2025 in New Zealand football

Football in New Zealand
Season2025
New Zealand

The 2025 season is the 135th competitive association football season in New Zealand.

National teams

New Zealand men's national football team

Friendlies

5 September Soccer Ashes Australia  v  New Zealand Canberra, Australia
19:45 UTC+10 Source Stadium: GIO Stadium
9 October Friendly Poland  v  New Zealand Chorzów, Poland
20:45 UTC+2 Source Stadium: Silesian Stadium
14 October Friendly Norway  v  New Zealand Oslo, Norway
Report Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

2025 Canadian Shield

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada (C, H) 2 1 0 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Champions
2  New Zealand 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3
3  Ukraine 2 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 3
4  Ivory Coast 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 −1 2
Source: Instagram
(C) Champion; (H) Host
7 June Canadian Shield Ivory Coast  0–1  New Zealand Toronto
19:00 UTC-4 Report
  • Just 41'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 26,345[1]
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)
10 June Canadian Shield New Zealand  1–2  Ukraine Toronto
17:00 UTC-4 Report Stadium: BMO Field
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Third round
21 March 2025 (2025-03-21) New Zealand  7–0  Fiji Wellington, New Zealand
19:00[2]
Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Stadium: Sky Stadium
Attendance: 20,947
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
24 March 2025 (2025-03-24) New Caledonia  0–3  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
19:00 Report (FIFA)
Report (OFC)
Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 25,132
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

New Zealand women's national football team

Friendlies

23 February Friendly Costa Rica  1–1  New Zealand Santa Ana, Costa Rica
18:00 Report
Stadium: Estadio Piedades de Santa Ana
Attendance: 1,550
26 February Friendly Costa Rica  0–1  New Zealand Alajuela, Costa Rica
16:00 Report Hahn 89' Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
5 April Friendly Chinese Taipei  Cancelled  New Zealand Taiwan
Report Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Note: The match was called off due to issues with the pitch.[3]
8 April Friendly Chinese Taipei  Cancelled  New Zealand Kaohsiung, Taiwan
18:30 UTC+9 Source Stadium: Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium
Note: The match was called off due to issues with the pitch.[4]
31 May Friendly New Zealand  1–3  Venezuela San Pedro Alcántara, Spain
18:00 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Marbella Football Center
Referee: Seth Galia (Gibraltar)

New Zealand national under-20 football team

Friendlies

4 June Friendly Chile  3–1  New Zealand Santiago
15:30 UTC−4
  • Carcamo
  • Vásquez
  • (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Quilín
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
7 June Friendly Chile  2–1  New Zealand Santiago
15:30 UTC−4
Report
  • Bulkeley 52'
Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida
Attendance: 2,075

2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chile (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 September 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) Chile  v  New Zealand Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago
20:00 Report
30 September 2025 (2025-09-30) Egypt  v  New Zealand Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago
17:00 Report
3 October 2025 (2025-10-03) New Zealand  v  Japan Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso
20:00 Report

New Zealand women's national under-20 football team

New Zealand national under-17 football team

2025 FIFA Youth Series

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 6 Advance to Final
2   Switzerland (H) 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 Advance to Third place play-off
3  Guatemala 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 Advance to Fifth place play-off
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
18 May 2025 (2025-05-18) Switzerland  2–3  New Zealand Zurich
16:30
  • Ocran 15'
  • Krasniqi 73' (pen.)
Report
  • Nunez 3'
  • Dyer 49'
  • Hamilton 54'
Stadium: FIFA headquarters
Referee: Kaio Santos de Lima (Brazil)
19 May 2025 (2025-05-19) Guatemala  1–2  New Zealand Zurich
16:30 Alvarado 14' Report
  • Perez 68'
  • Trenberth 77'
Stadium: FIFA headquarters
Referee: Daniel Uhrmann (Switzerland)
Final
22 May 2025 (2025-05-22) New Zealand  0–3  Paraguay Zurich
16:30 Report
  • Lopez 19'
  • Diaz 79'
  • Gomez 90+5'
Stadium: FIFA headquarters

2025 OFC U-16 Championship

2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group L
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 November 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
5 November 2025 (2025-11-05) Mali  v  New Zealand Aspire Zone, Al Rayyan
8 November 2025 (2025-11-08) Saudi Arabia  v  New Zealand Aspire Zone, Al Rayyan
11 November 2025 (2025-11-11) New Zealand  v  Austria Aspire Zone, Al Rayyan

