2018 National Women's League (New Zealand)

Football league season

National Women's League

Season	2018
Champions	Canterbury United Pride
Matches played	43
Goals scored	193 (4.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sarah Gregorius (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Canterbury United Pride 8–0 Central (11 November 2018)
Biggest away win	Central 0–7 Canterbury United Pride (30 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Central 2–8 Southern United (2 December 2018)
← 2017 2019 → All statistics correct as of 16 December 2018.

The 2018 National Women's League was the sixteenth season of the NWL, New Zealand's top level women's football league since its establishment in 2002. Seven teams were again involved in this season representing the different regions in New Zealand. This was the first year that the league had 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 Capital played two matches over the weekend.

Teams

Northern Lights

Auckland

WaiBOP

Central

Capital

Canterbury United Pride

Southern United

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Locations of the 2018 National Women's League Teams

Team	Location	Ground	Coach
Northern Lights	North Shore	QBE Stadium, Domain 3	Gemma Lewis
Auckland	Auckland	McLennan Park	Tracy Wrigley
WaiBOP	Hamilton	Gower Park	Michael Mayne
Central Football	Palmerston North	Massey Uni	Donald Piper
Capital	Lower Hutt	Memorial Park	Emma Evans
Canterbury United Pride	Christchurch	English Park	Alana Gunn
Southern United	Dunedin	Tahuna Park	Rignacio Sande

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Lights	12	9	2	1	33	8	+25	29	Qualification to the Final
2	Canterbury United Pride (C)	12	9	0	3	41	14	+27	27	Qualification to the Final
3	Auckland	12	6	4	2	26	11	+15	22
4	Capital	12	6	2	4	32	27	+5	20
5	Southern United	12	5	1	6	37	28	+9	16
6	WaiBOP	12	1	1	10	14	36	−22	4
7	Central Football	12	1	0	11	5	64	−59	3

Source: The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Team ╲ Round
Auckland	2	3	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Canterbury United Pride	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Capital	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Central Football	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Northern Lights	4	5	4	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Southern United	1	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
WaiBOP	5	7	6	6	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 2018 and also for the first time include a double header round over Labour weekend.

Round 1

Southern United v Central Football

15 September 2018	Southern United	6–1	Central Football	Forrester Park, Dunedin
15:00	Whittaker 8' Smith 20', 28' Nicholson 24' Hislop 50' 69' (o.g.)	Report	Crewe 12'	Referee: Wendy McNeely

WaiBOP v Auckland

15 September 2018	WaiBOP	0–4	Auckland	Gower Park, Hamilton
14:00		Report	Parris 52', 75' Muirhead 68' Carter 71' (pen.)	Referee: Bridget Baker

Canterbury United Pride v Capital

16 September 2018	Canterbury United Pride	4–0	Capital	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Longo 15', 28' Rennie 46' Barker 54'	Report		Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 2

Canterbury United Pride v WaiBOP

22 September 2018	Canterbury United Pride	6–0	WaiBOP	English Park, Christchurch
12:00	Barker 2', 21', 87' Rennie 14' Stewart 32' Longo 90+3'	Report		Referee: Michael Killick

Northern Lights v Southern United

23 September 2018	Northern Lights	0–0	Southern United	McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:00		Report		Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Central Football v Capital

23 September 2018	Central Football	0–5	Capital	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
14:00		Report	Boone 10' Main 46' Gregorius 52', 61' Wilford-Carroll 68'	Referee: Beth Rattray

Bye: Auckland

Round 3

Capital v Northern Lights

29 September 2018	Capital	1–4	Northern Lights	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:30	Main 24'	Report	Kelderman 24' Bunge 43' Savage 85' Tawharu 88'	Referee: Morgan Archer

Central Football v Canterbury United Pride

30 September 2018	Central Football	0–7	Canterbury United Pride	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:30		Report	Abbott 4' 11', 53' (o.g.) Rennie 35' Longo 61' Taylor 80' Stewart 90+4'	Referee: Bridget Baker

Southern United v Auckland

30 September 2018	Southern United	1–2	Auckland	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
14:00	20' (o.g.)	Report	Muirhead 63' Carter 90+4'	Referee: Nadia Browning

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 4

WaiBOP v Southern United

7 October 2018	WaiBOP	3–6	Southern United	McLennan Park, Auckland
11:00	Brady 45' Golding 61' Wisnewski 73'	Report	Morison 37' Wall 45' Gray 54' Hayr 60' Anderson 67', 79'	Referee: Morgan Archer

