New Zealand national futsal team

New Zealand
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Futsal Whites
Association	New Zealand Football (NZF)
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Marvin Eakins
Captain	Dylan Manickum
Most caps	Dylan Manickum (63)
FIFA code	NZL
FIFA ranking	34 1 (4 April 2025)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Spain 19–2 New Zealand ; (Melbourne, Australia; 21 October 1988)
Biggest win
	Kiribati 1–21 New Zealand ; (Suva, Fiji; 17 May 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Spain 19–2 New Zealand ; (Melbourne, Australia; 21 October 1988)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2024 )
Best result	Group stage (2024)
OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1992 )
Best result	Champions (2022, 2023)

Last updated August 25, 2025

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 based on the national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Squad
1989	Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2021
2024	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	2	20	Squad
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	0	0	3	2	20	–

FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup

FIFUSA Futsal World Championship record
Year	Host	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1982	Brazil	Did not enter
1985	Spain	Did not enter
1988	Australia	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	5	40
1991	Italy	Withdrew
1994	Argentina	Did not enter
1997	Mexico
2000	Bolivia
2003	Paraguay
2007	Argentina
2011	Colombia	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	4	18
2015	Belarus	Did not enter
2019	Argentina	Did not enter
Total		Group stage	2/12	6	0	0	6	9	58

OFC Futsal Nations Cup

OFC Futsal Nations Cup / OFC Futsal Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Third place	3rd	4	0	0	4	10	27
1996	Did not enter
1999	Fifth place	5th	6	2	0	4	12	34
2004	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	22	14
2008	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	22	16
2009	Did not enter
2010	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	2	26	21
2011	Third place	3rd	5	2	3	0	31	13
2013	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	16	15
2014	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	10	6
2016	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	16	8
2019	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	32	10
2022	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	33	7
2023	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	36	7
2025	To be determined
Total	2 titles	12/14	61	37	5	19	266	178

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.^[3]

Caps and goals updated as of 31 March 2024 after the match against Morocco.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Mike Antamanov	(1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 37)	15	1	Auckland City Futsal
12	1 GK	Patrick Steele	(2000-11-14)14 November 2000 (aged 23)	12	0	Waikato Rapids

5	2 DF	Miroslav Malivuk	(1983-07-17)17 July 1983 (aged 41)	42	23	Palmerston North Marist
7	2 DF	Ethan Martin	(2000-01-11)11 January 2000 (aged 24)	15	8	Waikato Rapids
8	2 DF	Logan Wisnewski	(2000-11-16)16 November 2000 (aged 23)	20	5	LDN Movements
9	2 DF	Stephen Ashby-Peckham	(1995-04-09)9 April 1995 (aged 29)	44	17	Auckland City Futsal

2	3 MF	Adam Paulsen	(2001-06-02)2 June 2001 (aged 23)	15	6	Auckland City Futsal
3	3 MF	Hamish Grey	(2002-04-06)6 April 2002 (aged 22)	15	7	Zambú CFS Pinatar
10	3 MF	Dylan Manickum (captain)	(1992-06-16)16 June 1992 (aged 32)	66	38	Auckland City Futsal
11	3 MF	Jordan Ditfort	(1998-06-09)9 June 1998 (aged 26)	26	13	Bloomsbury Futsal
13	3 MF	Oban Hawkins	(2000-10-06)6 October 2000 (aged 23)	20	7	Southern United
14	3 MF	Casey Sharplin	(2001-08-26)26 August 2001 (aged 23)	15	5	Waikato Rapids

4	4 FW	Art Twigg	(1997-04-17)17 April 1997 (aged 27)	10	3	Auckland City Futsal
6	4 FW	Rahan Ali	(1997-04-03)3 April 1997 (aged 27)	15	16	Moreland Blues FC

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Thomas Picken	(1998-03-08) 8 March 1998 (age 27)	7	1	Auckland City Futsal	v. Morocco, 31 March 2024

	Luc Saker		23	4	Capital Futsal	v. Morocco, 31 March 2024
	Denny Twigg		5	0	Auckland City Futsal	v. Morocco, 31 March 2024
	Sean Beresford		0	0	Capital Futsal	v. Morocco, 31 March 2024
	Hemi Innes		0	0	Canterbury United Dragons	v. Morocco, 31 March 2024
	Sam Twigg		0	0	Auckland City Futsal	v. Morocco, 31 March 2024
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^RET Retired from the national team ^SUS Serving suspension ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Marvin Eakins
Assistant coach	Enrico Bitencourt da Silva Meirelles
Technical/Video Analyst	Simon Mead
Physiotherapist	Stephen Heron
Team Manager	Richard Bell
National Futsal Development Manager/Head of Delegation	David Payne

Former players

Position	Player	Caps/Goals	Federation/Club
Goalkeeper	Atta Elayyan	22/1	Mainland Futsal

Results and fixtures

2023

15 September 2023 (2023-09-15) Friendly	China	0–5	New Zealand	Beijing, China
18:30		Source		Stadium: National Training Centre

