New Zealand national soccer team

This article is about the New Zealand men's national soccer team . For the women's team, see New Zealand Women's National Football Team .

New Zealand
New Zealand

Nickname (s)	All whites
Association	New Zealand Football
confederacy	OFC
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Danny Hay (since August 2019)
captain	Chris Wood
Record scorer	Vaughan Coveny (29)
Record player	Ivan Vicelich (88)
Home stadium	North Harbor Stadium Westpac Stadium
FIFA code	NZL
FIFA rank	122nd (1149 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
379 games 157 wins 67 draws 155 losses
statistics
First international New Zealand 3-1 Australia ( Dunedin , New Zealand; June 17, 1922 )
Biggest win New Zealand 13-0 Fiji ( Auckland ; New Zealand; 16 Aug 1981 )
Biggest defeat New Zealand 0:10 Australia ( Wellington , New Zealand; July 11, 1936 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	2 ( first : 1982 )
Best results	Preliminary round 1982 , 2010
Oceania Championship
Participation in the finals	10 ( first : 1973 )
Best results	Oceania champion 1973 , 1998 , 2002 , 2008 , 2016
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	4 ( first : 1999 )
Best results	Preliminary round 1999 , 2003 , 2009 , 2017
(As of February 23, 2018)

The New Zealand national soccer team , also called All Whites because of their jerseys based on the All Blacks , is the selection team of the Pacific island nation of New Zealand .

The national team falls under the administration of the New Zealand Football Association .

The footballers achieved their greatest successes to date with qualifications for the Soccer World Cup in Spain in 1982 and in South Africa in 2010 .

history

The beginnings

The first international game of a New Zealand selection took place on July 23, 1904 in Dunedin on the old Caledonian Ground. New Zealand was still a British colony at that time. The New Zealanders lost the game against the selection from New South Wales 1-0, but were able to earn a 3-3 draw in a renewed clash that took place seven days later at Athletic Park in Wellington. The following year the selection played a few more games in New Zealand and Australia.

No further game by a New Zealand national team was played until 1921. The first official international match took place on June 17, 1922. In the Carisbrook in Dunedin , the team achieved a 3-1 win over Australia.

Balance: Football World Cup

The New Zealand national soccer team first took part in a qualification for the soccer world championship in 1970 . In two "knockout games" the team met Israel , which at that time was still playing in the Oceania zone. The first leg was lost 4-0, the second leg 0-2. Thus New Zealand was eliminated in the first round.

In qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in Germany , New Zealand had to compete in a group with Australia , Indonesia and Iraq . After completing the group games, New Zealand drew three times, two against Australia and one draw against Indonesia. All other games were lost, against Iraq even 4-0. So New Zealand was eliminated as the group bottom.

The team also remained unsuccessful in qualifying for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina . Although New Zealand won both games against Chinese Taipei 6: 0, they only played a draw against Australia and lost the decisive game 1: 3. The second rank in the table meant the end.

New Zealand took part in a world tournament for the first time at the 1982 World Cup in Spain . In the first qualifying round they prevailed as group winners against Australia, Chinese Taipei, Fiji and Indonesia. New Zealand finished second in the Asia / Oceania zone against China , Kuwait and Saudi Arabia , tied with China. On January 10, 1982 there was then a playoff for participation in the World Cup finals against China. New Zealand won it 2-1 and thus bought the ticket to Spain.

The World Cup began for the team on June 15, 1982 in Málaga against Scotland . New Zealand lost this game 5-2, with Steve Sumner and Steve Wooddin scoring for the Oceanians . The second opponent was the Soviet Union on June 19, also in Málaga , against which they lost 3-0. On June 23, New Zealand finally lost 4-0 to the team from Brazil in Seville and was eliminated from the group's bottom in the preliminary round of the World Cup finals.

The 1986 World Cup could not be achieved. New Zealand was eliminated in the first round of qualification as group third behind Australia and Israel, as well as Chinese Taipei. The highlight was a 5-0 win over Chinese Taipei.

In qualifying for the 1990 World Cup in Italy , New Zealand defeated Chinese Taipei 4: 0 and 4: 1 in the first round in two games, making it into the final round of the Oceania zone. But a poor performance in the group of three with Australia and Israel and only one win from four games meant the premature end.

Participation in the football World Cup in 1994 failed to Australia. After Fiji and Vanuatu were defeated in the preliminary round , Australia were defeated in two games with 0: 1 and 0: 3.

