Talk:New Zealand men's national football team

Elo ranking

Elo ranking is now 54 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.242.160 (talk) 16:40, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Away strip

Away strip is now blue and red, not all black. When I find out how I'll fix it Neil Leslie 10:12, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

If you can give me a source on this I'll happily change it for you. However since the last time NZ played in away colours (@Fiji, on 17th October...they wore white in Port Vila) the strip was all blue, I'm leaving as it is for now. Gialloneri (talk) 15:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes it is all blue now: since 2005 the away strip has changed. From memory the first Nike away strip had red shorts and a blue shirt Neil Leslie (talk) 19:16, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Haha, I just noticed the timestamp on your original comment...stupid me! ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gialloneri (talk • contribs) 17:09, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Merger of NZ Nat Team and All Whites

I definitely beleive that 'New Zealand national soccer team' article should be merged with the 'All Whites' article. The best course would to make the 'All Whites' page a redirect to NZ Nat team page I beleive. -ML

I don't think so, because the 'New Zealand national soccer team' doesn't explain the origins of the white strip.

The 'All Whites' and 'New Zealand national soccer team' are exactly the same team so i dont see why they shouldnt be merged.

Concensus

I agree for the redirect, but the history of the white kit needs inclusion Ianguy 03:40, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

I've changed the article All Whites to be a redirect, as suggested by ML earlier. Originally I was going to add text along the lines of "The term 'All Whites' sometimes also refers to Swansea RFC" at the top as a compromise, however it appears that the Swansea club officially uses the nickname "The Whites" instead of "All Whites", so no problemo. Gialloneri (talk) 12:59, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Haka

Does this team perform the Haka before matches? User:Drogo 15:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

No. Neil Leslie 02:02, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Any chance they perform ate 2010 World Cup? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.246.52.130 (talk) 11:15, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Likely First Choice Team?

I'm not sure speculation has a place in an encyclopedia article. - SimonLyall 09:32, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

come on, its to show how strong out team could be if we had all our first choice players playing, A lot of people joke about New Zealand at soccer but we could be right up near the 50's in the world rankings or even lower if this team played.

Should 'New Zealand national soccor team be changed to new Zealand national footbal team. Because it says 'New Zealand national football team' in the article it's just the title that says it that way.

Considering the sport is officially called football by the national governing body for the sport, I'd say yes. Gialloneri (talk) 15:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Wellington Phoenix flag

I see that in the "Current squad" section, Wellington Phoenix is given the Aussie flag sometimes and the NZ flag other times - it would be nice to have some consistency, and (although they do play in the Australian league), it would probably make more sense if the NZ flag was the one used... Grutness...wha? 11:25, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Okaaay... given the less-than-enthusiastic response to this question, let's try another tack. Unless anyone has any objection's I'll change the flags to the NZ flag in a few days time. Speak now or forever etc etc etc... Grutness...wha? 23:16, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

No objections from me... and I don't think anyone else cares. м info 23:37, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

The Phoenix are an Australian team, at least as far as football administration is concerned (they will not represent NZ in the O-league, for example), so they should have the Australian flag. For consistency I guess you'd have to check what flag Berwick Rangers' international players are given :-) On the France national team page the French flag is given to AS Monaco. I have not checked what is done with Derry City, and any international players they might have.Neil Leslie 06:12, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm not convinced. Monaco don't have a FIFA-recognised national team, Derry City doesn't seem to have any international players (though one squad member's father was a great international 'keeper). Berwick's status has changed repeatedly over the centuries to the point where many people don't realise it's actually in England (they don't have any international players, either). A better comparison would probably be the use of the Welsh flag for Cardiff City, Swansea City, and Wrexham on Wales national football team, despite them being in the English league and none of them being eligible to compete for Wales in European competitions. Similarly the Canadian flag is used for Toronto F.C. players who play internationally, despite that team playing in a U.S. league. In both the Welsh and Canadian cases, the situation is very similar to NZ - one pro team playing in another country, with only a semi-pro league available at home. Grutness...wha? 23:35, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll have to go with Grutness on this one, Wellington Phoenix should have a NZ flag. This is consistent with Toronto FC players, as well as the before mentioned Welsh teams. м info 04:55, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

The Phoenix are an NZ-based team in an Australian league, which causes tonnes of hassles when it comes to FIFA club status. However since they've signed away the right to play in the AFC Champions League and are currently being positioned to play in the O-League, it sounds like they are officially an Oceanian team, and thus should have an NZ flag. Gialloneri (talk) 15:20, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Just a brief note here. Wellington Phoenix are NZ team as a sub-licensee of NZF's A-license. NZF is the licensee and the FFA is the licenser. They play in the A-League as an international team invited from NZ. Although A-League is an Australian administrative competition it can be categorized as an international league as well as that the Wellington Phoenix and the NZF have no voting rights in the FFA because they are not an Australian club. Topsaint 05:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

For what it is worth, a quote from the SMH (amongst other places) 28 Nov 2008 [1]:

"But Serepisos claims the club's confused status has already been worked out at the highest levels.

