2022 New Zealand Women's National League

Football Championship

Football league season
New Zealand National League
Season2022
Dates27 March 2022 – 11 December 2022
ChampionsEastern Suburbs
2023 OFC Women's Champions LeagueEastern Suburbs
Matches played57
Goals scored265 (4.65 per match)
Top goalscorerTayla O'Brien
(17 goals)
Biggest home winEastern Suburbs 8–0 Central Football
(25 September 2022)
Biggest away winCentral Football 0–9 Northern Rovers
(2 October 2022)
Highest scoringAuckland United 9–3 Central Football
(30 October 2022)
Longest winning run10 matches
Eastern Suburbs
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Eastern Suburbs
Longest winless run11 matches
Central Football
Longest losing run11 matches
Central Football
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 20 November 2022.

The 2022 New Zealand Women's National League is the second scheduled season of the new National League since its restructuring in 2021; the 2021 National League was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in northern regions.[1] The 2022 season will be the twentieth season of national women's football and will be a hybrid season. The competition will feature four teams from the NRFL Premier League representing the Northern Conference, Central Football and Capital Football representing the Central Conference and Canterbury United Pride and Southern United representing the Southern Conference.[2][3]

Qualifying league

2022 NRFL Premier League

After a shortened season in 2021, no teams were relegated and instead 2022 saw the league expand to eight teams with the inclusion of West Coast Rangers and Tauranga City.[4]

Teams

Team Location Home Ground 2021 season
Auckland United Mount Roskill, Auckland Keith Hay Park 6th
Eastern Suburbs Kohimarama, Auckland Madills Farm 1st
Ellerslie Ellerslie, Auckland Michaels Avenue Reserve 5th
Hamilton Wanderers Chartwell, Hamilton Porritt Stadium 4th
Northern Rovers Glenfield, Auckland McFetridge Park 3rd
Tauranga City Mount Maunganui, Tauranga Links Avenue 1st in WaiBOP W-League (promoted)
West Coast Rangers Whenuapai, Auckland Fred Taylor Park 1st in NRF Championship (promoted)
Western Springs Westmere, Auckland Seddon Fields 2nd

NRFL Premier League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Northern Rovers (C) 21 17 3 1 53 14 +39 54 Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship
2 Western Springs 21 14 1 6 41 25 +16 43 Qualification to National League Championship
3 Eastern Suburbs 21 13 2 6 73 36 +37 41
4 Auckland United 21 12 1 8 52 39 +13 37
5 Ellerslie 21 8 3 10 42 34 +8 27
6 West Coast Rangers 21 6 4 11 24 35 −11 22
7 Hamilton Wanderers 21 5 1 15 26 56 −30 16
8 Tauranga City (R) 21 1 1 19 13 85 −72 4 Relegation to NRF Championship/WaiBOP W-League
Source: Northern Region Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
  • Western Springs drew 0–0 with Ellerslie on 15 July 2022, but Western Springs fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Ellerslie.[6]


NRFL Premier League results table

Home \ Away AU ES EL HW NR TC WC WS AU ES EL HW NR TC WC WS
Auckland United 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–4 8–1 3–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 2–1
Eastern Suburbs 3–2 4–0 5–0 1–6 11–1 4–1 3–0 6–1 2–3 7–1
Ellerslie 1–4 0–3 2–0 0–2 6–0 0–2 0–4 6–1 2–3 6–0 3–0
Hamilton Wanderers 1–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 4–0 3–2 2–3 1–5 2–1 2–4
Northern Rovers 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 3–0[a] 2–2 4–0 0–0 2–1
Tauranga City 1–3 3–7 0–3 3–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–3
West Coast Rangers 2–5 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–2
Western Springs 3–1 3–1 0–3[b] 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–0
  1. ^ Default by Auckland United.[7]
  2. ^ Western Springs drew 0–0 with Ellerslie on 15 July 2022, but Western Springs fielded an ineligible player. Result overturned to a 3–0 win for Ellerslie.[6]