At the 1998 World Cup , New Zealand was set for the second qualifying round. Again they met Fiji, which were defeated 1-0 and 5-0. Against the second group opponent, the national team of Papua New Guinea , New Zealand surprisingly lost their first game 1-0. The second leg again ended clearly 7-0 for New Zealand. Again there were two playoffs against Australia, but the first leg was lost 3-0. The second leg ended 2-0 and New Zealand again missed qualifying for the World Cup finals.

The qualification for the Soccer World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea started successfully for New Zealand, the first round was finished as group winners before Tahiti , the Solomon Islands , Vanuatu and the Cook Islands with four wins from four games. As in 1994 and 1998, there were two relegation games against Australia, both of which were lost (0: 2 and 1: 4).

The 2006 World Cup could not reach New Zealand again. But this time you weren't even in the relegation against Australia. After the opening game against Australia was just lost 0-1, New Zealand won 3-0 against the Solomon Islands. On June 2, 2004, they lost 4-2 against the blatant underdog from Vanuatu. Tahiti was dealt 10-0 two days later, Fiji also defeated 2-0. But because the Solomon Islands played 2-2 against Australia, New Zealand only reached third place in the table, which meant elimination.

In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , New Zealand won the 2008 OFC Cup of Nations and qualified for two play-offs against Bahrain , the fifth in the Asian qualifiers. New Zealand won the second leg at home against Bahrain 1-0 after a 0-0 away match, which meant that New Zealand qualified for a World Cup for the second time. Here you met in Group F on Italy , Paraguay and Slovakia . With three draws, New Zealand was eliminated after the preliminary round, but as third in the group it was able to leave the then reigning world champion Italy behind. New Zealand was the only team at this World Cup that did not suffer defeat.

In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , New Zealand only had to compete in the second round, which took place as the 2012 Oceania Cup . New Zealand could surprisingly not win the championship, but qualify for the 3rd World Cup qualifying round. In this, New Caledonia, Oceania champions Tahiti and the Solomon Islands were eliminated with six wins in six games. The team thus reached the intercontinental play-offs against Mexico , fourth in the CONCACAF qualification. However, both games were lost (1: 5 and 2: 4).

New Zealand also failed in the intercontinental play-off round for the 2018 World Cup in Russia . As the winner of the Oceania qualification, where they clearly defeated the Solomon Islands in the finals, New Zealand had to compete this time against the fifth of the CONMEBOL qualifications, Peru , and lost 0-0 and 0-2.

Balance sheets

Participation in soccer world championships

→ Main article : New Zealand National Football Team / World Cups

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	cut off	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated
1934	Italy	not participated
1938	France	not participated
1950	Brazil	not participated
1954	Switzerland	not participated
1958	Sweden	not participated
1962	Chile	not participated
1966	England	not participated
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In qualifying in the group stage, Israel failed to qualify for the only time in 1970 for a World Cup.
1974	Germany	not qualified				In the qualifiers in the group stage at Australia failed, that could for the first time to qualify for the World Cup.
1978	Argentina	not qualified				In the qualifiers in the group stage at Australia failed, which also could not qualify.
1982	Spain	Preliminary round	Scotland , USSR , Brazil	23.	John Adshead	Eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group.
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualifiers in the group stage at Australia failed, which also could not qualify.
1990	Italy	not qualified				In the qualification in the 2nd round, Israel failed, which could not qualify either.
1994	United States	not qualified				In the qualification in the Oceania final failed to Australia , which could not qualify either.
1998	France	not qualified				In the qualification again in the Oceania final failed to Australia , which could not qualify either.
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the qualification again in the Oceania final failed to Australia , which could not qualify either.
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification in the 2nd round, Australia failed again, which was able to qualify for Oceania for the first time after 1974, but then switched to the Asian association.
2010	South Africa	Preliminary round	Slovakia , Italy , Paraguay	22nd	Ricki Herbert	Since Australia was also able to qualify, albeit for the Asian association, two oceanic countries took part in a World Cup for the first time. But both were eliminated after the preliminary round. After three draws, New Zealand took third place in the group undefeated and was thus placed ahead of world champions Italy .
2014	Brazil	not qualified				As winners of the Oceania qualification , the team played in an intercontinental playoff round against the 4th of the CONCACAF qualification , Mexico , for a place in the world championship. New Zealand lost the first leg in Mexico 5-1 and the second leg 2-4.
2018	Russia	not qualified				As the winner of the Oceania qualification , the team played in an intercontinental play-off round against the fifth of the CONMEBOL qualification Peru . After a goalless draw in the first leg, the team lost the second leg 2-0.
2022	Qatar

Participation in soccer championships of the Oceania

1973 in New Zealand	Oceania Champion
1980 in New Caledonia	Preliminary round
1996 in various countries	Semifinals
1998 in Australia	Oceania Champion
2000 in Tahiti	Second
2002 in New Zealand	Oceania Champion
2004 in Australia	Third
2008 in various countries	Oceania Champion
2012 in the Solomon Islands	Third
2016 in Papua New Guinea	Oceania Champion

