New Zealand women's national football team

New Zealand

Nickname(s)	Football Ferns
Association	New Zealand Football
Head coach	Vacant
Most caps	Hayley Moorwood (66)
Top scorer	Wendy Sharpe (30)
FIFA ranking	24
Highest FIFA ranking	20 (March 2005)
Lowest FIFA ranking	24 (December 2006)
Home colours Away colours
First international
New Zealand 2 – 0 Hong Kong  Asian Cup August 1975
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1991)
Best result	Round 1

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.^[1]

Match competition record

OFC Women's Championship

Oceania Women's Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1983	Champions	4	3	1	0	24	3	+21
1986	Third Place	4	2	0	2	3	3	0
1989	Runners up	5	4	0	1	10	1	+9
1991	Champions	4	3	0	1	28	1	+27
1995	Runners up	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8
1998	Runners up	4	3	0	1	41	3	+38
2003	Runners up	4	3	0	1	29	2	+27
2007	Champions	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20
2010	Champions	5	5	0	0	50	0	+50
Total	9/9	37	29	1	8	216	16	+200

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA World Cup

New Zealand has appeared at three Women's World Cup tournaments - 1991 and 2007, both held in China, and 2011, held in Germany.

By tournament

FIFA Women's World Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1991	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0
1995	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0
2011	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1
Total	3	9	0	1	8	5	26	−21	1

By match

1991

November 17, 1991	Denmark	3 – 0	New Zealand	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
	Jensen  15'  40' MacKensie  42'	(Report)		Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Omer Yengo (Congo)

November 19, 1991	Norway	4 – 0	New Zealand	Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
	Campbell  30' (o.g.) Medalen  32'  38' Riise  49'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Salvador Marcone (Chile)

November 21, 1991	China PR	4 – 1	New Zealand	New Plaza Stadium, Foshan
	Zhou  20' Liu  22'  60' Wu  24'	(Report)	Nye  65'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Gyanu Raja Shresta (Nepal)

2007

12 September 2007	Brazil	5 – 0	New Zealand	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
17:00	Daniela  10' Cristiane  54' Marta  74'  90+3' Renata Costa  86'	(Report)		Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng

15 September 2007	Denmark	2 – 0	New Zealand	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
17:00	Pedersen  61' Paaske  66'	(Report)		Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Mayumi Oiwa

20 September 2007[2]	China PR	2 – 0	New Zealand	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
20:00	Li Jie  57' Xie Caixia  79'	(Report)		Attendance: 56,208 Referee: Dagmar Damková

2011

27 June 2011	Japan	2 – 1	New Zealand	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
15:00	Nagasato  6' Miyama  68'	Report	Hearn  12'	Attendance: 12,538 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

1 July 2011	New Zealand	1 – 2	England	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden
18:15	Gregorius  18'	Report	Scott  63' Clarke  81'	Attendance: 19,110 Referee: Therese Neguel (Cameroon)

5 July 2011	New Zealand	2 – 2	Mexico	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim
18:15	Smith  90' Wilkinson  90+4'	Report	Mayor  2' Domínguez  29'	Attendance: 20,451 Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (Sweden)

Summer Olympic Games

By tournament

Football at the Summer Olympics
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1996	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1
2012	To be determined
Total	1	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1

By match

2008

2008-08-06	Japan	2 – 2	New Zealand	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao
17:00	Miyama  72' (pen.) Sawa  86'	(Report)	Yallop  37' Hearn  56' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,270 Referee: Deidre Mitchell (South Africa)

2008-08-09	New Zealand	0 – 1	Norway	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao
19:45		(Report)	Wiik  8'	Attendance: 7,285 Referee: Estela Alvarez (Argentina)