New Zealand women’s national under-17 football team

2025 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 3 2 0 1 2 5 −3 6
3  Tonga 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: OFC
2 August 2025 (2025-08-02) New Zealand  4–0  Tonga Samoa Football HQ, Apia
15:00
  • Robson 25', 45', 90+6'
  • Humphrey 67'
Report Attendance: 250
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
5 August 2025 (2025-08-05) New Zealand  5–0  Solomon Islands Samoa Football HQ, Apia
15:00
  • Rice 37'
  • Humphrey 45+2'
  • Hitchcock 56'
  • Fili 74'
  • Summers 83'
Report Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
8 August 2025 (2025-08-08) American Samoa  0–6  New Zealand Samoa Football HQ, Apia
15:00 Report
  • Vosper 26'
  • Sharkey 43'
  • Robson 45+3'
  • Gray 63'
  • Summers 66'
  • Chaytor 68'
Referee: Alexandra Toto (Vanuatu)
Knockout stage
11 August 2025 (2025-08-11) New Zealand  v  New Caledonia Samoa Football HQ, Apia
15:00

2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage
4  Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
19 October 2025 (2025-10-19) Japan  v  New Zealand Mohammed VI Football Academy, Rabat
14:00
22 October 2025 (2025-10-22) Paraguay  v  New Zealand Mohammed VI Football Academy, Rabat
20:00
25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) New Zealand  v  Zambia Mohammed VI Football Academy, Rabat
20:00

FIFA competitions

FIFA Club World Cup

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portugal Benfica 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Germany Bayern Munich 3 2 0 1 12 2 +10 6
3 Argentina Boca Juniors 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4 New Zealand Auckland City 3 0 1 2 1 17 −16 1
Source: FIFA
15 June 2025 (2025-06-15) Bayern Munich Germany 10–0 New Zealand Auckland City Cincinnati, United States
12:00 pm EDT
Report Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 21,152[5]
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
20 June 2025 (2025-06-20) Benfica Portugal 6–0 New Zealand Auckland City Orlando, United States
12:00 pm EDT
Report Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium
Attendance: 6,730[6]
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Note: At 1:06 pm EDT, during the half-time break, the match was interrupted due to adverse weather conditions. The match was resumed at 3:20 pm EDT.[7]
24 June 2025 (2025-06-24) Auckland City New Zealand 1–1 Argentina Boca Juniors Nashville, United States
2:00 pm CDT Gray 52' Report Garrow 26' (o.g.) Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 16,899[8]
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Note: At 3:21 pm CDT, in the 54th minute, the match was interrupted due to adverse weather conditions. The match was resumed at 4:10 pm.[9]

OFC Competitions

OFC Champions League

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AUC TIG PIR REW
1 New Zealand Auckland City 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Knockout stage 2−0 1–0
2 New Caledonia Tiga Sport 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 4–2
3 French Polynesia Pirae 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 1–1
4 Fiji Rewa 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1 1–1 0−1
Source: OFC
30 March 2025 (2025-03-30) Auckland City New Zealand 1–0 French Polynesia Pirae Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
15:00 UTC+11 Manickum 41' Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
2 April 2025 (2025-04-02) Auckland City New Zealand 2−0 New Caledonia Tiga Sport Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
15:00 UTC+11
Report Attendance: 1,635
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
5 April 2025 (2025-04-05) Rewa Fiji 1–1 New Zealand Auckland City Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
15:00 UTC+11
Report
  • Zeb 12'
Attendance: 1,077
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Knockout stage

9 April 2025 (2025-04-09) Auckland City New Zealand 2−0 Vanuatu Ifira Black Bird Honiara, Solomon Islands
12:00 (UTC+11)
Report Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 1,125
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Final
12 April 2025 (2025-04-12) Auckland City New Zealand 2–0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United Honiara, Solomon Islands
18:00 (UTC+11)
Report Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

OFC Women's Champions League

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AUC HEK PIR PAN
1 New Zealand Auckland United 3 3 0 0 24 1 +23 9 Advance to semi-finals 11–0
2 Papua New Guinea Hekari Womens 3 2 0 1 15 2 +13 6 1–2 2–0
3 French Polynesia Pirae (H) 3 1 0 2 6 13 −7 3 0–11 6–0
4 American Samoa PanSa 3 0 0 3 0 29 −29 0 0–12
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
5 May 2025 (2025-05-05) Pirae French Polynesia 0–11 New Zealand Auckland United Pirae
15:00 (UTC-10:00) Report
  • Benson 6', 8', 19', 42', 45'
  • Canham 10', 38'
  • Pritchard 45'
  • Dugan 74', 90'
  • Roche 90+6'
Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 250
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
8 May 2024 (2024-05-08) Hekari Womens Papua New Guinea 1–2 New Zealand Auckland United Pirae
12:00 (UTC-10:00)
  • Waida 90'
Report
  • Granger 42'
  • Pritchard 55'
Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 200
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
11 May 2024 (2024-05-11) Auckland United New Zealand 11–0 American Samoa PanSa Pirae
12:00 (UTC-10:00)
  • Knott 6', 21', 30'
  • Pritchard 19' (pen.)
  • Philpot 23'
  • A. Vosper 40'
  • Vlok 51', 85', 90+2'
  • S. Vosper 81'
  • McConnell 89'
Report Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jovita Ambrose (Solomon Islands)

