News about New Zealand's national women's football team
Record-breaking A-League goalscorer Hannah Wilkinson will be cheered on by Wellington Phoenix fans as she most likely holds the key to helping the Kiwis avoid the competition’s wooden spoon. Wilkinson (29) will lead the line for Melbourne City against ninth-placed … Read More
Wellington-born full back CJ Bott has joined English Women’s Super League club Leicester City after her departure from Norwegian first division side Vålerenga. The 26-year-old Football Fern joins the Foxes in time for their weekend match against Manchester United. She … Read More
Football Fern Paige Satchell is preparing for four weeks of dressing room banter as she awaits the chance to play against Australia’s Matildas in next month’s two-match series. The 23-year-old speedster plays in the women’s A-League for league leaders Sydney … Read More
Head coach Jitka Klimková says self-belief and trust are the key lessons learned by her Football Ferns squad during the four-nations SheBelieves Cup. The Ferns finished bottom of the round-robin group after failing to score in their three games against … Read More
The Football Ferns meet Czech Republic when they play their third and final game at the SheBelieves Cup tournament in the United States at noon on Thursday February 24. The match will be televised live on Sky Sport 7. The … Read More
New Zealand’s Football Ferns will target their last game at the SheBelieves Cup to take home some positives from the four-nation tournament. Having lost both their opening games, New Zealand can not finish in the top two so their Thursday … Read More
The Football Ferns face the world champion United States at the SheBelieves Cup on Monday February 20 (9am, NZT). The match will be televised live on Sky Sport 7. The four-nation tournament replicates the playing schedule faced by group teams … Read More
As the Football Ferns prepare to play Iceland in the opening game of the SheBelieves Cup, head coach Jitka Klimková has promised an approach based on winning games, rather than playing ‘not to lose’. “It’s changing the mindset and making … Read More
New Zealand’s most-capped Football Fern, Ria Percival, has helped her Tottenham Hotspur side clinch a 2-0 win against Birmingham City in English Women’s Super League. The 32-year-old midfielder finished a five-player move, scrambling home Spurs’ second goal, in her last … Read More
Football Fern Ali Riley is to join a new high-profile National Women’s Soccer League club whose high profile owners include Hollywood stars and top women athletes. The 34-year-old defender is heading to Angel City FC, based in California, after her … Read More
New Zealand’s Football Ferns will test themselves against the world champions of women’s football when they play the United States at February’s SheBelieves Cup tournament. The four-nation tournament is being staged to provide the participating teams with the chance to … Read More
Women’s football supporters will celebrate a hundred years of progress when teams from Canterbury and Wellington meet on Saturday December 4. The National League: South Central Series match between Canterbury United Pride and Capital Football has been dubbed ‘The 100 … Read More
Football Ferns goalkeeper Erin Nayler has agreed to join Swedish club Umeå IK FF after leaving English club Reading. The 29-year-old ‘keeper will head to Sweden to compete in the 2022 Damallsvenskau season after Umeå’s promotion to the competition after … Read More
New Zealand’s Football Ferns could become the classic party-poopers when they meet Olympic Gold medalists Canada in the first of two friendly games on Sunday (October 24, NZT). It will be the first time since May 2019 that the Canadians … Read More
The coach who will lead Olympic champions Canada in two games against the Football Ferns in October has made no secret of her past ambitions to coach the New Zealand team. Bev Priestman worked for NZ Football between 2009 and … Read More
NZ Football’s new women’s development manager, Annalie Longo, brings a vast amount of experience and knowledge into the role. Longo (30) has played 124 games for the Football Ferns, played in eight FIFA tournaments, has two W-League winners medals and … Read More
New Zealand’s Football Ferns will have a woman in charge for their next two World Cup campaigns. NZ Football have confirmed the appointment of former Czech Republic defender and international coach Jitka Klimková (pictured) to the role of Football Ferns … Read More
A century ago, women’s football took some key steps towards the establishment of the women’s game in New Zealand. Fledgeling teams took part in games widely reported by the newspapers of the day. In this special feature for Friends of … Read More