NRFL Premier League scoring

As of complete
NRFL Premier League top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs 16
2 Jade Parris Eastern Suburbs 13
3 Helen Arjomandi Hamilton Wanderers 12
Deven Jackson Eastern Suburbs
Tayla O'Brien Eastern Suburbs
6 Michaela Foster Auckland United 11
7 Britney Cunningham-Lee Ellerslie 10
Sofia Garcia Western Springs
9 Danielle Canham Northern Rovers 8
Rina Hirano Western Springs
Bree Johnson Auckland United
Martine Puketapu Auckland United
NRFL Premier League hat-tricks
Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date
1[9] Hollie Leona Ellerslie Tauranga City Home 6–0 27 March 2022
6[10] Jade Parris[a] Eastern Suburbs Tauranga City Home 11–1 1 May 2022
Juliette Lucas
7[11] Rina Hirano Western Springs Ellerslie Away 0–4 8 May 2022
9[12] Prue Catton Auckland United Tauranga City Home 8–1 22 May 2022
13[13] Deven Jackson Eastern Suburbs Tauranga City Away 3–7 3 July 2022
14[14] Martine Puketapu Auckland United West Coast Rangers Away 2–5 15 July 2022
14[15] Danielle Canham[a] Northern Rovers Tauranga City Home 5–0 17 July 2022
18[16] Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs Auckland United Home 6–1 14 August 2022
20[17] Britney Cunningham-Lee Ellerslie Auckland United Home 6–1 25 August 2022
21[18] Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs Hamilton Wanderers Away 1–5 4 September 2022
  1. ^ a b Player scored 4 goals
Own goals
Round Player Club Against
4[19] Rebekah van Dort Eastern Suburbs Auckland United
7[20] Karly Knight West Coast Rangers Auckland United
9[12] Bailey Payne Tauranga City Auckland United
10[21] Caitlin Byrne Hamilton Wanderers Auckland United
12[22] Erinna Wong Eastern Suburbs West Coast Rangers
13[23] Angelique Tuisamoa Western Springs Northern Rovers
15[24] Alisha Perry Hamilton Wanderers Northern Rovers
15[25] Emma Cawte Tauranga City Ellerslie
19[26] Serena Murrihy Tauranga City Hamilton Wanderers
Julia Edwards

Qualified teams

2022 New Zealand Women's National League is located in New Zealand
Auckland
Auckland
Central Football
Central Football
Capital Football
Capital Football
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Locations of the 2022 National League Teams
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Location of clubs in Auckland Region for the 2022 National League season
Association Team Position in Regional League App (last) Previous best (last)
Northern League (4 berths) Northern Rovers 1st 1st Debut
Western Springs 2nd 1st Debut
Eastern Suburbs 3rd 1st Debut
Auckland United 4th 1st Debut
Central League (2 berths) Central Football N/A 20th (2021) 2nd (2004)
Capital Football N/A 20th (2021) 1st (2010)
Southern League (2 berths) Canterbury United Pride N/A 20th (2021) 1st (2020)
Southern United N/A 20th (2021) 1st (2021)

Championship phase

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Eastern Suburbs (C) 14 12 0 2 55 17 +38 36 Qualification to Grand Final
2 Western Springs 14 9 2 3 47 21 +26 29
3 Northern Rovers 14 7 4 3 44 23 +21 25
4 Canterbury United Pride 14 6 2 6 30 30 0 20
5 Southern United 14 5 5 4 19 23 −4 20
6 Auckland United 14 4 2 8 37 42 −5 14
7 Capital Football 14 3 3 8 17 35 −18 12
8 Central Football 14 1 0 13 12 70 −58 3
Source: New Zealand Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Head to head; 5) Head to head goal difference; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[27]
(C) Champions