Knockout stage

14 May 2025 (2025-05-14) Auckland United New Zealand 6–1 Solomon Islands Henderson Eels Pirae
15:00
  • Dugan 3'
  • Benson 5', 18', 28'
  • Pritchard 7'
  • Canham 47'
Report
Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 200
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)
Final
17 May 2025 (2025-05-17) Hekari United Papua New Guinea 0–1 New Zealand Auckland United Pirae
14:00 UTC−10 Report
  • Canham 26'
Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 300
Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Men's football

League Promoted to league Relegated from league New
Northern League
Central League None
Southern League None

National League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland FC Reserves[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Miramar Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Grand Final and Champions League group stage
3 Wellington Olympic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Wellington Phoenix Reserves[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Northern League 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Northern League 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Northern League 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Northern League 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Central League 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Southern League 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Southern League 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: September 2025. Source: New Zealand Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record[10]
Notes:

Grand final

Northern League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Western Springs 20 13 2 5 41 26 +15 41 Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship
2 Birkenhead United 20 12 4 4 53 29 +24 40 Qualification to National League Championship
3 Auckland United 20 11 3 6 43 29 +14 36
4 Auckland City 20 11 3 6 31 22 +9 36
5 Eastern Suburbs 20 11 3 6 31 25 +6 36
6 East Coast Bays 20 9 6 5 31 25 +6 33
7 Tauranga City 20 9 1 10 36 32 +4 28
8 Bay Olympic 20 6 5 9 24 33 −9 23
9 Auckland FC Reserves[a] 20 6 3 11 29 33 −4 21 Qualification to National League Championship
10 Fencibles United 20 4 5 11 33 46 −13 17
11 West Coast Rangers 20 3 5 12 26 45 −19 14 Relegation to NRFL Championship
12 Manurewa 20 4 2 14 21 54 −33 14
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2025. Source: NRF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[10]
Notes:
  1. ^ Auckland FC Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase and cannot be relegated due to the A-League Men requirements.[11]

Central League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Wellington Olympic (Q) 16 12 3 1 51 13 +38 39 Winner of Central League and qualification to National League Championship
2 Miramar Rangers (Q) 16 11 2 3 43 19 +24 35 Qualification to National League Championship
3 Western Suburbs 16 9 3 4 54 24 +30 30
4 Napier City Rovers 16 7 4 5 40 22 +18 25
5 Wellington Phoenix Reserves[a] (Q) 16 7 4 5 35 24 +11 25 Qualification to National League Championship
6 Petone 16 5 3 8 39 37 +2 18
7 Waterside Karori 16 4 4 8 28 55 −27 16
8 Upper Hutt City 16 3 4 9 19 46 −27 13
9 Island Bay United 16 3 3 10 22 51 −29 12
10 North Wellington 16 2 4 10 26 66 −40 10 Relegation to Central League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2025. Source: Capital Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[10]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase and cannot be relegated due to the A-League Men requirements.[12]

Southern League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Coastal Spirit 16 12 0 4 52 21 +31 36 Winner of Southern League and qualification to National League Championship
2 Cashmere Technical 16 11 2 3 52 26 +26 35 Qualification to National League Championship
3 Christchurch United 15 10 4 1 55 11 +44 34
4 Nomads United 16 8 3 5 41 31 +10 27
5 Nelson Suburbs 14 7 2 5 30 18 +12 23
6 Ferrymead Bays 16 6 4 6 29 30 −1 22
7 Dunedin City Royals 15 5 4 6 27 27 0 19
8 Wānaka 14 5 0 9 21 38 −17 15
9 University of Canterbury 16 1 2 13 20 72 −52 5
10 Selwyn United 16 0 3 13 17 70 −53 3 Relegated to the Nelson Premiership/Canterbury Premiership/Southern Premiership
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: Mainland Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[10]

Cup Competitions

Chatham Cup

Final

2025 Chatham Cup final

Charity Cup

2025 Charity Cup

Women's football

National Women's League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to Grand Final
2 Canterbury United Pride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Central Football 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Eastern Suburbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Southern United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Wellington Phoenix Reserves[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 West Coast Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 NRFL Women's Premiership 4th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Capital Football 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Capital Football 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: September 2025. Source: New Zealand Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Head to head; 5) Disciplinary record; 6) Coin toss[13]
Notes:
  1. ^ Wellington Phoenix Reserves can not qualify for the Grand Final.[13]

Grand final

NRFL Women’s Premiership

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland United 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Winner of NRFL Premiership and qualification to National League Championship
2 West Coast Rangers 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9 Qualification to National League Championship
3 Eastern Suburbs 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
4 Western Springs 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
5 Ellerslie 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
6 Fencibles United 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
7 Hibiscus Coast 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
8 FC Tauranga Moana 3 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0 Relegation to NRFL Women's Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2025. Source: Northern Region Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Goals against; 5) Head to head; 6) Disciplinary record; 7) Coin toss[14]

Cup Competitions

Kate Sheppard Cup

Final

Notes

References

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