New Zealand national football team
Nickname(s) | All Whites | ||
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Association | New Zealand Football (NZF) | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Anthony Hudson | ||
Captain | Winston Reid | ||
Most caps | Ivan Vicelich (88) | ||
Top scorer | Vaughan Coveny (28) | ||
Home stadium | Westpac Stadium | ||
FIFA code | NZL | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 110 6 (24 November 2016) | ||
Highest | 47 (August 2002) | ||
Lowest | 161 (April–May 2016) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current | 64 (15 June 2016) | ||
Highest | 39 (June 1983) | ||
Lowest |
95 (September 1997, February 1998) | ||
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 1–10 Australia (Wellington, New Zealand; 11 July 1936) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 1982) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 1982 and 2010 | ||
OFC Nations Cup | |||
Appearances | 10 (first in 1973) | ||
Best result | Champions, 1973, 1998, 2002, 2008 and 2016 | ||
Confederations Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 1999) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 1999, 2003 and 2009 |
The New Zealand national football team represents New Zealand in international football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in New Zealand New Zealand Football (NZF), which is currently a member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The team's official nickname is the All Whites, being one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.
New Zealand is a five-time OFC champion. The team represented New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup tournaments in 1982 and 2010, and the FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments in 1999, 2003 and 2009.
Because most New Zealand football clubs are semi-professional rather than fully professional, most top New Zealand footballers play abroad for clubs in Europe, the United States, Canada and in the Australian A-League.
History
Early years
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.[1]
Recent success
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.[2] 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 New Zealand's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad could have more MLS players than the U.S. squad.[2][3] 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.[4] 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 inevitably finished above Italy, who placed last, in the group. New Zealand drew all three games and finished third in their group.
Anthony Hudson era
In August 2014, Anthony Hudson was appointed manager of the All Whites. Although Hudson's first game in charge of the national team was a 3–1 defeat away to Uzbekistan in September 2014, the All Whites have been unbeaten since March 2015, conceding only two goals in this period, which includes defeating Oman, who were ranked 67 places higher at 92nd place in the FIFA World Rankings, in a 1–0 victory.
The All Whites went on to win the 2016 OFC Nations Cup, winning all 5 matches and conceding only 1 goal, from a penalty, in the process. New Zealand’s victory sees 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 sees them qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.
Supporters
The supporters of the New Zealand national team are known as the 'White Noise', a play on the All Whites nickname.[5]
Rivalries
New Zealand's long time rivals are Trans-Tasman neighbors Australia.[6] 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.[7] 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
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | Anthony Hudson |
Assistant Coach | Peter Taylor |
Assistant Coach | Darren Bazeley |
Goalkeeping Coach | Paul Gothard |
Performance Analyst | Jase Kim |
Sports Scientist | Aidan Wivell |
Technical Director | Rob Sherman |
Team Manager | Rob Pickstock |
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 the World Cup qualifiers against New Caledonia on 12 and 15 November.[9]
Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2016 after the game against New Caledonia.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to represent New Zealand in the last 12 months:
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Jake Gleeson | 26 June 1990 | 8 | 0 | Portland Timbers | v. United States, 11 October 2016 |
GK | Max Crocombe | 12 August 1993 | 0 | 0 | Carlisle United | 2016 OFC Nations Cup |
DF | Tom Doyle | 30 June 1992 | 3 | 0 | Wellington Phoenix | v. New Caledonia, 12 November 2016INJ |
DF | Winston Reid (Captain) | 3 July 1988 | 21 | 1 | West Ham United | v. United States, 11 October 2016 |
DF | Sam Brotherton | 2 October 1996 | 7 | 0 | Wisconsin Badgers | v. United States, 11 October 2016 |
MF | Matthew Ridenton | 11 March 1996 | 3 | 0 | Wellington Phoenix | v. United States, 11 October 2016 |
MF | Luka Prelevic | 7 September 1995 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Pascoe Vale FC | 2016 OFC Nations Cup |
FW | Jeremy Brockie | 7 October 1987 | 49 | 1 | SuperSport United | 2016 OFC Nations Cup |
FW | Logan Rogerson | 28 May 1998 | 3 | 0 | Wellington Phoenix | 2016 OFC Nations Cup |
FW | Shane Smeltz | 29 September 1981 | 51 | 24 | Kedah FA | 2016 OFC Nations CupINJ |
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–present results page.
