- New Zealand Football
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New Zealand Football OFC 
Founded 1891 FIFA affiliation 1948 OFC affiliation 1966 President Frank van Hattum Website nzfootball.co.nz New Zealand Football is the governing body for the sport of association football in New Zealand. It was founded in 1891, and became officially affiliated with FIFA in 1948. New Zealand was a founding member of the Oceania Football Confederation.
NZF oversees the seven New Zealand Football Federations, as well as the New Zealand national football team (nicknamed the "All Whites"), the national junior and women's teams (nicknamed the "Football Ferns"), the men's and women's National League (the men's league is known as the ASB Premiership and the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier), with a number of tournaments, including the Chatham Cup. The ASB Premiership is played in the New Zealand summer between eight teams and The Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier is played in the New Zealand winter between ten teams. A New Zealand team, Wellington Phoenix FC, play in the Australian A-League.
In May 2007, the organisation was renamed New Zealand Football (NZF), replacing the word "soccer" with "football" in line with the common usage in the rest of the world.
In September 2007, the New Zealand female football teams were rebranded. The women's national team changed its name from "SWANZ" to "Football Ferns", the female under-20 team to the "Junior Football Ferns" and the under-17 team became the "Young Football Ferns"[1]
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, New Zealand had played their best result in their teams' history when they had a 1-1 draw with Italy. Shane Smeltz scored in the 7th minute marking the first time New Zealand has ever led a match at the World Cup.[2] They went on to become the only unbeaten team in the tournament.
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Competitions
- ASB Premiership (national league)
- Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Premier (top level winter league)
- US1 Premiership (winter league)
- Central Premier League (winter league)
- Robbie's Premier Football League (winter league)
- ODT FootballSouth Premier League (winter league)
- National Women's League (national women's league)
- NSL (defunct)
- ASB National Youth League (youth league)
- ASB Phoenix Challenge (ASB Premiership competition)
- Chatham Cup (national men's winter league's knockout competition)
Football Federations
- Auckland Football Federation
- United Soccer 1
- Waikato/Bay of Plenty Football
- Central Football
- Capital Football
- Mainland Football
- Football South
See also
Men's
- List of New Zealand international footballers
- New Zealand national football team
- New Zealand national under-23 football team
- New Zealand national under-20 football team
- New Zealand national under-17 football team
Women's
- List of New Zealand women's international footballers
- New Zealand women's national football team
- New Zealand women's national under-20 football team
- New Zealand women's national under-17 football team
References
External links
- New Zealand Football official website
- New Zealand at FIFA site
- New Zealand at OFC site
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