The 2019 National Women's League was the seventeenth season of the NWL, New Zealand's top level women's football league since its establishment in 2002. Seven teams were involved in this season representing the different regions in New Zealand. This was the second year that the league played two rounds, with the two highest-placed sides progressing to a one-off grand final. The season also featured a double header round over Labour weekend, in which all sides except Central played two matches over the weekend.
Teams
Team Location Ground Coach Northern Lights North Shore Allen Hill Stadium Shane Verma Auckland Auckland McLennan Park Nic Downes WaiBOP Cambridge John Kerkhof Park Nico Girard Central Football Palmerston North Massey Uni Barry Scullion Capital Lower Hutt Petone Memorial Park Natalie Lawrence Canterbury United Pride Christchurch English Park Alana Gunn Southern United Dunedin Logan Park Nick Pierce
Regular season League table
*Round 13 match between WaiBOP and Northern Lights was abandoned at half-time with the score 0-0 **Round 13 match between Central and Capital was postponed due to inclement weather and road closures. Was not played and declared a 0–0 draw
Positions by round
Fixtures and results New Zealand women's football league matches took place from September to December 2019 and for the second year running, included a double header round over the Labour weekend.
Round 1
Bye: Northern Lights
Round 2
Bye: Auckland
Round 3
Bye: Canterbury United
Round 4
Bye: Capital
Round 5
Bye: Southern United
Round 6
Bye: WaiBOP
Round 7 (Double Header Week)
Bye: Central
Round 8
Bye: Northern Lights
Round 9
Bye: Auckland
Round 10
Bye: Canterbury United
Round 11
Bye: Capital
Round 12
Bye: WaiBOP
Round 13
Bye: Southern United *Match abandoned at half-time with the score 0-0 **Postponed due to inclement weather and road closures. Not going to be played so declared a 0–0 draw
Final
Statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Emma Rolston Capital Football 10 2 Britney-Lee Nicholson Canterbury United Pride 93 Britney Cunningham-Lee Auckland Football7 Gabi Rennie Canterbury United Pride 5 Amy Hislop Southern United 66 Kelli Brown Northern Lights5 Nicola Dominikovich Canterbury United Pride Chloe Knott Northern Lights Ava Pritchard Northern Lights Steph Skilton Auckland Football11 Ruby Anderson Southern United4 Renee Bacon Southern United Kelsey Wilkinson Capital Football
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Emma Rolston Capital Football WaiBOP 8–0 29 October 2019
References
External links Official website