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New Zealand 
Nickname(s) All Whites Association New Zealand Football (NZF) Confederation OFC (Oceania) Head coach 
Ricki HerbertCaptain Ryan Nelsen Most caps Ivan Vicelich (73) 1 Top scorer Vaughan Coveny (28) Home stadium North Harbour Stadium (Auckland)
Westpac Stadium (Wellington)FIFA code NZL FIFA ranking 105 Highest FIFA ranking 47 (August 2002) Lowest FIFA ranking 156 (September 2007) Elo ranking 62 Highest Elo ranking 39 (June 1983) Lowest Elo ranking 95 (September 1997,
February 1998)
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Away coloursFirst international New Zealand 3 - 1 Australia 
(Dunedin, New Zealand; 17 June 1922)Biggest win New Zealand 13 - 0 Fiji 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 16 August 1981)Biggest defeat New Zealand 0 - 10 Australia
(Wellington, New Zealand; 11 July 1936)World Cup Appearances 2 (First in 1982) Best result Round 1, 1982 and 2010 OFC Nations Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1973) Best result Champions, 1973, 1998, 2002 and 2008 Confederations Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1999) Best result Round 1, 1999, 2003 and 2009 The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national association football team of New Zealand and is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). The team plays in an all-white strip rather than the traditional New Zealand sporting black due to a former FIFA regulation that reserved black for the international referee strip. Its nickname is also a play on the New Zealand national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks. The silver fern, a symbol of New Zealand, appears on the All Whites uniform.
The All Whites played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The 2010 New Zealand team is one of only eight in the history of the World Cup to have remained unbeaten through a World Cup Finals competition without winning the trophy.[1]
Because most New Zealand football clubs are semi-professional rather than fully professional, most top New Zealand footballers play abroad for clubs in Europe, in the United States, or in the Australian A-League.
New Zealand formerly battled Australia for top honours in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). This is no longer the case as Australia now plays in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), leaving New Zealand as the only seeded team in the OFC. New Zealand has won the OFC Nations Cup four times – in 1973, 1998, 2002 and 2008.
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Early history
New Zealand's first international football match was played in Dunedin at the old Caledonian Ground on 23 July 1904 against a team representing New South Wales. New Zealand lost by the game's only goal, but drew with the same team 3-3 in a game at Athletic Park, Wellington seven days later. The following year the team played a Wellington representative side on 10 June before embarking on a tour of Australia, during which they played eleven representative sides, including three "test matches" against New South Wales. Of these three matches they won one, lost one, and drew one.
A New Zealand national team did not play again until 1921, when New Zealand played three official full internationals against Australia, played at Carisbrook in Dunedin, Athletic Park in Wellington, and Auckland Domain. The results were two 3-1 wins to New Zealand and a 1-1 draw in Wellington.[2]
Development
Despite its large player numbers, football in New Zealand struggles to compete with other sports such as rugby union, cricket and rugby league, financially and for media exposure. The performance of the national team is further hindered by a relatively young semi-professional domestic league, the New Zealand Football Championship having been established in 2004. New Zealand has one professional team, Wellington Phoenix, which competes in the Australian A-League.
Since the 1990s, United States college soccer has played a significant role in the development of New Zealand players. This influence began when former Scotland international Bobby Clark returned to the U.S. after his 1994–96 stint as All Whites head coach to take the head coaching job at Stanford University (he now holds the same position at Notre Dame). Clark began recruiting in New Zealand, and current All Whites Ryan Nelsen and Simon Elliott played for him at Stanford. The trend that Clark started has continued to the present; more than two dozen New Zealanders are now playing for NCAA Division I men's programs in the U.S.[3] A common next step in these players' career paths is a stint in Major League Soccer; ESPNsoccernet journalist Brent Latham speculated in a March 2010 story that the All Whites' 2010 FIFA World Cup squad could have more MLS players than the U.S. squad.[3][4] However, Latham's speculation did not prove true, as only one MLS player made the New Zealand squad for the World Cup.
Overall record
New Zealand vs Australia friendly match at Craven Cottage, London, England, 9 June 2005.
