ANNUAL REPORT 2016 CONTENTS

01 FROM THE TOP 6 Honorary President’s Report 8-9 President’s Report 10-11 General Secretary’s Report 12-13 02 ON THE WORLD STAGE 14 Technical Director’s Report 16-17 All Whites 18-19 All Whites Review Progress 20-21 Ferns 22-23 Age-Groups 24 Futsal Whites 25 International Results 26-29 03 125TH ANNIVERSARY 30-31 04 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL 32 McDonald’s Junior Football 34-35 Community Football Director’s Report 36-37 Technical Development 38-39 Injury Prevention Programme 40-41 Girls and Women’s Development 42-43 Referee Development 44-45 Futsal Development 46-47 05 DOMESTIC RESULTS 48-55 FOOTBALL FOUNDATION 56-57 “I don’t consider myself an expert on football but I am really passionate about the game and am 06 proud to be Patron of the All Whites. THE NUMBERS 58

07 Chief Financial Officer’s Report 60-61 As Prime Minister of , I had the privilege of witnessing first-hand the All Whites’ exploits at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and enjoyed the huge honour of walking Financial Statements 62-70 out onto the pitch after the incredible 1-1 draw with defending champions Italy. Like millions of Audit and Compliance Report 71 other Kiwis, I will never forget the excitement of that undefeated run as made headlines all over the world. Sponsor Acknowledgements 72-73

The impact those heroics had on the growth of the beautiful game in this country was massive and, if we can qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in , I am sure the whole of New One hundred and twenty seventh Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 12 months to the year ended December 31, 2016 This Annual Report and Financial Statements will be presented at the 127th New Zealand Football Annual Congress to be held at Sudima Airport Hotel, Airpark Zealand will once again be united behind the All Whites as football continues to go from Drive, Auckland on May 25th, 2017 strength to strength here. Officers of the Association for June 2016 to May 2017 Patron: Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy Governor-General of New Zealand As the newly-named Patron and Ambassador for ISPS Handa, I am looking forward to seeing Honorary President: Mr Garth Gallaway the effect of that elite success at a grassroots level as New Zealand Football continues to Immediate Past President: Mr Nicholas Davidson QC Honorary Members: J Arnold, G Billing, A Boniface QSM, L Coffman QSM, J Denley, K Dobbie, A Edwards, C J Lawrie, T W McLean, R Pelosi, E Phillips, B J Smith operate one of the country’s leading community sport systems.” Past Honorary Members: H Dods Life Members: R Bovelander, A Egan, T J Killalea, E M Langridge QSM, S C Goodman, I R Steer, J F Walker, R Wilson, A C Winkworth, I Vuksich, F Van Hattum, A Jones Right Honourable former Prime Minister John Key Past Life Members: S Sumner, B L Swarbrick New Zealand Football Referees – Life Members: A Boniface QCM, L Coffman QSM, N Cotton, W de Bock, R de Raat, T Delahunty, J Denley, K Dobbie, G Fleet, D Gleave, F ISPS Handa Patron and International Ambassador Hall, J B Hulton, N Jemmett, R McDonald, J McMillan, W Moffat, S Moore, A Palmer, R Paterson, J Reid, I Williamson, N Wiseman Patron of the All Whites Meritorious Services to Football: Rod Pelosi, Barrie Truman Auditor: KPMG Solicitor: Shieff Angland Honorary Historian: Barry Smith Returning Officer: The Honorary President Executive Committee for 2016: Deryck Shaw (President), Michael Anderson (Vice-President), Mark Aspden, Phil Barry, Caroline Beaumont, Paul Cochrane, Sue Griffin, Scott Moran, Mike Killick FIFA Committee members (Committee & status): Deryck Shaw (Football Stakeholders Committee), Andy Smith (Development Committee), Andrew Scott-Howman (Players’ Status Committee), Kevin Stoltenkamp (Referees’ Committee) New Zealand Football wishes to acknowledge Photosport, Shane Wenzlick and FIFA (via Getty Images) as the major contributors of photographs 2 Design by Sidekick Creative Ltd 3 2016 HIGHLIGHTS

