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2015 National Women's League (New Zealand)

National Women's League

Season	2015
Champions	Northern Football
Premiers	Mainland Pride
Top goalscorer	Jacqui Hand (11 goals)
Biggest home win	NZ Development 11–2 Capital (6 November 2016)
Biggest away win	NZ Development 3–8 Northern (29 October 2016)
Highest scoring	NZ Development 11–2 Capital (6 November 2016)
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 National Women's League was the thirteenth season of the NWL since its establishment in 2002. Eight teams were involved this season, with the competition the last few seasons, as preparation for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, including the NZ Development Squad.

2015 National Women's League

Teams

Unlike its male counterpart, the ISPS Handa Premiership, the teams are run by the regional federations rather than as collaborative entities between local clubs.

Northern Football

Auckland Football

NZ Development

Waikato-Bay of Plenty

Central Football

Capital Football

Mainland Pride

Football South

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Locations of the 2016 National Women's League Teams

Team	Location	Ground
Northern Football	Auckland	North Harbour Stadium
Auckland Football	Auckland	William Green Domain
NZ Development Squad	Auckland
Waikato-Bay of Plenty	Cambridge	John Kerkhof Park
Central Football	Palmerston North	Memorial Park
Capital Football	Wellington	Memorial Park
Mainland Pride	Christchurch	English Park
Football South	Dunedin	Tahuna Park

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mainland Pride	7	6	1	0	20	7	+13	19	Qualification to the Finals series
2	Northern Football	7	6	0	1	29	8	+21	18
3	NZ Development Squad	7	5	0	2	29	16	+13	15
4	Auckland Football	7	2	3	2	6	5	+1	9
5	Waikato-Bay of Plenty	7	2	2	3	19	21	−2	8
6	Capital Football	7	1	2	4	12	24	−12	5
7	Central Football	7	1	1	5	8	21	−13	4
8	Football South	7	0	1	6	5	26	−21	1

Source: The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Matches for the 2015 season took place between October and November 2016

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Finals series

For the final series, the team that finishes second will play 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.

Preliminary Final

Northern Football v NZ Development Squad

	Northern Football	4–3	NZ Development Squad
	E Harrison Emma Rolston		Jacqui Hand Michaela Foster pen.'

Final

Mainland Pride v Northern Football

	Mainland Pride	3–4	Northern Football
	Emma Proctor

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jacqui Hand	NZ Development Squad	11
2	Hannah Blake	NZ Development Squad	8
	Katie Rood	Northern Football
4	Aimee Phillips	Northern Football	7
	Emma Rolston	Northern Football
6	Paige Satchell	Waikato-Bay of Plenty	6
7	Monique Barker	Mainland Pride	5
	Tayla Christensen	Waikato-Bay of Plenty
9	Jane Barnett	Central Football	4
	Annalie Longo	Mainland Pride
	Megan Shea	Mainland Pride
	Sam Tawharu	NZ Development Squad

External links

• Official website

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