Capital Football W-League

Football league

Capital Football W-League
Country	New Zealand
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	2
Relegation to	Capital Women's Premier / Central Women's Federation League
Domestic cup(s)	Kate Sheppard Cup
Current champions	Waterside Karori (3rd title) (2023)
Most championships	Wellington United (5 titles)
Website	Capital Football

The Capital Football W-League is an association football league competition run by Capital Football and Central Football for women's club teams located in the southern and central parts of the North Island, New Zealand.

It is at the second level of New Zealand Football, below the national association-based Women's National League, and is the highest level of club based football available to teams within the Capital and Central provinces.

Clubs are promoted via the Capital Premier Women's League or the Central Federation Premier Women's League.^[1] ^[2]

League history

The Central Region Premier W-League was formed for the 2017 season after a review of the end of the 2016 Women's Central League season. It was previously known as the Women's Central League.^[3]

2023 Central Region Premier W-League Clubs

Wellington

Taradale

Palmerston North Marist

Wellington teams:
North Wellington
Petone
Seatoun AFC
Waterside Karori
Wellington United
Victoria University of Wellington

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Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2023 Central Region Premier W-League season

Taradale AFC were promoted to the 2023 Central Region Premier W-League as 2022 Central Federation Premier Women's League champions increasing the league participants to include eight teams. The 2023 Central Region Premier W-League was won by Waterside Karori for the second year in succession.^[4]

Club	Location	Home Ground(s)
North Wellington AFC	Wellington	Alex Moore Park
Palmerston North Marist	Palmerston North, New Zealand	Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Petone FC	Lower Hutt, New Zealand	Memorial Park, Lower Hutt
Seatoun AFC	Wellington, New Zealand	Seatoun Park
Taradale AFC	Napier, New Zealand	Taradale Park
Victoria University of Wellington	Wellington, New Zealand	Boyd Wilson Turf
Waterside Karori	Wellington, New Zealand	Karori Park
Wellington United AFC	Wellington, New Zealand	Newtown Park

Records

Past Champions

Note: The competition used to be called the Women's Central League until 2017 when it became the W-League

Source:^[5]

2005 – Wellington Marist
2006 – Seatoun
2007 – Seatoun
2008 – Seatoun
2009 – Wellington Marist
2010 – Wellington Marist
2011 – Waterside Karori
2012 – Massey University
2013 – Massey University
2014 – Massey University
2015 – Seatoun
2016 – Wellington United
2017 – Upper Hutt City
2018 – Wellington United
2019 – Wellington United
2020 – Wellington United
2021 – Wellington United
2022 – Waterside Karori
2023 – Waterside Karori

Source: Capital Football Yearbooks

Capital Football awards

The following awards were won at the Capital Football awards for the 2020 Capital Football W-League season.

Women's W-League Player of the Year

Charlotte Wilford Carroll – Wellington United

Women's Young Player of the Year

Charlotte Wilford Carroll – Wellington United

References

^ Ruane, Jeremy (13 September 2023). "Capital Premier Women's League". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ Ruane, Jeremy (8 September 2023). "Central Federation Premier Women's League". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "W-League Season Preview". The Journey Fan. 31 March 2017.
^ Ruane, Jeremy (18 September 2023). "Central Region Premier Women's League". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^ "Central Region". ultimatenzsoccer.com. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

Association football in New Zealand

New Zealand Football

National teams

Men	National team (All Whites) B Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17
Women	National team (Football Ferns) U-20 U-17

League system

Men (level 1)	New Zealand National League New Zealand Football Championship (defunct) National Soccer League (defunct)
Men (level 2)	Central League Northern League Southern League
Men (level 3)	Capital Premier Central Federation League FootballSouth Premier League Mainland Premier League NRFL Championship
Men (level 4)	Canterbury Championship Capital Division 1 Donald Gray Memorial Cup Fletcher Cup Horizons Premiership Nelson Bays Premiership Division 1 NRFL Conference Northern Southern Pacific Premiership South Canterbury Division 1 Taranaki Premiership Marlborough Division 1 Eastern League 1
Men (level 5)	Capital Division 2 NRF League One Southland Division 1 WaiBOP League One Taranaki Championship Manawatu Championship Whanganui Roly Taylor Championship Hawkes Bay Division 2 Nelson Bays Division 2 Marlborough Division 2 Mainland Division 1 South Canterbury Division 2 Otago Division 2
Men (level 6)	Northland Division 1 NRF Championship Division 1 WaiBop Championship Manawatu Division 1 Eastern League 2 Taranaki Division 1 Hawkes Bay Division 3 Capital 3 Mainland Division 2 Otago Division 3 Southland Division 2 Unaffiliated West Coast Senior Football
Women	National Women's League Capital Football W-League NRFL Women's Premiership Women's South Island League NRFL Women's Championship
Youth	National Youth League