"We have a letter from FIFA, which we got a few months ago, which states we are regarded as an Australian club which resides in New Zealand.

"That's why all our players are registered with the FFA. We've closed the door on competing in Oceania, that's not going to happen. Our future is with Asia, that's what we are pursuing. If we win the league this season, for instance, we expect to be playing in the Asian Champions League. That's our position, and we believe we have the support to do that."

Neil Leslie (talk) 23:03, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Interesting, but it doesn't really change the position as far as the flag is concerned. Rules were changed in Europe last year when it seemed possible that Cardiff City might win the FA Cup. If they had, they'd have been allowed to represent England in European club competitions, but that wouldn't have made any difference to their club nationality and - as pointed out above - the Welsh flag is still used to represent them. The Phoenix's position is unique because they play in a league in a different confederation, but they're still a team from one country in another country's league, for all that. (FWIW< I think things would be a hell of a lot easier if the AFC and OFC were re-formed into West Asia and East Asia-Pacific... but that's another matter). Grutness...wha? 00:44, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

If the flag is supposed to indicate the nationality of the team and FIFA is the authority on this and the SMH report is accurate then the Australian flag should be used for the Phoenix. But you are free to believe that FIFA is not the authority on this issue, or to deny the accuracy of the SHM report, or to state that the flag is not supposed to represent the nationality of the team. Neil Leslie (talk) 19:59, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Nationality is important, but location is equally important, and despite the fact that FIFA regard the team as de jure an Australian side, they are without doubt de facto a New Zealand team and are clearly based in New Zealand. And nothing that FIFA's said has anything to do with its location. If Cardiff can represent England (and are therefore de jure an English team), and don't play in the Welsh league, then why have they not got the English flag? Quite simple - it is in Wales and is de facto a Welsh team. An exactly analogous situatiopn occurs here - the only confounding factor is that Australia play in a different confederation. Grutness...wha? 22:31, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

So you don't think that Wikipedia should agree with FIFA. Fair enough.Neil Leslie (talk) 04:00, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

It's not a question of not agreeing with FIFA. It's a question of using whichever flag seems most sensible to use. The club is regarded by FIFA as being an Australian club for the purposes of administration, but I don't think that anyone in FIFA would say that the club is located in Australia, just as I don't think anyone in FIFA would claim that Toronto was in the US or Cardiff was in England. The club cannot both be a club in Wellington and a club in Australia, since Wellington is not in Australia. If you want the club to use the Australian flag, you should also change the flags for Cardiff City, Swansea City, Wrexham, and Toronto FC. I suggest you start similar discussions on the pages relating to those clubs and see how far you get. if you can convince people there that the English and US flags should be used, then fine, the Wellington one should be as well. I don't think you'll have much success, though. Cardiff City may be regarded now as an English side for the purposes of FIFA competition, and is part of the English FA and leagueset-up, but I don't like your chances of try changing the flag on its players. They would almost certainly regard it as highly insulting to do so (as probably, for that matter, would a lot of people if you put the Australian flaag next to Wellington Phoenix). The Welsh flag is used there for an "English" (de jure, but Welsh de jure) club, just as the New Zealand flag should be used here for an "Australian" (de jure, but New Zealand de facto) club. Grutness...wha? 22:42, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

James Pritchett Mislinked

This player's link leads to an American Actor from the 1920's —Preceding unsigned comment added by Liioadin (talk • contribs) 23:39, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Players on loan

I notice that some squad members are listed next to the names of teams they're on loan to, others against teams they're on loan from. Some consistency would be nice either way - which is normally done with other similar articles? Grutness...wha? 21:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Rory Fallon

/* Notable players */ So that there is no confusion about his allegiance. Rory Fallen has not applied in the 2004 window for change of allegiance for over 21s and so he can never be available for NZ. Since this is about the New Zealand Football Team. He does not deserve a mention under the NZ notable players. He lost his opportunity.Topsaint (talk) 12:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Could we please get a reference on this ? I haven't seen anything official regarding his status, the last word out in the media (that I've seen) being that Ricki was still trying to find a way to get around that rule. However I agree in leaving him off the list until he actually pulls on the silver fern, if ever (though as you've suggested this won't happen). The reference would be for his player page, but I'm asking on this talk page since you brough it up and to expose it to people in the know who have this page on their watchlist. Cheers! Gialloneri (talk) 14:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Gialloneri, sorry for not getting back to it quick enough, but you won't see any media other than the Yellow Fever Forum (Wellington Phoenix Fan Forum site) about this and very unlikely to see it in the sport page unless there was it was sensational enough or a Billy Harris side comment. Graham Seatter (NZF CEO) made a post on yellow fever forum on 24th sept 2007 addressing his eligibility. Here is the url address. http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1444&KW=&PID=75332#75332. He uses the name "Seatts" to address a few things but everyone knows that it is him. There isn't any media reports on it because it was very pointless to splash it over the papers and does not serve any decent purpose as well as not being sensational enough. The window of opportunity is fully and completely closed for him to apply unless IFA & FIFA conducts a new set of criteria on the player rule, which is unlikely to happen for years.Topsaint 05:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I think he's pretty notable now :) All together now: "One shot from Rory..."! Grutness...wha? 23:19, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Removing Michael McGlinchey