• The All Whites winning the OFC Nations Cup in Papua New Guinea in June to qualify for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, Anthony Hudson’s side winning all five matches and conceding no goals from open play

• The Football Ferns footing it with the world’s best at the Rio Olympic Games under coach Tony Readings, competing well against heavyweights USA and France while earning a 1-0 win over Colombia for their second ever victory at an Olympics

• The 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup report proving that significant benefits were delivered to New Zealand by its hosting, including an increase in national GDP of $30.42m – providing a 134 per cent return on national investment – while $5m was invested in football infrastructure

• Celebrations to mark the 125th Anniversary of New Zealand Football, which included donations of $1 million to the New Zealand Football Foundation

• New partners ISPS Handa and Stirling Sports coming on board to sponsor the and men’s national league respectively, including Dr Haruhisa Handa making headlines around the world when he sang opera in a press conference

• The Stirling Sports Premiership expanding to 10 teams after the introduction of Eastern Suburbs, Hamilton Wanderers (replacing WaiBOP United) and , with regular live broadcasts of matches and a weekly magazine show continuing through SKY Sport

• New Zealand qualifying for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Korea Republic while the national age-group women’s teams also perform strongly on the global stage, the U-17s sweeping aside hosts Jordan 5-0 at their World Cup before the U-20s defeated Ghana 1-0 in Papua New Guinea

• The launching of the National Curriculum and Youth Framework which, alongside the award-winning Whole of Football and Beyond Football plans, provide a unified direction for the future of the game

• Over 5,000 fans creating an amazing atmosphere at QBE Stadium in Auckland on cup finals day, when Birkenhead United and Forrest Hill Milford United earn the first Chatham Cup and Women’s Knockout Cup titles in their history

• In collaboration with ACC SportSmart and the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), the launching of the AEDs in Clubs Programme, which aims to save lives by supporting football clubs in having access to an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

• The continued progress of futsal, including bidding to host the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup and revamping the Futsal National League to introduce an extended format

• Recognition for New Zealand’s elite referees on the world stage with Matt Conger, Anna-Marie Keighley, Simon Lount and Sarah Jones officiating at the Rio Olympic Games, Jones becoming the first Kiwi woman appointed to the Hyundai A-League panel and Chris Sinclair taking part in the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia

• Coach Development breaking new ground with the completion of inaugural OFC/NZF A-Licence and B-Licence qualifications, as well as the introduction of qualification criteria to coach in national competitions

• The All Whites finishing the year on a high with strong performances on a two-match tour of the USA – including a 1-1 draw with World No 26 USA – and an undefeated start to Stage 3 of OFC qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup

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Honorary President’s Report 8-9 President’s Report 10-11 General Secretary’s Report 12-13

