Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry

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Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry
Australia vs New Zealand.jpg
Australia vs. New Zealand friendly match at Craven Cottage, London, 9 June 2005
Other namesSocceroos vs. All Whites
Australasia derby
LocaleAsia (AFC)
Oceania (OFC)
Teams Australia
 New Zealand
First meeting17 June 1922
(NZL 3–1 AUS)
Latest meeting21 July 2021
(AUS 2-1 NZL)
Statistics
Meetings total64
Most wins Australia (40)
Top scorerAustralia George Smith (16)
All-time seriesAustralia: 40
New Zealand: 13
Draws: 11
Largest victoryNZL 0–10 AUS
(11 July 1936)

The Australia–New Zealand soccer rivalry is a sports rivalry that exists between the Australia and New Zealand national soccer teams. The rivalry is part of a wider friendly rivalry between geographical neighbours Australia and New Zealand in a range of sports including cricket, rugby league, rugby union and netball. Due to the country's similar histories, language, and cultural and sporting interests, this wider rivalry is frequently referred to in the press as analogous to a sibling rivalry.[1] The rivalry was more intense when Australia and New Zealand were both members of the OFC and regularly contested finals of the OFC Nations Cup and top two positions in OFC World Cup Qualification campaigns. It has been less frequent since Australia left the OFC to join the AFC as they now play in separate regional competitions.

Matches[]

Australia and New Zealand have played 64 official matches. Australia have the better record overall in the fixture, with 40 wins to New Zealand's 13. There have been 11 draws, only two of them goalless. Australia have scored 155 goals to 70 by New Zealand. The record margin of victory in the fixture was Australia's 10–0 win in 1936, while New Zealand's biggest victory was 4–1 in 1923.