2016
28 May 2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B | New Zealand | 3–1 | Fiji | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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16:00 UTC+10 | Tzimopoulos 16' Fallon 41' Wood 61' (pen.) |
Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Krishna 45+2' (pen.) | Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) |
31 May 2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B | New Zealand | 5–0 | Vanuatu | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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16:00 UTC+10 | Wood 5' 6' McGlinchey 10' Fallon 19' Barbarouses 45' |
Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium Referee: Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea) |
4 June 2016 OFC Nations Cup Group B | New Zealand | 1–0 | Solomon Islands | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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19:00 UTC+10 | Adams 80' | Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium |
8 June 2016 OFC Nations Cup Semi-final | New Zealand | 1–0 | New Caledonia | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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16:00 UTC+10 | Wood 49' | Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti) |
11 June 2016 OFC Nations Cup Final | New Zealand | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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16:00 UTC+10 | Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) |
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Penalties | ||||
Fallon McGlinchey Dyer Brockie Rojas |
Upaiga Semmy Foster Gunemba |
8 October 2016 Friendly | Mexico | 2–1 | New Zealand | Nashville, United States |
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Report | Rojas 46' | Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States) |
11 October 2016 Friendly | United States | 1–1 | New Zealand | Washington, D.C., United States |
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Green 27' | Report | Patterson 72' | Stadium: RFK Stadium |
12 November 2016 World Cup qualification | New Zealand | 2–0 | New Caledonia | Auckland, New Zealand |
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15:00 UTC+13 | Rojas 42' 72' | Report | Stadium: QBE Stadium Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) |
15 November 2016 World Cup qualification | New Caledonia | 0–0 | New Zealand | Koné, New Caledonia |
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17:00 UTC+11 | Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Stadium: Stade Yoshida Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands) |
2017
20 March 2017 World Cup qualification | Fiji | v | New Zealand | Fiji |
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28 March 2017 World Cup qualification | New Zealand | v | Fiji | Wellington, New Zealand |
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Stadium: Westpac Stadium |
17 June 2017 Confederations Cup Group A | Russia | v | New Zealand | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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18:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium |
21 June 2017 Confederations Cup Group A | Mexico | v | New Zealand | Sochi, Russia |
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21:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium |
24 June 2017 Confederations Cup Group A | New Zealand | v | Portugal | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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18:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium |
Records
Most capped players
# | Player | Period | Caps | Goals |
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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 |
8 | Steve Sumner | 1976–1988 | 58 | 22 |
9 | Chris Zoricich | 1988–2003 | 57 | 1 |
10 | Ceri Evans | 1980–1993 | 56 | 2 |
Top goalscorers
Players in bold still active at international level.
# | Player | Period | Goals | Caps |
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1 | Vaughan Coveny | 1992–2006 | 28 | 64 |
2 | Shane Smeltz | 2003– | 24 | 51 |
3 | Steve Sumner | 1976–1988 | 22 | 58 |
4 | Brian Turner | 1967–1982 | 21 | 59 |
5 | Chris Wood | 2009– | 18 | 46 |
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 | 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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364 | 151 | 65 | 148 | 653 | 570 | +83 |
FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | 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 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||||
Total | Group stage | 2/22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 81 | 44 | 14 | 23 | 193 | 88 |
FIFA Confederations Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup record | ||||||||
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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 | Qualified | |||||||
2021 | To be determined | |||||||
Total | Group stage | 4/10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
OFC Nations Cup
OFC Nations Cup record | ||||||||
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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 |
Total | 5 titles | 10/10 | 44 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 110 | 39 |
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
See also
General
List of New Zealand international footballers
Squads
FIFA World Cup |
FIFA Confederations Cup
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References
- ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. pp. 143–144.
- 1 2 Latham, Brent (17 March 2010). "U.S. connection helps New Zealand". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 21 March 2010.
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ "All Whites grab slice of history". TVNZ. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ↑ "Celebrating with a little Slice of Heaven". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "All Whites backing derby rivalry to get them through". nzfootball.co.nz. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ↑ "Tell us your top Socceroos-All Whites games as a precursor to another trans-Tasman showdown". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ↑ http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/all-whites-depart-for-korea-test/
- ↑ "Hudson ready for New Caledonia". New Zealand Football. 3 November 2016.
External links
Media related to New Zealand national association football team at Wikimedia Commons
- New Zealand Football
- [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz-intres.html – New Zealand men's national football team international matches] (English)