2017 National Women's League (New Zealand)

The 2017 National Women's League was the fifteenth season of the NWL since its establishment in 2002. Seven teams were again involved in this season representing the different regions in New Zealand. The final was played between Canterbury United Pride and Auckland, it finished 1–1 at full time before Auckland won it in extra time 3–2. It was Aucklands sixth title and first since 2009. Eleanor Isaac from Southern United was voted the 2017 National Women's League MVP for the season.

2017 National Women's League Teams

Team Location Ground Coach Northern Auckland QBE Stadium, Domain 3 Hayley Stirling Auckland Auckland Keith Hay Park Gemma Lewis WaiBOP Cambridge John Kerkhof Park Barry Gardiner Central Football Palmerston North Memorial Park Simon Lees Capital Wellington Memorial Park Emma Evans Canterbury United Pride Christchurch English Park Mike De Bono Southern United Dunedin Tahuna Park Terry Parle

Table

Matches New Zealand women's football league matches took take place over October and November 2017

Round 1

Bye: Capital Football

Round 2

Bye: Canterbury United Pride

Round 3

Bye: Auckland

Round 4

Bye: Northern

Round 5

Bye: Central

Round 6

Bye: Southern United

Round 7

Bye: WaiBOP

Finals series For the final series, the team that finishes second played off at home against the team that finishes third, while the team that finishes first has the week off before playing the winner of 2nd v 3rd. Southern qualified for the final series over Northern even though they ended up on equal points and Northern had the better goal difference due to head-to-head record, with Southern beating Northern 2–1 in the regular season. This meant they would face Auckland in Auckland, while Canterbury United Pride had the week off.

Preliminary Final

Final

Statistics

Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Jacqui Hand Auckland5 Dayna Stevens Northern3 Renee Bacon Southern4 Misha Boone Central Football Kim Maguire WaiBOP Tayla O'Brien Auckland7 Jane Barnett Northern3 Libby Boobyer Capital Britney Cunningham-Lee Auckland Aleesha Heywood Central Football Maggie Jenkins Capital Cara Lonergan Northern Annalie Longo Canterbury United Pride Kate Loye Northern Aimee Phillips Canterbury United Pride Stephanie Skilton Auckland

Own goals ClubAgainstRound Auckland Capital 2

References

External links Official website