2008-08-12	United States	4 – 0	New Zealand	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
19:45	O'Reilly  1' Rodriguez  43' Tarpley  56' Hucles  60'	(Report)		Attendance: 12,453 Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[3] Caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2011.^[4]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Jenny Bindon 25 February 1973 (1973-02-25) (age 38) 60 0 Hibiscus Coast 2 DF Ria Percival 7 December 1989 (1989-12-07) (age 21) 59 7 FFC Frankfurt 3 DF Anna Green 20 August 1990 (1990-08-20) (age 21) 42 5 Three Kings United 4 MF Katie Hoyle 1 February 1988 (1988-02-01) (age 23) 51 1 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 5 DF Abby Erceg 20 November 1989 (1989-11-20) (age 21) 62 4 Fencibles United 6 DF Rebecca Smith 17 June 1981 (1981-06-17) (age 30) 58 3 VfL Wolfsburg 7 DF Ali Riley 30 October 1987 (1987-10-30) (age 24) 52 1 Western New York Flash 8 MF Hayley Moorwood (captain) 13 February 1984 (1984-02-13) (age 27) 69 7 Chelsea 9 FW Amber Hearn 28 November 1984 (1984-11-28) (age 26) 49 23 FF USV Jena 10 FW Sarah Gregorius 6 August 1987 (1987-08-06) (age 24) 17 9 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 11 MF Kirsty Yallop 4 November 1986 (1986-11-04) (age 25) 50 11 Kristianstads DFF 12 MF Betsy Hassett 4 August 1990 (1990-08-04) (age 21) 27 3 UC Berkeley 13 FW Rosie White 6 June 1993 (1993-06-06) (age 18) 30 7 UCAL 14 FW Sarah McLaughlin 3 June 1991 (1991-06-03) (age 20) 11 0 Claudelands Rovers 15 FW Emma Kete 1 September 1989 (1989-09-01) (age 22) 42 3 Lincoln Ladies F.C. 16 MF Annalie Longo 1 July 1991 (1991-07-01) (age 20) 32 0 Three Kings United 17 FW Hannah Wilkinson 28 March 1992 (1992-03-28) (age 19) 24 9 North Force 18 DF Katie Bowen 15 April 1994 (1994-04-15) (age 17) 6 0 Glenfield Rovers 19 DF Kristy Hill 1 July 1979 (1979-07-01) (age 32) 17 0 Fencibles United 20 GK Aroon Clansey 12 February 1987 (1987-02-12) (age 24) 5 0 Three Kings United 21 GK Erin Nayler 17 April 1992 (1992-04-17) (age 19) 0 0 Eastern Suburbs

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national side in the previous 2 years

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up DF Bridgette Armstrong 9 November 1992 (1992-11-09) (age 18) 3 1 Glenfield Rovers 3 October 2010 MF Caitlin Campbell 2 February 1991 (1991-02-02) (age 20) 5 1 Glenfield Rovers 14 November 2009 MF Terri-Amber Carlson 26 April 1990 (1990-04-26) (age 21) 2 0 Glenfield Rovers 9 March 2011 FW Olivia Chance 5 October 1993 (1993-10-05) (age 18) 4 0 Claudelands Rovers 12 May 2011 DF Maia Jackman 25 May 1975 (1975-05-25) (age 36) 50 12 Western Springs 6 October 2010 DF Elizabeth Milne 11 December 1990 (1990-12-11) (age 20) 6 1 Western Springs 1 October 2010 MF Hannah Wall 3 May 1991 (1991-05-03) (age 20) 11 2 Three Kings United 12 May 2011

See also

• List of New Zealand women's international footballers
• New Zealand women's national under-20 football team
• New Zealand women's national under-17 football team

References

1. ^ "1975 ASIAN CUP". New Zealand Football on NZfootball.co.nz. http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1975_asian_cup.html. Retrieved 2008-12-05. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Moved from 2007-09-19 due to Typhoon Wipha Australia-Canada and China-New Zealand moved to 20 Sept
3. ^ FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 - New Zealand squad list
4. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/FootballFerns/id38.htm. Retrieved 23 June 2011. 

External links

• New Zealand Football Senior Women

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	OFC Women's Champions 1983 (First title)	Succeeded by 1986 Chinese Taipei
Preceded by 1989 Chinese Taipei	OFC Women's Champions 1991 (Second title)	Succeeded by 1995 Australia
Preceded by 2003 Australia	OFC Women's Champions 2007 (Third title) 2010 (Fourth title)	Succeeded by Incumbents
Preceded by Inaugural Champions	AFC Women's Champions 1975 (First title)	Succeeded by 1977 Republic of China