2025 in New Zealand football

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

National teams

New Zealand men's national football team

Friendlies

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
	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	Stamenić 59'	Report	Hutsulyak 54' Zinchenko 75'	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]	Wood 6', 56', 60' Singh 17' Wara 23' (o.g.) Payne 33' Barbarouses 73'	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)	Boxall 62' Barbarouses 66' Just 80'	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	Chinchilla 20'	Report	Riley 45+2'	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	Kitching 38'	Report	Castellanos 25' Romero 40' Chirinos 86'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Referee: Seth Galia (Gibraltar)

3 June Friendly	New Zealand	2–1	Venezuela	Algeciras, Spain
18:00 UTC+2	Clegg 45' Hand 73'	Report	Speckmaier 41'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador

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	Brooke-Smith	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Quilín Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

7 June Friendly	Chile	2–1	New Zealand	Santiago
15:30 UTC−4	Silva 9' Rossel 47'	Report	Bulkeley 52'	Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida Attendance: 2,075

2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Chile (H)	Knockout stage
2	New Zealand	Knockout stage
3	Japan	Possible knockout stage
4	Egypt

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	Qualification
1	Mali	Knockout stage
2	New Zealand	Knockout stage
3	Austria	Possible knockout stage
4	Saudi Arabia

First match(es) will be played: 5 November 2025. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

5 November 2025

Mali

v

New Zealand

Aspire Zone, Al Rayyan

8 November 2025

Saudi Arabia

v

New Zealand

Aspire Zone, Al Rayyan

11 November 2025

New Zealand

v

Austria

Aspire Zone, Al Rayyan

New Zealand women’s national under-17 football team

2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Group F

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Japan	Knockout stage
2	New Zealand	Knockout stage
3	Zambia	Possible knockout stage
4	Paraguay

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	Benfica	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Bayern Munich	3	2	0	1	12	2	+10	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Boca Juniors	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Auckland City	3	0	1	2	1	17	−16	1

Source: FIFA

15 June 2025 (2025-06-15)	Bayern Munich	10–0	Auckland City	Cincinnati, United States
12:00 pm EDT	Coman 6', 21' Boey 18' Olise 20', 45+3' Müller 45', 89' Musiala 67', 73' (pen.), 84'	Report		Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 21,152^[5] Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

20 June 2025 (2025-06-20)	Benfica	6–0	Auckland City	Orlando, United States
12:00 pm EDT	Carreras 45+4' Di María 45+8' (pen.), 90+8' (pen.) Kökçü 48' Pavlidis 53' Renato Sanches 63' Barreiro 76', 78' Bajrami 87'	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	Match 37	Boca Juniors	Geodis Park, Nashville
2:00 pm CDT		Report

OFC Competitions

OFC Champions League

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AUC	TIG	PIR	REW
1	Auckland City	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage	—	2−0	1–0	—
2	Tiga Sport	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Knockout stage	—	—	—	4–2
3	Pirae	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4		—	1–1	—	—
4	Rewa	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1		1–1	—	0−1	—

Source: OFC

30 March 2025 (2025-03-30)	Auckland City	1–0	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	2−0	Tiga Sport	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
15:00 UTC+11	Manickum 25' Zeb 90+4'	Report		Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

5 April 2025 (2025-04-05)	Rewa	1–1	Auckland City	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
15:00 UTC+11	Orobulu 90+5'	Report	Zeb 12'	Attendance: 1,077 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Knockout stage

9 April 2025 (2025-04-09)	Auckland City	2−0	Ifira Black Bird	Honiara, Solomon Islands
12:00 (UTC+11)	Zeb 25' Bevan 86'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 1,125 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Final

12 April 2025 (2025-04-12)	Auckland City	2–0	Hekari United	Honiara, Solomon Islands
18:00 (UTC+11)	Bevan 39', 83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