Competition Date Home Team Result Away Team Goals (home) Goals (away Venue Attendance
Friendly 17 June 1922 New Zealand 3–1 Australia Cook (20), (?), Knott (?) Maunder Carisbrooke Park, Dunedin 8,000
Friendly 24 June 1922 New Zealand 1–1 Australia Cook (10) Bratton (25) Athletic Park, Wellington 12,000
Friendly 8 July 1922 New Zealand 3–1 Australia Ballard (5), Cook (10), Dacre (?) Brown (?) Domain Park, Auckland 15,000
Friendly 9 June 1923 Australia 2-1 New Zealand Lennard (7), Maunder (90) Darce (57) Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 7,000
Friendly 16 June 1923 Australia 2-3 New Zealand Lennard (?), Gilmore (?) Campbell (?), (?), (?) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 12,000
Friendly 30 June 1923 Australia 1-4 New Zealand Maunder (?) Campbell (46), (51), (?), (?) Newcastle Showground, Newcastle 14,000
Friendly 5 June 1933 Australia 4-2 New Zealand Smith (20), (?), Gorring (80), (?) Kershaw (55), Chapman (?) Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane 5,000
Friendly 17 June 1933 Australia 6-4 New Zealand Smith (?), (?), (?), Crowhurst (?), Cameron (?), Hughes (?) Kershaw (?), Ives (?), Kay (?), Chapman (?) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 5,000
Friendly 24 June 1933 Australia 4-2 New Zealand Edwards (?), Crowhurst (?), Smith (?), (?) Kershaw (?), (?) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney ????
Friendly 4 July 1936 New Zealand 1–7 Australia Jack Skinner (?) Cameron (?), (?), Smith (?), (?), (?), (?), Price (?) Logan Park, Dunedin 8,000
Friendly 11 July 1936 New Zealand 0–10 Australia Smith (5), (32), 53), (?), (?), Price (9), Cameron (28), (48), Donaldson (?) Basin Reserve, Wellington 8,000
Friendly 18 July 1936 New Zealand 1–4 Australia Hagett (?) Cameron (?), (?), Price (?), (?) Blandford Park, Auckland 2,000
Friendly 18 July 1948 New Zealand 0–6 Australia Frank Parsons (?), (?), (?), Cunningham (?), Hughes (?), (?) Basin Reserve, Wellington ????
Friendly 28 August 1948 New Zealand 0–7 Australia Parsons (?), (?), (?), Hughes (?), (?), Johns (?), (?), Cunningham (?) Lancaster Park, Christchurch ????
Friendly 4 September 1948 New Zealand 0–4 Australia Hughes (?), Johns (?), (?), Lawrie (?) Basin Reserve, Wellington ????
Friendly 11 September 1948 New Zealand 1–8 Australia Arthur Masters (?) Parsons (6), (?), (?), (?). (?), (?), Cunningham (?), Hughes (?) Blandford Park, Auckland 7,000
Friendly 14 August 1954 Australia 1–2 New Zealand Robertson (75) King (5), Steele (7) Melbourne Showground, Melbourne ????
Friendly 28 August 1954 Australia 4-1 New Zealand Robertson (20), Lennard (?), Stewart (?), (?) Smith (?) Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 7,000
Friendly 4 September 1954 Australia 4-1 New Zealand Nunn (?) (?), Murphy (?), Stewart (?) Steele Jr. (?) Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney 5,798
Friendly 16 August 1958 New Zealand 2–3 Australia Aird (30), Hume (80) Nunn (14), (44), Adair (70) Basin Reserve, Wellington 6,000
Friendly 23 August 1958 New Zealand 2–2 Australia Steele Jnr (11), (46) Aird (41 og), Vogler (?) Carlaw Park, Auckland 8,500
Friendly 5 November 1967 Australia 5-3 New Zealand Baartz (8), Warren (13), Attila Abonyi (51), (75), 54) Ray Mears (18), Van Alphen (42 og), Westwater (63 og) Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon 20,000
Friendly 5 November 1967 Australia 3-1 New Zealand Abonyi (26), Baartz (55), Warren (76) Vest (7) Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 7,000
1974 FIFA World Cup qualification 4 March 1973 New Zealand 1–1 Australia Turner (57) Campbell (83) Newmarket Park, Auckland 12,000
1974 FIFA World Cup qualification 16 March 1973 Australia 3–3 New Zealand Utjesenovic (11), Baartz (17), Buljevic (26) Vest (10), Tindall (49), Hogg (89 og) Sydney Sports Ground, Sydmey 11,000
Friendly 29 February 1976 New Zealand 0–1 Australia Harding (78) Newmarket Park, Auckland 10,000
Friendly 2 March 1976 Australi 3-1 New Zealand Barnes (7), Ollerton (14), Abonyi (70) Taylor (74) Olympic Park, Melbourne 6,000
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification 27 March 1977 Australia 3-1 New Zealand Ollerton (60), (80), Kosmina (72), Nelson (4) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 12,250
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification 30 March 1977 New Zealand 1–1 Australia Nelson (34) Ollerton (18) Newmarket Park, Auckland 12,000
Friendly 13 June 1979 New Zealand 1–0 Australia Ormond (58) Newmarket Park, Auckland 4,000
1982 FIFA World Cup qualification 25 April 1981 New Zealand 3–3 Australia Turner (24), Wooddin (34), Sumner (80) Krncevic (15), (42), Boden (31) Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 15,000
1982 FIFA World Cup qualification 16 May 1981 Australia 0-2 New Zealand Woodin (30), Turner (83) Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia 15,000
Friendly 22 February 1983 New Zealand 2–1 Australia Cresswell (47), Herbert (89) Kosmina (36) Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 3,000
Friendly 27 February 1983 Australia 0-2 New Zealand Cole (66), Adam (73) Olympic Park, Melbourne 14,000