6 7 FROM THE TOP 01 HONORARY PRESIDENT’S REPORT

It is with a strong sense of optimism and excitement across New Zealand are paying dividends. It was In terms of performances on the field, the All The Football Ferns became just the second New that I write my second report as Honorary President significant that both the boy’s and girl’s finals were Whites’ showings against Mexico and the USA Zealand side to win a match at the Olympic Games of New Zealand Football. screened live on SKY Sport. in October were uplifting. They followed this up when they beat Colombia 1-0 in Rio. And earlier in with difficult home-and-away games against New 2016 the team’s performances at the Algarve Cup My optimism is fuelled by what I see happening Perhaps not surprisingly, my excitement stems from Caledonia in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. If we were memorable with a narrow loss to Brazil, a draw at all levels on and off the football field, and the fact that the All Whites will soon kick off the 2017 can make it through the final stage of OFC qualifying against Russia and a win over Portugal. particularly having watched a son play in the Youth FIFA Confederations Cup when they play Russia in St in August and September of 2017, we will await the Football Development Trust (YFDT) U-17 Youth Petersburg. This will be followed by games against Intercontinental Playoff in November which will At age-group level, the men’s U-20 team performed Football Tournament held in Auckland recently. The Portugal and Mexico - New Zealand Football will include home-and-away fixtures against a South credibly in winning the OFC U-20 Championship. The tournament was superbly organised and the talent truly be on the world stage and the opening game, American team which is yet to be determined. A U-17 women’s team were very dominant winners of on display was a delight to see, both male and female. in particular, against the host nation is a mouth- special night awaits in for the home their OFC championship and the U-20 side performed While never wanting to take anything for granted, it watering prospect. Opportunities like this have been fixture. credibly at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. seems to me that the high quality of football played, few and far between for New Zealand football teams the excellent coaching and the very significant parent in the past and I know that the team goes with our At a time when we celebrate FIFA’s expansion of the support confirms that the various talent programmes very best wishes. World Cup in 2026 to 48 teams, it really feels that things are in very good heart in New Zealand and that our men’s and women’s teams will continue to feature in international competitions - and genuinely compete in them.

Again, I would like to thank the Executive Committee who have guided New Zealand Football so expertly throughout the year. Special thanks go to President Deryck Shaw for his determined and conscientious leadership. Congratulations are due also to Deryck for his appointment to FIFA’s Football Stakeholders Committee. Thanks also to Andy Martin and all the team at New Zealand Football for your hard work and passion for the game in New Zealand.

The New Zealand Football Foundation continues to offer some exciting possibilities. Once again, Mark Stewart has performed admirably as Chair and his extraordinary generosity in matching Sir Eion Edgar’s equally wonderful donation of $500,000 (announced at the 125th New Zealand Football Anniversary dinner) has enabled the foundation to establish a fund of substance. The goal remains to grow this fund significantly so that the foundation can make strong contributions to the game in New Zealand.

