New Zealand women's national soccer team

New Zealand
New Zealand

Nickname (s)	Swanz (swans), Football Ferns (football ferns)
Association	New Zealand Football
confederacy	OFC
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Tom Sermanni
Assistant coach	Wendi Henderson and Owain Prosser
captain	Ali Riley
Record scorer	Amber Hearn (54)
Record player	Ria Percival (147)
Home stadium	Changing stages
FIFA code	NZL
FIFA rank	23. (1757 points) (As of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
270 games 97 wins 44 draws 129 losses
statistics
First international New Zealand 2-0 Hong Kong ( Hong Kong ; 25 Aug 1975 )
Biggest win New Zealand 21-0 Samoa ( Auckland , New Zealand ; October 9, 1998 )
Biggest defeat North Korea 11-0 New Zealand ( Brisbane , Australia ; February 24, 2004 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1991 )
Best results	Preliminary round ( 1991 , 2007 , 2011 , 2015 , 2019 )
Oceania Championship
Participation in the finals	11 ( first : 1983 )
Best results	Winner ( 1983 , 1991 , 2007 , 2010 , 2014 , 2018 )
Asian Championship
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	Winner 1975
North and Central American Championship
Participation in the finals	1
Best results	Second in 1993
Olympic games Preliminary round 2008 Quarter finals 2012 Preliminary round 2016
(As of November 10, 2019)

The New Zealand women's national soccer team represents New Zealand in international women's soccer . The national team is subordinate to the New Zealand Football Association and was coached by John Herdman until September 2011. He was succeeded by Tony Readings , who was an assistant coach under Herdman . After Reading's resignation, technical director Andreas Heraf and U-20 trainer Gareth Turnbull took over the coaching position on November 3, 2017. In December 2017, Heraf was hired as head coach and Turnbull as kotrainer for 2 years. Heraf resigned at the end of July 2018. At the end of October 2018 Scottish Tom Sermanni became the new national coach.

In 1975 the New Zealand Women's Soccer Association was founded as a merger of the Auckland and Canterbury regional associations . The Wellington Association , which at the time had violent disagreements with the Auckland Association, was provisionally admitted as an associate member. The merger was a response to the invitation from the Asian association to the first Asian women's soccer championship. The New Zealand selection was promptly the tournament winner. In 1983, the women's soccer Oceania Championship was played for the first time . New Zealand won this tournament too. In 1991 the Swanz repeated their success and qualified for the first women's soccer world championship . In the following years the selection was overshadowed by Australia . After the Australian Association switched to the Asian Association in 2005, New Zealand has no competition in Oceania and won without conceding a goal in 2010 and with an 11-0 record result in the final and became the sole record holder with four titles (as of 2018: six). Nevertheless, New Zealand has to live with the disadvantage that due to its geographical location you cannot play very often against top international teams.

The nickname "Swanz" is based on a play on words. In 1991 the New Zealand Women's Football Association changed its name to the Women's Soccer Association of New Zealand, or WSANZ for short. If you swap the first two letters you get “Swanz” (swans). The New Zealand Federation wants the selection to be known as the New Zealand women's national squad. However, this designation has not caught on. They are featured on the association's website as "Football Ferns".

In the official FIFA rankings, the New Zealanders range between positions 16 and 24; in 2018 they were ranked 19th.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

→ Main article : New Zealand Women's National Football Team / World Cups

New Zealand took part in the world championship finals three times, never surviving the preliminary round. In 2011, New Zealand first set Denmark's negative record of seven consecutive lost games in the first round game, and expanded it to 8 consecutive defeats in the second game. It was only in the third preliminary round game that the first point was won in 2011, but it was only secured in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Wendi Henderson , the only player to take part in 1991 and 2007, was the first New Zealand player to make six World Cup appearances. Meanwhile, six other players have six World Cup appearances. No New Zealand player has scored more than one goal at World Cups. In 2011, New Zealand was the only team eliminated in the preliminary round to score at least one goal in each of the three group games.

year	Result	Trainer	Most games	Most goals
1991	Preliminary round	Dave Boardman	11 players with 3 games	Kim Nye (1)
1995	not qualified
1999	not qualified
2003	not qualified
2007	Preliminary round	John Herdman	10 players with 3 games	no
2011	Preliminary round	John Herdman	12 players with 3 games	4 players with 1 goal
2015	Preliminary round	Tony Readings	12 players with 3 games	2 players with 1 goal
2019	Preliminary round	Tom Sermanni	11 players with 3 games	no
2023	qualified as a co-host
All			Abby Erceg , Ria Percival and Ali Riley (12 each)	Hannah Wilkinson (2)

