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 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
  • van Noorden  25'
  • Rennie  32'
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
  • Rennie  40'
  • Nicholson  65', 77'
 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 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 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 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 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 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
  • Rennie  12'
  • Hepburn  90'
 Report
8 December 2019 WaiBOP 0–0* Northern Lights John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
14:00 Report
8 December 2019 Central 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
  • van Noorden
  • Dabner
  • Nicholson
Report
  • Brown  64'
  • Savage
  • Knott
  • Jenkins
  • 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
Gabrielle 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
  1. "Draw released for National Women's League". New Zealand Football. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  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.
  4. "Central Football announce NWL Head Coach". Central Football. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. "Lawrence to lead Capital Football National Women's League Team". Capital Football. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. "2019 Pride Staff". Mainland Football. 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. https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/83041
  10. "Pride big winners over double header". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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