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| Nickname(s) | All Whites |
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| Association | New Zealand Football (NZF) |
| Confederation | OFC |
| Head coach | Danny Hay
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| Asst coach | Darren Bazeley Neil Emblen Rory Fallon Kane Wintersgill
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| Captain | Chris Wood |
| Most caps | Ivan Vicelich (88) |
| Top scorer | Chris Wood (33) |
| Home Stadium | North Harbour Stadium Sky Stadium |
| FIFA code | NZL |
| FIFA ranking | 105  2 (October 2022)
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| Highest FIFA ranking | 47  (August 2002)
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| Lowest FIFA ranking | 156 (September 2007)
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| Elo ranking | 62 |
| Highest Elo ranking | 39 (June 1983)
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| Lowest Elo ranking | 95 (September 1997, February 1998)
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| First international |  New Zealand 3-1 Australia 
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| Biggest win | New Zealand 13-0 Fiji 
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| Biggest defeat | New Zealand 0-10 Australia
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| World Cup appearances | 2 (First in 1982) |
| Best result | Group stage (1982 & 2010) |
| OFC Nations Cup appearances | 8 (First in 1973) |
| Best result | Winners (1973, 1998, 2002 & 2008) |
The New Zealand national football team represents New Zealand in international competitions. It is controlled by New Zealand Football which is a member of OFC and FIFA. They are known as the All Whites (Māori: Ōmā). New Zealand are a five-time OFC champion.
Until 2006, Australia was the best team in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). However, Australia's awesome results and even breaking their own record for the largest victory in an international football match led it to join the Asian Football Confederation. The previous record before Australia was Iran 19—0 Guam, due to this, New Zealand, the only competition to Australia, was the only powerhouse in Oceania.
A team represented New Zealand played it's first match against another team that represented New South Wales. They lost in the first game, but drew 3-3 in the second. 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.
Since most New Zealand clubs are semi-professional instead of professional, Most New Zealand football play in English-speaking countries like England, Australia, etc. Some New Zealand players play for clubs in Denmark, Italy, Turkey, etc.
History[]
- Main article:History of the New Zealand national football team
FIFA World Cup History[]
New Zealand's first FIFA World Cup was the 1982 FIFA World Cup. They were eliminated in the group stage and had a hard group. They eliminated after losing 5-2 to the Scotland national football team, 3-0 to the Soviet Union national football team, and 4-0 the the Brazil national football team.
Their second World Cup happened to be 28 years later. Still they showed more progress because they tied with Paraguay, Slovakia, and even the previous winners Italy. Since Italy lost against the aforementioned Slovakia, New Zealand finished 3rd of the group.
OFC Nations Cup[]
- Main article:New Zealand OFC Nations Cup history
Results and fixtures[]
2022[]
| Friendly 28 January | Jordan 
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3–1 | New Zealand
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |
| 19:00 UTC+04:00 | Olwan  21', 80'Al-Tamari 33' (pen.)
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Report | Wood 30' (pen.)
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Stadium: New York University Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 18 March | Papua New Guinea 
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0–1 | New Zealand
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Doha, Qatar | |
| 17:00 UTC+3 | Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Waine 75'
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Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Saoud Ali Al-Adba (Qatar) |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 21 March | New Zealand
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4–0 | Fiji
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Doha, Qatar | |
| 20:00 UTC+3 | Wood 45', 73' Just 71'Lewis 90+3' (pen.)
