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2019 National Women's League (New Zealand)

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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.

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]

Teams

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2019 National Women's League (New Zealand) is located in New Zealand
Northern Lights
Northern Lights
Auckland
Auckland
WaiBOP
WaiBOP
Central
Central
Capital
Capital
Canterbury United Pride
Canterbury United Pride
Southern United
Southern United
Locations of the 2019 National Women's League Teams
Team Location Ground Coach
Northern Lights North Shore Allen Hill Stadium Shane Verma[2]
Auckland Auckland McLennan Park Nic Downes
WaiBOP Cambridge John Kerkhof Park Nico Girard[3]
Central Football Palmerston North Massey Uni Barry Scullion[4]
Capital Lower Hutt Petone Memorial Park Natalie Lawrence[5]
Canterbury United Pride Christchurch English Park Alana Gunn[6]
Southern United Dunedin Logan Park Nick Pierce[7]

Regular season

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League table

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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
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

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213
Auckland3333443334333
Canterbury United Pride1121121111111
Capital6666555455555
Central Football6777777777777
Northern Lights4442212222222
Southern United1214334543444
WaiBOP5555666666666
Qualification to Grand final
Source: NZ Football

Fixtures and results

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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

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15 September 2019 Southern United 6–0 Central Football Logan Park, Dunedin
12:00
Report

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 2

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22 September 2019 Northern Lights 2–0 Capital Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00
Report

Bye: Auckland

Round 3

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29 September 2019 Southern United 5–5 Northern Lights Rugby Park, Invercargill
13:00
Report
29 September 2019 Central Football 2–5 WaiBOP Massey Uni, Palmerston North
15:00
Report

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 4

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6 October 2019 Northern Lights 7–1 Central Football Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
13:00
Report
6 October 2019 Auckland 4–2 Southern United McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
Report

Bye: Capital

Round 5

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

Bye: Southern United

Round 6

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Bye: WaiBOP

Round 7 (Double Header Week)

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24 October 2019 Auckland 0–0 Northern Lights McLennan Park, Auckland
19:30 Report
28 October 2019 Capital 8–0 WaiBOP Petone Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00
Report

Bye: Central

Round 8

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3 November 2019 Auckland 1–0 WaiBOP McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00 Report

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 9

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Bye: Auckland

Round 10

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17 November 2019 Northern Lights 2–0 Southern United Allen Hill Stadium, North Shore
14:00
Report
17 November 2019 Auckland 3–1 Capital McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00 Report

Bye: Canterbury United

Round 11

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Bye: Capital

Round 12

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1 December 2019 Auckland 2–1 Central Football McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
Report

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 13

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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

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Statistics

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As of 11 December 2019

Top scorers

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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
Gabi 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

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
Emma Rolston Capital Football WaiBOP 8–0 29 October 2019 [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Draw released for National Women's League". New Zealand Football. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Verma ready to Light-Up National Women's League". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 5 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Girard takes WaiBOP NWL helm". WaiBOP Football. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Central Football announce NWL Head Coach". Central Football. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Lawrence to lead Capital Football National Women's League Team". Capital Football. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Pride Staff". Mainland Football. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Southern United Women's - The Team". Southern United. Retrieved 15 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "2019 National Women's League Draw". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  9. ^ "NWL – Change of venue confirmed for Auckland". Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Pride big winners over double header". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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