New Zealand women's national football team
The New Zealand national football team of women represented New Zealand in international women's football. The national reports to the New Zealand Football Association and has been trained to September 2011 by John Herdman. Successor was Tony Readings, who was assistant coach under Herdman.
In 1975, the New Zealand Women's Soccer Association was founded as a merger of Regional Associations of Auckland and Canterbury. The Association of Wellington, who at that time had severe disagreements with the union of Auckland, was provisionally accepted as an associate member. With the merger, the response to the invitation of the Asian Association for first Asian women's football championship. Prompt was the New Zealand tournament- winner. First time in 1983 the Oceania women's soccer championship was played. New Zealand also won this tournament. 1991 repeated the Swanz their success and qualified for the first women's football World Cup. In the following years the selection of standing in the shadow of Australia. After the Australian federation in 2005 moved to the Asian Association of New Zealand is in Oceania with no competition and won in 2010 without conceding a goal and a 11-0 record in the final and has since with four titles record holder. However, New Zealand has to live with the disadvantage that one can not often play against top teams, due to geographical location.
The nickname " Swanz " is based on a pun. In 1991 the New Zealand Women's Football Association changed its name to Women's Soccer Association of New Zealand, short WSANZ. Swaps are the first two letters obtained " Swanz " (swans ). The New Zealand Association wants the choice to be known under the name " New Zealand women's national squad". This term has, however, not enforced. On the Association's website, they are presented as " Football Ferns ".
In the official FIFA rankings, the Kiwis commute between sites 16 and 24; currently they are ranked 16th, the best ever placement (13 December 2013).
- 3.1 Most games
- 3.2 Most Goals
- 4.1 Germany
- 4.2 Switzerland
Current squad
Squad for the 2012 Olympics:
In addition, Katie Bowen ( Glenfield Rovers), Sarah McLaughlin ( Claudelands Rovers), Holly Patterson ( Claudelands Rovers) and Erin Nayler ( Eastern Suburbs ) have been designated as "standby" players. However, they were not used.
Tournament Record
World cup
New Zealand took part in three World Cup finals, the first round was never survived. In 2011, New Zealand first in the first round match of the negative record of Denmark lost seven games in a row, and extended it in the second game on 8 losses in a row. Only in the third round match succeeded in 2011, the first point gain, but was only secured in the fourth minute of injury time. Wendi Henderson, who had participated as the only player in 1991 and 2007, the first New Zealand player who brought it to six WRC rounds. Meanwhile, six other players six WRC rounds. No New Zealand player scored more than one goal at world championships. 2011 succeeded in New Zealand as the only retired in the first round team in each of the three group games to score at least one goal.
Ozeanienmeisterschaft
Asia Cup
North America Cup
Olympic games
- 2008: Preliminary
- 2012: Quarter-finals
At the Olympic Games in 2012 New Zealand met in the group stage to Brazil (0-1) and for the first time to the UK (0-1) and Cameroon ( 3-1 ) and was able to qualify for the first time at an intercontinental tournament for the knockout stages, in the New Zealand hit the USA and lost 0-2.
Record players
Updated 12 March 2014 ( after the match against Finland)
Most games
Most Goals
Source: Football Ferns > Honours
Games against teams of German-speaking countries
All results from New Zealand perspective.
The New Zealand Association include the games against the SSG Bergisch Gladbach and the SV Seebach the Women's World Invitation Tournament in 1981 as international matches against the DFB and the SFV. Both games are counted as matches neither the DFB nor the SFV.
Germany
Switzerland
Others
In addition to Taiwan and Australia New Zealand is the only nation that two continental competitions ( Asia and Oceania) won.