New Zealand National Football Team Information
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 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.
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.
See also:
New Zealand national football team results
| Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Last Match Updated |
| 333 |
137 |
58 |
138 |
604 |
528 |
+76 |
Mexico 3-0 New Zealand (1 June 2011) |
Records
See also:
New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record |
|
FIFA World Cup Qualification record |
| Year |
Round |
Position |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
| 1930 |
Did Not Enter |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| 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 |
To Be Determined |
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|
|
|
|
|
| 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
Group Stage |
2/19 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
70 |
36 |
13 |
21 |
169 |
75 |
| OFC Nations Cup record |
| Year |
Round |
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 |
6 |
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
Champions |
8/8 |
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 |
Australia |
0–1 |
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Friendly |
| 2006 |
| 2 |
19 February |
Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch |
Malaysia |
1–0 |
Old |
Friendly |
| 3 |
23 February |
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland |
Malaysia |
2–1 |
Banks |
Friendly |
| Barron |
| 4 |
25 April |
Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua |
Chile |
1–4 |
Smeltz |
Friendly |
| 5 |
27 April |
Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago |
Chile |
0–1 |
|
Friendly |
| 6 |
24 May |
Szusza Ferenc Stadium, Budapest |
Hungary |
0–2 |
|
Friendly |
| 7 |
27 May |
Stadion Altenkirchen, Altenkirchen |
Georgia |
3–1 |
Coveny (2) |
Friendly |
| Killen |
| 8 |
31 May |
A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |
Estonia |
1–1 |
Hay |
Friendly |
| 9 |
4 June |
Stade de Genève, Geneva |
Brazil |
0–4 |
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Friendly |
| 2007 |
| 10 |
24 March |
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José |
Costa Rica |
0–4 |
|
Friendly |
| 11 |
28 March |
Estadio José Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo |
Venezuela |
0–5 |
|
Friendly |
| 12 |
26 May |
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |
Wales |
2–2 |
Smeltz (2) |
Friendly |
| 13 |
17 October |
Churchill Park, Lautoka |
Fiji |
2–0 |
Vicelich |
2008 OFC Nations Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Smeltz |
| 14 |
17 November |
Korman Stadium, Port Villa |
Vanuatu |
2–1 |
Smeltz |
2008 OFC Nations Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Mulligan |
| 15 |
21 November |
Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
Vanuatu |
4–1 |
Mulligan (2) |
2008 OFC Nations Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Smeltz (2) |
| 2008 |
| 16 |
24 July |
Siliwangi Stadium, Bandung |
Indonesia |
1–2 |
Killen |
Friendly |
| 17 |
6 September |
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa |
New Caledonia |
3–1 |
Sigmund |
2008 OFC Nations Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Smeltz (2) |
| 18 |
10 September |
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland |
New Caledonia |
3–0 |
Smeltz (2) |
2008 OFC Nations Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Christie |
| 19 |
19 November |
Churchill Park, Lautoka |
Fiji |
0–2 |
|
2008 OFC Nations Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2009 |
| 20 |
21 May |
Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok |
Thailand |
1–3 |
Bright |
Friendly |
| 21 |
3 June |
National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam |
Tanzania |
1–2 |
Smeltz |
Friendly |
| 22 |
6 June |
Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone |
Botswana |
0–0 |
|
Friendly |
| 23 |
10 June |
Atteridgeville Super Stadium, Pretoria |
Italy |
3–4 |
Smeltz |
Friendly |
| Killen (2) |
| 24 |
14 June |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg |
Spain |
0–5 |
|
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 25 |
17 June |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg |
South Africa |
0–2 |
|
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 26 |
20 June |
Ellis Park, Johannesburg |
Iraq |
0–0 |
|
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 27 |
9 September |
King Abdullah Stadium, Amman |
Jordan |
3–1 |
Smeltz (2), |
Friendly |
| Fallon |
| 28 |
10 October |
Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa |
Bahrain |
0–0 |
|
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 29 |
14 November |
Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
Bahrain |
1–0 |
Fallon |
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2010 |
| 30 |
3 March |
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena |
Mexico |
0–2 |
|
Friendly |
| 31 |
24 May |
MCG, Melbourne |
Australia |
1–2 |
Killen |
Friendly |
| 32 |
29 May |
Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt |
Serbia |
1–0 |
Smeltz |
Friendly |
| 33 |
1 June |
Ljudski vrt Stadium, Maribor |
Slovenia |
1–3 |
Fallon |
Friendly |
| 34 |
15 June |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg |
Slovakia |
1–1 |
Reid |
2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 35 |
21 June |
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit |
Italy |
1–1 |
Smeltz |
2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 36 |
25 June |
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane |
Paraguay |
0–0 |
|
2010 FIFA World Cup |
| 37 |
9 October |
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland |
Honduras |
1–1 |
Wood |
Friendly |
| 38 |
12 October |
Westpac Stadium, Wellington |
Paraguay |
0–2 |
|
Friendly |
| 2011 |
| 39 |
25 February |
Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan |
China PR |
1–1 |
McGlinchey |
Friendly |
| 40 |
1 June |
Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver |
Mexico |
0–3 |
|
Friendly |
| 41 |
5 June |
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
Australia |
0–3 |
|
Friendly |
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
Recent callups
The following players have also represented New Zealand in the last 18 months:
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.
- 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
- 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
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
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."
External links
| New Zealand Squads – FIFA World Cup |
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