Participation in the Confederations Cup

The New Zealand team playing the national anthem before the Confederations Cup game against Portugal on June 24, 2017

1992 in Saudi Arabia	not participated
1995 in Saudi Arabia	not qualified
1997 in Saudi Arabia	not qualified
1999 in Mexico	Preliminary round
2001 in Japan and South Korea	not qualified
2003 in France	Preliminary round
2005 in Germany	not qualified
2009 in South Africa	Preliminary round
2013 in Brazil	not qualified
2017 in Russia	Preliminary round

player

Current squad

The following players are in the squad for the game against Canada on March 24, 2018. Players marked with "*" were also in the squad for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup . The initially nominated Storm Roux waived for private reasons and was replaced by Justin Gulley .

position	Surname	society	birth date	Calls	Gates	debut	Last use
goal	Max Crocombe	Salford City	Aug 12, 1993	00	00
	Michael Woud	Sunderland AFC	Jan. 16, 1999	00	00
	Nik Tzanev	AFC Wimbledon	23 Dec 1996	00	00
Defense	Michael Boxall *	Minnesota United	Aug 18, 1988	31	00	2011	Nov 16, 2017
	Nikko Boxall	Viborg FF	Feb. 24, 1992	00	00
	Sam Brotherton *	Sunderland AFC	0Oct 2, 1996	09	00	2015	05th Sep 2017
	Tom Doyle *	Wellington Phoenix	June 30, 1992	08th	00	2014	0Oct 6, 2017
	Justin Gulley	Team Wellington	Jan 15, 1993	00	00
	Dane Ingham *	Brisbane Roar	0June 8, 1999	05	00	2017	0Oct 6, 2017
	Adam Mitchell	Bolton Wanderers	0June 1, 1996	00	00
	Themistoklis Tzimopoulos	PAS Ioannina	Nov 20, 1985	14th	01	2015	0Oct 6, 2017
midfield	Cam Howieson	Auckland City	Dec 22, 1994	09	00	2012	08 Sep 2014
	Niko Kirwan	AC Mestre	04th Sep 1995	00	00
	Clayton Lewis *	Scunthorpe United	Feb 12, 1997	13	00	2015	Nov 16, 2017
	Michael McGlinchey *	Wellington Phoenix	0Jan. 7, 1987	52	05	2009	Nov 16, 2017
	Tim Payne	Eastern suburbs	Jan. 10, 1994	14th	02	2012	0Sep 7 2015
	Matt Ridenton	Wellington Phoenix	11th Mar 1996	03	00	2014	0Oct 9, 2016
	Alex Rufer *	Wellington Phoenix	June 12, 1996	04th	00	2015	05th Sep 2017
	Sarpreet Singh	FC Bayern Munich II	Feb. 20, 1999	04th	01	2018	07th June 2018
	Ryan Thomas *	PEC Zwolle	Dec 20, 1994	18th	03	2014	Nov 16, 2017
Storm	Myer Bevan	Vancouver Whitecaps	Apr 23, 1997	02	01	2017	05th Sep 2017
	Jeremy Brockie	Mamelodi Sundowns	0Oct 7, 1987	50	01	2009	Nov 16, 2017
	Marco Rojas *	SC Heerenveen	0Nov 5, 1991	40	05	2011	Nov 16, 2017
	Andre De Jong	Hakoah Sydney City East FC	0Nov 2, 1996	00	0
As of November 16, 2017

2017 players also deployed or nominated:

position	Surname	society	birth date	Calls	Gates	debut	Last use
goal	Stefan Marinovic *	Vancouver Whitecaps	0Oct 7, 1991	24	00	2015	Nov 16, 2017
	Glen Moss *	Newcastle Jets	Jan. 19, 1983	29	00	2006	08 Sep 2014
	Tamati Williams *	without a club	Jan. 19, 1984	01	00	2014	May 30, 2014
Defense	Kip Colvey *	Colorado Rapids	15th Mar 1994	15th	00	2016	Nov 16, 2017
	Andrew Durante *	Wellington Phoenix	0May 3, 1982	24	00	2013	Nov 16, 2017
	Winston Reid	West Ham United	03rd July 1988	24	01	2010	Nov 16, 2017
	Storm Roux *	Central Coast Mariners	Jan. 13, 1993	09	00	2013	05th Sep 2017
	Tommy Smith *	Ipswich Town	31 Mar 1990	35	02	2010	02nd June 2017
	Deklan Wynne *	Colorado Rapids	Apr 17, 1989	15th	00	2014	Nov 16, 2017
midfield	Moses Dyer	Eastern suburbs	21 Mar 1997	10	00	2015	05th Sep 2017
	Bill Tuiloma *	Portland Timbers	23 Mar 1995	24	00	2013	June 24, 2017
	James Musa	Phoenix Rising	0Apr 1, 1992	03	00	2014	05th Sep 2017
Storm	Kosta Barbarouses *	Wellington Phoenix	19 Feb 1990	47	04th	2008	Nov 16, 2017
	Monty Patterson *	Ipswich Town	0Dec 9, 1996	15th	01	2016	05th Sep 2017
	Shane Smeltz *	Borneo FC	29 Sep 1981	57	24	2001	June 24, 2017
	Chris Wood *	Leeds United	0Dec 7, 1991	55	24	2009	Nov 16, 2017
As of Nov. 16, 2017

