New Zealand national futsal team

New Zealand

Nickname(s)

Futsal Whites

Association

New Zealand Football (NZF)

Confederation

OFC (Oceania)

Head coach

Scott Gilligan

Captain

Marvin Eakins

FIFA code

NZL

FIFA ranking

70 ^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

First international

Australia 9–2 New Zealand

(Brisbane, Australia; 16 June 1992)

Biggest win

Kiribati 1–21 New Zealand

(Suva, Fiji; 17 May 2011)

Biggest defeat

Australia 10–1 New Zealand

(Port Vila, Vanuatu, 26 August 2000)

Australia 11–2 New Zealand

(Dural, Australia, 3 May 2008)

World Cup

Appearances

OFC Futsal Championship

Appearances

9 (First in 1992)

Best result

Runners–up, (1992, 2004, 2016)

The New Zealand national futsal team, nicknamed the Futsal Whites, is the representative side for New Zealand in international futsal and is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF).^[2] The nickname is a reference to the New Zealand national football team which is known as the All Whites, which in turn is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Netherlands 1989	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong 1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala 2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taiwan 2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand 2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia 2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/8	-	-	-	-	-	-

Oceanian Futsal Championship

Oceanian Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Australia 1992	2nd place	4	2	0	2	19	24
Vanuatu 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vanuatu 2000	5th place	6	2	0	4	12	34
Australia 2004	2nd place	5	4	0	1	22	14
Fiji 2008	4th place	6	3	0	3	22	16
Fiji 2009	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fiji 2010	3rd place	6	4	0	2	26	21
Fiji 2011	3rd place	5	2	3	0	31	13
New Zealand 2013	3rd place	5	3	0	2	16	15
New Caledonia 2014	3rd place	4	2	0	2	10	6
Fiji 2016	2nd place	5	4	0	1	16	8
Total	9/11	46	26	3	17	174	151

Current squad

A 14-man Futsal Whites squad was named to compete in the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship and will be coached by Scott Gilligan. This competition also acts as the Qualifying Tournament for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup to be held in Colombia. All matches will be hosted at Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji. The competition will be held between 8–13 February 2016. New Zealand will play against Vanuatu, Tahiti, Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia in a round-robin format where the team finishing 1st will be crowned Champions of the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship, as well as becoming Qualifier for Oceania Football Confederation for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Position	Player	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps/Goals	Federation/Club
Goalkeeper	Elias Billeh	(1984-07-12) 12 July 1984	49/0	Auckland Football Federation Futsal
Goalkeeper	Atta Elayyan	(1985-06-21) 21 June 1985	22/1	Mainland Futsal
Pivot	Lucas Cordeiro Osorio Da Silva	(1985-04-05) 5 April 1985	34/5	Capital Futsal
Pivot	Marvin Eakins	(1986-06-10) 10 June 1986	46/20	Auckland Football Federation Futsal
Pivot	Daniel Burns	(1986-04-25) 25 April 1986	32/9	Dural Warriors
Pivot	Kareem Osman	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989	27/14	Auckland Football Federation Futsal
Flanker	James Vaughan	(1985-10-19) 19 October 1985	27/3	Hume FC
Flanker	Brayden Lissington	(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992	18/2	Mountain Majik
Flanker	Dylan Manickum	(1992-06-16) 16 June 1992	45/24	Auckland Football Federation Futsal
Flanker	Luc Saker	(1997-09-04) 4 September 1997	12/2	Capital Futsal
Flanker	Tai Barham	(1993-06-01) 1 June 1993	25/2	Capital Futsal
Flanker	Stephen Ashby-Peckham	(1995-04-09) 9 April 1995	13/5	Auckland Football Federation Futsal
Flanker	Jakub Sinkora	(1978-11-05) 5 November 1978	36/10	South Brisbane FC
Target	Miroslav Malivuk	(1983-07-17) 17 July 1983	37/20	Capital Futsal

Additional squad members

The following players are also members of the Futsal Whites squad selected for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification campaign but will not participate in the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship due to non-selection or unavailability.

