New Zealand men's national football team

New Zealand
	Shirt badge/Association crest
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
File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg First colours	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	105 Steady (22 December 2022)
Highest	47 (August 2002)
Lowest	161 (April–May 2016)
First international
	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3–1 Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg ; (Dunedin, New Zealand; 17 June 1922)
Biggest win
	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 13–0 Fiji File:Flag of Fiji.svg ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 16 August 1981) ; File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 26–0 American Samoa File:Flag of American Samoa.svg ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 6 June 2024) ; File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 13–0 Samoa File:Flag of Samoa.svg ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 9 October 2024) ; File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 11–0 New Caledonia File:New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 11 November 2024)
Biggest defeat
	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 0–10 Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg ; (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[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.

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[2] "New Zealand matches, ratings and points exchanged". www.eloratings.net.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

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