New Zealand national football team

The New Zealand national football team (Māori: He papa whutupaoro a-motu o Aotearoa) represents New Zealand in men's international football competitions, The team is governed by the governing body for football in New Zealand, New Zealand Football (NZF), which is currently a member of FIFA and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The team's official nickname is the All Whites.[3] New Zealand is a five-time OFC champion.

This article is about New Zealand men's national football team. For other uses, see New Zealand national football team (disambiguation).

New Zealand
Nickname(s)All Whites
AssociationNew Zealand Football (NZF)
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachDanny Hay
CaptainWinston Reid
Most capsIvan Vicelich (88)
Top scorerVaughan Coveny (28)
Home stadiumNorth Harbour Stadium
Westpac Stadium
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 122 (16 July 2020)[1]
Highest47 (August 2002)
Lowest161 (April–May 2016)
First 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)[2]
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1982)
Best resultGroup stage (1982 and 2010)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1973)
Best resultChampions (1973, 1998, 2002, 2008 and 2016)
Confederations Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1999)
Best resultGroup stage

The team represented New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup tournaments in 1982 and 2010, and the FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments in 1999, 2003, 2009 and 2017. Because most New Zealand football clubs are semi-professional rather than fully professional, most professional New Zealand footballers play for clubs in English-speaking countries such as England, the United States and Australia.

History

Early years
New Zealand playing Australia in 1922

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.[4] 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 1922, 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.[5][6] In 1927, Canada became the second team to play in New Zealand as they played in four official matches with a win and a draw.[7]

New Zealand would become one of the founder members of the Oceania Football Confederation in 1966 which was founded between Charles Dempsey and his Australian colleague Jim Bayutti in founding the federation.[8]

According to Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, up until the 1980s "the high visibility of British migrants in the All Whites, as well as in the game's administration and domestic club scene, attracted negative comments". The All Whites qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, losing all three of its games by multiple goals. Of the 22-man squad, 11 members were born in the United Kingdom, including seven in England alone. This included the captain Steve Sumner and striker Steve Wooddin, who had both played club football in England before immigrating. However, over the following decades the composition of the national squad changed and "the face of football became increasingly Kiwi".[9]

Recent success
New Zealand vs Australia friendly match at Craven Cottage, London, England, 9 June 2005.

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 New Zealand 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 former New Zealand national players 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.[10] A common next step in these players' career paths is a stint in Major League Soccer; ESPN soccernet journalist Brent Latham speculated in a March 2010 story that New Zealand's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad could have more MLS players than the U.S. squad.[10][11] However, Latham's speculation did not prove true, as only one MLS player made the New Zealand squad for the World Cup. New Zealand formerly competed against Australia for top honours in the OFC. However, after Australia left to join the AFC in 2006, New Zealand were left as the only seeded team in the OFC. New Zealand qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup though exited the competition after the first round despite being the only team not to lose a game during the tournament.[12] The tournament also featured one of New Zealand's most notable results, a 1–1 draw with the then world champions Italy. New Zealand drew their other two pool games with Slovakia and Paraguay and ultimately finished above Italy, who placed last, in the group. New Zealand drew all three games and finished third in their group. New Zealand were also the only undefeated team in the entire tournament thanks to Spain's defeat to Switzerland.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

In August 2014, Anthony Hudson was appointed manager of the All Whites. Hudson's first game in charge of the national team was a 3–1 defeat away to Uzbekistan in September 2014. As a result of the All Whites playing "just three matches" in the previous year, which was "the least of any country in world football",[13] and having "seven months without a match" the All Whites dropped to 161 in the FIFA world rankings.[14][15][15] The All Whites went on to win the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, winning four matches with the final being won via a penalty shootout after a 0–0 draw against Papua New Guinea, conceding only 1 goal, from a penalty, in the process. New Zealand's victory saw them crowned Oceania champions making New Zealand the most successful national team in the competition's history, having won the tournament five times, and also saw them qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. The All Whites moved up 54 places in the world rankings in July and achieved 88th in the FIFA world rankings, the highest ranking in three years, on the back of the OFC Nations Cup victory that qualified them for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.[16][17]

