Competition: | New Zealand National League |
Season: | 2023 |
Dates: | 24 March 2023 – 26 November 2023 |
Winners: | Auckland United |
Continentalcup1: | OFC Women's Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Auckland United |
League Topscorer: | Sofia Garcia (9 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | (29 October 2023) |
Biggest Away Win: | (23 September 2023) |
Highest Scoring: | (23 September 2023) |
Longest Wins: | 4 matches Eastern Suburbs Southern United |
Longest Unbeaten: | 8 matches Southern United |
Longest Winless: | 7 matches Ellerslie |
Longest Losses: | 7 matches Ellerslie |
Matches: | 46 |
Total Goals: | 173 |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 New Zealand Women's National League is the third 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 2023 season will be the twenty-first season of national women's football and will again be a hybrid season. The competition will feature four teams from the NRFL Premiership representing the Northern Conference, Central Football and two Capital Football federation sides representing the Central Conference, and Canterbury United Pride and Southern United representing the Southern Conference.[2] [3]
Competition: | NRFL Premiership |
Season: | 2023 |
Dates: | 24 March 2023 - 27 August 2023 |
Winners: | Auckland United |
Relegated: | Northern Rovers |
Matches: | 8 |
Total Goals: | 27 |
Biggest Home Win: | Western Springs 5–0 Hibiscus Coast (24 March 2023) |
Biggest Away Win: | Northern Rovers 1–3 Western Springs (2 April 2023) |
Highest Scoring: | Western Springs 5–0 Hibiscus Coast (24 March 2023) |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
Updated: | 2 April 2023 |
Eight teams are competing in the league – the top seven teams from the previous season and the promoted side from the 2022 NRF Championship. The promoted team is Hibiscus Coast as winners of the NRF Championship.[4] They replaced Tauranga City.[5]
Team | Location | Home Ground | 2022 season | |
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Auckland United | Mount Roskill, Auckland | Keith Hay Park | 4th | |
Eastern Suburbs | Kohimarama, Auckland | Madills Farm | 3rd | |
Ellerslie | Ellerslie, Auckland | Michaels Avenue Reserve | 5th | |
Hamilton Wanderers | Chartwell, Hamilton | Porritt Stadium | 7th | |
Hibiscus Coast | Whangaparaoa, Auckland | Stanmore Bay Park | 1st in NRF Championship (promoted) | |
Northern Rovers | Glenfield, Auckland | McFetridge Park | 1st | |
West Coast Rangers | Whenuapai, Auckland | Fred Taylor Park | 6th | |
Western Springs | Westmere, Auckland | Seddon Fields | 2nd |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6] | ||
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1 | align=left | Britney Cunningham-Lee | align=left | Ellerslie | 11 |
2 | align=left | Juliette Lucas | align=left | Eastern Suburbs | 10 |
3 | align=left | Zoe Benson | align=left | Eastern Suburbs | 8 |
align=left | Sofia Garcia | align=left | Western Springs | ||
5 | align=left | Chelsea Elliott | align=left | Auckland United | 7 |
align=left | Ayla Koopu | align=left | Hamilton Wanderers | ||
align=left | Rene Wasi | align=left | Auckland United | ||
8 | align=left | Lara Colpi | align=left | Western Springs | 5 |
align=left | Shannon Henson | align=left | Auckland United | ||
align=left | Lily Taitimu | align=left | Western Springs | ||
align=left | Sam Tawharu | align=left | Western Springs | ||
align=left | Danica Urlich-Beech | align=left | Hibiscus Coast | ||
Association | Team | Position in Regional League | App | Previous best |
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Auckland United | 1st | 2nd | 6th | |
Eastern Suburbs | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |
Western Springs | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | |
Ellerslie | 4th | 1st | Debut | |
N/A | 21st | 2nd | ||
N/A | 21st | 1st | ||
N/A | 1st | Debut | ||
N/A | 21st | 1st | ||
N/A | 21st | 1st | ||
Wellington Phoenix Reserves | Automatic qualification | 1st | Debut | |
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.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[7] |
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1 | Sofia Garcia | Western Springs | 9 |
2 | Charlotte Lancaster | Eastern Suburbs | 8 |
Kaley Ward | CF Waterside Karori | ||
4 | Amy Hislop | Southern United | 7 |
Pepi Olliver-Bell | CF Wellington United | ||
6 | Lara Colpi | Western Springs | 6 |
Ella McCann | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | ||
8 | Nicole Cooper | Eastern Suburbs | 5 |
Nicola Dominikovich | Canterbury United Pride | ||
Nikki Furukawa | CF Waterside Karori | ||
Bree Johnson | Auckland United | ||
The goal of the week for the 2023 season included goals from the 2023 New Zealand National League (men's).
Goal of the Week | |||
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Week | Player | Club | Ref. |
1 | N/A | [8] | |
2 | Kendrah Smith | Southern United | [9] |
3 | N/A | [10] | |
4 | Marissa Porteous | Southern United | [11] |
5 | N/A | [12] | |
6 | Kaley Ward | CF Waterside Karori | [13] |
7 | N/A | [14] | |
8 | N/A | [15] | |
9 | N/A | [16] | |
Team of the season[17] | |||||||||||||
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Goalkeeper | Aimee Hall (Auckland United) | ||||||||||||
Defenders | Talisha Green (Auckland United) | Hannah Mackay-Wright (Southern United) | Chelsea Elliott (Auckland United) | Saskia Vosper (CF Waterside Karori) | |||||||||
Midfielders | Lara Colpi (Western Springs) | Rose Morton (Southern United) | Zoe Benson (Eastern Suburbs) | ||||||||||
Forwards | Kaley Ward (CF Waterside Karori) | Sofia Garcia (Western Springs) | Charlotte Lancaster (Eastern Suburbs) |