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
The Wellington Phoenix and New Zealand Football have confirmed the Phoenix will have a team in the W-League for the 2021-22 season planned to start in November. The announcement follows a decision by the Australian Professional Leagues’ (APL) that three … Read More
New Zealand Football’s newly-appointed general manager of high performance, Gareth Jennings, already has some insight into the challenges facing Kiwi national teams. In his role as head of technical leadership for FIFA, Jennings has studied the barriers to success for … Read More
NZ Football president Johanna Wood has become the first football administrator to win the Sports Leadership Award at the annual Halberg Awards. She received the award at the Auckland-based event, in recognition of her rise through the governance ranks of … Read More
Football stalwart Bob Bovelander made a significant contribution to the development of the sport in Auckland and the wider northern region, both at club and regional level. Bovelander, who died in early 2020 from cancer, was a Life Member of … Read More