After a disappointing tournament at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup where they finished bottom of their group which featured Russia, Mexico and Portugal, the national team fell 27 places to 122nd.[18] In September 2017, New Zealand won the OFC Final against the Solomon Islands with an aggregate score of 8–3 to qualify for the inter-continental play-off qualifier against Peru, the fifth-ranked nation from the South America's qualifiers.[19][20] After holding Peru off in the first leg, they would go to lose 2-0 in the second leg to be eliminated from competition as Peru became the last team to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[21][22]

Rivalries

New Zealand's long time rivals are Trans-Tasman neighbours Australia.[23] The two teams' history dates back to 1922, where they first met in both their international debuts. The rivalry between the Socceroos (Australia) and the All Whites (New Zealand) is part of a wider friendly rivalry between the geographical neighbours Australia and New Zealand, which applies not only to sport but to the culture of the two countries. The rivalry was intensified when Australia and New Zealand were both members of the OFC, regularly competing in OFC Nations Cup finals and in FIFA World Cup qualifications, where only one team from the OFC progressed to the World Cup. Since Australia left the OFC to join the AFC in 2006, competition between the two teams has been less frequent. However, the rivalry between the two teams is still strong, with the occasional match receiving much media and public attention.[24] The rivalry extends to club football, with New Zealand's only fully professional team, the Wellington Phoenix, playing in the Australian A-League.

Coaching staff
See also: List of New Zealand national football team managers
Position Name
Head coach Danny Hay
Technical director Andrew Boyens
Assistant coach Neil Emblen
Assistant coach Rory Fallon
Assistant coach Jason Batty
Goalkeeping Coach Vacant
Team manager Vacant
Performance analyst Vacant
Sports science / S&C Danny Deigan
Doctor Chan Dassanayake
Physiotherapist Roland Jeffery
Physiotherapist Mark Palmer

Players

For all past and present players who have appeared for the national team, see New Zealand national team players.

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly matches against Republic of Ireland and Lithuania, played on 15 and 17 November 2019.
[25]
Caps and goals updated as of 17 November after the game against Lithuania.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Stefan Marinovic (1991-10-07) 7 October 1991 25 0 Wellington Phoenix
1GK Michael Woud (1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 2 0 Almere City
2DF Tommy Smith (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990 38 2 Unattached
2DF Michael Boxall (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 33 0 Minnesota United
2DF Bill Tuiloma (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 26 0 Portland Timbers
2DF Winston Reid (1988-07-03) 3 July 1988 25 1 Sporting Kansas City
2DF Tim Payne (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 19 2 Wellington Phoenix
2DF Storm Roux (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 10 0 Melbourne Victory
2DF Liberato Cacace (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000 3 0 Wellington Phoenix
2DF James McGarry (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 1 0 Unattached
2DF Nando Pijnaker (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 1 0 Grasshoppers
3MF Michael McGlinchey (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 55 5 Central Coast Mariners
3MF Marco Rojas (1991-11-05) 5 November 1991 42 5 Melbourne Victory
3MF Ryan Thomas (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 19 3 PSV
3MF Alex Rufer (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 7 0 Wellington Phoenix
3MF Sarpreet Singh (1999-02-20) 20 February 1999 6 1 1. FC Nürnberg
3MF Matthew Ridenton (1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 6 0 Brisbane Roar
3MF Joe Bell (1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 2 0 Viking
4FW Chris Wood (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 57 24 Burnley
4FW Andre de Jong (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 4 1 AmaZulu
4FW Elliot Collier (1995-02-22) 22 February 1995 2 0 Chicago Fire
4FW Elijah Just (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 2 0 Helsingør
4FW Callum McCowatt (1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 1 1 Wellington Phoenix
4FW Max Mata (2000-07-10) 10 July 2000 1 0 Grasshoppers