I am going to remove McGlinchey off the page. He has not applied before his 21st birthday on the 7th Jan 2008 for change of allegiance according to a fan who contact Graham Seatter and Chris Killen and posted his findings. http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4235&KW=McGlinchey&PID=138559#138559 . I think this is genuine. If anything to suggest otherwise please list the reference here but until he actually pulls on the silver fern or the rampant lion or even on tour with either, then he's not on. There has been no talk of him in any team, He would certainly be available for the Oly-Whites because he is good enough for us as a U23. But nothing is seen so everything is seems to be true. Topsaint 19:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Notable players

I have made the following changes to the notable players list based on the following:

• = Ken Armstrong - keep, hall of fame

- Leo Bertos - delete, current player, nothing especial, 21 caps

- Christian Bouckenooghe - delete, current player, nothing especial, 38 caps

- Jeremy Brockie - delete, current player, nothing especial, 7 caps

- Tim Brown - delete, current player, nothing especial, 13 caps

• = Vaughan Coveny - keep, record goalscorer, record a-international caps

- Raf de Gregorio - delete, nothing especial, 23 caps

• = Simon Elliott - keep 50+ caps (pending verification)
• = Ceri Evans - keep 50+ caps
• = Adrian Elrick - keep 50+ caps

- Danny Hay - delete, current player, nothing especial, 13 caps

- Noah Hickey - delete, nothing especial, 31 caps

• = Bill Hume - keep, multi international
• = Chris Jackson - keep 50+ caps

- Chris James - delete, nothing especial, 8 caps

- Chris Killen - delete, nothing especial, 26 caps

- Tony Lochhead - delete, nothing especial, 16 caps

- Glen Moss - delete, current player, nothing especial, 13 caps

- David Mulligan - delete, nothing especial, 19 caps

- Ryan Nelsen - delete, current player, nothing especial, 28 caps

- Steven Old - delete, nothing especial, 12 caps

- Duncan Oughton - delete, nothing especial, 21 caps

- Mark Paston - delete, nothing especial, 16 caps

• = Wynton Rufer - keep, Oceania Player of Century
• = Steve Sumner - keep, hall of fame, scorer in WC finals
• = Brian Turner - keep, hall of fame
• = Frank van Hattum - keep, Oceania GK of Century runner-up,
• = Ivan Vicelich - keep 50+ caps

- Colin Walker - delete, nothing especial, 34 caps

• = Billy Walsh - keep, multi international
• = Steve Wooddin - keep, scorer in WC finals
• = Chris Zoricich - keep, 50+ caps
  • +Michael McGarry - add, 50+ caps
  • +Duncan Cole - add, 50+ caps
  • +Ricki Herbert - add, 50+ caps, NZ manager

I have worked on 50+ caps (full A-Internationals) as small back-water like NZ didn't historically play as many as real world countries. I realise some may disagree, but it really needed doing. Many of the players noted were pretty non-notable in the scheme of things, and only probably appeared because of recentism, rather than any notability criteria. At least now there is less POV and more basis of fact in their inclusions--ClubOranje^Talk 11:31, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Ok, well done. It's good to be bold. However, I think you should add back Chris Killen and Ryan Nelson as they have achieved, at the club level, what no Kiwi has done before. Minfo (talk) 13:21, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I agree - it's needed a prune for a while, but both Nelsen and Killen belong on the list if they're not listed in the current squad. I'd also add Grant Turner (71 caps) and Kenny Cresswell (64 caps). Grutness...wha? 00:43, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I umm'ed and ah'ed about Nelson and couldn't decide. Was only going to include him because he is well know mostly through his Blackburn situation, but does that really qualify him as notable from a NZ national team standpoint? Simply being professional is not significantly notable - if it were, nearly every internatuional on the planet would end up in the notable players list. ditto Killen. Grant Turner has 71 appearances, but only 42 caps where caps are A-internationals - the others being against non-international competition (Bournmouth, S'hampton, nz selections etc., similarly Kenny Cresswell with only 33 true caps. (something I am slowly working through with NZ players at the moment as part of an article improvement drive)--ClubOranje^Talk 01:08, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

