Nickname(s) | Oly-Whites |
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Association | New Zealand Football |
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) |
Head coach | Anthony Hudson |
Captain | Louis Fenton |
Most caps | Jeremy Brockie & Daniel Ellensohn (15) |
Top scorer | Jeremy Brockie (8) |
FIFA code | NZL |
First international | |
Australia 2 - 0 New Zealand (Melbourne, Australia; 22 May 1991) |
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Biggest win | |
New Zealand 11 - 0 American Samoa (Auckland, New Zealand; 16 January 2004) |
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Biggest defeat | |
New Zealand 0 - 5 Australia (Adelaide, Australia; 21 January 1996) New Zealand 0 - 5 Brazil (Shenyang, China; 10 August 2008) |
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OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |
Appearances | 7 (first in 1991) |
Best result | Champions (1999, 2008, 2012) |
The New Zealand Under-23 Football Team, informally known as the "Oly-Whites", represents New Zealand Football and New Zealand in international Under-23 football (soccer) events, such as the Summer Olympics.
The Oly-Whites qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after winning the OFC Preliminary Competition in Fiji. Thus, Beijing saw the first Olympic appearance for a New Zealand men's football team.
The New Zealand national under-23 football team has competed in the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament since 1991. During the 1980s, the New Zealand national football team participated in Olympic Qualification.
1991
1996
1999
2000
2003
2004
2008
2012
2015
The squad named for the 2015 Pacific Games. Caps listed are only at U23 level and are accurate as of 10 July 2015.