Garth Gallaway - Honorary President

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It is an exciting time for football on the world, Oceania There is a renewed sense of hope that FIFA under The All Whites went from strength to strength in 2016 There have been changes at the highest level with and local stage. Gianni’s guidance will return to and deliver its and are now in a great position to make headlines on FIFA to recognise the strategic importance of women mandate to develop football everywhere and for the world stage when they attempt to qualify for the and futsal. New Zealand Football is already advanced Domestically, the growth and profile of the game at all all. Gianni, who has shown he is not afraid of making 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Anthony Hudson has in this space. Last year showed the amazing growth levels has been increasing and New Zealand Football change, has implemented reforms and a new structure done a superb job of building his team over his time in of affiliated player numbers in women’s football has been lively in working with our key partners with at the organisation which was much needed. He is a charge. The achievement of winning the OFC Nations and the futsal game which now holds a place in the federations, clubs, players and referees delivering firm believer that FIFA governs football in the whole Cup means we can look forward to seeing the All primary and secondary school curriculum involving a quality experience on and off the pitch. Football is world and its main purpose must be to promote and Whites compete at the FIFA Confederations Cup in approximately 30,000 students. This has now a team game and our involvement with the Football manage the game. Russia this June. elevated futsal to the 11th most-played sport in Foundation and Friends of Football delivered a schools – just ahead of . memorable celebration of the 125th year of New It is this line of thinking that has seen the FIFA World The Football Ferns travelled to the Rio Olympic Zealand Football in 2016. Cup from 2026 expanded to 48 teams and Congress Games with high hopes but came up against a huge We have also seen an increase in interest in the game recently indicated in the early votes that this will challenge with the World No 1 USA and World No from those wanting to get involved in football in a At the global level, New Zealand Football has mean direct entry to the World Cup for one team 3 France in their group. Still, there were hugely match official capacity. It has been encouraging to invested in the Football Ferns, All Whites and age- from the Oceania region. encouraging signs for the future. see such an increased interest in this aspect of the group teams to provide a platform for their success game and the number of new recruits bodes well for and will continue to do so to ensure that we provide This is great for the Oceania region as a whole. Our age-group teams continue to excel. The New healthy numbers in the future. teams that can deliver in all competitions. We can all remember how special it was in 2009 Zealand U-20 men did a fine job of winning the OFC when the All Whites booked their ticket to the FIFA U-20 Championship in Vanuatu and will compete in The New Zealand Football staff put in incredible work Oceania is important to New Zealand as we become World Cup in South Africa. It captured a nation and the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Korea Republic in May during the past 12 months and are very dedicated more active in growing and enhancing the game in inspired massive growth in our game and for future and the national U-17 and U-20 women both managed to the strategic priorities of more Kiwis loving and our region and play an active role in profiling football generations of New Zealanders to grow up loving and wins at their respective FIFA World Cups in 2016. playing football and our elite teams winning at global capability in our part of the world. playing football. pinnacle events. In the community game, we can all be proud that As recognition of New Zealand Football capability, I can say with real pride that New Zealand Football is football has continued to maintain its position as the We are well aligned with FIFA’s mandate to develop we were asked to present our strategic plan to a FIFA well positioned to take advantage of the changes in most popular team with the football everywhere and for all and are well Member Association Summit hosted by new FIFA the future, but we are also in a great place right now continued growth in participation numbers. positioned to continue growing the beautiful game in President Gianni Infantino in Singapore in late 2016. and leading the way as a national sports organisation New Zealand. This was well received and is seen as a model to assist in this country. We have built a strong platform through the many FIFA Member Associations. introduction of the Whole of Football Plan and this Thanks to everyone who helps make football happen When I look back on 2016, it was a watershed year continues to attract participants from across the in this country every year. We appreciate all of the A lot has happened globally in football since the in football for many and varied reasons. New Zealand spectrum of age, race and gender. Football in New hours and hard work that goes into building the sport’s election of our new FIFA President and I said at the Football, our federations and clubs have all finished Zealand proudly encourages participation from all future for the next generations to come. My special time when he was appointed at the start of the year the year in a strong position. members of our diverse society without prejudice. thanks to my fellow Exco members, to our CEO and that Gianni’s appointment would be great news for staff, to the federation chairs and boards and their New Zealand Football going forward and so it has staff, Friends of Football, Football Foundation and to proved. the players and volunteers who, week-in and week- out, contribute so much to the sport.