OK, good point about Turner and Cresswell - their articles listed them all as caps, IIRC (wither that or I misread "appearances" as meaning full caps). Still think that the prominence of both Nelsen and Killen is enough though. It's good to have a distinct criterion like caps/hall of fame, but the media coverage of these two is probably enough to warrant their addition. Grutness...wha? 03:02, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Total Table (As of 01/09/2006)

Australia 62 13 11 38 69-150 29.8 %

Bahrain 3 2 0 1 4- 2 66.7 %

Brazil 3 0 0 3 0- 10 00.0 %

Canada 6 1 1 4 5- 15 25.0 %

Chile 4 0 1 3 2- 8 12.5 %

China 11 6 2 3 13- 10 63.6 %

Colombia 1 0 0 1 1- 3 00.0 %

Cook Islands 1 1 0 0 2- 0 100.0 %

Egypt 2 0 1 1 1- 2 25.0 %

England 2 0 0 2 0- 3 00.0 %

Estonia 2 0 1 1 3- 4 25.0 %

Fiji 33 25 4 4 101- 23 81.8 %

France 1 0 0 1 0- 5 00.0 %

Germany 1 0 0 1 0- 2 00.0 %

Ghana 1 1 0 0 2- 0 100.0 %

Georgia 1 1 0 0 3- 1 100.0 %

Hungary 3 0 0 3 2- 6 00.0 %

India 1 0 1 0 0- 0 50.0 %

Indonesia 8 2 4 2 9- 8 50.0 %

Iran 2 0 1 1 0- 3 25.0 %

Iraq 2 0 0 2 0- 6 00.0 %

Israel 8 1 1 6 5- 16 18.8 %

Jamaica 1 0 0 1 1- 2 00.0 %

Japan 4 3 0 1 5- 4 75.0 %

Kuwait 4 1 1 2 8- 7 37.5 %

Lebanon 1 0 1 0 1- 1 50.0 %

Macao 1 0 1 0 1- 1 50.0 %

Malaysia 12 8 2 2 28- 9 75.0 %

Mexico 1 1 0 0 4- 0 100.0 %

Morocco 1 0 0 1 0- 3 00.0 %

Myanmar 2 1 1 0 3- 1 75.0 %

New Caledonia 24 13 1 10 51- 41 56.3 %

Norway 1 0 0 1 0- 3 00.0 %

Oman 5 3 1 1 6- 4 70.0 %

Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 16- 2 66.7 %

Paraguay 1 0 0 1 2- 3 00.0 %

Poland 2 0 1 1 0- 2 25.0 %

Qatar 1 0 0 1 2- 3 00.0 %

Samoa 2 2 0 0 19- 0 100.0 %

Saudi Arabia 8 3 1 4 14- 14 43.8 %

Scotland 2 0 1 1 3- 6 25.0 %

Singapore 7 5 1 1 13- 6 78.6 %

Solomon Islands 5 5 0 0 22- 3 100.0 %

South Africa 4 0 0 4 9- 24 00.0 %

South Korea 7 1 1 5 3- 10 21.4 %

South Vietnam 1 0 0 1 1- 5 00.0 %

Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 0- 3 00.0 %

Sudan 1 0 1 0 1- 1 50.0 %

Tahiti 13 9 2 2 41- 13 76.9 %

Taiwan 12 10 2 0 38- 3 91.7 %

Thailand 3 1 2 0 6- 4 67.7 %

Turkey 1 0 0 1 1- 2 00.0 %

UAE 1 0 0 1 0- 1 00.0 %

United States 2 0 0 2 2- 4 00.0 %

Uruguay 2 0 1 1 2- 9 25.0 %

Vanuatu 9 8 0 1 47- 8 88.9 %

To be added with the table (since 01/09/2006)

• San Jose 0-4 Costa Rica
• Maracaibo 0-5 Venezuela
• Wrexham 2-2 Wales Smeltz (2)
• Lautoka 2-0 Fiji Smeltz, Vicelich
• Port Vila 2-1 Vanuatu Mulligan, Smeltz
• Wellington 4-1 Vanuatu Mulligan (2), Smeltz (2)

All Time record

All results from table above will be on this list.

