New Zealand women's national football team

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New Zealand
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Football Ferns[1]
Association New Zealand Football
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Tony Readings
Captain Abby Erceg
Most caps Abby Erceg (123)
Top scorer Amber Hearn (50)
FIFA code NZL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 16 Steady (25 March 2016)
Highest 16 (December 2013, July-September 2015)
Lowest 24 (December 2006)
First international
 New Zealand 2–0 Hong Kong 
(Hong Kong; 25 August 1975)
World Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1991)
Best result Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances 10 (First in 1983)
Best result Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)

The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women's football and 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.[2]

Record

World Cup

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See also: New Zealand at the FIFA Women's World Cup
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Group Stage 11th 3 0 0 3 1 11
Sweden 1995 Did not qualify
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007 Group Stage 14th 3 0 0 3 0 9
Germany 2011 Group Stage 12th 3 0 1 2 4 6
Canada 2015 Group Stage 19th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Total Group Stage - 12 0 3 9 7 29

Summer Olympics

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See also: Football at the Summer Olympics
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004 Did not enter
China 2008 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 2 7 –5 1
United Kingdom 2012 Quarter-finals 4 1 0 3 3 5 –2 3
Brazil 2016 Qualified
Total Quarter-finals 7 1 1 5 5 12 –7 4

OFC Championship

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See also: OFC Women's Championship
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA GD
New Caledonia 1983 1st 4 3 1 0 24 3 +21
New Zealand 1986 3rd 4 2 0 2 3 3 0
Australia 1989 2nd 5 4 0 1 10 1 +9
Australia 1991 1st 4 3 0 1 28 1 +27
Papua New Guinea 1995 2nd 4 3 0 1 10 2 +8
New Zealand 1998 2nd 4 3 0 1 41 3 +38
Australia 2003 2nd 4 3 0 1 29 2 +27
Papua New Guinea 2007 1st 3 3 0 0 21 1 +20
New Zealand 2010 1st 5 5 0 0 50 0 +50
Papua New Guinea 2014 1st 3 3 0 0 30 0 +30
Total 5 Titles 40 32 1 7 246 16 +230

Current Squad

The following players were called up for the friendlies against Australia in June 2016.[3]
Caps and goals correct as of 7 April 2016 after the game against Netherlands.

Head coach: Tony Readings

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Erin Nayler (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32) 38 0 New Zealand Norwest United
1GK Cushla Lichtwark (1980-11-29) 29 November 1980 (age 43) 0 0 New Zealand Hutt City
2DF Abby Erceg (c) (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 (age 34) 124 6 United States Western New York Flash
2DF Ria Percival (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 (age 34) 114 11 Germany USV Jena
2DF Ali Riley (1987-10-30) 30 October 1987 (age 36) 99 1 Sweden FC Rosengård
2DF Anna Green (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 (age 33) 59 7 Japan AS Elfen Saitama
2DF Meikayla Moore (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 27) 12 0 New Zealand Eastern Suburbs
2DF Catherine Bott (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 34) 3 0 New Zealand Forrest Hill Milford
3MF Katie Duncan (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 36) 113 1 Switzerland FC Zürich
3MF Kirsty Yallop (1986-11-04) 4 November 1986 (age 37) 97 12 Australia Brisbane Roar
3MF Betsy Hassett (1990-08-04) 4 August 1990 (age 33) 89 8 Norway Amazon
3MF Annalie Longo (1991-07-01) 1 July 1991 (age 32) 89 8 New Zealand Coastal Spirit
3MF Katie Bowen (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 30) 35 0 United States Univ. of North Carolina
4FW Amber Hearn (1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 (age 39) 110 50 Germany USV Jena
4FW Rosie White (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30) 79 14 England Liverpool
4FW Sarah Gregorius (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 36) 76 24 Japan AS Elfen Saitama
4FW Hannah Wilkinson (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 31) 72 23 United States Univ. of Tennessee
4FW Jasmine Pereira (1996-07-20) 20 July 1996 (age 27) 16 0 New Zealand Three Kings United
4FW Jane Barnett 0 0 Unattached
4FW Paige Satchell (1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 (age 26) 0 0 New Zealand Three Kings United

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national side in the previous 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
FW Aimee Phillips (1991-05-06) 6 May 1991 (age 32) 3 1 New Zealand Forrest Hill Milford v.  Netherlands, 7 April 2016 (Friendly)
GK Victoria Esson (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) 0 0 New Zealand Ferrymead Bays v.  Netherlands, 7 April 2016 (Friendly)
DF Rebekah Stott (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 30) 49 4 Australia Melbourne City 2016 Algarve Cup
GK Rebecca Rolls (1975-08-22) 22 August 1975 (age 48) 22 0 New Zealand Three Kings United 2016 Algarve Cup
MF Kate Loye (1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 30) 1 0 New Zealand Claudelands Rovers 2016 Algarve Cup
MF Grace Jale 0 0 New Zealand Eastern Suburbs v.  Papua New Guinea, 23 January 2016 (Olympic Qualifier)
FW Stephanie Skilton (1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 29) 2 0 United States Syracuse University v.  Brazil, 1 December 2015 (Friendly)
FW Emma Kete (1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 (age 36) 48 3 New Zealand Fencibles United 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF Daisy Cleverley (1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 (age 26) 3 2 New Zealand Forrest Hill Milford 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
MF Evie Millynn (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994 (age 29) 2 0 New Zealand Eastern Suburbs 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

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Results and fixtures

2015

2016

Records

Most capped players

# Name Years Caps Goals
1 Abby Erceg 2006– 123 6
2 Ria Percival 2006– 113 11
3 Katie Hoyle 2006– 112 1
4 Amber Hearn 2004– 109 50
5 Ali Riley 2007– 98 1
6 Kirsty Yallop 2004– 96 12
7 Hayley Bowden 2003–2015 92 10
8 Betsy Hassett 2008– 88 8
8 Annalie Longo 2006– 88 8
10 Rosie White 2009– 78 14
Statistics as of 10 March 2016.

Top goalscorers

# Player Years Goals Caps
1 Amber Hearn 2004– 50 109
2 Wendy Sharpe 1980–1995 34 47
3 Sarah Gregorius 2010– 24 76
4 Hannah Wilkinson 2010– 23 72
5 Wendi Henderson 1987–2007 17 64
5 Maureen Jacobson 1979–1996 17 53
7 Pernille Andersen 1998 15 7
8 Nicky Smith 1998–2007 14 23
8 Rosie White 2009– 14 78
10 Maia Jackman 1993–2010 12 50
10 Kirsty Yallop 2004– 12 96

See also

References

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural Champions
 OFC Women's Champions
1983 (First title)		 Succeeded by
1986 Chinese Taipei 
Preceded by OFC Women's Champions
1991 (Second title)		 Succeeded by
1995 Australia 
Preceded by OFC Women's Champions
2007 (Third title)
2010 (Fourth title)
2014 (Fifth title)		 Succeeded by
Incumbents
Preceded by
Inaugural Champions
 AFC Women's Champions
1975 (First title)		 Succeeded by
1977 Republic of China 

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