Northern Lights v Central Football

7 October 2018	Northern Lights	7–0	Central Football	McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:30	Tawharu 18' Jenkins 32', 40' Steinmetz 57' Stevens 63' Mittendorf 65' Kelderman 73'	Report		Referee: Wendy McNeely

Auckland v Capital

7 October 2018	Auckland	1–1	Capital	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	80' (o.g.)	Report	Wilford-Carrol 45'	Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Bye: Canterbury United Pride

Round 5

Capital v WaiBOP

13 October 2018	Capital	2–1	WaiBOP	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00	Wilford-Carroll 89' Gregorius 90+3'	Report	Brown 39'	Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Northern Lights v Canterbury United Pride

14 October 2018	Northern Lights	1–2	Canterbury United Pride	McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:00	Bunge 19'	Report	Hepburn 36' Taylor 82'	Referee: Sarah Jones

Central Football v Auckland

14 October 2018	Central Football	0–6	Auckland	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00		Report	Parris 4', 56' Carter 24' (pen.) Satchell 30' Cunningham-Lee 71' Morton 80'	Referee: Nadia Browning

Bye: Southern United

Round 6 (Double Header Week)

Auckland v Northern Lights

19 October 2018	Auckland	0–0	Northern Lights	McLennan Park, Auckland
19:00		Report		Referee: Wendy McNeely

Canterbury United Pride v Southern United

20 October 2018	Canterbury United Pride	3–1	Southern United	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Barker 19' Rennie 66', 81'	Report	Nicholson 25'	Referee: Michael Killick

WaiBOP v Central Football

20 October 2018	WaiBOP	0–1	Central Football	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
14:00		Report	Lancaster 90+2'	Referee: Bridget Baker

Central Football v WaiBOP

22 October 2018	Central Football	0–3	WaiBOP	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00		Report	Brown 21', 46', 78'	Referee: Morgan Archer

Southern United v Canterbury United Pride

22 October 2018	Southern United	1–3	Canterbury United Pride	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
14:00	Anderson 5'	Report	Taylor 9', 53' Fraser 45+2' (pen.)	Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Northern Lights v Auckland

23 October 2018	Northern Lights	2–0	Auckland	QBE Stadium, North Shore
19:15	Steinmetz 44' Stevens 68'	Report		Referee: Anne-Marie Keighley

Bye: Capital

Round 7

Capital v Southern United

27 October 2018	Capital	3–1	Southern United	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00	Gregorius 10', 84' McPhie 40'	Report	Smith 13'	Referee: Sarah Jones

Northern Lights v WaiBOP

28 October 2018	Northern Lights	3–0	WaiBOP	McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:00	Stevens 14' Stratford 79' 89' (o.g.)	Report		Referee: Morgan Archer

Auckland v Canterbury United Pride

28 October 2018	Auckland	3–1	Canterbury United Pride	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	Jale 14' Satchell 49' Parris 69'	Report	Longo 53'	Referee: Nadia Browning

Bye: Central

Round 8

WaiBOP v Canterbury United Pride

3 November 2018	WaiBOP	1–3	Canterbury United Pride	Gower Park, Hamilton
13:00	Cawte 45+2'	Report	Longo 14' Hepburn 26' Taylor 82'	Referee: Nadia Browning

Capital v Central Football

3 November 2018	Capital	5–0	Central Football	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00	Green 12', 90+1' Gregorius 21', 81' Main 51'	Report		Referee: Wendy McNeely

Southern United v Northern Lights

4 November 2018	Southern United	1–2	Northern Lights	Tahuna Park, Dunedin
13:30	Nicholson 59'	Report	Turnbull 27' Tawharu 49'	Referee: Dan Woulahan

Bye: Auckland

Round 9

Northern Lights v Capital

11 November 2018	Northern Lights	4–2	Capital	McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:00	Loye 7' Pritchard 54', 66' Barnett 65'	Report	Gregorius 22' Ohlsson 55'	Referee: Morgan Archer

Auckland v Southern United

11 November 2018	Auckland	3–2	Southern United	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	Jale 36', 69' Mettam 75'	Report	Morison 29', 38'	Referee: Nadia Browning

