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It was founded in 1891, as the New Zealand Football Association [1] [2] and became officially affiliated with FIFA in 1948. In May 2007, the organisation was renamed New Zealand Football (NZF), replacing the word "soccer" with "football" in line with the common usage in other parts of the world.
New Zealand's first international football match was played in Dunedin at the old Caledonian Ground on 23 July 1904 against a team representing New South Wales. New Zealand lost by the game's only goal, but drew with the same team 3–3 in a game at Athletic Park, Wellington seven days later. [6]
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Association football, also known as football (or sometimes as soccer), is a popular recreation sport in New Zealand. The sport is administered in New Zealand by the governing body New Zealand Football (NZF).
New Zealand played 80 matches across the decade, from club teams like Sunderland, Norwich City, Ipswich Town and Dundee, to the first internationals against China and South Korea. Qualifying for the 1974 FIFA World Cup saw New Zealand grouped with Australia, Indonesia and Iraq.
By mid-1887 Auckland had 13 clubs. The New Zealand Football Association (NZFA) was established in Wellington in 1891. The first women’s clubs were formed in 1921, but they were soon banned from using the same grounds as men and the women’s game languished until the 1970s.
New Zealand Football (NZF) was founded in 1891 and became affiliated to FIFA in 1948. Along with Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea, New Zealand was one of the founding members of Oceania Football Federation (OFC) when the confederation was formally approved in 1966.
Canterbury and Otago played the first recorded provincial match at Lancaster Park in 1890. The provinces began to compete annually, at first for the NZFA’s Brown Shield, then for the Football Association Trophy. In 2004 a new summer competition was introduced – the New Zealand Football Championship.
