New Zealand men's national football team results (1922–1969)

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.DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionNew Zealand scorersAtt.Ref.1Carisbrook, Dunedin (H)3–1Soccer AshesCook (2), Knott—2Athletic Park, Wellington (H)1–1Soccer AshesCook—3Auckland Domain, Auckland (H)3–1Soccer AshesBallard, Cook, Dacre—4Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane (A)1–2Soccer AshesDacre—5Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A)3–2Soccer AshesCampbell (3)—6Newcastle Showgrounds, Newcastle (A)4–1Soccer AshesCampbell (4)—7Dunedin (H)2–2FriendlyHislop, Innes—8Christchurch (H)1–2FriendlySpencer—9Wellington (H)1–0FriendlyMcCormack—10Auckland (H)1–4FriendlyHooper—112–4Soccer AshesChapman, Kershaw—12Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A)4–6Soccer AshesChapman, Ives, Kay, Kershaw—13Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A)2–4Soccer AshesKershaw (A)—14Logan Park, Dunedin (H)1–7Soccer AshesSkinner—15Athletic Park, Wellington (H)0–10Soccer Ashes—16Blandford Park, Auckland (H)1–4Soccer AshesHaggett—17Christchurch (H)5–6FriendlySmith (3), Mason, Wood—18Dunedin (H)0–6Friendly—19Wellington (H)3–8FriendlySmith (3)—20Auckland (H)1–4FriendlySmith—21Basin Reserve, Wellington (H)0–6Soccer Ashes—22Lancaster Park, Christchurch (H)0–7Soccer Ashes—23Basin Reserve, Wellington (H)0–4Soccer Ashes—24Blandford Park, Auckland (H)1–8FriendlyMasters—25Nouméa (A)0–2Friendly—26Nouméa (A)6–4FriendlyNewall (4), Fleet, Walsh—27Nouméa (A)0–2Friendly—28Nouméa (A)3–1FriendlyCoxon (2), Fleet—29Nouméa (N)9–0FriendlyCoxon (3), Walsh (3), Newall (2), Fleet—30Suva (A)6–4FriendlyNewall (3), Coxon, McKissock, Mutimer—31Suva (A)2–0FriendlyHope-Ede, White—32Lautoka (A)9–0Friendly—33Suva (A)5–2FriendlyCoxon (2), Kendrick (2), White—34Papeete (A)2–2FriendlyCoxon, Newall—35Papeete (A)5–3FriendlyNewall (4), Coxon—36Melbourne (A)2–1Soccer AshesKing, Steele Jr.—37Brisbane (A)1–4Soccer AshesSmith—38Sydney (A)1–4Soccer AshesSteele Jr.—39Basin Reserve, Wellington (H)2–3FriendlyAird, Hume—40Carlaw Park, Auckland (H)2–2FriendlySteele Jr. (2)—41Nouméa (A)2–1FriendlyMcLaren, Steele Jr.—42Nouméa (A)5–1FriendlyHume (3), Cuthill, Steele Jr.—43Nouméa (A)2–1FriendlyHume (2)—44Papeete (A)5–1FriendlyCharlton (2), Raat (2), Bell—45Papeete (A)2–1FriendlyCharlton, Raat—46Christchurch (H)4–1FriendlyMcVey (2), Pugh (2)—47Wellington (H)4–2FriendlyArmstrong (3), Ormond—48Saigon (N)3–5Mears, Nemet, Shaw—49Nouméa (A)0–4Friendly—50Saigon (N)3–11967 South Vietnam Independence CupThomas (2), Turner—51Saigon (N)1–51967 South Vietnam Independence CupShaw—52Kuala Lumpur (A)8–2FriendlyShaw (3), Ferrier, Legg, Mears, Nemet, Turner—53Auckland (H)5–0FriendlyShaw (3), Haydon, Legg—54Auckland (H)1–3FriendlyBreslin—55Nouméa (A)0–0Friendly—56Nouméa (A)0–2Friendly—57Nouméa (A)2–3FriendlyBilby, de Graaf—58Singapore (A)2–0Friendlyde Graaf, Mears—59Tel Aviv (A)0–41970 FIFA World Cup qualification—60Tel Aviv (A)0–21970 FIFA World Cup qualification—

Best/worst results + Best Date Opposition Result 4 October 1951 9–0 14 September 1952 9–0 16 November 1967 8–2

+ Worst Date Opposition Result 11 July 1936 0–10 11 September 1948 1–8 28 August 1958 0–7 4 July 1936 1–7 5 July 1947 0–6 14 August 1948 0–6

+ Highest Aggregate Date Opposition Result 28 June 1947 5–6 12 July 1947 3–8 17 June 1933 4–6 11 July 1936 0–10 22 September 1951 6–4 16 November 1967 8–2

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

Results by year + Per YearYear PldWDLGFGAGD1922 3 2 1 0 7 3 +41923 3 2 0 1 8 5 +31927 4 1 1 2 5 8 –31933 3 0 0 3 8 14 –61936 3 0 0 3 2 21 –191947 4 0 0 4 9 24 –151948 4 0 0 4 1 25 –241951 6 4 0 2 24 13 +111952 5 4 1 0 23 7 +161954 3 1 0 2 4 9 –51958 5 3 1 1 13 8 +51960 2 2 0 0 7 2 +51962 2 2 0 0 8 3 +51967 5 2 0 3 15 17 –21968 2 1 0 1 6 3 +31969 6 1 1 4 4 11 –7 + CumulativeYear PldWDLGFGAGD1922 3 2 1 0 7 3 +41923 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 1927 10 5 2 3 20 16 +41933 13 5 2 6 28 30 –2 1936 16 5 2 9 30 51 –211947 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 –281962 47 21 4 22 119 142 –231967 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 New Zealand national football team New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup New Zealand at the FIFA Confederations Cup New Zealand at the OFC Nations Cup

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