Position	Player	Date of Birth (Age)	Caps/Goals	Federation/Club
Goalkeeper	David Plowright	(1987-10-30) 30 October 1987	12/0	Sydney Futsal Club
Goalkeeper	Clayton Chappell	(1987-11-12) 12 November 1987	14/0	Hume FC
Flanker	Joshua Margetts	(1992-12-04) 4 December 1992	7/3	Mountain Majik
Target	Jonathan Steele	(1991-05-06) 6 May 1991	7/3	Central Futsal - Manawatu

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Scott Gilligan
Technical/Video Analyst	Simon Mead
Physiotherapist	Stephen Heron
Team Manager	Richard Bell
National Futsal Development Manager/Head of Delegation	David Payne

Results and Fixtures

2015

8 July 2015, 6:30 pm Trans-Tasman Cup	New Zealand	2-4	Australia	ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
	Daniel Burns, Marvin Eakins (pen)	Report	Marino Musumeci, Jordan Guerreiro, Fernando De Moraes, Jonathan Barrientos

9 July 2015, 6:30 pm Trans-Tasman Cup	New Zealand	1-6	Australia	ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
	Marvin Eakins	Report	Fernando De Moraes 2, Daniel Fogarty, Jarrod Basger, Wade Giovenali, Glen Kelshaw

10 July 2015, 6:30 pm Trans-Tasman Cup/Commonwealth Futsal Cup	New Zealand	2-3	Australia	ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
18:30	Josh Margetts, Stephen Ashby-Peckham	Report	Daniel Fogarty 2, Wade Giovenali

11 July 2015, 6:30 pm Commonwealth Futsal Cup	New Zealand	2-5	Malaysia	ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
	Daniel Burns, Luc Saker	Report	Fawzul Hadzir, Saiful Nizam, Amar Ashraf, Syed Aizad Daniel, Saiful Aula

12 July 2015, 4:30 pm Commonwealth Futsal Cup	New Zealand	10-4	Vanuatu	ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
	Kareem Osman 3, Dylan Manickum 2, Jonathan Steele, Jakub Sinkora, Ernesto Lopez, Luc Saker, Josh Margetts	Report	Seule Sorormon, Joseph Hanghangkong, Ben Hungai, Don Mansale

15 December 2015, 8:00 pm Trans-Pacific Futsal Cup	New Zealand	8-0	Fiji	ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
	Kareem Osman, Marvin Eakins, Josh Margetts, Stephen Ashby-Peckham, Miroslav Malivuk 2, Jakub Sinkora	Report

16 December 2015, 8:00 pm Trans-Pacific Futsal Cup	New Zealand	7-2	Fiji	ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
	Jono Steele 2, Kareem Osman, Stephen Ashby-Peckham 3, Daniel Burns	Report	Dhiraj Kumar 2

18 December 2015, 8:00 pm Trans-Pacific Futsal Cup	New Zealand	4-1	Fiji	ASB Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
	Jakub Sinkora, Daniel Burns, Dylan Manickum 2	Report	Dhiraj Kumar

2016

8 February 2016, 5:30 pm OFC Futsal Championship	Vanuatu	0-5	New Zealand	Vodafone Arena, Suva, Fiji
		Report	Daniel Burns, Miroslav Malivuk 2, Jakub Sinkar, Kareem Osman

9 February 2016, 8:00 pm OFC Futsal Championship	New Zealand	3-2	French Polynesia	Vodafone Arena, Suva, Fiji
	Kareem Osman, Stephen Ashby-Peckham, Dylan Manickum	Report	Lucas Da Silva (OG), Heimana Faarahia

10 February 2016, 5:30 pm OFC Futsal Championship	Solomon Islands	4-1	New Zealand	Vodafone Arena, Suva, Fiji
	Elliot Ragomo 2, Jack Wetney, Jeffery Bule	Report	Miroslav Malivuk

12 February 2016, 8:00 pm OFC Futsal Championship	Fiji	1-3	New Zealand	Vodafone Arena, Suva, Fiji
	Mira Sahib	Report	Tai Barham, Dylan Manickum, Lucas Da Silva

13 February 2016, 8:00 pm OFC Futsal Championship	New Zealand	4-1	New Caledonia	Vodafone Arena, Suva, Fiji
	Miroslav Malivuk, Brayden Lissington, Daniel Burns, James Vaughan	Report	Ludovic Boit

References

International futsal

AMF AMF Futsal World Cup FIFA FIFA Futsal World Cup Women's Futsal World Tournament Grand Prix Confederations Cup Pan American Games South American Games Mediterranean Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Lusophony Games Southeast Asian Games Futsal Awards Teams

Asia	AFC – Futsal Championship – Women's Futsal Championship

Africa	CAF – Futsal Cup of Nations

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Futsal Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América – Copa América Femenina

Oceania	OFC – Futsal Championship

Europe	UEFS – UEFS Futsal Men's Championship – UEFS Futsal Women's Championship; UEFA – Futsal Championship

National futsal teams of Oceania (OFC)

Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati† New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tuvalu† Vanuatu † Associate member - Not a member of FIFA

National sports teams of New Zealand

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