New Zealand national soccer team - Definition and Overview

New Zealand

New_Zealand_FA.gif Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname	All Whites
Association	New Zealand Soccer Inc
Coach	Mick Waitt
Most caps	Steve Sumner (105)
Top scorer	Jock Newall (28)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International New Zealand 3 - 1 Australia (Dunedin, New Zealand; June 17, 1922)
Largest win New Zealand 13 - 0 Fiji (Auckland, New Zealand; August 16, 1981)
Worst 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

The New Zealand national soccer team, nicknamed the All Whites, is the national team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Soccer Inc. It has made the World Cup once, in 1982, but lost all three games.

New Zealand usually battles Australia for top honors in the OFC. They won the OFC Nations Cup three times, in 1973, 1998, and 2002. In 2004, however, a 4-2 loss to Vanuatu not only denied them from meeting Australia in the final, but also stopped them from coming a step closer to the 2006 World Cup.

World Cup record

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

Oceania Nations Cup record

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

Notable Players

• Simon Elliott
• Danny Hay
• Ryan Nelsen
• Duncan Oughton
• Wynton Rufer