Canterbury United Pride v Central Football

11 November 2018	Canterbury United Pride	8–0	Central Football	English Park, Christchurch
14:00	Taylor 13', 56', 67' Wong 15' Jones 43' Donald 54' Hepburn 58' Longo 90+4'	Report		Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 10

WaiBOP v Capital

17 November 2018	WaiBOP	2–3	Capital	Gower Park, Hamilton
14:00	Hooper 32' Brady 79'	Report	Robertson 82', 90' Boone 90+5'	Referee: Wendy McNeely

Auckland v Central Football

18 November 2018	Auckland	4–0	Central Football	McLennan Park, Auckland
13:00	Parris 21' Leong 50', 64' Muirhead 74'	Report		Referee: Bridger Baker

Canterbury United Pride v Northern Lights

18 November 2018	Canterbury United Pride	0–3	Northern Lights	English Park, Christchurch
13:30		Report	Turnbull 21' Pritchard 34' Stevens 61'	Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Bye: Southern United

Round 11

Capital v Auckland

24 November 2018	Capital	2–2	Auckland	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00	McPhie 37' Boone 63'	Report	Parris 45+1' Morrissey 88'	Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Southern United v WaiBOP

25 November 2018	Southern United	5–2	WaiBOP	Forrester Park, Dunedin
11:00	Morrison 1' Gray 2' Brown 29', 85' Wall 75'	Report	Elliott 32' Golding 37'	Referee: Wendy McNeely

Central Football v Northern Lights

25 November 2018	Central Football	1–5	Northern Lights	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00	Pritchard 23' Barnett 30', 80' Savage 70' Stratford 74'	Report	Ralph 72'	Referee: Andrew Turner

Bye: Canterbury United Pride

Round 12

Capital v Canterbury United Pride

1 December 2018	Capital	4–3	Canterbury United Pride	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00	Bryant 9' Main 25' Boone 81' Ohlsson 90'	Report	Hepburn 17' Taylor 36', 73'	Referee: Andrew Turner

Central Football v Southern United

2 December 2018	Central Football	2–8	Southern United	Massey Uni, Palmerston North
12:00	Frank 20', 55'	Report	Morison 5', 42' Gray 10' Smith 47' Nicholson 50' Bacon 57' Wall 63' de Ronde 76'	Referee: Wendy McNeely

Auckland v WaiBOP

2 December 2018	Auckland	1–1	WaiBOP	McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00	Leong 90+3'	Report	Muspratt 73'	Referee: Bridget Baker

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 13

Canterbury United Pride v Auckland

8 December 2018	Canterbury United Pride	1–0	Auckland	English Park, Christchurch
13:00	Rennie 38'	Report

WaiBOP v Northern Lights

8 December 2018	WaiBOP	1–2	Northern Lights	Gower Park, Hamilton
14:00	Henderson 21'	Report	Pritchard 71', 83'	Referee: Sarah Jones

Southern United v Capital

9 December 2018	Southern United	5–4	Capital	Sunnyvale Park, Dunedin
14:00	Smith 8' (pen) Whittaker 20' Bacon 47', 56' Gray 74'	Report	Gregorius 33' (pen), 52' (pen), 56', 78' (pen)	Referee: Morgan Archer

Bye: Central

Final

16 December 2018

13:05

Northern Lights	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Canterbury United Pride
Barnett 7' Bunge 40'	Report	Longo 16', 31' Barker 102'

The Trusts Arena, Auckland

Referee: Morgan Archer

Statistics

As of 9 December 2018

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sarah Gregorius	Capital	12
2	Cody Taylor	Canterbury United Pride	10
3	Annalie Longo	Canterbury United Pride	7
3	Jade Parris	Auckland	7
5	Emily Morison	Southern United	6
	Ava Pritchard	Northern Lights
	Gabi Rennie	Canterbury United Pride
8	Monique Barker	Canterbury United Pride	5
8	Shontelle Smith	Southern United	5
10	Meisha Boone	Capital	4
	Kelli Brown	WaiBOP
	Mikayla Gray	Southern United
	Whitney Hepburn	Canterbury United Pride
	Emma Main	Capital
	Britney-Lee Nicholson	Southern United
	Dayna Stevens	Northern Lights

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Monique Barker	Canterbury United Pride	WaiBOP	6–0	23 September 2018
Kelli Brown	WaiBOP	Central Football	3–0	22 October 2018
Cody Taylor	Canterbury United Pride	Central Football	8–0	11 November 2018
Sarah Gregorius	Capital	Southern United	4–5	9 December 2018

