New Zealand Football
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{{National football association |
Logo = Nzfootball.png |
Founded = 1891 |
FIFA affiliation = 1948 |
Region = [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] |
Region affiliation = 1966 |
President = John Morris |
Coach = [[Ricki Herbert]] |
}}
'''New Zealand Football''' (formerly '''New Zealand Soccer''') is the governing body for the sport of [[Association football|association football (soccer)]] in [[New Zealand]]. It was founded in [[1891]], and became officially affiliated with [[FIFA]] in [[1948]]. New Zealand was a founding member of the [[Oceania Football Confederation]].
NZF oversees the seven New Zealand Football Federations, as well as the [[New Zealand national football team]] (nicknamed the "All Whites"), the national junior and [[New Zealand women's national football team | women's teams ]] (nicknamed the "[[New Zealand women's national football team|Football Ferns]]"), the men's and women's National League (the men's league is known as the [[New Zealand Football Championship]]), and a number of tournaments, including the [[Bluebird Chatham Cup|Chatham Cup]]. The New Zealand Football Championship is played in the New Zealand summer between eight teams. A New Zealand team, [[Wellington Phoenix FC]], play in the Australian [[A-League]], also played in the summer.
In May 2007, the organisation was renamed New Zealand Football (NZF), replacing the word "soccer" with "[[Football (word)|football]]", in line with the more common usage in the rest of the world.<ref>Lammers, Coen: [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/4053983a6429.html Soccer gets the boot], ''[[The Press]]'', [[10 May]] [[2007]].</ref><br />
In September 2007, the female football team changed their name from "SWANZ" to "Football Ferns". The change also occurred to the female under-20 to the "Junior Football Ferns" and the under-17 to the "Young Football Ferns"<ref>[http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=20592 NEW LOOK FOR ‘FOOTBALL FERNS'], [[4 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
==Football Federations==
* [http://www.unitedsoccer1.org.nz/ United Soccer 1]
* [http://www.soccer2.org.nz/ soccer2]
* [http://www.forcethree.com/ Force Three]
* [http://www.soccerwest.org.nz/ Central Soccer]
* [http://www.soccer.org.nz/ Capital Football]
* [http://www.mainlandsoccer.co.nz/ Mainland Soccer]
* [http://www.soccersouth.co.nz/ soccersouth]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/ New Zealand Football website]
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/confederations/associationdetails/0,1483,NZL,00.html?countrycode=NZL FIFA's NZ Soccer page]
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[[Category:Oceania Football Confederation]]
[[Category:Soccer in New Zealand]]
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[[fr:Fédération de Nouvelle-Zélande de football]]
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[[ru:Футбольная федерация Новой Зеландии]]
[[vi:Liên đoàn bóng đá New Zealand]]