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

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	class=unsortable	New Zealand scorers	Att.	class=unsortable	Ref.
1		Carisbrook, Dunedin (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	3–1	Soccer Ashes	Cook (2), Knott	—	^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
2		Athletic Park, Wellington (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffffcc	1–1	Soccer Ashes	Cook	—
3		Auckland Domain, Auckland (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	3–1	Soccer Ashes	Ballard, Cook, Dacre	—
4		Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–2	Soccer Ashes	Dacre	—
5		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	3–2	Soccer Ashes	Campbell (3)	—
6		Newcastle Showgrounds, Newcastle (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	4–1	Soccer Ashes	Campbell (4)	—
7		Dunedin (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffffcc	2–2	Friendly	Hislop, Innes	—
8		Christchurch (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–2	Friendly	Spencer	—
9		Wellington (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	1–0	Friendly	McCormack	—
10		Auckland (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–4	Friendly	Hooper	—
11				align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	2–4	Soccer Ashes	Chapman, Kershaw	—
12		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	4–6	Soccer Ashes	Chapman, Ives, Kay, Kershaw	—
13		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	2–4	Soccer Ashes	Kershaw (A)	—
14		Logan Park, Dunedin (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–7	Soccer Ashes	Skinner	—
15		Athletic Park, Wellington (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–10	Soccer Ashes		—
16		Blandford Park, Auckland (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–4	Soccer Ashes	Haggett	—
17		Christchurch (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	5–6	Friendly	Smith (3), Mason, Wood	—
18		Dunedin (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–6	Friendly		—
19		Wellington (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	3–8	Friendly	Smith (3)	—
20		Auckland (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–4	Friendly	Smith	—
21		Basin Reserve, Wellington (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–6	Soccer Ashes		—
22		Lancaster Park, Christchurch (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–7	Soccer Ashes		—
23		Basin Reserve, Wellington (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–4	Soccer Ashes		—
24		Blandford Park, Auckland (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–8	Friendly	Masters	—
25		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–2	Friendly		—
26		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	6–4	Friendly	Newall (4), Fleet, Walsh	—
27		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–2	Friendly		—
28		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	3–1	Friendly	Coxon (2), Fleet	—
29		Nouméa (N)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	9–0	Friendly	Coxon (3), Walsh (3), Newall (2), Fleet	—
30		Suva (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	6–4	Friendly	Newall (3), Coxon, McKissock, Mutimer	—
31		Suva (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	2–0	Friendly	Hope-Ede, White	—
32		Lautoka (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	9–0	Friendly		—
33		Suva (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	5–2	Friendly	Coxon (2), Kendrick (2), White	—
34		Papeete (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffffcc	2–2	Friendly	Coxon, Newall	—
35		Papeete (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	5–3	Friendly	Newall (4), Coxon	—
36		Melbourne (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	2–1	Soccer Ashes	King, Steele Jr.	—
37		Brisbane (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–4	Soccer Ashes	Smith	—
38		Sydney (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–4	Soccer Ashes	Steele Jr.	—
39		Basin Reserve, Wellington (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	2–3	Friendly	Aird, Hume	—
40		Carlaw Park, Auckland (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffffcc	2–2	Friendly	Steele Jr. (2)	—
41		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	2–1	Friendly	McLaren, Steele Jr.	—
42		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	5–1	Friendly	Hume (3), Cuthill, Steele Jr.	—
43		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	2–1	Friendly	Hume (2)	—
44		Papeete (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	5–1	Friendly	Charlton (2), Raat (2), Bell	—	^[4]
45		Papeete (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	2–1	Friendly	Charlton, Raat	—
46		Christchurch (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	4–1	Friendly	McVey (2), Pugh (2)	—
47		Wellington (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	4–2	Friendly	Armstrong (3), Ormond	—
48		Saigon (N)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	3–5		Mears, Nemet, Shaw	—	^[5]
49		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–4	Friendly		—
50		Saigon (N)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	3–1	1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup	Thomas (2), Turner	—
51		Saigon (N)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–5	1967 South Vietnam Independence Cup	Shaw	—
52		Kuala Lumpur (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	8–2	Friendly	Shaw (3), Ferrier, Legg, Mears, Nemet, Turner	—
53		Auckland (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	5–0	Friendly	Shaw (3), Haydon, Legg	—
54		Auckland (H)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	1–3	Friendly	Breslin	—
55		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffffcc	0–0	Friendly		—
56		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–2	Friendly		—
57		Nouméa (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	2–3	Friendly	Bilby, de Graaf	—
58		Singapore (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ddffdd	2–0	Friendly	de Graaf, Mears	—
59		Tel Aviv (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–4	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification		—	^[6]
60		Tel Aviv (A)		align=center bgcolor=#ffdddd	0–2	1970 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 year

Year !width=20

Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	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

Year !width=40

Pld	width=40	W	width=40	D	width=40	L	width=40	GF	width=40	GA	width=40	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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Football Elo Ratings: New Zealand . www.eloratings.net . World Football Elo Ratings . 21 July 2019.
2. Web site: New Zealand International Matches 1904-2015 . . 15 October 2015 . Andre . Zlotkowski . 21 July 2019.
3. Web site: 1904-59 . www.ultimatenzsoccer.com . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 21 July 2019.
4. Web site: 1960-79 . www.ultimatenzsoccer.com . The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website . 21 July 2019.
5. Web site: Vietnam National Day Tournament 1967 . . 31 March 2017 . Neil . Morrison . Barrie . Courtney . Erik . Garin . Mikael . Jönsson . Bojan . Jovanovic . Pieter . Veroeveren . 21 July 2019.
6. Web site: World Cup 1970 Qualifying . . 13 November 2006 . Karel . Stokkermans . Sergio Henrique . Jarreta . 21 July 2019.