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	40 6 (29 August 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 September 21, 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

Futsal rivalries

Australia

Competition	Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
1992 Oceanian Futsal Championship	16 June 1992	Australia	9–2	New Zealand
1992 Oceanian Futsal Championship	19 June 1992	New Zealand	0–3	Australia
1999 Oceanian Futsal Championship	26 August 1999	Australia	10–1	New Zealand
2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship	26 July 2004	New Zealand	0–4	Australia
Trans-Tasman Cup	21 September 2012	New Zealand	0–3	Australia
	22 September 2012	New Zealand	1–6	Australia
	23 September 2012	New Zealand	2–6	Australia
2013 OFC Futsal Championship	26 July 2013	New Zealand	0–2	Australia
Trans-Tasman Cup	11 July 2014	New Zealand	3–5	Australia
	12 July 2014	New Zealand	0–6	Australia
	13 July 2014	New Zealand	1–7	Australia
Trans-Tasman Cup	8 July 2015	New Zealand	2–4	Australia
	9 July 2015	New Zealand	1–6	Australia
	10 July 2015	New Zealand	2–3	Australia
Continental Futsal Championships (Thailand)	8 February 2025	New Zealand	0–1	Australia

Solomon Islands

Competition	Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship	27 July 2004	Solomon Islands	4–8	New Zealand
2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship	8 June 2008	Solomon Islands	5–1	New Zealand
2010 Oceanian Futsal Championship	9 August 2010	Solomon Islands	8–4	New Zealand
2013 OFC Futsal Championship	23 July 2013	New Zealand	7–3	Solomon Islands
2016 OFC Futsal Championship	10 February 2016	Solomon Islands	4–1	New Zealand
2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	2 November 2019	Solomon Islands	5–5^{[n1 1]}	New Zealand
2022 OFC Futsal Cup	18 September 2022	New Zealand	6–2	Solomon Islands
2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	5 October 2023	New Zealand	4–2	Solomon Islands
2025 OFC Futsal Cup	20 September 2025	New Zealand	1–2	Solomon Islands

Notes

↑ Score was 5–5 after 40 minutes and extra time. Solomon Islands won the penalty shoot-out 2–1.

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

2024

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)

2025

5 September 2025 (2025-09-05) CFA Tournament	New Zealand	0–3	Myanmar	Shijiazhuang, China
10:30		Report		Stadium: Shijiazhuang College Sports Venue

6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) CFA Tournament	Cambodia	2–5	New Zealand	Shijiazhuang, China
10:30		Report	Grey Cameron Martin	Stadium: Shijiazhuang College Sports Venue

8 September 2025 (2025-09-08) CFA Tournament	New Zealand	1–2	Indonesia	Shijiazhuang, China
13:30		Report		Stadium: Shijiazhuang College Sports Venue

9 September 2025 (2025-09-09) CFA Tournament	New Zealand	4–5	United Arab Emirates	Shijiazhuang, China
10:30	Piken Fatialofa Ashby-Peckham	Report		Stadium: Shijiazhuang College Sports Venue

11 September 2025 (2025-09-11) CFA Tournament	New Zealand	8–4	Cambodia	Shijiazhuang, China
10:30	Cameron Ali Wink Ditfort Sharplin Martin	Report		Stadium: Shijiazhuang College Sports Venue

20 September 2025 (2025-09-20) OFC Cup	New Zealand	1–2	Solomon Islands	Suva, Fiji
16:00	Wisnewski 18'	Report	Tovoa 11' Bunabo 31'	Stadium: Vodafone Arena Attendance: 700 Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)

21 September 2025 (2025-09-21) OFC Cup	New Zealand	v	Tuvalu	Suva, Fiji
19:00		Report		Stadium: Vodafone Arena

23 September 2025 (2025-09-23) OFC Cup	Fiji	v	New Zealand	Suva, Fiji
16:00		Report		Stadium: Vodafone Arena

24 September 2025 (2025-09-24) OFC Cup	Vanuatu	v	New Zealand	Suva, Fiji
19:00		Report		Stadium: Vodafone Arena

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. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 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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[3] Score was 5–5 after 40 minutes and extra time. Solomon Islands won the penalty shoot-out 2–1.

[FIFA_Futsal_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.

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

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

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

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