New Zealand men's national football team
The New Zealand national football team is the national football team of New Zealand. They are commonly known as the All Whites. In New Zealand, football is often called soccer in spoken English.
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| Nickname(s) | All Whites | ||
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| Association | New Zealand Football (NZF) | ||
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Danny Hay | ||
| Captain | Winston Reid | ||
| Most caps | Ivan Vicelich (88) | ||
| Top scorer | Chris Wood (33) | ||
| Home stadium | QBE Stadium Westpac Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | NZL | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 105  (22 December 2022)[1] | ||
| Highest | 47 (August 2002) | ||
| Lowest | 161 (April–May 2016) | ||
| 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) New Zealand 26–0 American Samoa  (Auckland, New Zealand; 6 June 2024) New Zealand 13–0 Samoa  (Auckland, New Zealand; 9 October 2024) New Zealand 11–0 New Caledonia  (Auckland, New Zealand; 11 November 2024) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| New Zealand 0–10 Australia (Wellington, New Zealand; 11 July 1936)[2] | |||
| 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, 2009 and 2017 | ||
FIFA 2010 change
In the 2010 FIFA world cup, the All whites played in group F, along with Italy, Paraguay and Slovakia. The All Whites played Slovakia to start off with and drew 1-1. The All Whites then played Italy, and surprisingly also drew 1-1, taking all of New Zealand by surprise. NZ then played Paraguay as the deciding match, in this game, Paraguay and New Zealand drew 0-0. This is the first world cup where New Zealand has scored a goal and the first world cup where NZ is undefeated. The All whites have so much help by the fans, Ricki Herbert and Neil Emblen so I would like to celebrate them for all they have done and support.
References change
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ "New Zealand matches, ratings and points exchanged". www.eloratings.net.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