OFC Women's Champions League

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AUC	HEK	PIR	PAN
1	Auckland United	3	3	0	24	1	+23	9	Advance to semi-finals	—	—	—	11–0
2	Hekari Womens	3	2	1	15	2	+13	6	Advance to semi-finals	1–2	—	2–0	—
3	Pirae (H)	3	1	2	6	13	−7	3		0–11	—	—	6–0
4	PanSa	3	0	3	0	29	−29	0		—	0–12	—	—

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

5 May 2025 (2025-05-05)	Pirae	0–11	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	1–2	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	11–0	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	6–1	Henderson Eels	Pirae
15:00	Dugan 3' Benson 5', 18', 28' Pritchard 7' Canham 47'	Report	Pegi 26'	Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 200 Referee: Anahí Fernández (Uruguay)

Final

17 May 2025 (2025-05-17)	Hekari United	0–1	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	Fencibles United	Hamilton Wanderers Melville United	Auckland FC Reserves
Central League	Upper Hutt City	Stop Out Sports Club	None
Southern League	Wānaka	FC Twenty 11	None

National League

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Auckland FC Reserves^[a]
2	Wellington Phoenix Reserves^[a]
3	Northern League 1st place	Qualification to Grand Final and Champions League group stage
4	Northern League 2nd place
5	Northern League 3rd place
6	Northern League 4th place
7	Central League 1st place
8	Central League 2nd place
9	Central League 3rd place
10	Southern League 1st place
11	Southern League 2nd place

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^[8]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Auckland FC Reserves and Wellington Phoenix Reserves can not qualify for the Grand Final.^[8]

Grand final

Northern League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Birkenhead United	14	9	3	2	37	20	+17	30	Winner of Northern League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Western Springs	14	9	2	3	27	15	+12	29	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Eastern Suburbs	15	9	2	4	27	20	+7	29
4	Auckland City	13	8	1	4	22	14	+8	25
5	East Coast Bays	15	7	4	4	21	21	0	25
6	Tauranga City	15	8	0	7	32	25	+7	24
7	Auckland United	15	7	3	5	31	24	+7	24
8	Bay Olympic	15	5	3	7	20	24	−4	18
9	West Coast Rangers	15	3	4	8	23	35	−12	13
10	Fencibles United	15	3	3	9	23	32	−9	12	Relegation to NRFL Championship
11	Auckland FC Reserves^[a]	15	3	2	10	20	29	−9	11	Qualification to National League Championship
12	Manurewa	15	3	1	11	18	42	−24	10	Relegation to NRFL Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 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^[8]
Notes:

^ Auckland FC Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase and cannot be relegated due to the A-League Men requirements.^[9]

Central League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wellington Olympic	10	8	1	1	28	7	+21	25	Winner of Central League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Miramar Rangers	10	7	0	3	27	10	+17	21	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Wellington Phoenix Reserves^[a]	10	6	3	1	27	12	+15	21
4	Western Suburbs	10	5	1	4	29	18	+11	16
5	Napier City Rovers	10	4	3	3	21	15	+6	15
6	Waterside Karori	10	3	3	4	17	27	−10	12
7	Petone	10	3	2	5	28	23	+5	11
8	Island Bay United	10	2	3	5	15	32	−17	9
9	Upper Hutt City	10	2	1	7	9	30	−21	7
10	North Wellington	10	0	3	7	18	45	−27	3	Relegation to Central League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 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^[8]
Notes:

^ Wellington Phoenix Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase and cannot be relegated due to the A-League Men requirements.^[10]

