New Zealand Football 2313225 213238451 2008-05-18T13:05:50Z PipepBot 4984067 robot Adding: [[it:Federazione calcistica della Nuova Zelanda]] {{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== {{reflist}} ==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] {{fb start}} {{International Football}} {{OFC Associations}} {{NZ fb general}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Oceania Football Confederation]] [[Category:Soccer in New Zealand]] {{footy-org-stub}} [[ar:اتحاد نيوزيلندا لكرة القدم]] [[fr:Fédération de Nouvelle-Zélande de football]] [[it:Federazione calcistica della Nuova Zelanda]] [[nl:New Zealand Soccer]] [[ja:ニュージーランドフットボール]] [[ru:Футбольная федерация Новой Зеландии]] [[vi:Liên đoàn bóng đá New Zealand]]