Record player

The figures for the record players and goal scorers in the various statistics are not always consistent, as games against club teams or non-FIFA members are sometimes included.

(As of November 15, 2017)

Record player
Games	player	Period	Gates
88	Ivan Vicelich	1995-2013	6th
69	Simon Elliott	1994-2011	6th
64	Vaughan Coveny	1992-2006	29
61	Ricki Herbert	1980-1989	7th
60	Chris Jackson	1992-2003	10
59	Brian Turner	1967-1982	21st
58	Duncan Cole	1978-1988	4th
	Steve Sumner	1976-1988	22nd
57	Shane Smeltz	2003–	24
	Chris Zoricich	1988-2003	1
56	Ceri Evans	1980-1993	2
55	Leo Bertos	2003-2013	0
	Chris Wood	2008–	24
54	Michael McGarry	1986-1997	12
53	Adrian Elrick	1975-1984	1

Record shooters
Gates	player	Period	Games
29	Vaughan Coveny	1992-2006	64
24	Shane Smeltz	2003–	57
	Chris Wood	2008–	55
22nd	Steve Sumner	1976-1988	58
21st	Brian Turner	1967-1982	59
17th	Jock Newall	1951-1952	10
16	Chris Killen	2000-2013	48
	Keith Nelson	1977-1983	20th
15th	Grant Turner	1980-1988	42
12	Darren McClennan	1986-1997	43
	Michael McGarry	1986-1997	54
	Wynton Rufer	1980-1997	23
11	Steve Wooddin	1980-1984	24

Trainers and supervisors

Current coaching staff

•  Danny Hay - coach

Previous trainers

• 1957-1964 Ken Armstrong  
• 1965–1966 Ljubiša Broćić 
• 1967–1968 Juan Schwanner  
• 1969 Ljubiša Broćić00000  
• 1970–1976 Barrie Truman 
• 1977–1978 Wally Hughes 
• 1979-1982 John Adshead 
• 1983-1984 Allan Jones 
• 1985–1988 Kevin Fallon 
• 1989 John Adshead00000  
• 1990-1993 Ian Marshall 
• 1994-1995 Bobby Clark 
• 1996-1997 Keith Pritchett 
• 1997-1998 Joe McGrath 
• 1998-2002 Ken Dugdale 
• 2002-2004 Mick Waitt 
• 2005-2013 Ricki Herbert 
• 2014 Neil Emblen00000  
• 2014-2017 Anthony Hudson 
• 2018–2019 Fritz Schmid 
• 2019 of Buckingham 
• 2019– Danny Hay 

See also

• List of international matches for the New Zealand national football team
• New Zealand National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• New Zealand National Football Team (U-20 Men)
• New Zealand women's national soccer team

Web links

• New Zealand Football - Official Homepage
• New Zealand Football at the OFC Continental Association
• New Zealand Football at FIFA
• Statistical details on ultimatenzsoccer.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The New Zealand Association counts 29 goals, in the rsssf statistics only 28 are listed, with the note that it is often assigned a fourth goal in the game against Vanuatu on September 28, 1998, which is an own goal a player from Vanuatu. [1] [2] [3]
2. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Placements from 5th place onwards are determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF file; 195 kB)
4. ↑ nzfootball.co: All Whites - Schmid begins new era ( Memento from March 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ sporty.co.nz: All Whites - Roux out, Gulley in
6. ↑ ^{a b} Positions according to the New Zealand Association, FIFA sometimes names others.
7. ^ Appearances and Goalscoring for New Zealand National Team
8. ↑ Team Honors Individual Honors ( Memento from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ ^{a b} ultimatenzsoccer.com: The Dozen Club - Caps and Goals
10. ↑ The New Zealand Federation has only 14 goals in 24 games