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| Season: | 2020 |
| Matches: | 21 |
| Total Goals: | 79 |
| League Topscorer: | Rina Hirano and Kaley Ward (6) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Canterbury 6-0 Central (21 November 2020) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Capital 0-4 Canterbury (5 December 2020) |
| Highest Scoring: | WaiBOP 4-4 Auckland (13 December 2020) |
| Updated: | 20 December 2020 |
The 2020 Women's Premiership (currently known as the ISPS Handa Women's Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighteenth season of the league, New Zealand's top level women's football league since its establishment in 2002. Seven teams again were involved in the season representing the different regions in New Zealand. The league after consultation and feedback from stakeholders, was reverted to a single round-robin format, with the two highest-placed sides progressing to a one-off grand final.[1] Canterbury United Pride was again the team to beat, as they were looking at a threepeat, having played in every final since 2013, won five out of seven of those finals, including the last two years.[2]
After an unbeaten regular season, Canterbury United Pride capped it off by completing the threepeat, beating 2nd place Capital Football 4–0 in the final.[3]
| Team | Location | Ground | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Hill Stadium | Ben Bate | |||
| McLennan Park | Aaron McFarland[4] | |||
| Nico Girard and Tracy Wrigley[5] | ||||
| Barry Scullion | ||||
| Maia Vink[6] | ||||
| Alana Gunn[7] | ||||
| Ignacio Sande[8] |
New Zealand women's football league matches will take place from 31 October to 20 December with the draw reverting to a single-round robin competition with the top two teams progressing to the one-off final.[1]
On the 11 December New Zealand Football announced Auckland Football had been docked 9 points for fielding an ineligible player in three of their ISPS Handa Women's Premiership games. The results from Round 1, 2 and 3 against Central Football, Canterbury United Pride and Capital Football were forfeited and results recorded as 3–0 wins for the opposition.
Bye: WaiBOP
Bye: Northern Lights
Bye: Central Football
Bye: Southern United
Bye: Canterbury United Pride
Bye: Auckland Football
Bye: Capital Football
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rina Hirano | Auckland Football | 6 |
| Kaley Ward | Capital Football | ||
| 3 | Tayla O'Brien | Auckland Football | 5 |
| Gabi Rennie | Canterbury United Pride | ||
| 5 | Rebecca Lake | Canterbury United Pride | 4 |
| Britney-Lee Nicholson | Canterbury United Pride | ||
| 7 | Daisy Cleverley | Auckland Football | 3 |
| Amy Hislop | Southern United | ||
| Arabella Maynard | Northern Lights | ||
| 10 | Mikaela Boxall | Central Football | 2 |
| Kelli Brown | WaiBOP | ||
| Chelsea Elliott | WaiBOP | ||
| Michaela Foster | WaiBOP | ||
| Chloe Knott | Northern Lights | ||
| Ava Pritchard | Northern Lights | ||
| Liz Savage | Northern Lights | ||
| Arisa Takeda | Auckland Football | ||
| Lara Wall | Canterbury United Pride | ||
| Grace Wisnewski | WaiBOP | ||
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaley Ward | Capital Football | Southern United | 5–0 | 7 November 2020 | [9] | |
| Gabi Rennie | Canterbury United Pride | Central Football | 6–0 | 22 November 2020 | [10] |
| Player | Club | Against | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tahlia Roome | Southern United | Canterbury United Pride | 1 | |
| Renee Bacon | Southern United | WaiBOP | 6[11] |