Pld W D L GF GA GD Last Match Updated 334 137 58 139 604 531 +73 Australia 3-0 New Zealand (5 June 2011) Records
FIFA World Cup
See also: New Zealand at the FIFA World CupFIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA 
1930Did Not Enter – – – – – – 
1934– – – – – – 
1938– – – – – – 
1950– – – – – – 
1954– – – – – – 
1958– – – – – – 
1962– – – – – – 
1966– – – – – – 
1970Did Not Qualify 2 0 0 2 0 6 
19746 0 3 3 5 12 
19784 2 1 1 14 4 
1982Group Stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 2 12 15 9 5 1 44 10 1986Did Not Qualify 6 3 1 2 13 7 
19906 3 1 2 13 8 
19946 3 1 2 15 5 19986 3 0 3 13 6 
20026 4 0 2 20 7 20065 3 0 2 17 5 
2010Group Stage 22nd 3 0 3 0 2 2 8 6 1 1 15 5 
2014To Be Determined 
2018
2022Total Group Stage 2/19 6 0 3 3 4 14 70 36 13 21 169 75 FIFA Confederations Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 
1992No OFC Representative was Invited 1995 1997Did Not Qualify 1999Group Stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 6 2001Did Not Qualify 2003Group Stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 11 2005Did Not Qualify 2009Group Stage 8th 3 0 1 2 0 7 2013To Be Determined 2017 2021Total Group Stage 3/8 9 0 1 8 2 24 OFC Nations Cup
OFC Nations Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1973Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 13 4 1980Group Stage 5th 3 1 0 2 7 8 1996 Third Place 3rd 2 0 1 1 0 3 1998Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 11 1 
2000Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 6 3 2002Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 23 2 2004Third Place 3rd 5 3 0 2 17 5 2008 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 14 5 2012Qualified Total Champions 9/9 34 25 2 7 91 31 Recent and upcoming fixtures
New Zealand Results under Ricki Herbert 2005– # Date Venue Opponent Result Goalscorers Competition 2005 1 21 May Craven Cottage, London Australia0–1 Friendly 2006 2 19 February Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch 
Malaysia1–0 Old Friendly 3 23 February North Harbour Stadium, Auckland Malaysia2–1 Banks Friendly Barron 4 25 April Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Chile1–4 Smeltz Friendly 5 27 April Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago Chile0–1 Friendly 6 24 May Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest 
Hungary0–2 Friendly 7 27 May Stadion Altenkirchen, Altenkirchen 
Georgia3–1 Coveny (2) Friendly Killen 8 31 May A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn 
Estonia1–1 Hay Friendly 9 4 June Stade de Genève, Geneva Brazil0–4 Friendly 2007 10 24 March Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José 
Costa Rica0–4 Friendly 11 28 March Estadio José Romero, Maracaibo 
Venezuela0–5 Friendly 12 26 May Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 
Wales2–2 Smeltz (2) Friendly 13 17 October Churchill Park, Lautoka Fiji2–0 Vicelich 2008 OFC Nations Cup [5] Smeltz 14 17 November Korman Stadium, Port Villa 
Vanuatu2–1 Smeltz 2008 OFC Nations Cup [5] Mulligan 15 21 November Westpac Stadium, Wellington Vanuatu4–1 Mulligan (2) 2008 OFC Nations Cup [5] Smeltz (2) 2008 16 24 July Siliwangi Stadium, Bandung 
Indonesia1–2 Killen Friendly 17 6 September Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa New Caledonia3–1 Sigmund 2008 OFC Nations Cup [5] Smeltz (2) 18 10 September North Harbour Stadium, Auckland New Caledonia3–0 Smeltz (2) 2008 OFC Nations Cup [5] Christie 19 19 November Churchill Park, Lautoka Fiji0–2 2008 OFC Nations Cup [5] 2009 20 21 May Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 
Thailand1–3 Bright Friendly 21 3 June National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam 
Tanzania1–2 Smeltz Friendly 22 6 June Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone 
Botswana0–0 Friendly 23 10 June Atteridgeville Super Stadium, Pretoria Italy3–4 Smeltz Friendly Killen (2) 24 14 June Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Spain0–5 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 25 17 June Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg South Africa0–2 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 26 20 June Ellis Park, Johannesburg 
Iraq0–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 27 9 September King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 
Jordan3–1 Smeltz (2) Friendly Fallon 28 10 October Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 
Bahrain0–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 29 14 November Westpac Stadium, Wellington Bahrain1–0 Fallon 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2010 30 3 March The Rose Bowl, Pasadena Mexico0–2 Friendly 31 24 May MCG, Melbourne Australia1–2 Killen Friendly 32 29 May Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt 
Serbia1–0 Smeltz Friendly 33 1 June Ljudski vrt Stadium, Maribor 
Slovenia1–3 Fallon Friendly 34 15 June Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg 
