![]() This influence began when former Scotland international Bobby Clark returned to the US after his 1994–96 stint as New Zealand head coach to take the head coaching job at Stanford University (he now holds the same position at Notre Dame). Since the 1990s, United States college soccer has played a significant role in the development of New Zealand players. Consolidation in Oceania New Zealand playing against Bahrain in play 2010 FIFA World Cup inter-confederation play-offs dispute at the Westpac Stadium. However, over the following decades the composition of the national squad changed and "the face of football became increasingly Kiwi". This included the captain Steve Sumner and striker Steve Wooddin, who had both played club football in England before immigrating. Of the 22-man squad, 11 members were born in the United Kingdom, including seven in England alone. In their 1982 FIFA World Cup campaign, they lost all three games conceding 12 goals and scoring just 2. For the last phase, the All Whites competed hard against China PR, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and thanks to a large victory against the Saudis (5–0), they had to compete in a play-off match against the Chinese due to the draw of points and on goal difference, and with decisive goals from Steve Wooddin and Wynton Rufer, they won 2–1, and achieved a historic classification for España '82. Even so, the team managed to advance to the final phase of the qualifiers for the 1982 World Cup, having a practically perfect campaign without losing a match, highlighted by the 3–3 draw and the 1–0 victory against their team rival Australia, and a great victory against Fiji by the score of 13–0 in the last round to guarantee a place in the next phase. And mainly due to the not very good campaign in this year's Merdeka Tournament, the team did not have a good reputation, according to Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, up until the 1980s "the high visibility of British migrants in the All Whites, as well as in the game's administration and domestic club scene, attracted negative comments". Success for España '82 New Zealand playing against Israel during the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiersĪt the beginning of the 1980s, the All Whites were on a good run of consecutive victories, but with the organization of the 1980 Oceania Cup in New Caledonia, New Zealand ended up having a very disastrous campaign, losing 1–3 and 0–4 for Tahiti and Fiji respectively, and in the last round without a possible qualification for the final, they beat the Solomon Islands by a large score of 6–1. New Zealand would become one of the founder members of the Oceania Football Confederation in 1966 which was founded between Charlie Dempsey and his Australian colleague Jim Bayutti in founding the federation. In 1927, Canada became the second team to play in New Zealand as they played in four official matches with a win and a draw. The results were two 3–1 wins to New Zealand and a 1–1 draw in Wellington. Of these three matches they won one, lost one, and drew one.Ī New Zealand national team did not play again until 1922, when New Zealand played three official full internationals against Australia, played at Carisbrook in Dunedin, Athletic Park in Wellington, and Auckland Domain. The following year the team played a Wellington representative side on 10 June before embarking on a tour of Australia, during which they played eleven representative sides, including three "test matches" against New South Wales. New Zealand lost by the game's only goal, but drew with the same team 3–3 in a game at Athletic Park, Wellington seven days later. New Zealand's first international football match was played in Dunedin at the old Caledonian Ground on 23 July 1904 against a team representing New South Wales. History Early years New Zealand playing Australia in 1922 New Zealand remains the only country unscathed in the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament where they did not lose a single game but eliminated in the group stage. New Zealand is a five-time OFC Nations Cup champion. The team represented New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup tournaments in 19, and the FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments in 1999, 2003, 20. The team's official nickname is the All Whites ( Māori: Ōmā). ![]() The team is governed by the governing body for football in New Zealand, New Zealand Football (NZF), which is currently a member of FIFA and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The New Zealand men's national football team ( Māori: Tīma hoka a-motu o Aotearoa recognised as Aotearoa New Zealand by FIFA ) represents New Zealand in men's international football competitions.
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