2023 Women's South Island League (New Zealand)

The 2023 Women's South Island League, is the 2nd season of the 2nd level women's football in New Zealand and the 1st season under the name Women's South Island League.

South Island League

Season	2023
Dates	10 June 2023 - 2 September 2023
Champions	Cashmere Technical
Matches played	29
Goals scored	131 (4.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Britney-Lee Nicholson (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Coastal Spirit 8–0 Nelson Suburbs (19 August 2023)
Biggest away win	Otago University 0–6 Cashmere Technical (1 July 2023)
Highest scoring	Coastal Spirit 8–0 Nelson Suburbs (19 August 2023)
Longest winning run	Cashmere Technical (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Cashmere Technical (10 matches)
Longest winless run	Nelson Suburbs (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Nelson Suburbs (8 matches)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 2 September 2023.

Coastal Spirit are the South Island Qualifying League, known as Mainland Women's Premiership, champions and the 2022 Women's South Island Championship champions and Dunedin City Royals are the FS Women's Premiership champions, Women's South Island League Playoff winners and 2022 Women's South Island Championship runners up.^[1][2]

The South Island League is the culmination of two regional federations, each of which provide teams to the Women's South Island League. The top four teams in the Women's Premier League and top two teams from the Women's Southern Premiership qualify for entry into the South Island League.^[2]

Qualifying League

South Island Qualifying League

South Island Qualifying League

Season	2023
Dates	1 April 2023 - 28 May 2023
Champions	Coastal Spirit
Matches played	28
Goals scored	112 (4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Britney-Lee Nicholson (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Coastal Spirit 12–0 Haswell Christchurch United (29 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Selwyn United 0–20 Coastal Spirit (6 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Selwyn United 0–20 Coastal Spirit (6 May 2023)
Longest winning run	Coastal Spirit (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Coastal Spirit (6 matches)
Longest winless run	Halswell Christchurch United (5 matches)
Longest losing run	Halswell Christchurch United (6 matches)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of Completed.

The season started on 1 April, and finished on 28 May, being a single round. The league determined the top four teams in Mainland's federation, who went on to play the top two teams from Southern Football. The bottom three teams played in the Canterbury Women's Premiership, starting after this league finished, and were joined by the top three teams of Canterbury Women's Championship Division 1.

Team

The four teams from the 2022 leage - Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit, FC Nomads United and University of Canterbury - were joined by Halswell Christchurch United, Nelson Suburbs, and Selwyn United. Halswell Christchurch United were a combined team of Halswell United and Christchurch United; similarly FC Nomads United was a combined team from Nomads United and FC Twenty 11.^[3]

Team	Home ground	Location	Competition
Cashmere Technical	Garrick Memorial Park	Woolston, Christchurch	2nd Mainland Women's Premier League
Coastal Spirit SASFC	English Park	St Albans, Christchurch	1st Mainland Women's Premier League
Halswell Christchurch United	United Sports Centre	Spreydon, Christchurch
Nelson Suburbs	Saxton Field	Nelson
FC Nomads United WPL	Tulett Park	Casebrook, Christchurch	4th Mainland Women's Premier League
Selwyn United WPL	Foster Park	Rolleston
University of Canterbury AFC	English Park	St Albans, Christchurch	3rd Mainland Women's Premier League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Coastal Spirit (C, Q)	6	5	1	0	42	2	+40	16	Winner of South Island Qualifying League and qualification to South Island League
2	Cashmere Technical (Q)	6	4	1	1	25	5	+20	13	Qualification to South Island League
3	University of Canterbury (Q)	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
4	Nelson Suburbs (Q)	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9
5	FC Nomads United	6	2	0	4	8	9	−1	6	Qualification to Canterbury Women's Premiership
6	Selwyn United	6	2	0	4	5	43	−38	6
7	Halswell Christchurch United	6	0	1	5	4	28	−24	1

Source: Mainland Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to head^[4]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Result Table

Home \ Away	CT	CS	HC	NS	NU	SU	UC
Cashmere Technical		1–1	5–0		1–2		3–0
Coastal Spirit			12–0				3–0
Halswell Christchurch United						2–3	2–2
Nelson Suburbs	2–3	1–3	2–0		3–2
FC Nomads United		0–3	4–0			0–1
Selwyn United	0–12	0–20		1–4
University of Canterbury				2–0	1–0	5–0

Source: Mainland Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Britney-Lee Nicholson	Coastal Spirit	15
2	Melanie Cameron	Coastal Spirit	6
3	Aimee Phillips	Cashmere Technical	5
	Whitney Hepburn	Coastal Spirit
5	Charlotte Mortlock	Cashmere Technical	4
	Jasmine Barney	Nelson Suburbs
	Laura Newman	Coastal Spirit
	Lauren Dabner	Coastal Spirit
	Nicola Dominikovich	Cashmere Technical
10	Leanna Ryan	Cashmere Technical	3