Slovakia1–1 Reid 2010 FIFA World Cup 35 21 June Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit Italy1–1 Smeltz 2010 FIFA World Cup 36 25 June Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane 
Paraguay0–0 2010 FIFA World Cup 37 9 October North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 
Honduras1–1 Wood Friendly 38 12 October Westpac Stadium, Wellington Paraguay0–2 Friendly 2011 39 25 February Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan 
China PR1–1 McGlinchey Friendly 40 1 June Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver Mexico0–3 Friendly 41 5 June Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Australia0–3 Friendly 2012 42 29 February [[]], [[]] TBD – Friendly 43 3 June [[]], [[]] Fiji– 2012 OFC Nations Cup [6] 44 5 June [[]], [[]] 
Papua New Guinea– 2012 OFC Nations Cup [6] 45 7 June [[]], [[]] 
Solomon Islands– 2012 OFC Nations Cup [6] XX 9 June [[]], [[]] TBD – 2012 OFC Nations Cup [6] XX 11 June [[]], [[]] TBD – 2012 OFC Nations Cup [6] XX 15 August [[]], [[]] TBD – Friendly XX 7 September [[]], [[]] TBD – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification XX 11 September [[]], [[]] TBD – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification XX 12 October [[]], [[]] TBD – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification XX 16 October [[]], [[]] TBD – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2013 XX 6 February [[]], [[]] TBD – Friendly XX 22 March [[]], [[]] TBD – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification XX 26 March [[]], [[]] TBD – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification XX [[]], [[]] TBD – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup XX [[]], [[]] TBD – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup XX [[]], [[]] TBD – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup XX [[]], [[]] TBD – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup XX [[]], [[]] TBD – 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup XX 15 August [[]], [[]] TBD – Friendly XX September [[]], [[]] TBD – Friendly XX October [[]], [[]] TBD – Friendly XX 15 November [[]], [[]] TBD – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification XX 19 November [[]], [[]] TBD – 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Players
Current squad
Match Date: 2 and 5 June 2011
Opposition: Mexico and Australia
Caps and goals correct as of: 6 June 2011, 11:20 NZST# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Glen Moss 19 January 1983 19 0 Gold Coast United12 GK Mark Paston 13 December 1976 28 0 Wellington Phoenix18 GK Jake Gleeson 26 June 1990 1 0 Portland Timbers2 DF Winston Reid 3 July 1988 9 1 West Ham United4 DF Ben Sigmund 3 February 1981 18 1 Wellington Phoenix6 DF Ivan Vicelich 3 September 1976 73 6 Auckland City15 DF Andrew Boyens 18 September 1983 19 0 Chivas USA16 DF Michael Boxall 18 August 1988 3 0 
Vancouver Whitecaps13 DF Michael Fitzgerald 17 September 1988 3 0 Zweigen Kanazawa- DF Tommy Smith 31 March 1990 8 0 Ipswich Town7 MF Simon Elliott 10 June 1974 69 6 Chivas USA8 MF Tim Brown (c) 6 March 1981 29 0 Wellington Phoenix14 MF Michael McGlinchey 7 January 1987 10 1 Central Coast Mariners17 MF Aaron Clapham 1 January 1987 5 0 Canterbury United19 MF Marco Rojas 5 November 1991 2 0 Melbourne Victory22 MF Jeremy Brockie 7 October 1987 24 0 Newcastle Jets23 MF David Mulligan 24 March 1982 28 3 Auckland City9 FW Shane Smeltz 29 September 1981 37 17 Perth Glory10 FW Chris Killen 8 October 1981 39 11 Shenzhen Ruby11 FW Kosta Barbarouses 19 February 1990 4 0 Alania Vladikavkaz20 FW Chris Wood 7 December 1991 17 1 Birmingham City21 FW Craig Henderson 24 June 1987 0 0 MjällbyRecent callups
The following players have also represented New Zealand in the last 18 months:
Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK Jacob Spoonley 23 March 1987 1 0 Auckland Cityv. China PR, April 2011 (Friendly)DF Luke Rowe 25 July 1992 0 0 Team Wellingtonv. Mexico & Australia, June 2011 (non-travelling reserve) (Friendly)DF Ryan Nelsen 18 October 1977 45 6 Blackburn Roversv. Paraguay, 12 October 2010 (Friendly)DF Tony Lochhead 12 January 1982 34 0 Wellington Phoenixv. China PR, April 2011 (Friendly)MF Cole Peverley 3 July 1988 1 0 Canterbury Unitedv. Mexico & Australia, June 2011 (non-travelling reserve) (Friendly)MF Leo Bertos 20 December 1981 39 0 Wellington Phoenixv. Paraguay, 12 October 2010 (Friendly)MF Jeremy Christie 22 May 1983 26 1 Tampa Bayv. Paraguay, 12 October 2010 (Friendly)FW Kris Bright 5 September 1986 4 1 
Balzan Youthsv. Mexico & Australia, June 2011 (non-travelling reserve) (Friendly)FW Rory Fallon 20 March 1982 11 3 
Aberdeenv. Paraguay, 12 October 2010 (Friendly)Notable players
Players who have achieved one or more of the following: Fifty or more A-international caps for New Zealand, induction into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, receipt of an international award for football, represented more than one country at international level.