Team	First Played	P	W	D	L	F	A
Australia	1922	62	13	11	38	69	150
Canada	1927	6	1	1	4	5	15
South Africa	1927	4	0	0	0	9	24
New Caledonia	1951	24	13	1	10	51	41
Vanuatu	1951	11	10	0	1	53	10
Fiji	1951	34	26	4	4	103	23
Tahiti	1952	13	9	2	2	41	13
Singapore	1967	7	5	1	1	13	6
South Vietnam	1967	1	0	0	1	1	5
Malaysia	1967	12	8	2	2	28	9
Israel	1969	8	1	1	6	5	16
Indonesia	1972	8	2	4	2	9	8
Iraq	1973	2	0	0	2	0	6
Iran	1973	2	0	1	1	0	3
China	1975	11	6	2	3	13	10
Macau	1975	1	0	1	0	1	1
Burma	1976	2	1	1	0	3	1
Thailand	1976	3	1	2	0	6	4
Taiwan	1977	12	10	2	0	38	3
Bahrain	1979	3	2	0	1	4	2
Solomon Islands	1980	5	5	0	0	22	3
Mexico	1980	1	1	0	0	4	0
Kuwait	1980	4	1	1	2	8	7
South Korea	1980	7	1	1	5	3	10
Morocco	1980	1	0	0	1	0	3
India	1981	1	0	1	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	1981	1	0	0	1	0	1
Japan	1981	4	3	0	1	5	4
Saudi Arabia	1981	8	3	1	4	14	14
Hungary	1982	3	0	0	3	2	6
Scotland	1982	2	0	1	1	3	6
Russia	1982	1	0	0	1	0	3
Brazil	1982	3	0	0	3	0	10
Ghana	1983	1	1	0	0	2	0
Sudan	1983	1	0	1	0	1	1
Samoa	1987	2	2	0	0	19	0
England	1991	2	0	0	2	0	3
Chile	1995	4	0	1	3	2	8
Turkey	1995	1	0	0	1	1	2
Paraguay	1995	1	0	0	1	2	3
Uruguay	1995	2	0	1	1	2	9
Oman	1996	5	3	1	1	6	4
Qatar	1996	1	0	0	1	2	3
Lebanon	1996	1	0	1	0	1	1
Norway	1997	1	0	0	1	0	3
Papua New Guinea	1997	3	2	0	1	16	2
Poland	1999	2	0	0	2	0	2
Egypt	1999	2	0	1	1	1	2
United States	1999	2	0	0	2	2	4
Germany	1999	1	0	0	1	0	2
Jamaica	2000	1	0	0	1	1	2
Cook Islands	2001	1	1	0	0	2	0
Estonia	2002	2	0	1	1	3	4
Colombia	2003	1	0	0	1	1	3
France	2003	1	0	0	1	0	5
Georgia	2006	1	1	0	0	3	1
Costa Rica	2007	1	0	0	1	0	4
Venezuela	2007	1	0	0	1	0	5
Wales	2007	1	0	1	0	2	2

Would it be worthwhile aso having a "% won" column,or is this table format sdtandardised across all national football team articles? Grutness...wha? 00:20, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

References

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Historical results & statistics

The information starting from FIFA World Cup and up to & including All Time Record is a great source of information, but I feel it clutters up the page and makes it seem less like an encyclopedia article and more like a database. How does everyone else feel about having all of this information on New Zealand national football team results, with some information (heavily abridged) remaining on the main page? Gialloneri (talk) 22:59, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

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Caps and Goals

Beneath the current squad there is a not "Caps and goals accurate as of (date)" with a reference provided as [2]. However, these caps and goals are not accurate in the sense that they are all appearances for the All Whites including unofficial internationals against club sides and select XIs. 2 other sources I know of for finding the information are Ultimate NZ Soccer which is accurate but lags behind a little, and RSSSF which is a better source but also lacks up to date info. An example: Campbell Banks, listed by NZFootball as having 6 caps and 2 goals can bee seen at RSSSF to have played 6 matches in 2006, but only 3 were full internationals - 1 against Malaysia and 2 against Chile. The other 3 games were against Charlton, Blackburn and Sevilla which do not count as full internationals for infobox statistics purposes. This is also borne out by Jeremy Ruane's] site which lists full line-ups overall stats and goals. Vicelich is listed by NZ football as having his debut against Denmark U-23, also not a full international.--ClubOranje^T 08:59, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

"Their are no blacks or persons of other races permitted to join hence the name "all Whites""

Is this for real or just a joke? Also, "Their are no blacks"?! Someone check this, please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.101.46.203 (talk) 04:37, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

If it were a whites-only team, would Heremaia Ngata have been a former captain? It's vandalism, pure and simple. Grutness...wha? 02:37, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Addition of New Section

Im suggesting a new section or paragraph in the development section devoted to the van Hattum family and their contributions to the sport. Im just wondering whether this is worthy enough for this page and what everyone else thinks about it. These are the basic reasons below:

· Fritz van Hattum came to NZ in 1952 and pretty much introduced football to Taranaki. [3]

· Marie-Jose Cooper and Grazia Macintosh (daughters of Fritz) played for the womens all whites team

· Frank van Hattum, Son of Fritz and Brother of Marie-Jose and Grazia played for NZ 28 times including all three world cup matches in Spain, 1982. In 2008 he also became Chairman of NZF and has transformed it into what it is today (it was virtually bankrupt in 2008 and now were in the World Cup). Theres more to this recovery which is actually pretty spectacular but ill have to find some supporting articles.

