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New Zealand National Women's Football team competes in FIFA events and as a New Zealand Football (NZF) team. New Zealand senior national team qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in September 2007. The Football Ferns have competed globally for 32 years. This was their first World Cup in 16 years, and the second since their 1975 debut¹ in international competition. They became the most powerful team in the OFC in 2006, when Australia was granted permission to move to the AFC¹

New Zealand

Nickname(s)	Football Ferns
Association	New Zealand Football
Head coach	John Herdman
Most caps	Wendi Henderson (64)
Top scorer	Wendy Sharpe (30)
FIFA ranking	23
Home colours Away colours
First international
New Zealand 2 – 0 Hong Kong Asian Cup August 1975
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1991)
Best result	Round 1
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (First in 2007)
Best result	1st Round

2008 Olympic Schedule

See also: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament

Time (local)	Date	Opponent	Result	Location
17:00	August 6, 2008	Japan	2-2	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
19:45	August 9, 2008	Norway	0-1	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
19:45	August 12, 2008	United States	0-4	Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

2008 Olympic Qualification

The 2007 Pacific Games was played as the first part of Oceania qualification for the 2008 Olympics. The winners of the Pacific Games, Papua New Guinea, met New Zealand in a playoff in March 2008 for a place in the Olympic Games Finals. This had originally been scheduled over two legs (on 8 March and 12 March) but the New Zealand leg was cancelled by mutual consent, leaving a single play-off match in Papua New Guinea.

Team 1	Result	Team 2
Papua New Guinea	0-2	New Zealand

World Cup Results

New Zealand has appeared at two Women's World Cup tournaments - 1991 and 2007, both held in China.

Current Squad

Squad correct as of July 3, 2008²

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Jenny Bindon February 25, 1973 (1973-02-25) (age 35) 23 0 Waitakere City F.C. 21 GK Rachel Howard November 30, 1977 (1977-11-30) (age 30) 14 0 TSV Crailsheim DF Anna Green 17 8 1 Three Kings United 5 DF Abby Erceg November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) (age 19) 24 2 Western Springs FC DF Kristy Hill 29 2 0 Three Kings United 11 DF Marlies Oostdam July 29, 1977 (1977-07-29) (age 31) 24 0 Melbourne Victory 2 DF Ria Percival December 7, 1989 (1989-12-07) (age 18) 24 2 FC Indiana 6 DF Rebecca Smith June 17, 1981 (1981-06-17) (age 27) 27 2 Newcastle United Jets 4 MF Katie Hoyle February 1, 1988 (1988-02-01) (age 20) 12 0 Lynn-Avon United 19 MF Emily McColl November 1, 1985 (1985-11-01) (age 23) 17 0 Cocoa Expos 8 MF Hayley Moorwood February 13, 1984 (1984-02-13) (age 24) 32 3 Lynn-Avon United MF Ali Riley October 30, 1987 (1987-10-30) (age 21) 19 0 Stanford University MF Kirsty Yallop 21 16 5 Lynn-Avon United FW Amber Hearn 23 9 1 Lynn-Avon United FW Emma Kete September 1, 1987 (1987-09-01) (age 21) 11 2 Lynn-Avon United FW Renee Leota 18 10 1 Western Springs FC 20 FW Merissa Smith November 11, 1990 (1990-11-11) (age 18) 6 0 Three Kings United 17 FW Rebecca Tegg December 18, 1985 (1985-12-18) (age 22) 3 0 Melbourne Victory

References

External links

• New Zealand Soccer Senior Women

Football in New Zealand v • d • e
Governing body: New Zealand Football (formerly New Zealand Soccer) FIFA Confederation: Oceania Football Confederation National teams: The All Whites (Men's) · The Football Ferns (Women's) Men's age-grade teams: Under-23s · Under-20s · Under-17s Women's age-grade teams: Under-20s · Under-17s National league: New Zealand Football Championship Club knockout competition: Chatham Cup Defunct national competitions: New Zealand National Soccer League Club leagues: Northern · Central · Mainland · Soccersouth A-League representative: Wellington Phoenix FC
International women's football v • d • e
FIFA | World Cup | Olympics | Algarve Cup | Pan American Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup | FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | Island Games | Teams
Asia: AFC – Women's Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – Women's Championship      North America: CONCACAF – Women's Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Sudamericano Femenino      Oceania: OFC – Women's Championship      Europe: UEFA – Women's Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board - Women's Viva World Cup
National women's football teams of Oceania (OFC) v • d • e
American Samoa | Cook Islands | Fiji | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Niue† | Northern Mariana Islands† | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tahiti | Tonga | Vanuatu †Associate Member Australia ceased to be a member of OFC from 1 January 2006 when they joined AFC.

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