New Zealand women's national football team


The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, is governed by New Zealand Football. The New Zealand national team qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in September 2007, sending the team to their first World Cup in 16 years, and the second since their 1975 debut in international competition. New Zealand will co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup alongside Australia, the Football Ferns automatically qualified as co-host.

History

The New Zealand Women’s Soccer Association was founded in 1975. By invitation the team took part in the Asian Women's Championship in 1975 and won the championship. They have since then played in the Oceanic Championship. New Zealand will co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup along with Australia after being awarded on 25 June 2020 as the favorites over Colombia. The Football Ferns automatically qualified as co-host.

Coaching staff

PositionNameRef.
Head coach Tom Sermanni
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Physical coach

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to compete at the 2020 Algarve Cup. The roster was announced on 27 February 2020. Following the first match of the tournament, Sarah Gregorius retired having made 100 appearances for the team.
Caps and goals are current as of 10 March 2020 after match against.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been named to a roster in the previous 12 months.
This list may be incomplete, and caps and goals may be inaccurate.
Notes:
Bold players are still active.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Managers

Schedule and results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2019

2020

2021

Honours

Continental

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

OFC Women's Nations Cup

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation. Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".