O for Awesome (talk) 06:34, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Nicolas van Hattum, grandson of Frits (typically spelt with a "s" not a "z", he's Dutch, not German) won the Chatham Cup with Wellington Olympic in 2009. However, I'm not sure this would really be the right page for it - this should really only have significant things directly related to the national side. Perhaps there is another page where it would be a suitable addition, Soccer in New Zealand or something similar maybe. --ClubOranje^T 10:15, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

here is his life membership thing with Frits' common name - that newspaper article proofreader must have been bleary eyed that day.--ClubOranje^T 10:22, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

It's an impressive family link, but - by way of comparison - the Black Caps' article doesn't list the connections of the Hadlee and Snedden families, which are equally strong. Perhaps it belongs more on the Frank van Hattum article than here, or perhaps we need a History of football in New Zealand? Grutness...wha? 02:47, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah i was kind of thinking it was more a personal page sort of thing. I dont think Nick needs mentioning though. Not after wearing pink for that final. He just loves attention —Preceding unsigned comment added by O for Awesome (talk • contribs) 07:55, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, really! As another aside, Nick's father Maarten was a losing finalist in 1989 with Rotorua City. --ClubOranje^T 09:37, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

If any of the family are reading this, BTW, condolences - just heard about the death of Frits. Grutness...wha? 07:36, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Notable players again

Is it worth adding in the names of All Whites internationals who have also represented New Zealand at the highest level at other sports (e.g., Vic Pollard)? If so, List of New Zealand double-international sportspeople shows five names that should be there. Grutness...wha? 02:42, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I think probably not, notable player section should mention those most notable for football acheivements. List of New Zealand international footballers does note their other sports representations, and that is linked from the "see also" section.--ClubOranje^T 06:49, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Match Colours

Just wondering why the wins are coloured blue in all the match summary box things. On this page and the results page. Wouldnt it make more sense if it were green? Since red equals a loss and yellow a draw O for Awesome (talk) 04:36, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

New Zealand Managers Table

Manager	From	To	Record					Honours
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Ken Armstrong	1957	1964	9	7	1	1	077.78
Ljubiša Broćić (1st Spell)	1965	1966	0	0	0	0	!—
Juan Schwanner	1967	1968	7	3	0	4	042.86
Ljubiša Broćić (2nd Spell)	1969		6	1	1	4	016.67
Barrie Truman	1970	1976	31	10	9	12	032.26
Wally Hughes	1977	1978	7	5	1	1	071.43
John Adshead (1st Spell)	1979	1982	46	22	11	13	047.83	1980 OFC Nations Cup – Group Stage 1982 FIFA World Cup – Group Stage
Allan Jones	1983	1984	19	10	4	5	052.63	1983 Trans-Tasman Cup – Winners
Kevin Fallon	1985	1988	32	17	5	10	053.13	1986 Trans-Tasman Cup – Runners-up 1987 Trans-Tasman Cup Winners 1988 Trans-Tasman Cup – Runners-up
John Adshead (2nd Spell)	1989	1989	4	1	1	2	025.00
Ian Marshall	1990	1993	16	7	1	8	043.75	1991 Trans-Tasman Cup – Runners-up
Bobby Clark	1994	1995	9	1	2	6	011.11	1996 OFC Nations Cup – Third Place 1995 Trans-Tasman Cup – Runners-up
Keith Pritchett	1996	1997	9	2	1	6	022.22
Joe McGrath	1997	1998	9	3	1	5	033.33
Ken Dugdale	1998	2002	34	15	6	13	044.12	1998 OFC Nations Cup – Winners 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup – Group Stage 2000 OFC Nations Cup – Runners-up
Mick Waitt	2002	2004	18	8	1	9	044.44	2002 OFC Nations Cup – Winners 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup – Group Stage 2003 AFC – OFC Challenge Cup – Runners-up 2004 OFC Nations Cup – Third Place
Ricki Herbert	2005	Present	48	15	12	21	031.25	2008 OFC Nations Cup – Winners 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup – Group Stage 2010 FIFA World Cup – Group Stage 2012 OFC Nations Cup – Third Place

I have created this table based on the managers but these matches are FIFA (capped) matches only with honours. I have some articles which I will put on the talk page soon. Mr Hall of England (talk) 19:50, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Records

This is want I want to put on the article. This is a tidier and the table are more organised. This I hope will be on the page. Mr Hall of England (talk) 21:04, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