Results table

Home \ Away AU CU CAP CEN ES NR SU WS
Auckland United 2–3 3–2 9–3 2–3 1–1 1–4 0–3
Canterbury United Pride 7–2 0–0[a] 3–0 1–4 1–4 0–0 2–3
Capital Football 4–4 1–2 1–0 1–4 0–4 0–2 3–2
Central Football 1–2 2–3 2–4 1–9 0–9 2–1 1–5
Eastern Suburbs 5–0 1–2 3–0 8–0 4–2 1–0 3–2
Northern Rovers 3–2 6–3 5–0 4–0 2–5 1–1 1–1
Southern United 0–7 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1
Western Springs 3–2 3–2 3–0 9–0 2–4 4–1 6–1
Source: New Zealand Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ This match was cancelled due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the Canterbury United squad. The match was declared as a 0–0 draw.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 3, but then postponed and played between rounds 6 and 7, it is added to the standings for round 6.

Source: New Zealand Football

Grand Final

Eastern Suburbs4–0Western Springs
 Report

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Tayla O'Brien Eastern Suburbs 17
2 Deven Jackson Eastern Suburbs 14
3 Bree Johnson Auckland United 13
4 Kelli Brown Northern Rovers 12
5 Sofia Garcia Western Springs 11
6 Rina Hirano Western Springs 8
Charlotte Roche Canterbury United Pride
8 Jessica Innes Western Springs 7
9 Manaia Elliott Auckland United 6
Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs

Hat-tricks

As of 25 September 2022
Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date
1[28] Tayla O'Brien[a] Eastern Suburbs Capital Football Away 1–4 17 September 2022
1[29] Sofia Garcia Western Springs Southern United Home 6–1 18 September 2022
2[30] Michaela Foster Northern Rovers Capital Football Home 5–0 24 September 2022
2[31] Tayla O'Brien Eastern Suburbs Central Football Home 8–0 25 September 2022
  1. ^ Player scored 4 goals

Own goals

As of 25 September 2022
Round Player Club Against
2[32] Freya Partridge-Moore Southern United Auckland United
2[33] Una Foyle Canterbury United Pride Western Springs

Awards

Goal of the Week

Goal of the Week
Week Player Club Ref.
1
2 Lara Colpi Western Springs [34]
3 Jasmine Prince Southern United [35]
4 Kate Guildford Canterbury United Pride [36]
5 Pepi Olliver-Bell Capital Football [37]
6 Ashley Arquette Central Football [38]
7 Arisa Takeda Western Springs [39]

Team of the Month

Team of the Month
Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
October
[40] 		Una Foyle (CU) Erina Wong (ES)
Jana Niedermayr (CEN)
Rebekah Van Dort(ES)
Arisa Takeda (WS) 		Rina Hirano (WS)
Michaela Foster (NR)
Rose Morton (SU)
Renee Bacon (CAP) 		Tayla O'Brien(ES)
Bree Johnson (AU)

See also

References

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  35. ^ "Congratulations to @cashmere_tech's Andrew Storer and @southern_united's Jasmine Prince who have won the #NZNationalLeague Championship Goal of The Week! 🔥🎉". New Zealand Football Twitter. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  36. ^ "Congratulations to Wellington Olympic's Kailan Gould and Canterbury United Pride's Kate Guildford who have won the #NZNationalLeague Goal of The Week with these top-class strikes!". New Zealand Football Instagram. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  37. ^ "Congratulations to Birkenhead United's Sam Burfoot and Capital Football's Pepi Olliver-Bell for winning the #NZNationalLeague Championship Goal of The Week with these wonderful strikes! 🔥". New Zealand Football Instagram. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  38. ^ "Congratulations to Central Football's Ashley Arquette and Auckland City FC's Joe Lee who have won the #NZNationalLeague Goal of The Week with two sensational strikes 💥". New Zealand Football Instagram. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  39. ^ "Two absolute worldies from Miramar Rangers' Sam Mason-Smith and Western Springs' Arisa Takeda have won last week's #NZNationalLeague Goal of the Week 🔥". New Zealand Football Instagram. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  40. ^ "National League Championship Team of the Month – October". New Zealand Football. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

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