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New Zealand women's national soccer team

New Zealand
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Football Ferns
Association New Zealand Football
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Tony Readings
Captain Abby Erceg
Most caps Abby Erceg (123)
Top scorer Amber Hearn (50)
FIFA code NZL
FIFA ranking
Current 19 Decrease 1 (23 December 2016)
Highest 16 (December 2013, July–September 2015)
Lowest 24 (December 2006)
First international
 New Zealand 2–0 Hong Kong 
(Hong Kong; 25 August 1975)
Biggest win
 New Zealand 21–0 Samoa 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 9 October 1998)
Biggest defeat
 North Korea 11–0 New Zealand 
(Brisbane, Australia; 24 February 2004)
World Cup
Appearances 4 (first in 1991)
Best result Group stage (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances 10 (first in 1983)
Best result Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)
Summer Olympics
Appearances 3 (first in 2008)
Best result 8th (2012)

The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women's football and is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). The New Zealand national team qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in September 2007, sending the team to their first World Cup in 16 years, and the second since their 1975 debut in international competition.













The following players were named to the roster for the 2017 Cyprus Cup.

Head coach: Tony Readings

The following players have been called up for the national side in the previous 12 months.


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