New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup

The New Zealand national football team has participated in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns between 1970 and 2018, qualifying for two FIFA World Cups; the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930Not member of FIFA
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950Did not enter
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970Did not qualify
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982Group stage23rd3003212
Mexico 1986Did not qualify
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010Group stage22nd303022
Brazil 2014Did not qualify
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022
Canada Mexico United States 2026To be determined
TotalGroup stage2/226033414

By match

World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Australia scorers
1982Group stage Scotland2–5LMálagaS. Sumner, S. Wooddin
 Soviet Union0–3LMálaga
 Brazil0–4LSeville
2010Group stage Slovakia1–1DRustenburgW. Reid
 Italy1–1DNelspruitSmeltz
 Paraguay0–0DPolokwane

Record by opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA
 Brazil100104
 Italy101011
 Paraguay101000
 Russia*100103
 Scotland100125
 Slovakia101011
  • Games against Soviet Union are included in statistics of Russia.

1982 FIFA World Cup

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 6 Advance to second round
2  Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 3
3  Scotland 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 2 12 10 0
Source: FIFA
15 June 1982 Scotland  5–2  New Zealand Spain Málaga, Spain
21:15 CEST

Referee
K. Dalglish 18'
J. Wark 30', 33'
J. Robertson 73'
S. Archibald 79'
Report 54' S. Sumner
65' S. Wooddin
Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda
Attendance: 36,000
New Zealand Starting XI
19 June 1982 Soviet Union  3–0  New Zealand Spain Málaga, Spain
21:00 CEST

Referee
Y. Gavrilov 24'
O. Blokhin 48'
S. Baltacha 68'
Report Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda
Attendance: 19,000
23 June 1982 Brazil  4–0  New Zealand Spain Seville, Spain
21:15 CEST

Referee
Zico 28', 31'
Falcão 64'
Serginho 70'
Report Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 43,000
New Zealand Starting XI

2010 FIFA World Cup

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Paraguay 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 4
3  New Zealand 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  Italy 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 2
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
15 June 2010 New Zealand  1–1  Slovakia South Africa Rustenburg, South Africa
13:30 SAST
New Zealand Starting XI

Referee
T. Lochhead Yellow card 42'
W. Reid 90+3' Yellow card 90+3'

New Zealand

Man of the Match:
Slovakia Róbert Vittek
50' R. Vittek
Yellow card 55' Z. Štrba

Slovakia
Stadium: Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Attendance: 23,871
Slovakia Starting XI
20 June 2010 Italy  1–1  New Zealand South Africa Nelspruit, South Africa
16:00 SAST

Referee
Iaquinta 29' (pen.)




Italy

Man of the Match:
Italy Daniele De Rossi
7' Smeltz
Yellow card 14' R. Fallon
Yellow card 28' T. Smith
Yellow card 87' R. Nelsen

New Zealand
Stadium: Mbombela Stadium
Attendance: 38,229
New Zealand Starting XI
24 June 2010 Paraguay  0–0  New Zealand South Africa Polokwane, South Africa
16:00 SAST
Paraguay Starting XI

Referee
V. Cáceres Yellow card 10'
R. Santa Cruz Yellow card 41'

Paraguay

Man of the Match:
Paraguay Roque Santa Cruz
Yellow card 56' R. Nelsen


New Zealand
Stadium: Peter Mokaba Stadium
Attendance: 34,850
New Zealand Starting XI

Statistics

Goalscorers

Player Goals 1982 2010
Winston Reid 1 1
Shane Smeltz 1 1
Steve Sumner 1 1
Steve Wooddin 1 1
Total 4 22

Discipline

Date Player Opposition World Cup
15 June 2010Yellow card Tony Lochhead SlovakiaSouth Africa 2010
15 June 2010Yellow card Winston Reid SlovakiaSouth Africa 2010
20 June 2010Yellow card Rory Fallon ItalySouth Africa 2010
20 June 2010Yellow card Tommy Smith ItalySouth Africa 2010
20 June 2010Yellow card Ryan Nelsen ItalySouth Africa 2010
24 June 2010Yellow card Ryan Nelsen ParaguaySouth Africa 2010

See also

References

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