Deryck Shaw - President

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It is great to look back on 2016 and celebrate the enough football fields and facilities to meet the The national cup finals were a huge success in 2016. The Football Ferns went to the Rio Olympic Games many achievements across the sport for not only New demand of our rapidly growing sport. Going forward, It was a special day in September when we had more and competed well with two of the world’s best Zealand Football but also our federations and clubs. priority will be given to regions around New Zealand than 5,000 fans at QBE Stadium. Birkenhead United teams in USA and France. Despite not qualifying for where the demand for football facilities is currently and Forrest Hill Milford United won the Chatham the latter stages, they did defeat Colombia 1-0 for We are proud to be able to report that football not being met. Cup and Women’s Knockout Cup respectively for the only the second ever win of a New Zealand team at remains the most popular team sport in New Zealand first time. an Olympic Games or senior FIFA World Cup. Tony with 6.3 per cent of the adult population participating have once again recognised the Readings’ team secured longer-term funding from in our game. great work we are doing in community sport and The Futsal National League continued to develop. For High Performance Sport New Zealand - three-year committed $3.4m over four years to New Zealand the first time, each of the eight competing federation- investment of $1.5m towards their 2019 FIFA World The award-winning Whole of Football Plan, introduced Football’s market-leading Whole of Football Plan. based teams hosted home fixtures. An ever-growing Cup and 2020 Olympic campaigns. in 2011, has stood the test of time and continues to live stream audience clicked in with around 500,000 deliver incredible results. New Zealand Football has While much of the work was about maintaining minutes viewed live by the futsal community. In September, the U-20 men became champions of established the country’s leading community sport momentum, there was also new ground broken Oceania for the sixth time after beating Vanuatu 5-0 system and it is delivering great numbers. in 2016. Towards the end of 2016, we had the chance to reflect in the final. They will now compete in the FIFA U-20 on a proud heritage and the many highlights over the World Cup in Korea Republic in May. A total of 71 per cent of boys and 52 per cent of We were pleased to launch the National Curriculum years as we celebrated the 125th Anniversary of New girls participate in football with junior and youth and Youth Framework. The National Curriculum Zealand Football. Gareth Turnbull’s team finished the FIFA U-17 participation having grown by 35 per cent and 50 per serves as a guide for player, coach and team Women’s World Cup on a high when they defeated cent respectively. development. It provides a unified vision for the It was a great time for the past, present and future Jordan 5-0 in their final game and Leon Birnie’s U-20 future direction of the world game in New Zealand of the New Zealand Football community to come women opened their campaign at the FIFA U-20 In 2016, we reached more than 150,000 registered and is core to everything we do. together and celebrate the many moments of success Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea with an participants across the game for the first time – including the late, great who enjoyed impressive 1-0 win over Ghana. (126,000 affiliated participants alone and approx. Stage one of the Whole of Football Plan focused on a central role on the night. 24,000 secondary school players) and, since the the Junior Framework where 350 clubs across the Four New Zealand Football referees - Matt Conger inception of the Whole of Football Plan, women’s country now offer a quality junior football experience The year was also successful in the commercial and Anna-Marie Keighley (referees) and Simon Lount affiliated player numbers have grown by 30 per cent. to their members. part of our business. We continued our long-term and Sarah Jones (assistant referees) - represented partnerships with our junior football partner OFC at the Rio Olympic Games, while Chris Sinclair Futsal has also achieved some incredible results New Zealand Football created an Injury Prevention McDonald’s and our apparel partner Nike. officiated at the FIFA Futsal World Cup, and Jones with the small-sided game being embedded into the Team in 2016 which made a significant positive became the first New Zealand woman appointed to curriculum of primary and secondary schools around impact. We partnered with ACC and FIFA to We also partnered with 5 + A Day. The Charitable the Hyundai A-League panel. New Zealand. As a result, the sport has experienced implement the FIFA 11+ warm-up and injury Trust helped us supply fresh fruit and vegetables significant growth in 2016 with over 22,000 prevention programme around the country. There to both schools and our Rio-bound Football Ferns. There were many success stories in 2016. With the All registered players, both male and female, enjoying are now seven Injury Prevention Managers in the National sports retailer Stirling Sports came on board Whites at the FIFA Confederations Cup in June and the shorter, faster version of the game. federations and they work on the guiding principle of as the naming rights partner for the Stirling Sports the team looking to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World enhancing performance through prevention. Premiership. Cup, we look forward to this presence on the world Of course, the critical enablers of the game need to stage inspiring further growth in our beautiful game. grow to meet this demand. New Zealand Football now Our national competitions went from strength Last year was of course a hugely successful one for has a registered referee and match official network of to strength in 2016. Team Wellington were the the High Performance area of our business. We would like to thank all of our stakeholders for more than 1,100 and over 3,000 Club Based Referees. champions at the end of the ASB Premiership in their continued commitment and dedication during In 2016, Anthony Hudson’s team built the foundation March with two extra-time goals to beat Auckland the year without which none of this would be possible. The Coach Development programme and network City 4-2. for 2017 where they will look to qualify for the 2018 are flourishing with opportunities available across all FIFA World Cup in Russia. They won the OFC Nations Andy Martin - General Secretary seven member federations. More than 6,000 coaches We went on to secure Stirling Sports as the naming Cup, defeating Papua New Guinea 4-2 in the final in are now being developed per year through pathway rights partner of the Stirling Sports Premiership for a penalty shootout. Through winning the Nations courses and informal workshops. the 2016/17 season and, with the introduction of Cup, the All Whites will compete at the 2017 FIFA three new teams - Eastern Suburbs, Tasman United Confederations Cup in Russia where they have been The inaugural OFC/NZF A-Licence with 24 candidates and Hamilton Wanderers - it has been a highly drawn against Russia, Mexico and Portugal in the from New Zealand and OFC Member Associations competitive league in 2016. opening group. was completed in 2016 with Cohort 2 starting in February 2017. The Premiership continued to be live broadcast on SKY Later in the year, on a tour of the USA, great results Sport, with 23 live games and a weekly magazine show against highly-ranked Mexico (lost 2-1) and USA The expansion of the New Zealand Football Coach highlighting what is happening in football. (drew 1-1) showed the world the great potential of Development Pathway now includes goalkeeping the All Whites. In November, scored an and futsal specific courses. New Zealand Football Canterbury United Pride won their third National important double at QBE Stadium as New Zealand boasts over 17,000 active coaches registered in the Women’s League title in four years when they defeated defeated 2-0 in Albany. They then New Zealand Football Coaches Database across Capital Football 2-0 in the final at English Park. The went on to draw 0-0 in Kone to secure four points in Community Coaching and Advanced Coaching. National Women’s League was well received in 2016 Stage 3 of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It and there is growing support to expand the competition goes without saying that 2017 is a massive year for During the year, New Zealand Football completed in the future which will be reviewed by New Zealand the All Whites. a National Facilities review to ensure that we have Football and the federations during 2017.

