2021 New Zealand Women's National League

The 2021 New Zealand Women's National League was the first scheduled season of the new National League since its restructuring in 2021. It was the nineteenth scheduled season of national women's football and was planned as a hybrid season, with four teams from the NRFL Premier 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.[4]

New Zealand National League
Season2021
Dates6 November 2021 – 11 December 2021
ChampionsCancelled[1][2][3]

New Zealand Football announced on the 14 September that they had decided to terminate the remainder of the Northern League season and cancel any yet to be played fixtures due to Covid-19 and Auckland being in Level 4.[5] The decision was made due to the fact that they couldn't complete all the games before Championship phase was due to begin.[5]

On the 2 November, after confirmation that the alert levels would not change to allow the Auckland and Waikato teams to play any further part in the National Competition, New Zealand Football announced that they were cancelling the reminder of the National League. In its place, they instead decided on a one-off interregional competition, the National League: South Central Series.[1]

Qualifying league

Teams
Team Location Home Ground
Auckland United Mount Roskill, Auckland Keith Hay Park
Eastern Suburbs Kohimarama, Auckland Madills Farm
Ellerslie Ellerslie, Auckland Michaels Avenue Reserve
Hamilton Wanderers Chartwell, Hamilton Porritt Stadium
Northern Rovers Glenfield, Auckland McFetridge Park
Western Springs Westmere, Auckland Seddon Fields

NRFL Premier League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Eastern Suburbs (C) 18 12 2 4 41 28 +13 38 Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship
2 Western Springs (Q) 18 11 1 6 36 29 +7 34 Qualification to National League Championship
3 Northern Rovers (Q) 18 7 6 5 42 40 +2 27
4 Hamilton Wanderers (Q) 18 7 3 8 32 31 +1 24
5 Ellerslie 18 4 5 9 28 32 −4 17
6 Auckland United 18 3 3 12 19 38 −19 12
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2021. 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[6]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
  • League completed early with two rounds remaining due to Covid-19 and Auckland being in Level 4.[5]
  • There was no relegation with the league expanding to eight teams instead for 2022.[7]

NRFL Premier League results table
Home \ Away AU ES EL HW NR WS
Auckland United — 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–3 3–0
— 1–3 0–3 0–6 — 0–3
Eastern Suburbs 3–1 — 3–1 3–2 2–4 1–4
— — 5–2 4–1 4–0 2–1
Ellerslie 2–2 0–1 — 1–1 2–3 0–2
0–0 — — 0–1 2–2 —
Hamilton Wanderers 1–3 1–3 2–1 — 1–3 1–3
2–1 0–1 2–1 — — —
Northern Rovers 0–1 1–1 1–3 3–3 — 3–3
3–1 4–1 4–4 1–1 — 6–2
Western Springs 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 —
2–1 1–3 1–3 0–4 3–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2021. Source: Northern Region Football[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Qualified teams
Locations of the 2021 National League Teams
Association Team Position in Regional League App (last) Previous best (last)
Northern League (4 berths) Eastern Suburbs 1st 1st Debut
Western Springs 2nd 1st Debut
Northern Rovers 3rd 1st Debut
Hamilton Wanderers 4th 1st Debut
Central League (2 berths) Central FootballN/A19th (2020)2nd (2004)
Capital FootballN/A19th (2020)1st (2010)
Southern League (2 berths) Canterbury United PrideN/A19th (2020)1st (2020)
Southern UnitedN/A19th (2020)3rd (2017)

Championship phase

South Central Series
New Zealand National League: South Central Series
Season2021
Dates6 November 2021 – 11 December 2021
ChampionsSouthern United
Matches played12
Goals scored49 (4.08 per match)
Best PlayerAnnalie Longo
Top goalscorerAnnalie Longo
(7 goals)
Biggest home winCanterbury United Pride 5–0 Central Football
(21 November 2021)
Capital Football 5–0 Central Football
(11 December 2021)
Biggest away winCentral Football 0–5 Canterbury United Pride
(28 November 2021)
Highest scoringSouthern United 5–3 Canterbury United Pride
(11 December 2021)
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.
For the men's competition, see 2021 New Zealand National League § South Central Series.

With confirmation that the alert levels were not changing to a level that would allow Auckland and Waikato teams to play in the National Competition, New Zealand Football announced that they were cancelling this seasons National League. In its place, they instead decided on a one-off interregional competition, the National League: South Central Series.[1]

South Central table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Southern United (C) 6 5 0 1 14 9 +5 15 Winner of South Central Series
2 Capital Football 6 4 0 2 15 5 +10 12
3 Canterbury United Pride 6 3 0 3 18 12 +6 9
4 Central Football 6 0 0 6 2 23 −21 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: New Zealand 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[9]
(C) Champions

South Central results table
Home \ Away CU CAP CEN SU
Canterbury United Pride 3–2 5–0 1–2
Capital Football 3–1 5–0 0–1
Central Football 0–5 0–2 1–3
Southern United 5–3 0–3 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: New Zealand Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
South Central positions by round

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 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it is added to the standings for round 16.

Leader
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. Source: New Zealand Football

Statistics
As of 11 December 2021

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Annalie Longo Canterbury United Pride 7
2 Kaley Ward Capital Football 5
3 Amy Hislop Southern United 4
4 Rebecca Lake Canterbury United Pride 3
Pepi Olliver-Bell Capital Football
Chelsea Whittaker Southern United
7 Kiara Bercelli Canterbury United Pride 2
Margarida Dias Southern United
Kate Guildford Canterbury United Pride
Kate Loye Canterbury United Pride
Jemma Robertson Capital Football

Hat-tricks
RoundPlayerForAgainstHome/AwayResultDate
6[10]Chelsea WhittakerSouthern UnitedCanterbury United PrideHome5–311 December 2021

Own goals
Round Player Club Against
1[11] Devyn Crawford Central Football Capital Football
2[12] Southern United
6[10] Lara Wall Canterbury United Pride Southern United

References
  1. "National League Championship cancelled, new interregional competition announced and Chatham Cup moved to 2022". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. "NZ Football cancels National League championship; one-off inter-regional competition planned". Otago Daily Times.
  3. "National League Championships cancelled; one-off South Central Series scheduled". Stuff.
  4. "New National League system". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. "Northern League season ended early and cup dates moved due to Alert Level 4 extension". New Zealand Football. 14 September 2021. Archived from the original on 14 September 2021.
  6. "National League Regulations 2021: Article 28 - NL Format". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. "Tauranga City and West Coast Rangers set for expanded NRFL Women's Premier League in 2022". Northern Football Federation. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. Northern Region Football
  9. "National League Regulations 2021: Article 28 - NL Format". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  10. "Southern United v Canterbury United Pride". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  11. "Central Football v Capital Football". New Zealand Football. 6 November 2021. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021.
  12. "Southern United v Central Football". New Zealand Football. 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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