League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
1^[5]	Aimee Phillips	Cashmere Technical	Selwyn United	Away	0–12	1 April 2023
	Charlotte Mortlock
4^[6]	Laura Newman	Coastal Spirit	Halswell Christchurch United	Home	12–0	29 April 2023
	Britney-Lee Nicholson
5^[7]	Melanie Cameron^[a]	Coastal Spirit	Selwyn United	Away	0–20	6 May 2023
	Britney-Lee Nicholson^[b]

1. Player scored 4 goals
2. Player scored 8 goals

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
2^[8]	Jasmine Ball	University of Canterbury	Coastal Spirit
7^[9]	Leigh Bowie	Selwyn United	University of Canterbury

ODT Women's Southern Premiership

ODT Women's Southern Premiership League

Season	2023
Dates	1 April 2023 - 6 May 2023
Champions	Dunedin City Royals
Matches played	21
Goals scored	88 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nieve Collin (6 goals)
Biggest home win	Queenstown 11–0 Northern (22 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Green Island 0–11 Dunedin City Royals (6 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Queenstown 11–0 Northern (22 April 2023) Green Island 0–11 Dunedin City Royals (6 May 2023)
Longest winning run	Dunedin City Royals (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Dunedin City Royals (6 matches)
Longest winless run	Northern (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Northern (6 matches)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of Completed.

Teams

All seven teams from the previous season competed.

Team	Home ground	Location	2022 Season
Dunedin City Royals	Logan Park	Dunedin North, Dunedin	1st ODT Women's Southern Premiership
Green Island	Sunnyvale Park	Green Island, Dunedin	5th ODT Women's Southern Premiership
Mosgiel	Memorial Park Ground	Mosgiel	7th ODT Women's Southern Premiership
Northern	Forrester Park	Normanby, Dunedin	6th ODT Women's Southern Premiership
Otago University	Logan Park	Dunedin North, Dunedin	3rd ODT Women's Southern Premiership
Queenstown Rovers	Queenstown Events Centre	Frankton, Queenstown	4th ODT Women's Southern Premiership
Roslyn Wakari	Ellis Park	Glenross, Dunedin	2nd ODT Women's Southern Premiership

League

The league was a single round, with the top four teams advancing to the South Island League southern playoffs. The bottom three teams played in the ODT Women's Southern Championship, with the two teams who did not qualify for the South Island League.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dunedin City Royals (C, Q)	6	6	0	0	35	0	+35	18	Winner of Women's Southern Premiership and qualification to South Island League Playoffs
2	Roslyn-Wakari (Q)	6	4	1	1	16	6	+10	13	Qualification to South Island League Playoffs
3	Otago University (Q)	6	3	1	2	13	3	+10	10
4	Queenstown (Q)	6	3	0	3	16	12	+4	9
5	Green Island	6	2	0	4	5	16	−11	6	Qualification to Southern Football Women's Championship
6	Mosgiel	6	2	0	4	3	17	−14	6
7	Northern	6	0	0	6	0	34	−34	0

Source: Mainland Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss^[10]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results Table

Home \ Away	DC	GI	MO	NO	OU	QU	RW
Dunedin City Royals			7–0		6–0		4–0
Green Island	0–11		4–0
Mosgiel				1–0		1–0	1–3
Northern	0–6	0–1			0–7
Otago University	0–1	2–1	3–0
Queenstown		2–0		11–0	2–1		0–0
Roslyn-Wakari		1–0		8–0		4–1

Source: Mainland Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nieve Collin	Dunedin City Royals	6
2	Chelsea Whittaker	Dunedin City Royals	5
3	Mikayla Gray	Dunedin City Royals	4
	Keely Osborne	Queenstown
	Zara Partley	Roslyn-Wakari
	Holly White
7	Margarida Dias	Dunedin City Royals	3
	Madeline McCormick	Otago University
	Rose Hanna Morton	Dunedin City Royals
	Jemma Wilson	Roslyn-Wakari

League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
1^[11]	Rose Morton	Dunedin City Royals	Mosgiel	Home	7–0	1 April 2023
2^[12]	Margarida Dias	Dunedin City Royals	Northern	Away	0–6	5 April 2023
3	Madeline McCormick	Otago University	Northern	Away	0–7	19 April 2023
5	Holly White	Roslyn-Wakari	Northern	Home	8–0	25 April 2023
7	Nieve Collin	Dunedin City Royals	Green Island	Away	0–11	6 May 2023

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
3	Laura Wallis	Queenstown	Roslyn-Wakari
7	Paige Julian	Green Island	Dunedin City Royals