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Technical Director’s Report 16-17 All Whites 18-19 All Whites Review Progress 20-21 Football Ferns 22-23 Age-Groups 24 Futsal Whites 25 International Results 26-29

14 15 ON THE WORLD STAGE 02 TECHNICAL DIRECTOR’S REPORT

The High Performance team had another successful potential for the FIFA Confederations Cup with Anthony has put tremendous processes in place. He The High Performance team would like to thank year in 2016 as our national teams showed their solid performances against Mexico and the USA. An is very thorough in his preparations, there is great everyone who has contributed to our international ability on the world stage. exciting year lies ahead with the remaining FIFA World communication to the players, a great coaching programme throughout 2016. We look forward to Cup qualifying group games against in March and methodology, a clear philosophy and a good culture. building on the success achieved and continuing the The All Whites progressed towards qualification the enticing prospect of playing Russia, Mexico and In the All Whites environment, I see all the things you implementation of the Beyond Football Plan in 2017. for Russia in 2018 and took a significant step when Portugal in June. would expect from a top team and a top coach. they won the OFC Nations Cup in May. Head coach For me personally, I decided in December that I would Anthony Hudson’s work in increasing the depth of The country’s elite teams are in great shape, with the The Football Ferns continued to make significant step down from my role as Technical Director for players allied to a diligent and thorough preparation All Whites preparing for a 12-month period which strides on the global stage and performed resolutely personal reasons. It is never an easy decision to step programme paid full dividends when the All Whites includes the ‘Tournament of Champions’ and the final in the Rio Olympic Games. Once again, the Ferns down from a role that you love but the great thing is came through a tough 10 days to beat Papua New phases of their bid to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World won in the group stage against a highly-competitive I know I leave New Zealand Football and our High Guinea in a tight final. Anyone who has been to Papua Cup in Russia. Only two All Whites teams have ever Colombia side but unfortunately were unable to Performance team in a great place. New Guinea will appreciate how tough it is to win made the FIFA World Cup but there is huge belief in progress after sterling performances against two there and the All Whites showed great character to this group that they can emulate that feat. of the top three teams in the world - France and the The organisation is performing well and so much is confirm their place in the FIFA Confederations Cup USA. The Ferns are closing the gap on the world’s top going into the growth of the game. I see calm waters this year. nations and the next four years presents an exciting ahead. There is a clear strategy and direction and opportunity to take them to the next level. Under the team at New Zealand Football are committed At the end of 2016, they continued their rich vein Tony Readings, the Ferns have made massive strides to bringing that to life. I look forward to seeing that of form on their “Road to Russia” with a win and a and they are very well placed with the experience and growth and further success of New Zealand teams on draw against New Caledonia and indicated their exciting young players in their squad to do really well the world stage. at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Rob Sherman The age group teams continue to progress on the Technical Director world stage with the Women’s U-17 and U-20 teams competing at their FIFA World Cups in 2016. The U-17 Women competed in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Jordan where they finished on a high defeating the hosts 5-0 in their final game. Leon Birnie led the U-20 Women to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea where they opened their campaign with an impressive 1-0 over Ghana. The U-20 men qualified once again for the U-20 FIFA World Cup securing their sixth OFC U-20 Championship in Vanuatu. The U-17’s followed suit early in 2017 and will play in the FIFA U-17 World Cup in October in India. Whilst it is important to qualify for the FIFA World Cup age-group tournaments the impetus of these programmes must be to help identify future Ferns and All Whites and develop players who can play at the top level.

