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New Zealand
Nickname(s)	All Whites
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Ricki Herbert, 2005-
Most caps	Steve Sumner (105)
Top scorer	Vaughan Coveny (30)
Home stadium	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
FIFA code	NZL
FIFA ranking	95
Highest FIFA ranking	47 (August 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking	156 (September 2007)
Elo ranking	68
Highest Elo ranking	39 (June 1983)
Lowest Elo ranking	95 (September 1997, February 1998)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international New Zealand 3 - 1 Australia (Dunedin, New Zealand; June 17, 1922)
Biggest win New Zealand 13 - 0 Fiji (Auckland, New Zealand; August 16, 1981)
Biggest defeat New Zealand 0 - 10 Australia (Wellington, New Zealand; July 11, 1936)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1982)
Best result	Round 1, 1982
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1973)
Best result	Winners, 1973, 1998, 2002
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1999)
Best result	2nd round, 1999 and 2003

The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites , is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football.

It has reached the World Cup Finals only once, in 1982, but lost all three games. Because of the lack of a high-quality domestic league, most talented New Zealand footballers ply their trade in the higher-class leagues of Europe, the United States, and Australia.

New Zealand usually battled Australia for top honours in the OFC. They won the OFC Nations Cup three times, in 1973, 1998, and 2002. The white strip was originally based on the colour of England's strip and name is in contrast with the rugby union team, the All Blacks.

Contents 1 Last and next games 2 Development 3 World Cup record 4 Oceania Nations Cup record 5 Current squad 5.1 Other Recently Call Up Members 6 Notable players 7 Notes and references 8 External links

• Past game:  Vanuatu 1-2 New Zealand  - Port Vila, Vanuatu - 14 November 2007. (OFC Oceania Natios Cup 2008 / FIFA World Cup 2010)

• Last game:  New Zealand 4-1 Vanuatu  - Wellington, New Zealand - 21 November 2007. (OFC Oceania Natios Cup 2008 / FIFA World Cup 2010)

• Next game:  New Caledonia - New Zealand  - Noumea, New Caledonia - 28 November 2007 (rescheduled from September 6 2008). (OFC Oceania Nations Cup 2008 / FIFA World Cup 2010)

• Future game:  New Zealand - New Caledonia  - Wellington, New Zealand - 10 December 2007 (rescheduled from September 13 2008). (OFC Oceania Nations Cup 2008 / FIFA World Cup 2010)

Despite its large player numbers, New Zealand football struggles to compete with other sports such as Rugby union, Rugby league and cricket, financially and for media exposure. Given the size of New Zealand's population, and the worldwide popularity of football, it is unlikely that the New Zealand national team will ever consistently rank as highly in its sport as the Rugby, Rugby league and Cricket teams do in theirs. The performance of the national team is further hindered by a weak domestic league. However, Wellington Phoenix FC competes in the Australian A-League. The best known current players are Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen and Celtic striker Chris Killen. Several young players have shown promise in breaking through into the senior side, most notably Fulham FC's Chris James and striker Jeremy Brockie.

• 1930 to 1966 - Did not enter
• 1970 to 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Round 1
• 1986 to 2006 - Did not qualify

• 1973 - Champions
• 1980 - Round 1
• 1996 - Semifinals
• 1998 - Champions
• 2000 - Second place
• 2002 - Champions
• 2004 - Third place
• 2008 - qualified

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification(against New Caledonia). Squad asembles 26 November.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 1 GK Mark Paston 13 December 1976 14 0 Wellington Phoenix 2 MF Jeremy Christie 22 May 1983 10 0 Wellington Phoenix 3 DF Tony Lochhead 12 January 1982 13 0 Wellington Phoenix 4 MF David Mulligan 24 March 1982 16 0 Grimsby Town 5 DF Andrew Boyens 18 September 1983 2 0 Toronto FC 7 MF Ivan Vicelich 3 September 1976 60 8 RKC Waalwijk 8 MF Tim Brown 6 March 1981 6 0 Wellington Phoenix 9 FW Shane Smeltz 29 September 1981 16 5 Wellington Phoenix 11 MF Leo Bertos 20 December 1981 18 0 Perth Glory 12 MF James Pritchett 1 July 1982 ? ? Auckland City 13 FW Jarrod Smith June 20, 1984 4 0 Crystal Palace Baltimore 14 MF Chris James 4 July 1987 7 1 Fulham FC 15 DF Ben Sigmund 3 February 1981 1 0 Auckland City 16 DF Duncan Oughton 14 June 1977 18 2 Columbus Crew 17 MF Jeff Campbell 25 August 1979 13 2 Auckland City 18 GK Jacob Spoonley 3 March 1987 0 0 Wellington Phoenix 19 FW Daniel Ellensohn 9 August 1985 0 0 Team Wellington

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club 10 FW Chris Killen 8 October 1981 26 15 Celtic F.C. 18 GK James Bannatyne 30 June 1975 3 0 Team Wellington GK Glen Moss 19 January 1983 7 0 Wellington Phoenix GK Ross Nicholson August 8, 1975 14 0 Auckland City FC DF Ryan Nelsen 18 October 1977 34 7 Blackburn Rovers DF Steven Old 17 February 1986 17 1 Wellington Phoenix DF Jack Pelter 30 July 1987 0 - Sunderland A.F.C DF Winston Reid July 3, 1988 0 0 FC Midtjylland MF Andrew Barron 24 December 1980 8 1 Canterbury United MF Simon Elliott 10 June 1974 54 8 Fulham FC MF Raf de Gregorio 20 May 1977 28 2 Team Wellington MF Christian Bouckenooghe 7 February 1977 38 3 K.V. Red Star Waasland FW Jeremy Brockie 7 October 1987 7 - Hawke's Bay United FW Brent Fisher 6 July 1983 10 4 Canterbury United FW Michael McGlinchey January 7, 1987 0 0 Celtic F.C.

Ken Armstrong Leo Bertos Christian Bouckenooghe Jeremy Brockie Tim Brown Vaughan Coveny Raf de Gregorio Simon Elliott Ceri Evans Adrian Elrick

Danny Hay Noah Hickey Chris James Chris Killen Tony Lochhead Glen Moss David Mulligan Ryan Nelsen Steven Old Duncan Oughton

Mark Paston Wynton Rufer Steve Sumner Brian Turner Ivan Vicelich Billy Walsh Steve Wooddin Chris Zoricich

New Zealand born Rory Fallon is undecided on his nationality although it seems likely that he'll pledge his allegiance to England.

• NZ Soccer

Preceded by Inaugural Champions	Oceanian Champions 1973 (First title)	Succeeded by 1980 Australia
Preceded by 1996 Australia	Oceanian Champions 1998 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2000 Australia
Preceded by 2000 Australia	Oceanian Champions 2002 (Third title)	Succeeded by 2004 Australia

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Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
National football teams of Oceania (OFC) v • d • e
American Samoa | Cook Islands | Fiji | Kiribati† | Micronesia† | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Niue† | Northern Mariana Islands† | Palau† | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tahiti | Tonga | Tuvalu† | Vanuatu † Associate member