New Zealand national football team

New Zealand

Nickname(s)	All Whites
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
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	105 (22 December 2022)
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)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 0–10 Australia (Wellington, New Zealand; 11 July 1936)
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

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.

FIFA 2010

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.

Competitive records

FIFA World Cup

New Zealand's FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not member of FIFA										Not member of FIFA
1934
1938
1950	Did not enter										Declined participation
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	0	6
1974											6	0	3	3	5	12
1978											4	2	1	1	14	4
1982	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	2	12	Squad		15	9	5	1	44	10
1986	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	13	7
1990											6	3	1	2	13	8
1994											6	3	1	2	15	5
1998											6	3	0	3	13	6
2002											6	4	0	2	20	7
2006											5	3	0	2	17	5
2010	Group stage	22nd	3	0	3	0	2	2	Squad		8	6	1	1	15	5
2014	Did not qualify										11	8	1	2	24	13
2018											13	8	4	1	24	6
2022	In progress										5	5	0	0	18	1
2026	To be determined										To be determined
Total	Group stage	2/21	6	0	3	3	4	14			99	57	18	24	240	95
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