FIFA World Cup

See also: New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											FIFA World Cup Qualification record							Manager (s)
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squads		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter										–	–	–	–	–	–
1934											–	–	–	–	–	–
1938											–	–	–	–	–	–
1950											–	–	–	–	–	–
1954											–	–	–	–	–	–
1958											–	–	–	–	–	–
1962											–	–	–	–	–	–
1966											–	–	–	–	–	–
1970	Did Not Qualify										2	0	0	2	0	6		Broćić
1974											6	0	3	3	5	12		Truman
1978											4	2	1	1	14	4		Hughes
1982	Group Stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	2	12	Squad		15	9	5	1	44	10		Adshead
1986	Did Not Qualify										6	3	1	2	13	7		Fallon
1990											6	3	1	2	13	8		Fallon, Adshead
1994											6	3	1	2	15	5		Marshall
1998											6	3	0	3	13	6		McGrath
2002											6	4	0	2	20	7		Dugdale
2006											5	3	0	2	17	5		Waitt
2010	Group Stage	22nd	3	0	3	0	2	2	Squad		8	6	1	1	15	5		Herbert
2014	To Be Determined										3	2	1	0	4	2		Herbert
2018
2022
Total	Group Stage	2/19	6	0	3	3	4	14	-		73	38	14	21	173	77		-

1982 FIFA World Cup

Scotland v New Zealand

15 June 1982 Group 6	Scotland	5 – 2	New Zealand	Málaga, Spain
21:00 CEST	Dalglish 18' Wark 30', 33' Robertson 73' Archibald 79'	Report	54' Sumner 65' Wooddin	Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Attendance: 36,000 Referee: David Socha

Soviet Union v New Zealand

19 June 1982 Group 6	Soviet Union	3 – 0	New Zealand	Málaga, Spain
21:00 CEST	Gavrilov 25' Blokhin 48' Baltacha 69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Yousef El-Ghoul

Brazil v New Zealand

23 June 1982 Group 6	Brazil	4 – 0	New Zealand	Seville, Spain
21:00 CEST	Zico 28', 31' Falcão 55' Chulapa 69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Damir Matovinović

2010 FIFA World Cup

New Zealand v Slovakia

15 June 2010 Group F	New Zealand	1 – 1	Slovakia	Rustenburg, South Africa
13:30 SAST	Reid 90+3'	Report	50' Vittek	Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 23,871 Referee: Jerome Damon

Italy v New Zealand

20 June 2010 Group F	Italy	1 – 1	New Zealand	Nelspruit, South Africa
16:00 SAST	Iaquinta 29' (pen.)	Report	7' Smeltz	Stadium: Mbombela Stadium Attendance: 38,229 Referee: Carlos Batres

Paraguay v New Zealand

24 June 2010 Group F	Paraguay	0 – 0	New Zealand	Polokwane, South Africa
16:00 SAST		Report		Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium Attendance: 34,850 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

FIFA Confederations Cup

See also: New Zealand at the FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	No OFC Representative was Invited
1995
1997	Did Not Qualify
1999	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	6	Squad
2001	Did Not Qualify
2003	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	11	Squad
2005	Did Not Qualify
2009	Group Stage	8th	3	0	1	2	0	7	Squad
2013	Did Not Qualify
2017	To Be Determined
2021
Total	Group Stage	3/8	9	0	1	8	2	24	-

1999 FIFA Confederations Cup

New Zealand v United States

24 July 1999 Group B	New Zealand	1 – 2	United States	Guadalajara, Mexico
14:30 CDT	Zoricich 90+3'	Report	25' McBride 58' Kirovski	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino

Germany v New Zealand

28 July 1999 Group B	Germany	2 – 0	New Zealand	Guadalajara, Mexico
18:00 CDT	Preetz 6' Matthäus 33'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia

New Zealand v Brazil

30 July 1999 Group B	New Zealand	0 – 2	Brazil	Guadalajara, Mexico
20:30 CDT		Report	45+2' Marcos Paulo 88' Ronaldinho	Stadium: Estadio Jalisco Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Kim Young-Joo

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

New Zealand v Japan

18 June 2003 Group A	New Zealand	0 – 3	Japan	Paris, France
18:00 CEST		Report	12', 75' Nakamura 65' Nakata	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 36,038 Referee: Coffi Codjia

Colombia v New Zealand

20 June 2003 Group A	Colombia	3 – 1	New Zealand	Lyon, France
19:00 CEST	López 58' Yepes 75' Hernández 85'	Report	27' de Gregorio	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 22,811 Referee: Carlos Batres

France v New Zealand

22 June 2003 Group A	France	5 – 0	New Zealand	Paris, France
21:00 CEST	Kapo 17' Henry 20' Cissé 71' Giuly 90+1' Pirès 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 36,842 Referee: Masoud Moradi

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

New Zealand v Spain

14 June 2009 Group A	New Zealand	0 – 5	Spain	Rustenburg, South Africa
20:30 SAST		Report	6', 14', 17' Torres 24' Fàbregas 48' Villa	Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 21,649 Referee: Coffi Codjia

