New Zealand national soccer team

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New Zealand
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname All Whites
Association Football New Zealand
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Flag of New Zealand Ricki Herbert, 2005-
Most caps Steve Sumner (105)
Top scorer Vaughan Coveny (30)
FIFA code NZL
FIFA ranking 129
Highest FIFA ranking 47 (August 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking 136 (September 1996)
Elo ranking 73
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
　
First kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
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Second kit
First international
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 3 - 1 Australia Flag of Australia
(Dunedin, New Zealand; June 17, 1922)
Biggest win
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 13 - 0 Fiji Flag of Fiji
(Auckland, New Zealand; August 16, 1981)
Biggest defeat
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 0 - 10 Australia Flag of 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
Australia vs New Zealand friendly match at Craven Cottage, London 9th June 2005
Australia vs New Zealand friendly match at Craven Cottage, London 9th June 2005

The New Zealand national football team, nicknamed the All Whites , is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Soccer Inc (FootballNZ on 1st January 2007).

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 England, 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. In 2004, however, a 4-2 loss to Vanuatu not only denied them from meeting Australia in the final, but also eliminated them from the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, with Australia's move to the Asian Football Confederation, New Zealand are now firm favourites to qualify for the final AFC qualifying stage in future World Cup cycles.[1] Their best known current players are Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen and Hibernian striker Chris Killen.

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

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
1 GK Glen Moss 19 January 1983 2 0 Flag of Romania Dinamo Bucharest
12 GK Mark Paston 13 December 1976 8 0 Flag of Australia New Zealand Knights
-- GK Ross Nicholson August 8, 1975 12 0 Flag of New Zealand Auckland City FC


No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
-- DF Danny Hay 15 May 1975 30 2 Flag of New Zealand Waitakere United
-- DF Tony Lochhead 12 January 1982 8 0 Flag of United States New England Revolution
-- DF Ryan Nelsen 18 October 1977 34 7 Flag of England Blackburn Rovers
-- DF Steven Old 17 February 1987 12 1 Flag of Australia Newcastle United Jets
-- DF David Mulligan 24 March 1982 - - Flag of England Scunthorpe United
-- DF Duncan Oughton 14 June 1977 - - Flag of United States Columbus Crew
-- DF Andrew Boyens 18 September 1983 - - Flag of Canada Toronto FC


No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
-- MF Andrew Barron 24 December 1980 3 1 Flag of New Zealand Canterbury United
-- MF Tim Brown 6 March 1981 6 0 Flag of Australia Newcastle United Jets
-- MF Simon Elliott 10 June 1974 54 8 Flag of England Fulham FC
-- MF Raf de Gregorio 20 May 1977 27 2 Flag of New Zealand Team Wellington
-- MF Noah Hickey 9 June 1978 31 6 Flag of Australia New Zealand Knights
-- MF Chris James 4 July 1987 1 0 Flag of England Fulham FC
-- MF Leo Bertos 20 December 1981 7 0 Flag of Australia Perth Glory
-- MF Ivan Vicelich 3 September 1976 7 0 Flag of Netherlands RKC Waalwijk
-- MF Adrian Webster 11 October 1980 2 0 Uncontracted
-- MF Christian Bouckenooghe 7 February 1977 33 2 Flag of Belgium K.V. Red Star Waasland


No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
-- FW Jeremy Brockie 7 October 1987 5 0 Flag of Australia Sydney FC
-- FW Vaughan Coveny 13 December 1971 71 28 Flag of Australia Newcastle United Jets
-- FW Brent Fisher 6 July 1983 9 4 Flag of Sweden Bodens BK
-- FW Chris Killen 8 October 1981 26 15 Flag of Scotland Hibernian FC
-- FW Shane Smeltz 29 September 1981 12 1 Flag of England Halifax Town


New Zealand born Rory Fallon is undecided on his nationality although it seems likely that he'll pledge alligence to the England National Football team.

  1. ^ Starting with the qualification cycle for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the winner of OFC qualifying will receive a place in the final AFC qualifying group.

International football
v • d • e

FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes
     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 | Micronesia† | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Niue† | Northern Mariana Islands† | Palau† | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tahiti | Tonga | Tuvalu† | Vanuatu
†Associate Member
Australia ceased to be a member of OFC from 1 January 2006 when they joined AFC.
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