2022 New Zealand Women's National League

The 2022 New Zealand Women's National League is the second season of the new National League since its restructuring in 2021. It will be the twentieth season of national women's football and for 2022, it will be a hybrid season. The competition will feature four teams from the Northern League representing the Northern Conference, Central Football and Capital Football representing the Central Conference and Canterbury United Pride and Southern United representing the Southern Conference.[1][2]

This article is about the women's season. For the men's season, see 2022 New Zealand National League.

New Zealand National League
Season2022
Dates27 March 2022 – 11 December 2022
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 24 March 2022.

Qualifying league

2022 Northern League

After a shortened season in 2021, no teams were relegated and instead 2022 saw the league expand to eight teams with the inclusion of West Coast Rangers and Tauranga City.[3]

Teams
Team Location Home Ground 2021 season
Auckland United Mount Roskill, Auckland Keith Hay Park 6th
Eastern Suburbs Kohimarama, Auckland Madills Farm 1st
Ellerslie Ellerslie, Auckland Michaels Avenue Reserve 5th
Hamilton Wanderers Chartwell, Hamilton Porritt Stadium 4th
Northern Rovers Glenfield, Auckland McFetridge Park 3rd
Tauranga City Mount Maunganui, Tauranga Links Avenue 1st in WaiBOP W-League (promoted)
West Coast Rangers Whenuapai, Auckland Fred Taylor Park 1st in NRF Championship (promoted)
Western Springs Westmere, Auckland Seddon Fields 2nd

Northern League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Northern Rovers 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship
2 Western Springs 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Qualification to National League Championship
3 Auckland United 6 4 0 2 14 7 +7 12
4 Eastern Suburbs 6 3 0 3 17 13 +4 9
5 West Coast Rangers 6 3 0 3 4 3 +1 9
6 Ellerslie 6 2 0 4 9 10 −1 6
7 Hamilton Wanderers 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3
8 Tauranga City 6 1 0 5 5 27 −22 3 Relegation to NRF Championship/WaiBOP W-League
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Northern Region Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[4]

Northern League results table
Home \ Away AU ES EL HW NR TC WC WS AU ES EL HW NR TC WC WS
Auckland United 3–0 3 Jul '22 2–0 2–4 21 May '22 7 May '22 0–1 7 Aug '22 20 Aug '22 4 Sep '22 24 Jul '22
Eastern Suburbs 12 Jun '22 29 May '22 17 Jul '22 1–6 11–1 24 Jul '22 24 Jun '22 14 Aug '22 31 Jul '22 28 Aug '22
Ellerslie 1–4 0–3 22 May '22 12 Jun '22 6–0 0–2 8 May '22 28 Aug '22 7 Aug '22 24 Jul '22 21 Aug '22
Hamilton Wanderers 29 May '22 8 May '22 0–2 15 May '22 26 Jun '22 3 Jul '22 2–3 4 Sep '22 31 Jul '22 14 Aug '22
Northern Rovers 26 Jun '22 22 May '22 1–0 3–0 17 Jul '22 1–0 0–0 14 Aug '22 24 Jul '22 7 Aug '22 28 Aug '22
Tauranga City 1–3 3 Jul '22 15 May '22 3–2 8 May '22 11 Jun '22 29 May '22 30 Jul '22 21 Aug '22 4 Sep '22
West Coast Rangers 17 Jul '22 0–1 26 Jun '22 0–1 29 May '22 1–0 1–0 15 May '22 28 Aug '22 14 Aug '22 31 Jul '22
Western Springs 15 May '22 3–1 15 Jul '22 12 Jun '22 1 Jul '22 4–0 20 May '22 21 Aug '22 4 Sep '22 7 Aug '22
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Northern Region Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern League scoring
As of 1 May 2022
Northern League top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Tessa Leong Auckland United 6
2 Juliette Lucas Eastern Suburbs 5
Jade Parris Eastern Suburbs
4 Michaela Foster Northern Rovers 3
Kathryn Gow Ellerslie
Hollie Leona Ellerslie
Tayla O'Brien Eastern Suburbs
Arisa Takeda Western Springs
Abi Witney-Collins Tauranga City
10 Several players 2
Northern League hat-tricks
RoundPlayerForAgainstHome/AwayResultDate
1[6]Hollie LeonaEllerslieTauranga CityHome6–027 March 2022
6[7]Jade Parris[lower-alpha 1]Eastern SuburbsTauranga CityHome11–11 May 2022
Juliette Lucas
  1. Player scored 4 goals
Own goals
Round Player Club Against
4[8] Rebekah van Dort Eastern Suburbs Auckland United

Qualified teams
Locations of the 2022 National League Teams
Association Team Position in Regional League App (last) Previous best (last)
Northern League (4 berths) 1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Central League (2 berths) Central FootballN/A20th (2021)2nd (2004)
Capital FootballN/A20th (2021)1st (2010)
Southern League (2 berths) Canterbury United PrideN/A20th (2021)1st (2020)
Southern UnitedN/A20th (2021)1st (2021)


References
  1. "New National League system". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. "National League football returns from tomorrow night". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. "Tauranga City and West Coast Rangers set for expanded NRFL Women's Premier League in 2022". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. "National League Regulations 2021: Article 28 - NL Format". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. "Lotto NRFL 2022". NRFL. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. "Ellerslie v Tauranga City". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. "Eastern Suburbs v Tauranga City". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  8. "Auckland United v Eastern Suburbs". New Zealand Football. 26 March 2022.
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