South Island League Playoffs

Each team played each other once over three rounds, with the top two advancing to the South Island League, while the bottom two played in the ODT Women's Southern Championship.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dunedin City Royals (C, Q)	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Winner of South Island League Playoffs and qualification to South Island League
2	Otago University (Q)	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Qualification to South Island League
3	Queenstown	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2	Qualification to Southern Football Women's Championship
4	Roslyn-Wakari	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Source: Mainland Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss^[10]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results Table

Home \ Away	DC	OU	QU	RW
Dunedin City Royals		3–1		7–1
Otago University			3–0
Queenstown	2–2
Roslyn-Wakari		1–2	1–1

Source: Mainland Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ruby Anderson	Dunedin City Royals	4
3	Carolyn Days	Otago University	2
	Margarida Dias	Dunedin City Royals
	Tahlia Roome	Dunedin City Royals
	Morgan Smiley	Otago University
	Jemma Wilson	Roslyn-Wakari
7	Madeline Braun	Queenstown	1
	Hope Donoghue
	Charlotte Marvin	Otago University
	Abbey Neilson	Queenstown
	Eloise Robinson	Otago University
	Shontell Smite	Dunedin City Royals
	Chelsea Whittaker

League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
1	Ruby Anderson	Dunedin City Royals	Roslyn-Wakari	Home	7–1	20 May 2023

South Island League

The six teams each played every other team twice, once at home and once away.

Teams

Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit and Dunedin City Royals returned to the league, joined by Otago University from Southern Football, with Nelson Suburbs and University of Canterbury from Mainland Football.^[3]

Association	Team	Position in Regional League	App (last)	Previous best (last)
Mainland Football (4 berths)	Coastal Spirit	1st	2nd (2022)	1st (2022)
	Cashmere Technical	2nd	2nd (2022)	2nd (2022)
	University of Canterbury	3rd	1st	Debut
	Nelson Suburbs	4th	1st	Debut
Southern Football (2 berths)	Dunedin City Royals	1st	2nd (2022)	2nd (2022)
	Otago University	2nd	1st	Debut

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cashmere Technical (C)	10	9	1	0	36	9	+27	28	Winner of Women's South Island League
2	Dunedin City Royals	10	6	2	2	30	11	+19	20
3	Coastal Spirit	9	5	2	2	35	12	+23	17
4	Otago University	9	3	1	5	7	34	−27	10
5	University of Canterbury	10	1	1	8	9	31	−22	4
6	Nelson Suburbs	10	1	1	8	14	34	−20	4

Updated to match(es) played on 2 September 2023. Source: Mainland Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss^[10]
(C) Champions

Results Table

Home \ Away	CT	CS	DC	NS	OU	UC
Cashmere Technical		4–3	3–1	3–1	4–1	6–1
Coastal Spirit	1–1		0–0^[a]	8–0	PP^[b]	2–1
Dunedin City Royals	0–2	4–2		4–0	6–1	6–0
Nelson Suburbs	1–5	0–5	1–3		0–1	2–2
Otago University	0–6	0–10	2–2	2–4		2–1
University of Canterbury	0–2	2–4	0–4	1–0	1–3

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2023. Source: Mainland Football
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

1. Game postponed due to Coastal's Kate Sheppard Cup semi final.^[13]
2. Game postponed, reason unknown.^[14]

League top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[15]
1	Britney-Lee Nicholson	Coastal Spirit	15
2	Shontelle Smith	Dunedin City Royals	7
3	Aimee Phillips	Cashmere Technical	6
	Jayda Stewart	Coastal Spirit
5	Nicola Dominkovich	Cashmere Technical	5
	Amy Hislop	Otago University
	Charlotte Roche	Cashmere Technical
8	Melanie Cameron	Coastal Spirit	4
	Freya Partridge-Moore	Dunedin City Royals
	Jonelle Author	Cashmere Technical
11	Multiple players		3

League hat-tricks

Round	Player	For	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
3^[16]	Aimee Phillips	Cashmere Technical	Otago University	Away	0–6	1 July 2023
5^[17]	Jayda Stewart^[a]	Coastal Spirit	Otago University	Away	0–10	23 July 2023
	Britney-Lee Nicholson^[a]
7^[18]	Britney-Lee Nicholson	Coastal Spirit	Nelson Suburbs	Away	0–5	5 August 2023
9^[19]^[20]	Britney-Lee Nicholson^[b]			Home	8–0	19 August 2023
	Freya Partridge-Moore	Dunedin City Royals	Otago University	Home	6–1
10^[21]	Britney-Lee Nicholson	Coastal Spirit	Cashmere Technical	Away	4–3	27 August 2023

1. Player scored 4 goals
2. Player scored 5 goals

Own goals

Round	Player	Club	Against
3^[22]	Sophie Hartshaw	University of Canterbury	Dunedin City Royals

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External links

• National League official website
• FootballSouth official website
• Mainland official website