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Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar) |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 24 March | New Zealand
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7–1 |  New Caledonia
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Doha, Qatar | |
| 20:00 UTC+3 | Greive 8', 45+3' Rogerson 36' (pen.)de Jong 74'Tuiloma 81'Wood 83', 90'
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Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Saïko 12'
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Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 27 March | New Zealand
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1–0 |  Tahiti
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Doha, Qatar | |
| 20:30 UTC+3 | Cacace 71'
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Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Stadium: Al-Arabi Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 30 March | Solomon Islands 
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0–5 | New Zealand
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Doha, Qatar | |
| 20:00 UTC+3 | Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Tuiloma 23', 70' Wood 39'Bell 50'Garbett 90+1'
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Stadium: Al-Arabi Stadium Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors) Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) |
| Friendly 5 June | Peru 
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1–0 | New Zealand
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Barcelona, Spain | |
| 17:30 UTC+2 | Lapadula 69'
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Report | Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 32,149 Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta) |
| Friendly 9 June | Oman 
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0–0 | New Zealand
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Al Rayyan, Qatar | |
| 21:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Education City Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors) |
| 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 14 June | Costa Rica 
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1–0 | New Zealand
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Al Rayyan, Qatar | |
| 21:00 UTC+3 | Campbell 3'
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Report | Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 10,803 Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
| Friendly 22 September | Australia
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1–0 | New Zealand
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Brisbane, Australia | |
| 20:00 UTC+10 | Mabil 32'
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Report | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 25,392 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) |
| Friendly 25 September | New Zealand
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0–2 | Australia
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Auckland, New Zealand | |
| 16:00 UTC+12 | Report | Duke 54' Cummings 80' (pen.)
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Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 34,985 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan) |
Players[]
Current squad[]
The following 26 players were called up for the two friendly matches against Australia on 22 and 25 of September.
Caps and goals updated as of 25 September 2022 after the game against Australia.
| # | Pos | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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| 1 | GK | Oliver Sail | 13 January 1996 | 6 | 0 | Wellington Phoenix
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| 12 | GK | Michael Woud | 16 January 1999 | 4 | 0 |  Kyoto Sanga
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| 23 | GK | Alex Paulsen | 4 July 2002 | 0 | 0 | Wellington Phoenix
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| 5 | DF | Michael Boxall | 18 August 1988 | 39 | 0 |  Minnesota United
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| 6 | DF | Bill Tuiloma | 27 March 1995 | 36 | 4 | Portland Timbers
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| 21 | DF | Tim Payne | 10 January 1994 | 30 | 2 | Wellington Phoenix
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| 3 | DF | Deklan Wynne | 20 November 1996 | 16 | 0 | Detroit City
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| 16 | DF | Dane Ingham | 8 September 1999 | 12 | 0 |  Newcastle Jets
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| 13 | DF | Liberato Cacace | 27 September 2000 | 12 | 1 |  Empoli
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| 4 | DF | Nando Pijnaker | 25 February 1999 | 11 | 0 |  Sligo Rovers
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| 24 | DF | Storm Roux | 13 January 1993 | 11 | 0 | Central Coast Mariners
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| 22 | DF | Kyle Adams | 20 November 1996 | 0 | 0 | San Diego Loyal
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| MF | Kosta Barbarouses | 19 February 1990 | 52 | 4 | Wellington Phoenix
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| 18 | MF | Cameron Howieson | 22 December 1994 | 16 | 0 | Auckland City
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| 8 | MF | Joe Bell | 27 April 1999 | 12 | 1 |  Brøndby
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| 19 | MF | Matthew Garbett | 13 April 2002 | 12 | 1 | Torino
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| 10 | MF | Marko Stamenic | 19 February 2002 | 11 | 0 | Copenhagen
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| 15 | MF | Ben Old | 13 August 2002 | 2 | 0 | Wellington Phoenix
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| 7 | FW | Elijah Just | 1 May 2000 | 13 | 1 | Horsens
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| 14 | FW | Andre de Jong | 2 November 1996 | 10 | 2 |  AmaZulu
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| 17 | FW | Callum McCowatt | 30 April 1999 | 10 | 1 | Helsingør
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| FW | Logan Rogerson | 28 May 1998 | 9 | 1 |  Haka
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| 11 | FW | Alex Greive | 13 May 1999 | 7 | 2 |  St Mirren
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| 20 | FW | Ben Waine | 11 June 2001 | 7 | 1 | Wellington Phoenix
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Recent call-ups[]
The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.
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INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby RET Retired from the national team SUS Serving suspension WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
Coaching staff[]
Honours[]
Badges[] 1922–1982  1982–1984  1984–1989  1989–1993  1993–2006  2006– The New Zealand badges have included a silver fern since the team's creation. External links[]
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