National Women's League
Season2018
ChampionsCanterbury United Pride
Matches played43
Goals scored193 (4.49 per match)
Top goalscorerSarah Gregorius (12 goals)
Biggest home winCanterbury United Pride 8–0 Central
(11 November 2018)
Biggest away winCentral 0–7 Canterbury United Pride
(30 September 2018)
Highest scoringCentral 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.[1]

Teams

2018 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 2018 National Women's League Teams
TeamLocationGroundCoach
Northern LightsNorth ShoreQBE Stadium, Domain 3Gemma Lewis[2]
AucklandAucklandMcLennan ParkTracy Wrigley[3]
WaiBOPHamiltonGower ParkMichael Mayne[4]
Central FootballPalmerston NorthMassey UniDonald Piper[5]
CapitalLower HuttMemorial ParkEmma Evans[6]
Canterbury United PrideChristchurchEnglish ParkAlana Gunn[7]
Southern UnitedDunedinTahuna ParkRignacio Sande[8]

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
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 ╲ Round12345678910111213
Auckland2324233333333
Canterbury United Pride2111111111222
Capital5455554444444
Central Football7677777777777
Northern Lights4542322222111
Southern United1233445555555
WaiBOP5766666666666
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.[9]

Round 1

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
15 September 2018 WaiBOP 0–4 Auckland Gower Park, Hamilton
14:00 Report
  • Parris 52', 75'
  • Muirhead 68'
  • Carter 71' (pen.)
 Referee: Bridget Baker
16 September 2018 Canterbury United Pride 4–0 Capital English Park, Christchurch
13:00
Report Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Bye: Northern Lights

Round 2

22 September 2018 Canterbury United Pride 6–0 WaiBOP English Park, Christchurch
12:00
Report Referee: Michael Killick
23 September 2018 Northern Lights 0–0 Southern United McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:00 Report Referee: Lindsey Robinson
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

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
30 September 2018 Central Football 0–7 Canterbury United Pride Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:30 Report
Referee: Bridget Baker
30 September 2018 Southern United 1–2 Auckland Tahuna Park, Dunedin
14:00
Report
  • Muirhead 63'
  • Carter 90+4'
 Referee: Nadia Browning

Bye: WaiBOP

Round 4

7 October 2018 WaiBOP 3–6 Southern United McLennan Park, Auckland
11:00
Report
  • Morison 37'
  • Wall 45'
  • Gray 54'
  • Hayr 60'
  • Anderson 67', 79'
 Referee: Morgan Archer
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
7 October 2018 Auckland 1–1 Capital McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
Report
  • Wilford-Carrol 45'
 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Bye: Canterbury United Pride

Round 5

13 October 2018 Capital 2–1 WaiBOP Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
13:00
Report
  • Brown 39'
 Referee: Lindsey Robinson
14 October 2018 Northern Lights 1–2 Canterbury United Pride McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:00
Report
  • Hepburn 36'
  • Taylor 82'
 Referee: Sarah Jones
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)

19 October 2018 Auckland 0–0 Northern Lights McLennan Park, Auckland
19:00 Report Referee: Wendy McNeely
20 October 2018 Canterbury United Pride 3–1 Southern United English Park, Christchurch
13:00
Report
  • Nicholson 25'
 Referee: Michael Killick
20 October 2018 WaiBOP 0–1 Central Football Massey Uni, Palmerston North
14:00 Report
  • Lancaster 90+2'
 Referee: Bridget Baker


22 October 2018 Central Football 0–3 WaiBOP Massey Uni, Palmerston North
13:00 Report
  • Brown 21', 46', 78'
 Referee: Morgan Archer
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
23 October 2018 Northern Lights 2–0 Auckland QBE Stadium, North Shore
19:15
Report Referee: Anne-Marie Keighley

Bye: Capital

Round 7

27 October 2018 Capital 3–1 Southern United Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00
Report
  • Smith 13'
 Referee: Sarah Jones
28 October 2018 Northern Lights 3–0 WaiBOP McFetridge Park, North Shore
13:00
Report Referee: Morgan Archer
28 October 2018 Auckland 3–1 Canterbury United Pride McLennan Park, Auckland
14:00
Report
Referee: Nadia Browning

Bye: Central

Round 8

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
3 November 2018 Capital 5–0 Central Football Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
14:00
Report Referee: Wendy McNeely
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

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

17 November 2018 WaiBOP 2–3 Capital Gower Park, Hamilton
14:00
  • Hooper 32'
  • Brady 79'
 Report
Referee: Wendy McNeely
18 November 2018 Auckland 4–0 Central Football McLennan Park, Auckland
13:00
  • Parris 21'
  • Leong 50', 64'
  • Muirhead 74'
 Report Referee: Bridger Baker
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

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
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
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

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
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
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

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

Northern Lights2–3 (a.e.t.)Canterbury United Pride
 Report
  • Longo 16', 31'
  • Barker 102'
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
Jade Parris Auckland
5 Emily Morison Southern United 6
Ava Pritchard Northern Lights
Gabi Rennie Canterbury United Pride
8 Monique Barker Canterbury United Pride 5
Shontelle Smith Southern United
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

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Monique Barker Canterbury United Pride WaiBOP 6–0 23 September 2018 [10]
Kelli Brown WaiBOP Central Football 3–0 22 October 2018 [11]
Cody Taylor Canterbury United Pride Central Football 8–0 11 November 2018 [12]
Sarah Gregorius Capital Southern United 4–5 9 December 2018 [13]

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

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Experienced Coaches Set To Lead Northern". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Wrigley Named AFF Head Coach". Auckland Football. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mayne named National Women's League coach". WaiBOP Football.
  5. ↑ "Donald Piper confirmed as Central's National Women's League coach for the 2018/19 season". Central Football. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Evans and Morrissey reappointed as NWL coaching staff". Capital Football. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Gunnie achieves B Licence". Mainland Football. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "New coach appointed for Southern United women". Otago Daily Times. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "2018 National Women's League Draw". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Voerman, Andrew (23 September 2018). "Canterbury United Pride continue hot start in National Women's Football League". Stuff.co.nz.
  11. ↑ Voerman, Andrew (24 October 2018). "Canterbury United Pride lead the way in National Women's Football League". Stuff.co.nz.
  12. ↑ Hyslop, Liam (11 November 2018). "Mario Ilich's goal from halfway helps Team Wellington to top of national league". Stuff.co.nz.
  13. ↑ Hyslop, Liam; Voerman, Andrew (9 December 2018). "Northern Lights to host Canterbury United Pride in National Women's League final". Stuff.co.nz.
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