- Ken Armstrong
- Duncan Cole
- Vaughan Coveny
- Simon Elliott
- Adrian Elrick
- Ceri Evans
Top Goalscorers Pos Player Career Goals (Caps) Goals per game 1 Vaughan Coveny 1992–07 28 (64) 0.44 2 Steve Sumner 1976–88 22 (58) 0.38 3 Brian Turner 1967–82 21 (59) 0.36 4 Shane Smeltz 2003– 17 (37) 0.46 5 = Jock Newall 1951–52 16 (10) 1.60 5 = Keith Nelson 1977–83 16 (20) 0.80 Last updated 11 October 2011 Most Capped Players 1 Pos Name Career Caps Goals 1 Ivan Vicelich 1995– 73 6 2 Simon Elliott 1995– 69 6 3 Vaughan Coveny 1992–07 64 30 4 Ricki Herbert 1980–89 61 7 5 Chris Jackson 1995–03 60 10 6 Brian Turner 1967–82 59 21 Last updated 11 October 2011 - Bold denotes players still playing international football.
1 A-Internationals only. The record for all appearances for the New Zealand national team including matches against club and invitational sides is held by Steve Sumner (105).
Coaching, management & support staff
Current staff
- Coaching staff
- Ricki Herbert - Head Coach
- Brian Turner - Assistant Coach
- Clint Gosling - Goalkeeping Coach
- Raul Blanco - Technical Advisor
- Manager
- Phil Warbrick - Team Manager
- Medical staff
- Celeste Geertsema - Team Doctor
- Roland Jeffery - Physiotherapist
- Wade Irvine - Massage Therapist
- Kenny McMillan - Sports Scientist
- Media officer
- Jamie Scott - Media Officer
Past coaches
- Ken Armstrong (1957–1964)
Ljubiša Broćić (1965–1966)- Juan Schwanner (1967–1968)
- Ljubiša Broćić (1969)
- Barrie Truman (1970–1976)
- Wally Hughes (1977–1978)
- John Adshead (1979–1982)
- Allan Jones (1983–1984)
- Kevin Fallon (1985–1988)
- John Adshead (1989)
- Ian Marshall (1990–1993)
- Bobby Clark (1994–1995)
- Keith Pritchett (1996–1997)
Joe McGrath (1997–1998)- Ken Dugdale (1998–2002)
- Mick Waitt (2002–2004)
- Ricki Herbert (2005–present)
Supporters
The supporters of the New Zealand national team are known as the 'White Noise' - a play on the All Whites nickname.
Kit
Nike are the current kit provider for the national team. As of 2010, the national team's home kit is a white jersey with white shorts and white socks. The away kit is a black jersey with black shorts and black socks.
See also
- New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup
- New Zealand national football team results
- List of New Zealand international footballers
- New Zealand national under-23 football team
- New Zealand national under-20 football team
- New Zealand national under-17 football team
- Australia and New Zealand football rivalry
References
- ^ The other countries to have achieved this are Scotland in 1974 (Won 1, Drawn 2), Brazil in 1978 (Won 4, Drawn 3), Cameroon in 1982 (Drawn 3), England in 1982 (Won 3, Drawn 2), Belgium in 1998 (Drawn 3), Republic of Ireland in 2002 (Won 1, Drawn 3) and Switzerland in 2006 (Won 2, Drawn 2).
- ^ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. pp. 143-144.
- ^ a b Latham, Brent (17 March 2010). "U.S. connection helps New Zealand". ESPNsoccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/page/worldcup101-03172010/ce/us/new-zealand-american-connection?cc=5901&ver=us. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ Latham's piece directly states; "From his post across the Pacific Ocean, Ricki Herbert may have a more profound interest in labor peace in America [referring to a possible MLS player strike that was averted days after the piece] than anyone in the history of New Zealand, because when his team kicks off the World Cup against Slovakia on 15 June, the All-Whites' lineup could feature even more MLS players than [U.S. national coach Bob] Bradley's."
- ^ a b c d e f as 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
- ^ a b c d e as 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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