Oceania Championship

1983 : winner 1986 : third 1989 : second 1991 : winner

1994 : second 1998 : second 2003 : second 2007 : winner

2010 : winner 2014 : winner 2018 : winner

Asian Championship

• 1975 : Winner (as visiting team)

North American Championship

• 1993 : second (as visiting team)

Olympic games

→ Main article : New Zealand Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

• 1996 : not qualified
• 2000 : not qualified
• 2004 : not qualified
• 2008 : preliminary round
• 2012 : quarter-finals
• 2016 : preliminary round
• 2020 : qualified

At the 2012 Olympic Games , New Zealand met Brazil (0: 1) in the group stage and for the first time Great Britain (0: 1) and Cameroon (3: 1) and was able to qualify for the knockout round for the first time in an intercontinental tournament in which New Zealand met the USA and lost 2-0.

Cyprus Cup

• 2008 : did not participate
• 2009 : fourth
• 2010 : second
• 2011 : eighth
• 2012 : eighth
• 2013 : third
• 2014 : eleventh
• 2015 : not participated
• 2016 : not participated
• 2017 : ninth
• 2018 : not participated
• 2019 : not participated

Algarve Cup

• 1994 to 2015 : did not participate
• 2016 : 4th place (defeat on penalties )
• 2017 to 2019 : did not participate

Squad

See also: World Cup squad

In the table the players for the Algarve Cup 2020 are listed.

number	Surname	Date of birth	society	Calls	Gates	Last use
goal
21st	Victoria Esson	March 31, 1991	Avaldsnes IL	003	00	11/22/2018
23	Anna Leat	06/26/2001	Georgetown University	003	00	11/28/2017
1	Erin Nayler	04/17/1992	Girondins Bordeaux	070	00	March 4th, 2020
Defense
04th	Catherine Bott	04/22/1995	Vålerenga Oslo	022nd	01	March 4th, 2020
24	Claudia Bunge	09/21/1999	Northern Lights	003	00	March 4th, 2020
5	Meikayla Moore	06/04/1996	MSV Duisburg	039	03	March 4th, 2020
7th	Ali Riley	10/30/1987	Orlando Pride	132	01	March 4th, 2020
18th	Stephanie Skilton	October 27, 1994	Papakura City	011	00	11/10/2019
6th	Rebekah Stott	06/17/1993	Melbourne City	079	04th	March 4th, 2020
15th	Nicole Stratford	02/01/1989	without a club	002	00	11/10/2019
	Marisa van der Meer	03/27/2002	Cashmere Technical	000	00
midfield
14th	Katie Bowen	04/15/1994	Utah Royals FC	068	03	March 4th, 2020
22nd	Olivia chance	05/10/1993	Bristol City	019th	01	March 4th, 2020
20th	Daisy Cleverley	04/30/1997	California Golden Bears	009	02	March 4th, 2020
12	Betsy Hassett	08/04/1990	UMF Stjarnan	118	13	March 4th, 2020
10	Annalie Longo	07/01/1991	Melbourne Victory	121	15th	March 4th, 2020
02	Ria Percival	07/12/1989	Tottenham Hotspur	148	14th	March 4th, 2020
16	Jana Radosavljević	02/01/1989	BV Cloppenburg	002	00	11/10/2019
attack
11	Sarah Gregorius	08/06/1987	without a club	100	34	March 4th, 2020
25th	Michaela Robertson		Wellington United	000	00
9	Katie Rood	09/02/1992	Lewes FC	012	05	11/10/2019
19th	Paige Satchell	04/10/1998	SC sand	016	01	07/11/2019
13	Rosie White	06/06/1993	Reign FC	107	24	March 4th, 2020
17th	Hannah Wilkinson	05/28/1992	Sporting Lisbon	095	25th	March 4th, 2020
Remarks: ↑ Numbers at the Algarve Cup 2020 ↑ As of November 2019 ↑ a b Status: March 4, 2020 after the World Cup game against Belgium ↑ a b c d Also a game with NZ A Women in December 2016 against Thailand ↑ a b c d Two games with NZ A Women in December 2016 against Thailand

In the last 12 months also nominated players, partly for the "NZ A Women":

