This page details the match results and statistics of the New Zealand men's national football team from its first match in 1922 until the second match against Israel in 1969.
Key
Key to matches
Att. = Match attendance
(H) = Home ground
(A) = Away ground
(N) = Neutral ground
Key to record by opponent
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
A-International results
New Zealand's score is shown first in each case.
No.
Date
Venue
Opponents
Score
Competition
New Zealand scorers
Att.
Ref.
1
17 June 1922
Carisbrook , Dunedin (H)
Australia
3–1
Soccer Ashes
Cook (2), Knott
—
[1] [3]
2
24 June 1922
Athletic Park , Wellington (H)
Australia
1–1
Soccer Ashes
Cook
—
[1] [3]
3
8 July 1922
Auckland Domain , Auckland (H)
Australia
3–1
Soccer Ashes
Ballard , Cook , Dacre
—
[1] [3]
4
9 June 1923
Brisbane Cricket Ground , Brisbane (A)
Australia
1–2
Soccer Ashes
Dacre
—
[1] [3]
5
16 June 1923
Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney (A)
Australia
3–2
Soccer Ashes
Campbell (3)
—
[1] [3]
6
30 June 1923
Newcastle Showgrounds , Newcastle (A)
Australia
4–1
Soccer Ashes
Campbell (4)
—
[1] [3]
7
25 June 1927
Dunedin (H)
Canada
2–2
Friendly
Hislop , Innes
—
[1] [3]
8
5 July 1927
Christchurch (H)
Canada
1–2
Friendly
Spencer
—
[1] [3]
9
9 July 1927
Wellington (H)
Canada
1–0
Friendly
McCormack
—
[1] [3]
10
23 July 1927
Auckland (H)
Canada
1–4
Friendly
Hooper
—
[1] [3]
11
5 June 1933
Brisbane Exhibition Grounds , Brisbane (A)
Australia
2–4
Soccer Ashes
Chapman , Kershaw
—
[1] [3]
12
17 June 1933
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A)
Australia
4–6
Soccer Ashes
Chapman , Ives , Kay , Kershaw
—
[1] [3]
13
24 June 1933
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A)
Australia
2–4
Soccer Ashes
Kershaw (A)
—
[1] [3]
14
4 July 1936
Logan Park , Dunedin (H)
Australia
1–7
Soccer Ashes
Skinner
—
[1] [3]
15
11 July 1936
Athletic Park, Wellington (H)
Australia
0–10
Soccer Ashes
—
[1] [3]
16
18 July 1936
Blandford Park , Auckland (H)
Australia
1–4
Soccer Ashes
Haggett
—
[1] [3]
17
28 June 1947
Christchurch (H)
South Africa
5–6
Friendly
Smith (3), Mason , Wood
—
[1] [3]
18
5 July 1947
Dunedin (H)
South Africa
0–6
Friendly
—
[1] [3]
19
12 July 1947
Wellington (H)
South Africa
3–8
Friendly
Smith (3)
—
[1] [3]
20
19 July 1947
Auckland (H)
South Africa
1–4
Friendly
Smith
—
[1] [3]
21
14 August 1948
Basin Reserve , Wellington (H)
Australia
0–6
Soccer Ashes
—
[1] [3]
22
28 August 1948
Lancaster Park , Christchurch (H)
Australia
0–7
Soccer Ashes
—
[1] [3]
23
4 September 1948
Basin Reserve, Wellington (H)
Australia
0–4
Soccer Ashes
—
[1] [3]
24
11 September 1948
Blandford Park, Auckland (H)
Australia
1–8
Friendly
Masters
—
[1] [3]
25
19 September 1951
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
0–2
Friendly
—
[1] [3]
26
22 September 1951
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
6–4
Friendly
Newall (4), Fleet , Walsh
—
[1] [3]
27
24 September 1951
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
0–2
Friendly
—
[1] [3]
28
30 September 1951
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
3–1
Friendly
Coxon (2), Fleet
—
[1] [3]
29
4 October 1951
Nouméa (N)
New Hebrides
9–0
Friendly
Coxon (3), Walsh (3), Newall (2), Fleet
—
[1] [3]
30
7 October 1951
Suva (A)
Fiji
6–4
Friendly
Newall (3), Coxon , McKissock , Mutimer
—
[1] [3]
31
7 September 1952
Suva (A)
Fiji
2–0
Friendly
Hope-Ede , White
—
[1] [3]
32
14 September 1952
Lautoka (A)
Fiji
9–0
Friendly
Newall (3), Kendrick (2), Quickenden (2), White , Own goal
—
[1] [3]
33
16 September 1952
Suva (A)
Fiji
5–2
Friendly
Coxon (2), Kendrick (2), White
—
[1] [3]
34
21 September 1952
Papeete (A)
Tahiti
2–2
Friendly
Coxon , Newall
—
[1] [3]
35
28 September 1952
Papeete (A)
Tahiti
5–3
Friendly
Newall (4), Coxon
—
[1] [3]
36
14 August 1954
Melbourne (A)
Australia
2–1
Soccer Ashes
King , Steele Jr.