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification 21 September 1985 New Zealand 0–0 Australia Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 14,826
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 November 1985 Australia 2-0 New Zealand Kosmina (12), Mitchell (48) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 21,910
Trans-Tasman Trophy 25 October 1986 New Zealand 1–1 Australia Deeley (60) Arnold (52) Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 3,156
Trans-Tasman Trophy 2 November 1986 Australia 2-1 New Zealand Arnold (29), Zinni (74) Deeley (85) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1,986
Trans-Tasman Trophy 2 September 1987 Australia 1–1 New Zealand Zinni (69) Ironside (83) Olympic Park, Melbourne 5,000
Trans-Tasman Trophy 9 September 1987 New Zealand 1–0 Australia De Jong (19) Hutt Recreation Ground, Wellington 5,000
1988 Summer Olympics qualification 13 March 1988 Australia 3-1 New Zealand Patikas (?), Farina (?), Crino (?) McGarry (?) Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney ????
1988 Summer Olympics qualification 23 March 1988 New Zealand 1–1 Australia Farina (?) McGarry (?) Athletic Park, Wellington ????
Trans-Tasman Trophy 12 October 1988 New Zealand 1–2 Australia Ironside (78) Crino (65) Ollerenshaw (75) Caledonian Ground, Dunedin 3,000
Trans-Tasman Trophy 16 October 1988 Australia 2-0 New Zealand Spink (42), (68) Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo 3,000
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification 12 March 1989 Australia 4-1 New Zealand Crino (16), Arnold (42), (56), Yankos (78) Dunford (70) Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 13,621
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 April 1989 New Zealand 2–0 Australia Dunford (19), Wright (78) Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 8,500
Trans-Tasman Trophy 12 May 1991 New Zealand 0–1 Australia Milosevic (44) QEII Stadium, Christchurch 7,500
Trans-Tasman Trophy 15 May 1991 Australia 2-1 New Zealand Vidmar (46), Peterson (49) Roberts (79) Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 5,000
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 30 May 1993 New Zealand 0–1 Australia Arnold (59) Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 12,000
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 June 1993 Australia 3-0 New Zealand Veart (1), Vidmar (3), Zelic (49) Olympic Park, Melbourne 9,445
Trans-Tasman Trophy 10 November 1995 0–0 QEII Stadium, Christchurch 5,000
Trans-Tasman Trophy 15 November 1995 Australia 3-0 New Zealand Mori (32), Wade (45), Spiteri (50) Breakers Stadium, Newcastle 8,858
1997 Optus World Series 18 January 1997 Australia 1-0 New Zealand Bingley (24) Lakeside Stadium, Newcastle 10,494
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 28 June 1997 New Zealand 0–3 Australia Aloisi (19), Vidmar (42), Foster (66) North Harbour Stadium, Auckland 20,000
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 July 1997 Australia 2-0 New Zealand Zelic (6), Arnold (54) Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 14,054
1998 OFC Nations Cup 4 October 1998 Australia 0-1 New Zealand Burton (24) Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 12,000
2000 OFC Nations Cup 28 June 2000 Australia 2-0 New Zealand Murphy (40), Foster (66) Stade de Pater, Papeete 4,250
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 20 June 2001 New Zealand 0–2 Australia Emerton (5), (80) Westpac Trust Stadium, Wellington 19,500
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 24 June 2001 Australia 4-1 New Zealand Zdrilic (5), (82), Emerton (40), Aloisi (56) Coveny (44) Stadium Australia, Sydney 41,976
2002 OFC Nations Cup 14 July 2002 New Zealand 1–0 Australia Nelsen (78) Ericsson Stadium, Auckland 6,000
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification / 2004 OFC Nations Cup 29 May 2004 Australia 1-0 New Zealand Bresciano (40) Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 12,100
Friendly 9 June 2005 Australia 1-0 New Zealand Colosimo (86) Craven Cottage, London 9,023
Friendly 24 May 2010 Australia 2-1 New Zealand Vidošić (57), Holman (90) Killen (16) Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 55,659
Friendly 5 June 2011 Australia 3-0 New Zealand Kennedy (9), (59), Troisi (90) Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 21,281

Overall summary[]

New Zealand playing Australia in 1922, their first match ever
Details Played Australia
wins 		New Zealand
wins 		Drawn Australia
goals 		New Zealand
goals
In Australia 30 22 6 2 72 38
In New Zealand 30 14 7 9 72 28
Neutral venue 4 4 0 0 11 4
Overall 64 40 13 11 155 70

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Team Goals in AUS vs NZ games
1 George Smith  Australia 16
2 Frank Parsons  Australia 12
3 George Campbell  New Zealand 7
4 Alec Cameron  Australia 6
 Australia
 Australia
Graham Arnold  Australia
8 Attila Abonyi  Australia 5
9 Ted Cook  New Zealand 4
Jim Kershaw  New Zealand
Charlie Steele, Jr.  New Zealand
Peter Ollerton  Australia

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NZ and Aus Friendship Tested Archived 2015-03-18 at the Wayback Machine", 3news.co.nz

External links[]

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