Surname	Date of birth	society	Calls	Gates	Last use
goal
Lily Alfeld		Northern Lights	000	00
Defense
Abby Erceg	11/20/1989	North Carolina Courage	141	06th	06/20/2019
Anna Green	08/20/1990	Miramar Rangers	077	07th	06/20/2019
Sarah Morton	08/28/1998	Auckland Football	006th	01	03.03.2019
midfield
Hannah Blake	05/05/2000	University of Michigan	002	00	11/10/2019
Katie Duncan	02/11/1988	Onehunga Sports	124	01	06/20/2019
attack
Jane Barnett		Norwest United	000	00
Emma Kete	09/01/1987	without a club	052	03	June 15, 2019
Aimee Phillips	05/06/1991	Northern Tigers FC	008th	01	03/06/2019
Remarks: ↑ a b Status: June 20, 2019 ↑ a b c d e Two games with NZ A Women in December 2016 against Thailand ↑ End of career

Record players

As of March 4, 2020

Most games

Surname	position	Games	Gates	Period
Ria Percival	Defense	148	14th	2007–
Abby Erceg	Defense	141	06th	2007–
Ali Riley	Defense	132	01	2007–
Amber Hearn	attack	125	54	2005-2018
Katie Duncan	midfield	124	01	2007-2016, 2019
Annalie Longo	midfield	121	15th	2007–
Betsy Hassett	midfield	118	13	2008–
Rosie White	attack	107	25th	2009–
Kirsty Yallop	midfield	104	12	2005-2017
Sarah Gregorius	attack	100	35	2010−
Hannah Wilkinson	attack	095	25th	2010–
Hayley Bowden	midfield	92	10	2005-2015
Rebekah Stott	Defense	079	04th	2012–
Jenny Bindon	goal	077	00	2007-2013
Anna Green	Defense	077	07th	2006–
Rebecca Smith	Defense	074	06th	2005–2012
Erin Nayler	goal	070	00	2013–
Katie Bowen	midfield	068	03	2011–
Wendi Henderson	midfield	064	16	1987-2008

Most goals

Surname	Gates	Games	Quota	Period
Amber Hearn	54	125	0.43	2005-2018
Sarah Gregorius	34	100	0.34	2010-2020
Wendy Sharpe	34	050	0.68	1980-1986
Hannah Wilkinson	25th	095	0.26	2010–
Rosie White	24	107	0.22	2009–
Maureen Jacobson	17th	053	0.32	1979-1986
Wendi Henderson	17th	064	0.25	1987-2008
Pernille Andersen	15th	007th	2.14	1998
Annalie Longo	15th	121	0.12	2007–

Source: The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website - Roll of Honor, 2019 World Cup roster

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

All results from a New Zealand perspective.

The New Zealand Association also counts the games against SSG Bergisch Gladbach and SV Seebach at the Women's World Invitation Tournament 1981 as international games against the DFB and the SFV, respectively. Both games are not counted as international matches by either the DFB or the SFV.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
May 26, 1998	Spremberg	1: 4
May 28, 1998	Dresden	0: 8

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
March 4, 2010	Larnaca ( CYP )	2: 1	Cyprus Cup
March 7, 2014	Paralimni ( CYP )	1: 2	Cyprus Cup

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
March 3, 2017	Nicosia , Cyprus	0: 3	Cyprus Cup 2017

Others

Besides Taiwan and Australia , New Zealand is the only nation to have won two continental competitions (Asia and Oceania).

See also

• List of international matches for the New Zealand women's national football team
• New Zealand national soccer team

Web links

• Official website of the New Zealand women's national team
• New Zealand on the FIFA homepage
• Women's World Invitation Tournament 1981

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} nzfootball.co: Sermanni named as Ferns Head Coach
2. ↑ nzfootball.co: Assistant coaches named for Nations Cup
3. ↑ nzfootball.co: "Riley named as Ferns captain" ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} The New Zealand Association names Longo as a goal scorer against Portugal, ( Longo winner downs Portugal ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ), on the other hand, the goal is counted as the 49th goal by Amber Hearn , which according to the match report for the game against Iceland ( memento of the original from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link inserted automatically and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. scored her 50th international goal there. Also on the unofficial The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer website , Hearn is named as the goalscorer against Portugal. The organizer also names Hearn as a goal scorer ( Portugal - New Zealand 0: 1 )  
5. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
6. ↑ FIFA.com: Readings takes over "Football Ferns"
7. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , taken on November 3, 2017 
8. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ NZ Football - Heraf resigns ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ fifa.com Ranking New Zealand
11. ↑ nzfootball.co: Uncapped pair called up for Football Ferns
12. ↑ NZ A Women ( English ) ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
13. ↑ In addition, 2 games with the “NZ A Women” against Thailand, which are not counted as A-internationals.
14. ↑ The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website ( English ) ultimatenzsoccer.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
15. ↑ List of Players ( English , PDF) FIFA. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
16. ↑ Home Club Logo West Germany - New Zealand 2-1
17. ↑ Switzerland - New Zealand 0-3