Capital Football W-League
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox football league
| name = Capital Football W-League
| country = {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand
| founded =
| teams = 8
| relegation =Capital Women's Premier / Central Women's Federation League
| levels = 2
| domest_cup = Kate Sheppard Cup
| champions = Waterside Karori (3rd title)
| season = 2023
| most successful club = Wellington United (5 titles)
| website = [http://www.capitalfootball.org.nz/ Capital Football]
}}
The Capital Football W-League (Women's Central 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.{{Cite web |last=Ruane |first=Jeremy |date=13 September 2023 |title=Capital Premier Women's League |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Scoreboard/capital_premier_womens_leagu.htm |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website}} {{Cite web |last=Ruane |first=Jeremy |date=8 September 2023 |title=Central Federation Premier Women's League |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Scoreboard/central_federation_premier_w.htm |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website}}
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.{{cite news |url=http://thejourneyfan.blogspot.co.nz/2017/03/w-league-season-preview.html |title=W-League Season Preview |newspaper=The Journey Fan| date=31 March 2017}}
2024 Women's Central League Clubs
{{Location map+|New Zealand|width = 280|float = right|caption = Location of clubs in New Zealand for the 2024 Central Region Premier W-League season |places =
{{location map~ |New Zealand |lat=-41.292504 |long=174.778755 |label_size=80|label=Wellington|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}}
{{location map~ |New Zealand|lat=-39.5333 |long= 176.8500 |label_size=80|label=Taradale|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}}
{{location map~ |New Zealand|lat=-39.0700 |long=174.0258 |label_size=80|label=Moturoa|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}}
{{location map~ |New Zealand|lat=-40.3549 |long= 175.5988 |label_size=80|label=Palmerston North Marist|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |New Zealand |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=-34.885158 |long=166.630608 |label_size=80|label=Wellington teams:
Victoria University of Wellington
|position=right}}
}}
Moturoa were promoted to the 2024 league after winning the 2023 Women's Central Federation League and Central/Capital promotion playoff against Horowhenua Coastal (Te Kotahitanga FC) at the expense of relegated club North Wellington FC.{{Cite web |date=26 September 2023 |title=Taranaki's Moturoa earn right to play in next year's Women's Central League |url=https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2023/09/24/taranakis-moturoa-earn-right-to-play-in-next-years-womens-central-league/ |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Friends of Football}}
Taradale 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.{{Cite web |last=Ruane |first=Jeremy |date=18 September 2023 |title=Central Region Premier Women's League |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Scoreboard/central_region_premier_women.htm |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:50%;" |
| Club
! Location ! Home Ground(s) |
|---|
| Moturoa AFC
|Onuku Taipari Domain |
| Palmerston North Marist |
| Petone FC |
| Seatoun AFC
| Seatoun Park |
| Taradale AFC
|Taradale Park |
| Victoria University of Wellington
| Boyd Wilson Turf |
| Waterside Karori
| Karori Park |
| Wellington United AFC |
Records
=Past Champions=
Note: The competition used to be called the Women's Central League until 2017 when it became the W-League
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- 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
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Source: [http://www.capitalfootball.org.nz/CLUBS-1/Club-Info-and-Resources 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