South Africa v New Zealand

17 June 2009 Group A	South Africa	2 – 0	New Zealand	Rustenburg, South Africa
20:30 SAST	Parker 21', 52'	Report		Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium Attendance: 36,598 Referee: Benito Archundia

Iraq v New Zealand

20 June 2009 Group A	Iraq	0 – 0	New Zealand	Johannesburg, South Africa
20:30 SAST		Report		Stadium: Ellis Park Attendance: 23,295 Referee: Howard Webb

OFC Nations Cup

OFC Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1973	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	13	4
1980	Group Stage	5th	3	1	0	2	7	8
1996	Third Place	3rd	2	0	1	1	0	3
1998	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	11	1
2000	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	6	3
2002	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	23	2
2004	Third Place	3rd	5	3	0	2	17	5
2008	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	14	5
2012	Third Place	3rd	5	3	1	1	8	7
Total	Champions	9/9	39	28	3	8	99	38

Mr Hall of England, the idea was to wait until we have some sort of consensus here among the regular editors of this page as to which they would prefer. At the moment it is your word against mine in terms of what looks and works better which has only led to an editing war.

Your changes to the Managers table are actually quite good so that should stay. However, your other additions and layout changes do not help with the ease of reading or aesthetic quality at all. Eg. There is absolutely no need to include the World Cups that NZ never entered into, nor the future World Cups where qualification has not begun. Same applies to the Confederations Cup table. It is pointless information that takes up space for no reason.

The OFC Nations Cup table also looks messy and squashed, and also includes two columns that deliver the same information; 'Round' and 'Position'.

I am not against your addition of the squads and managers to the World cup and Confederation Cup tables, however, I don't think it is the appropriate place to put those links.

Please refrain from repeatedly making these changes until we can come to an agreement. O for Awesome (talk) 21:16, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Results and fixtures section

Recently Mr Hall of England changed the Results and fixtures section in this edit. It was the second time he reverted my edit of the section, so I wanted to discuss it. I personally thin this version best suits the article. I don't think there is reason to have the results from the last 8 years on this article when there is a dedicated article (New Zealand national football team results) on the subject. I think displaying the direct past years results and current years results (i.e. currently 2012 and 2013) is sufficient for the purpose of the article, and if the reader wishes for information on prior results, there is a link displayed for that.--2nyte (talk) 15:02, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

I agree with this. The last two or three years is all that is needed on this page, or the current World Cup cycle at the most (which would range from 2012-2014 this time around). Football match boxes also display the information much more appropriately and cleanly and it is in keeping with all other football articles. O for Awesome (talk) 00:47, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

White Noise

That 'White Noise' piece is a bit overblown. White Noise is the effort of a few people connected to the Wellington Phoenix supporters' club. It's not representative of All Whites fans at all.

Thoughts?

Edwina Jones (talk) 16:02, 19 December 2017 (UTC) Edwina Jones (talk) 16:02, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

New Hebrides??? How did that get there? Edwina Jones (talk) 16:04, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Agreed that the text was not supported by the source referenced. Removed. - Ryk72 ^'c.s.n.s.' 16:20, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

I must disagree Edwina Jones and Ryk72, considering the group has their own section at games and is clearly backed by NZ Football its self, there should be a section in the article on them. You can find a number of references to them [4][5][6][7](and that was just a quick google of recent articles). Sure the group is run by people from the Yellow Fever, but that is how groups work. Someone needs to run it, but then others buy their tickets in the zone to join in. I believe there should be something added back in. NZFC^(talk) 20:00, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

It's soccer in NZ

In Australia and New Zealand, association football is called soccer (as well as in the US, Japan, South Africa, Canada, Papua New Guinea, etc). And the article Australian national football team, the term soccer is used. So I think we should on the New Zealand article too, because whether the Football Federation calls it that or not, people call it soccer to distinguish it from other codes of football (i.e rugby and AFL). Any thoughts? Plophead12345 (talk) 07:40, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

No, it's football in NZ and has been since May 2007. The national organisation is called NZ football. All the regional organisations are football Capital Football (New Zealand), Central Football (New Zealand), Auckland Football Federation Northern Football Federation. While some people may still use soccer as a form of distinguishing the difference to what sport they are talking about. Officially it's been Football for a while now. — NZFC^(talk)(cont) 07:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

What do parents, newspapers, sports television and radio call the sport? Official names have little to do with popular usage. FIFA has been pressuring people to drop soccer in favour of football. -- 65.92.246.142 (talk) 03:49, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

@NZFC why association football in new zealand is just called football alone not soccer? Although australia use the term soccer, which is beyond ironic. 182.3.43.247 (talk) 02:56, 24 August 2024 (UTC)