Own goals

Player	Club	Against	Round
Mackenzie Barry	Central Football	Southern United	1
Mackenzie Barry	Central Football	Canterbury United Pride	3
Kate Watson	Central Football	Canterbury United Pride	3
Bianca Stiles	Auckland	Southern United	3
Meisha Boone	Capital	Auckland	4
Ashley Weld	WaiBOP	Northern Lights	7

References

"Draw released for expanded National Women's League". New Zealand Football. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
"Experienced Coaches Set To Lead Northern". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
"Wrigley Named AFF Head Coach". Auckland Football. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
"Mayne named National Women's League coach". WaiBOP Football.
"Donald Piper confirmed as Central's National Women's League coach for the 2018/19 season". Central Football. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
"Evans and Morrissey reappointed as NWL coaching staff". Capital Football. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
"Gunnie achieves B Licence". Mainland Football. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
"New coach appointed for Southern United women". Otago Daily Times. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
"2018 National Women's League Draw". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
Voerman, Andrew (23 September 2018). "Canterbury United Pride continue hot start in National Women's Football League". Stuff.co.nz.
Voerman, Andrew (24 October 2018). "Canterbury United Pride lead the way in National Women's Football League". Stuff.co.nz.
Hyslop, Liam (11 November 2018). "Mario Ilich's goal from halfway helps Team Wellington to top of national league". Stuff.co.nz.
Hyslop, Liam; Voerman, Andrew (9 December 2018). "Northern Lights to host Canterbury United Pride in National Women's League final". Stuff.co.nz.

External links

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Regional leagues

Northern League	Auckland United Eastern Suburbs Ellerslie Fencibles United Hamilton Wanderers Hibiscus Coast West Coast Rangers Western Springs
Central League	Central Football Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Southern League	Canterbury United Pride Southern United

Championship teams

Top level women's association football leagues around the world

Africa

North Africa

West Africa

Zone A	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
Zone B	Benin Burkina Faso Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Niger Nigeria Togo

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Europe

North and Central America,
and the Caribbean

North America	Canada Mexico United States NWSL USLS
Central America	Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Nicaragua
Caribbean	Puerto Rico

Oceania

South America

Geography of women's association football

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Domestic cups	New Caledonia New Zealand men women Tahiti '17–'18 '18–'19
OFC club competitions	OFC Champions League Qualifying stage Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup 2018 OFC U-19 Championship 2018 OFC U-16 Championship

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National teams

Men	National team (All Whites) B Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17
Women	National team (Football Ferns) U-20 U-17

League system

Men (level 1)	New Zealand National League New Zealand Football Championship (defunct) National Soccer League (defunct)
Men (level 2)	Central League Northern League Southern League
Men (level 3)	Capital Premier Central Federation League FootballSouth Premier League Mainland Premier League NRFL Championship
Men (level 4)	Canterbury Championship Capital Division 1 Donald Gray Memorial Cup Fletcher Cup Horizons Premiership Nelson Bays Premiership Division 1 NRFL Conference Northern Southern Pacific Premiership South Canterbury Division 1 Taranaki Premiership Marlborough Division 1 Eastern League 1
Men (level 5)	Capital Division 2 NRF League One Southland Division 1 WaiBOP League One Taranaki Championship Manawatu Championship Whanganui Roly Taylor Championship Hawkes Bay Division 2 Nelson Bays Division 2 Marlborough Division 2 Mainland Division 1 South Canterbury Division 2 Otago Division 2
Men (level 6)	Northland Division 1 NRF Championship Division 1 WaiBop Championship Manawatu Division 1 Eastern League 2 Taranaki Division 1 Hawkes Bay Division 3 Capital 3 Mainland Division 2 Otago Division 3 Southland Division 2 Unaffiliated West Coast Senior Football
Women	National Women's League Capital Football W-League NRFL Women's Premiership Women's South Island League NRFL Women's Championship
Youth	National Youth League

Domestic cups

Men	Chatham Cup Charity Cup White Ribbon Cup
Women	Kate Sheppard Cup

Awards

Jack Batty Memorial Cup
Maia Jackman Trophy
New Zealand Footballer of the Year
New Zealand Football Golden Boot (2007–2021) New Zealand Football Golden Boot (2021–)

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