New Zealand national football team

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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	88
Highest FIFA ranking	47 (August 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking	156 (September 2007)
Elo ranking	63
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	1st 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. However, this will no longer be the case as Australia now play in the Asian Football Confederation. New Zealand have 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.

[edit] Development

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. The performance of the national team is further hindered by a relatively young semi-professional 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 former Fulham FC and now Tampere United midfielder Chris James along with strikers Jeremy Brockie and Wellington Phoenix's Shane Smeltz.

Australia vs New Zealand friendly match at Craven Cottage, London 9th June 2005

[edit] World Cup record

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

[edit] Oceania Nations Cup record

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

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Vanuatu.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Mark Paston 13 December 1976 (1976-12-13) (age 31) 14 0 Wellington Phoenix 18 GK Jacob Spoonley 3 March 1987 (1987-03-03) (age 21) 0 0 Wellington Phoenix 3 DF Tony Lochhead 12 January 1982 (1982-01-12) (age 26) 13 0 Wellington Phoenix 5 DF Andrew Boyens 18 September 1983 (1983-09-18) (age 24) 2 0 Red Bull New York 15 DF Ben Sigmund 3 February 1981 (1981-02-03) (age 27) 1 0 Wellington Phoenix 16 DF Duncan Oughton 14 June 1977 (1977-06-14) (age 30) 18 2 Columbus Crew 2 MF Jeremy Christie 22 May 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 25) 10 0 Wellington Phoenix 4 MF David Mulligan 24 March 1982 (1982-03-24) (age 26) 16 0 Port Vale 7 MF Ivan Vicelich 3 September 1976 (1976-09-03) (age 31) 60 8 RKC Waalwijk 8 MF Tim Brown 6 March 1981 (1981-03-06) (age 27) 6 0 Wellington Phoenix 11 MF Leo Bertos 20 December 1981 (1981-12-20) (age 26) 18 0 Wellington Phoenix 12 MF James Pritchett 1 July 1982 (1982-07-01) (age 25) ? ? Auckland City FC 14 MF Chris James 4 July 1987 (1987-07-04) (age 20) 7 1 Tampere United 17 MF Jeff Campbell 25 August 1979 (1979-08-25) (age 28) 13 2 Auckland City FC 9 FW Shane Smeltz 29 September 1981 (1981-09-29) (age 26) 16 5 Wellington Phoenix 13 FW Jarrod Smith 20 June 1984 (1984-06-20) (age 23) 4 0 Toronto FC 19 FW Daniel Ellensohn 9 August 1985 (1985-08-09) (age 22) 0 0 Team Wellington

[edit] Other Recently Call Up Members

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 Macarthur Rams 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 Minnesota Thunder MF Simon Elliott 10 June 1974 54 8 Unattached 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 Bodens BK

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• NZ Football
• FIFA page on New Zealand

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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