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New Zealand national football team
The New Zealand national football team, is the national association football team of New Zealand and is controlled by New Zealand Football. In 1982 it played the FIFA World Cup and on 14 November 2009 qualified for the 2010 finals.New Zealand formerly battled Australia for top honours in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC. In 1973, 1998, 2002 and 2008 New Zealand have won the OFC Nations Cup four times.
New Zealand national football Team configuration :
Association | |
Nickname(s) | All Whites |
Confederation | OFC ( |
Head coach | Ricki Herbert |
Captain | Ryan Nelsen |
Most caps | Ivan Vicelich (65) |
Top scorer | |
Home stadium | Westpac Stadium, |
FIFA code | NZL |
FIFA ranking | 79 |
Highest FIFA ranking | 47 (August 2002) |
Lowest FIFA ranking | 156 (September 2007) |
Elo ranking | 74 |
Highest Elo ranking | 39 (June 1983) |
Lowest Elo ranking | 95 (September 1997,February 1998) |