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the New Zealand squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Louis Fenton (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 6 0 Wellington Phoenix v.  Republic of Ireland, 15 November 2019 INJ

INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
RET Retired from the national team

Results and fixtures

For all past match results of the national team, see the team's 1922–69 results page, 1970–99 results page and 2000–19 results page.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Recent results
15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) FriendlyRepublic of Ireland 3–1 New ZealandDublin, Republic of Ireland
 Report
Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 18,728
17 November 2019 (2019-11-17) FriendlyLithuania 1–0 New ZealandVilnius, Lithuania
 Report Stadium: LFF Stadium

Forthcoming fixtures
8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) FriendlyBelgium v New ZealandBrussels, Belgium
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium

New Zealand had been scheduled to play Oman and Bahrain in March 2020 however, the matches were cancelled due the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak.[26]

Player records

Most caps

Caps and goals updated as 15 November 2019.

# Player Period Caps Goals
1 Ivan Vicelich 1995–2013 88 6
2 Simon Elliott 1995–2011 69 6
3 Vaughan Coveny 1992–2006 64 28
4 Ricki Herbert 1980–1989 61 7
5 Chris Jackson 1992–2003 60 10
6 Brian Turner 1967–1982 59 21
7= Duncan Cole 1978–1988 58 4
7= Steve Sumner 1976–1988 58 22
7= Shane Smeltz 2003–2017 58 24
10= Chris Zoricich 1988–2003 57 1
10= Chris Wood 2009– 57 24

Most goals

Players in bold still active at international level.

# Player Period Goals Caps
1 Vaughan Coveny 1992–2006 28 64
2= Shane Smeltz 2003–2017 24 58
2= Chris Wood 2009– 24 57
4 Steve Sumner 1976–1988 22 58
5 Brian Turner 1967–1982 21 59
6 Jock Newall 1951–1952 17 10
7= Keith Nelson 1977–1983 16 20
7= Chris Killen 2000–2013 16 48
9 Grant Turner 1980–1988 15 42
10= Wynton Rufer 1980–1997 12 23
10= Darren McClennan 1986–1997 12 43
10= Michael McGarry 1986–1997 12 54

Competitive record

For the all-time record of the national team against opposing nations, see the team's all-time record page.

Pld W D L GF GA GD
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FIFA World Cup
Main article: New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup
New Zealand's FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Host nation(s)
and year		 Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Did not participate Did not participate
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 6
1974 6 0 3 3 5 12
1978 4 2 1 1 14 4
1982 Group stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 2 12 15 9 5 1 44 10
1986 Did not qualify 6 3 1 2 13 7
1990 6 3 1 2 13 8
1994 6 3 1 2 15 5
1998 6 3 0 3 13 6
2002 6 4 0 2 20 7
2006 5 3 0 2 17 5
2010 Group stage 22nd 3 0 3 0 2 2 8 6 1 1 15 5
2014 Did not qualify 11 8 1 2 24 13
2018 13 8 4 1 24 6
2022 To be determined
2026
Total Group stage 2/23 6 0 3 3 4 14 94 52 18 24 217 94

FIFA Confederations Cup
Main article: New Zealand at the FIFA Confederations Cup
New Zealand's FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
1992 No OFC representative invited
1995
1997 Did not qualify
1999 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 6
2001 Did not qualify
2003 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 11
2005 Did not qualify
2009 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 0 7
2013 Did not qualify
2017 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 8
Total Group stage 4/10 12 0 1 11 3 32

OFC Nations Cup
Main article: New Zealand at the OFC Nations Cup
New Zealand's OFC Nations Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
1973 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 13 4
1980 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 7 8
1996 Third place 3rd 2 0 1 1 0 3
1998 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 11 1
2000 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 7 3
2002 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 23 2
2004 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 17 5
2008 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 14 5
2012 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 8 7
2016 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 10 1
2020 Cancelled
Total 5 titles 11/11 44 33 3 8 110 39
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See also

General

List of New Zealand international footballers

Squads

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