Latest news from New Zealand's Women's National League
Auckland United have announced Ben Bate will be their new director of football. Bate (38) has been the head coach of United’s women’s team since moving from Northern Rovers at the end of 2022, leading his new club to titles … Read More
Eastern Suburbs have signed Women’s National League Golden Boot winner Sofia Garcia from local rivals Western Springs. Garcia (25) will move across the city after two seasons at Seddon Fields to join Suburbs and their new head coach, 124-cap Football … Read More
A young Auckland United squad have left New Zealand to create history as the first club team to represent their country in the OFC Women’s Champions League. United, with 10 teenagers in their squad, farewelled friends, family and supporters at … Read More
National women’s champions Auckland United have launched a givealittle page to help raise the $140,000 needed to represent New Zealand at the OFC Women’s Champions League. The club says it has raised most of the money for the March tournament … Read More
Goalkeeper Michaela Mitchell, who won a Kate Sheppard Cup winner’s medal with Western Springs last season, has left to join Australian club Devonport Strikers. Mitchell (25) has signed for the Strikers, the current Tasmania Women’s Super League Finals champions. On … Read More
Celebrated Football Fern Katie Duncan will be at the helm of the Eastern Suburbs women’s programme in 2024, taking over from Steven Hoyle as the club’s director of women’s football. Duncan (35), who played 124 full internationals for New Zealand, … Read More
Twenty years after playing her first game as an Ellerslie junior, Hollie Leona has been appointed to lead the club’s female development programme. Leona (27) will become Ellerslie’s first female football development manager after a one-club playing career that’s seen … Read More
Brad Bicknell is leaving his role as director of football at national league club Auckland United to join the Wellington Phoenix. Bicknell (25) has been with Auckland United and its foundation club Three Kings United for 20 years as a … Read More
Auckland United will face teams from Fiji, Tonga and New Caledonia at the OFC Women’s Champions League tournament in March. The New Zealand national champions will play group games against Labasa (Fiji), Veitonga (Tonga) and a yet-to-be-decided club to represent … Read More
New Zealand U-17 international defender Suya Haering has signed with German club FFC Turbine Potsdam who play in the women’s Bundesliga 2 competition. Haering (18) was a member of the Auckland United side that won last season’s Women’s National League … Read More
Dunedin City Royals have appointed title-winning Graeme Smaill as their women’s first team coach for 2024. Smaill (61) has had considerable success with Dunedin teams in the past and will lead the Royals into their Football South Women’s Premier League … Read More
Auckland United have named their Players of the Year after the club completed seasons in the men’s and women’s National Leagues. At the club’s annual prizegiving in December, Hideto Takahashi was awarded United’s Men’s Player of the Year, while Danielle … Read More
Kris Ridley — who helped lead Southern United to the grand final of the Women’s National League — has joined Dunedin club Roslyn Wakari as men’s head coach. Ridley (42) will lead Roslyn Wakari in next season’s Southern Premier League, … Read More
NZ Football have named their women’s and men’s ‘teams of the season’, selected from players who featured in this year’s National Leagues. Most Valuable Players NZ Football named Garbhan Coughlan (Cashmere Technical) as the Men’s National League’s MVP. Kaley Ward … Read More
Waterside Karori have confirmed Tory Schilgen will return as the head coach of their women’s first team next season. Schilgen (34) joined the club in 2023 after spells with Western Suburbs and Upper Hutt City, leading Waterside Karori to the … Read More
Auckland United will represent New Zealand at the OFC Women’s Champions League tournament in the Solomon Islands next March. By winning the Grand Final of the Women’s National League, the Ben Bate-coached United side earned automatic qualification to the tournament, … Read More
The Dub Zone panellists have analysed games from the sixth round of the Liberty A-League in their half-hour show dedicated to women’s football. Here’s the episode that covers games played over the weekend of November 24-26, 2023: Standings READ MORE: … Read More
By Joan Grey Close marking of Southern United’s star striker Amy Hislop was one of the keys to Auckland United’s national women’s title victory, says winning coach Ben Bate. After his side’s 2-0 win in the Grand Final at Go … Read More