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Encyclopedia > New Zealand Soccer
Founded 1891
FIFA affiliation 1948
OFC affiliation 1966
President
John Morris
Coach
Ricki Herbert

Football New Zealand is the governing body for the sport of football (soccer) in New Zealand. It was founded in 1891, and became officially affiliated with FIFA in 1948. New Zealand was a founding member of the Oceania Football Confederation. image by http://www. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Ricki Herbert (born April 10, 1961) is a former New Zealand soccer player and is currently the coach of the New Zealand national team, also known as the All Whites. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ...


FNZ oversees the seven New Zealand Soccer Federations, as well as the New Zealand national soccer team (nicknamed the "All Whites"), the national junior and women's teams (nicknames the "SWANZ"), the men's and women's National League (the men's league is known as the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC)), and a number of tournaments, including the Chatham Cup. The New Zealand Football league is played in the New Zealand summer between eight teams. A New Zealand team, The Wellington Phoenix FC, also play in the Australia A-League, also played in the summer. 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... The All Whites is a nickname given to many sporting teams. ... The New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) is the national football league in New Zealand. ... The Chatham Cup is New Zealands premier knockout tournament in mens football (soccer). ... Wellington Phoenix are a football (soccer) team based in Wellington, New Zealand and are the only fully professional side from New Zealand. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...


The board recently decided to re-brand the organisation[1]. The leading candidate for the new name is Football New Zealand. The rebranding is an attempt to bring New Zealand into line with the international game where soccer is rarely used in official names (see Football (word)). In some English-speaking countries, the word football may mean any one of several games, or the ball used in that game. ...


Football Federations

  • United Soccer 1
  • soccer2
  • Force Three
  • Central Soccer
  • Capital Soccer
  • Mainland Soccer
  • soccersouth

External links

  • New Zealand Soccer website
  • FIFA's NZ Soccer page
International football
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FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ... The FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, held every two years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six continental championships, with one or more other teams invited, to bring the number of teams up to eight. ... The FIFA U-20 World Cup, formerly known as the FIFA World Youth Championship (the new name for the competition will be used for the first time in the 2007), is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Féd... The FIFA U-17 World Cup, formerly the FIFA U-17 World Championship and before the FIFA U-16 World Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Football (soccer) was an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. ... The football (soccer) tournament was held at the every edition of All-Africa Games since 1965. ... A mens football (soccer) tournament was held every Pan American Games, womens tournament was only added began 1999. ... Football has been held since 1989 at the Island Games as a mens competition sport. ... The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for mens national teams in football (soccer). ... The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ... This is a list of the mens national football (soccer) teams in the world. ... FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) to each of its member and non-member countries. ...

     Asia: AFCAsian Cup
     Africa: CAFAfrican Cup of Nations
     North America: CONCACAFGold Cup
     South America: CONMEBOLCopa América
     Oceania: OFCNations Cup
     Europe: UEFAEuropean Championship
     Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
National Football Associations of Oceania (OFC)
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American Samoa | Cook Islands | Fiji | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tahiti | Tonga | Vanuatu Asian Football Confederation Logo The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel. ... The AFC Asian Cup is a football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation. ... CAF Logo The 53 member Confederation of African Football (CAF; French: Confédération Africaine de Football) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Cup of Nations as well as the African Champions League. ... The African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition for CAF nations. ... CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ... The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main national football (soccer) competition of the CONCACAF nations. ... CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in most of South America. ... The Copa América is the main national football competition of the CONMEBOL and CONCACAF confederations. ... Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... OFC Nations cup logo The OFC Nations Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. ... The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced (you-AY-fuh) or (oo-Ay-fuh) or ), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football... The NF-Board (Nouvelle Fédération-Board, unofficially Non-FIFA-Board) is a football association established for national teams that are not — and usually may not become — members of FIFA, usually because the participating nations do not have internationally recognised sovereign state status. ... The VIVA World Cup is an international football tournament organised by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for nations unaffiliated to FIFA, planned to be held every two years. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 19 KB) Summary This image is copy of World Map FIFA.png I added divisions in UK - England, Scotland & Wales. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Look up Oceania in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... The American Samoa Football (Soccer) Association (ASFA) is the governing body of football in American Samoa. ... The Cook Islands Football Association is the governing body of football in Cook Islands. ... The Fédération Calédonienne de Football is the governing body of football in New Caledonia. ... The Papua New Guinea Football Association is the governing body of football (soccer) in Papua New Guinea. ... The Solomon Islands Football Federation is a member of the Oceania Football Confederation. ... The Fédération Tahitienne de Football is the governing body of football in French Polynesia. ...

Australia ceased to be a member of OFC from 1 January 2006 when they joined AFC.

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WSW Oceania-OFC (905 words)
After making her first two appearances for New Zealand at the Pacific Cup tournament in Australia in 2000, US-based Meisha Pyke has been recalled to the national team, while two of her fellow former Waikato colleagues who also study at American colleges are among the newcomers to the squad.
New Zealand will be involved in the opening game against their arch-rivals from across the Tasman, a match which has added significance in light of New Zealand Soccer's decision not to enter the national women's team in the Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament.
Three days later, New Zealands final game of the Australia Cup competition will mark their one hundredth full international appearance on the world stage, and the current Asian champions, North Korea, will be the country against whom this landmark fixture will be played.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chatham Cup (927 words)
Many of the early winners of the competition no longer exist, as soccer was not effectively organised in New Zealand until the advent of a national league in 1970, and still remains largely amateur.
The cup itself was gifted to the then NZ Football Association in 1922 by the crew of the HMS Chatham as a token of appreciation for the hospitality they had encountered on a visit to New Zealand.
As the New Zealand league comprises composite teams which play for regions rather than clubs, there is no formal system of byes to later rounds (as there is, for example, in the English F.A. Cup).
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