17 September 2023 (2023-09-17) Friendly	China	2–6	New Zealand	Beijing, China
17:00		Source		Stadium: National Training Centre

1 October 2023 (2023-10-01) 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	New Zealand	6–3	Vanuatu	Auckland, New Zealand
16:00	Manickum 1' Ali 8' Wisnewski 11' Sharplin 18', 24' Hawkins 19'	Report	Coulon 27' Lehi 29' Donald 36'	Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 350 Referee: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)

2 October 2023 (2023-10-02) 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	New Zealand	7–2	Fiji	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00	Ali 21' Wisnewski 22' Ditfort 11', 27' Radrigai 6' (o.g.) Martin 5' Sharplin 23'	Report	Khan 12' Waranaivalu 38'	Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 432 Referee: Jonathon Moore (Australia)

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Tonga	0–14	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand
16:00		Report	Manickum 2' Ashby-Peckham 9', 10', 31' Dittfort 11' Martin 15', 37' Twigg 16' Hawkins 16' Ali 20', 31' Paulsen 28', 29' 33' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 180 Referee: Charlemagne Waheo (New Caledonia)

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) OFC Futsal Nations Cup Semi-final	New Zealand	4–2	Solomon Islands	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00	Wisnewski 3' Ashby-Beckham 17' Sharplin 27' Atamanov 39'	Report	Otainao 25' Mana 39'	Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07) OFC Futsal Nations Cup Final	Tahiti	0–5	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand
19:00		Report	Ashby-Peckham 5' Ditfort 27' Picken 28' Manickum 32' Grey 38'	Stadium: Pulman Arena Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

2024

28 March 2024 (2024-03-28)Friendly	Vietnam	2–2	New Zealand	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
17:00		Report	Ali	Stadium: Lanh Binh Thang Stadium

30 March 2024 (2024-03-30)Friendly	Iran	5–1	New Zealand	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
14:00		Report	Grey 18'	Stadium: Lanh Binh Thang Stadium

31 March 2024 (2024-03-31)Friendly	New Zealand	2–6	Morocco	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
14:00	Manickum 22' Paulsen 35'	Report		Stadium: Lanh Binh Thang Stadium

31 August 2024 (2024-08-31) Continental Futsal Championship	New Zealand	0–8	Thailand	Nanthaburi, Thailand
19:30		Report		Stadium: Nonthaburi Provincial Stadium

3 September 2024 (2024-09-03) Continental Futsal Championship	Guatemala	6–2	New Zealand	Nanthaburi, Thailand
19:30		Report	Twigg Grey	Stadium: Nonthaburi Provincial Stadium

4 September 2024 (2024-09-04) Continental Futsal Championship	New Zealand	1–5	Afghanistan	Nanthaburi, Thailand
16:30	Wisnewski	Report	Mohammadi Gholami Hosseini Ghanbari	Stadium: Nonthaburi Provincial Stadium

6 September 2024 (2024-09-06) Continental Futsal Championship	New Zealand	3–8	Kuwait	Nanthaburi, Thailand
16:30	Grey Twigg	Report	Alabanm Albaujan Borashed Borashed Almasam	Stadium: Nonthaburi Provincial Stadium

15 September 2024 (2024-09-15) FIFA FWC	New Zealand	1–3	Libya	Andijan, Uzbekistan
15:00	Ditfort 39'34"	Report	Khamis 06'39" Zreeg 28'16" Abuksheam 39'22"	Stadium: Andijan Universal Sports Complex Attendance: 1,195 Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)

18 September 2024 (2024-09-18) FIFA FWC	Spain	7–1	New Zealand	Andijan, Uzbekistan
20:00	Mellado 11'14" Gómez 20'18" Catela 24'26", 31'00", 32'04" Gordillo 25'12" Campos 29'50"	Report	Twigg 05'58"	Stadium: Andijan Universal Sports Complex Attendance: 1,993 Referee: Mohamed Youssef (Egypt)

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21) FIFA FWC	Kazakhstan	10–0	New Zealand	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:30	Turegazin 08'14" Daribay 11'44" Knaub 14'18", 15'50", 20'22", 22'25", 36'09" Leo 20'46", 29'36" Wisnewski 30'42" (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Humo Arena Attendance: 3,828 Referee: Ricardo Lay (Panama)

Records

As of 31 March 2024^[4]

Players in bold are still active with New Zealand.

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	First cap	Latest cap
1	Dylan Manickum	66	38	2010	31 March 2024
2	Marvin Eakins	59	?	?	?

References

↑ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
↑ "Futsal Whites Overview". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
↑ "Squad named for first ever FIFA Futsal World Cup appearance". nzfootball.co.nz. New Zealand Football. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
↑ "Futsal Whites Squad named for OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2023". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows New Zealand's head-to-head record in the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	10	−10
Libya	1	1	1	3	−2
Spain	1	1	1	7	−6
Total	3	3	2	20	−18

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[FIFA_Futsal_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.

[2] "Futsal Whites Overview". Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[3] "Squad named for first ever FIFA Futsal World Cup appearance". nzfootball.co.nz. New Zealand Football. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

[4] "Futsal Whites Squad named for OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2023". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

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