—
[1] [3]
37
28 August 1954
Brisbane (A)
Australia
1–4
Soccer Ashes
Smith
—
[1] [3]
38
4 September 1954
Sydney (A)
Australia
1–4
Soccer Ashes
Steele Jr.
—
[1] [3]
39
16 August 1958
Basin Reserve, Wellington (H)
Australia
2–3
Friendly
Aird , Hume
—
[1] [3]
40
23 August 1958
Carlaw Park , Auckland (H)
Australia
2–2
Friendly
Steele Jr. (2)
—
[1] [3]
41
31 August 1958
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
2–1
Friendly
McLaren , Steele Jr.
—
[1] [3]
42
7 September 1958
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
5–1
Friendly
Hume (3), Cuthill , Steele Jr.
—
[1] [3]
43
14 September 1958
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
2–1
Friendly
Hume (2)
—
[1] [3]
44
5 September 1960
Papeete (A)
Tahiti
5–1
Friendly
Charlton (2), Raat (2), Bell
—
[1] [4]
45
12 September 1960
Papeete (A)
Tahiti
2–1
Friendly
Charlton , Raat
—
[1] [4]
46
2 June 1962
Christchurch (H)
New Caledonia
4–1
Friendly
McVey (2), Pugh (2)
—
[1] [4]
47
4 June 1962
Wellington (H)
New Caledonia
4–2
Friendly
Armstrong (3), Ormond
—
[1] [4]
48
5 November 1967
Saigon (N)
Australia
3–5
1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup
Mears , Nemet , Shaw
—
[1] [4] [5]
49
8 November 1967
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
0–4
Friendly
—
[1] [4]
50
8 November 1967
Saigon (N)
Singapore
3–1
1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup
Thomas (2), Turner
—
[1] [4] [5]
51
10 November 1967
Saigon (N)
South Vietnam
1–5
1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup
Shaw
—
[1] [4] [5]
52
16 November 1967
Kuala Lumpur (A)
Malaysia
8–2
Friendly
Shaw (3), Ferrier , Legg , Mears , Nemet , Turner
—
[1] [4]
53
17 September 1968
Auckland (H)
Fiji
5–0
Friendly
Shaw (3), Haydon , Legg
—
[1] [4]
54
8 October 1968
Auckland (H)
New Caledonia
1–3
Friendly
Breslin
—
[1] [4]
55
25 July 1969
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
0–0
Friendly
—
[1] [4]
56
27 July 1969
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
0–2
Friendly
—
[1] [4]
57
29 July 1969
Nouméa (A)
New Caledonia
2–3
Friendly
Bilby , de Graaf
—
[1] [4]
58
16 September 1969
Singapore (A)
Singapore
2–0
Friendly
de Graaf , Mears
—
[1] [4]
59
28 September 1969
Tel Aviv (A)
Israel
0–4
1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
—
[1] [4] [6]
60
1 October 1969
Tel Aviv (A)
Israel
0–2
1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
—
[1] [4] [6]
Best/worst results
Streaks
Most wins in a row
7 , 31 August 1958–4 June 1962
6 , 30 September 1951–16 September 1952
Most matches without a loss
9 , 30 September 1951–14 August 1954
Most losses in a row
16 , 23 July 1927–19 September 1951
Most matches without a win
16 , 23 July 1927–19 September 1951
Results by opposition
^ Includes results as New Hebrides.
Results by year
Per Year
Year
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
1922
3
2
1
0
7
3
+4
1923
3
2
0
1
8
5
+3
1927
4
1
1
2
5
8
–3
1933
3
0
0
3
8
14
–6
1936
3
0
0
3
2
21
–19
1947
4
0
0
4
9
24
–15
1948
4
0
0
4
1
25
–24
1951
6
4
0
2
24
13
+11
1952
5
4
1
0
23
7
+16
1954
3
1
0
2
4
9
–5
1958
5
3
1
1
13
8
+5
1960
2
2
0
0
7
2
+5
1962
2
2
0
0
8
3
+5
1967
5
2
0
3
15
17
–2
1968
2
1
0
1
6
3
+3
1969
6
1
1
4
4
11
–7
Cumulative
Year
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
1922
3
2
1
0
7
3
+4
1923
6
4
1
1
15
8
+7
1927
10
5
2
3
20
16
+4
1933
13
5
2
6
28
30
–2
1936
16
5
2
9
30
51
–21
1947
20
5
2
13
39
75
–36
1948
24
5
2
17
40
100
–60
1951
30
9
2
19
64
113
–49
1952
35
13
3
19
87
120
–33
1954
38
14
3
21
91
129
–38
1958
43
17
4
22
104
137
–33
1960
45
19
4
22
111
139
–28
1962
47
21
4
22
119
142
–23
1967
52
23
4
25
134
159
–25
1968
54
24
4
26
140
162
–22
1969
60
25
5
30
144
173
–29
See also
References
General Statistics Results Players Goals World Cups Finals Nations Cup Finals Confederations Cups Noted rivalries Matches Other NZF teams
This page was last edited on 2 November 2023, at 21:11