Southern League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Christchurch United	9	7	1	1	41	5	+36	22	Winner of Southern League and qualification to National League Championship
2	Coastal Spirit	9	7	0	2	34	13	+21	21	Qualification to National League Championship
3	Nelson Suburbs	9	5	1	3	21	12	+9	16
4	Cashmere Technical	9	5	1	3	28	21	+7	16
5	Nomads United	9	4	2	3	22	17	+5	14
6	Ferrymead Bays	9	4	2	3	21	19	+2	14
7	Dunedin City Royals	9	4	1	4	15	15	0	13
8	Wānaka	9	3	0	6	11	24	−13	9
9	University of Canterbury	9	1	1	7	12	46	−34	4
10	Selwyn United	9	0	1	8	7	40	−33	1	Relegated to the Nelson Premiership/Canterbury Premiership/Southern Premiership

Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 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^[8]

Cup Competitions

Chatham Cup

Final

2025 Chatham Cup final

Charity Cup

2025 Charity Cup

Women's football

National Women's League

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Canterbury United Pride	Qualification to Grand Final
2	Central Football	Qualification to Grand Final
3	Southern United
4	Wellington Phoenix Reserves^[a]
5	NRFL Women's Premiership 1st
6	NRFL Women's Premiership 2nd
7	NRFL Women's Premiership 3rd
8	NRFL Women's Premiership 4th
9	Capital Football 1
10	Capital Football 2

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^[11]
Notes:

^ Wellington Phoenix Reserves can not qualify for the Grand Final.^[11]

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^[12]

Cup Competitions

Kate Sheppard Cup

Final

Notes

References

^ "International Match (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
^ https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2025/01/18/fiji-reveal-plans-to-be-at-their-best-for-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-against-all-whites/
^ "Behind-closed-doors match called off between Ferns and Chinese Taipei". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
^ "'Safety concerns' force cancellation of Ferns international against Chinese Tapei". friendsoffootballnz.com. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
^ "Match Report: FC Bayern München v. Auckland City FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
^ "Match Report: SL Benfica v. Auckland City FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
^ Rampling, Ali (20 June 2025). "Benfica-Auckland City Club World Cup game endures over two-hour weather delay". The Athletic. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "National League Regulations 2025: Article 29 - NL Format". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
^ "National League Regulations 2022: Article 12". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ "National League Regulations 2022: Article 12". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Men's National League Regulations Season 2024: Article 29 - NL Format". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
^ "LOTTO NRFL Regulations 2024: Appendix 2, Article 7 - Declaration of Winner". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[table_note_WPX0.98116185561808-9] Auckland FC Reserves and Wellington Phoenix Reserves can not qualify for the Grand Final.^[8]

[table_note_AFC0.11164765717073-11] Auckland FC Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase and cannot be relegated due to the A-League Men requirements.^[9]

[table_note_WPX0.020493878526843-13] Wellington Phoenix Reserves gain automatic entry into the National League Championship phase and cannot be relegated due to the A-League Men requirements.^[10]

[table_note_WPX0.080136258658085-15] Wellington Phoenix Reserves can not qualify for the Grand Final.^[11]

[1] "International Match (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

[2] ttps://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2025/01/18/fiji-reveal-plans-to-be-at-their-best-for-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-against-all-whites/

[3] "Behind-closed-doors match called off between Ferns and Chinese Taipei". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.

[4] "'Safety concerns' force cancellation of Ferns international against Chinese Tapei". friendsoffootballnz.com. 6 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.

[5] "Match Report: FC Bayern München v. Auckland City FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 15 June 2025.

[6] "Match Report: SL Benfica v. Auckland City FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.

[7] Rampling, Ali (20 June 2025). "Benfica-Auckland City Club World Cup game endures over two-hour weather delay". The Athletic. Retrieved 21 June 2025.

[regulations-8] "National League Regulations 2025: Article 29 - NL Format". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 5 February 2025.

[A-LeagueChamps-10] "National League Regulations 2022: Article 12". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[phxchamps-12] "National League Regulations 2022: Article 12". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[reg_2025-14] "Men's National League Regulations Season 2024: Article 29 - NL Format". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

[16] "LOTTO NRFL Regulations 2024: Appendix 2, Article 7 - Declaration of Winner". Northern Region Football. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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