The launch of the National Curriculum is another significant step towards developing players for the world stage. Based on extensive research and world trends, the National Curriculum serves as a guide for player, coach and team development. Alongside the award-winning Whole of Football and Beyond Football plans, it provides a unified vision for the future direction of the world game in New Zealand and an overarching template for national teams.

The Futsal Whites programme continues to develop and in 2016 they won every game at the OFC Futsal Championship apart from one – against Solomon Islands – to finish runner-up. There is some exciting news in futsal to come in 2017 in one of the fastest- growing sectors in our sport.

The above achievements are all indicators that the key pillars of the Beyond Football Plan which have been initiated are setting a new direction for elite football in New Zealand.

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The All Whites went from strength to strength in The two sides could not be separated after 90 Skipper came back into the international Back home the team was keen to continue that 2016 as coach Anthony Hudson built the foundation minutes, and after another 30 minutes of extra time, fold and made a huge difference as they competed momentum and did so with a clinical performance for a massive campaign on the world stage in 2017. before the All Whites prevailed 4-2 in a nail-biting well with World No 15 Mexico (lost 2-1) and then against New Caledonia in the OFC Stage 3 Qualifiers penalty shootout in front of a near-capacity crowd at the World No 24 USA (drew 1-1) in Nashville and for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. After physically-demanding training camps in Sir John Guise Stadium. Washington respectively. Auckland and Brisbane, the team began the year The OFC Nations Cup champions were at home for in Papua New Guinea where they showed great All Whites goalkeeper was the hero Rojas, who had returned to the Hyundai A-League the first time in two years and marked that with a 2-0 character to lift the OFC Nations Cup for a fifth time. as he saved two penalties in the shootout for the OFC at the Melbourne Victory, was back to his best and win thanks to an important double from Rojas at QBE Nations Cup title. All Whites midfielder Marco Rojas scored a great goal against Mexico on the end of a Stadium in Albany. They opened the tournament in Port Moresby with finished the job and the team celebrated their first perfect cross from . wins over Fiji (3-1), Vanuatu (5-0) and Solomon Islands piece of silverware under Hudson. Three days later, Hudson’s team backed up that (1-0) before coming up against New Caledonia in the A few days later in Washington, the All Whites performance with a 0-0 draw with New Caledonia semi-final where a long range free-kick from Through winning the OFC Nations Cup, the All Whites backed up that effort against the USA. Reid delivered in Kone and banked a vital four points as they took Chris Wood was the difference in a 1-0 win. will compete at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in an incredible performance in the heart of the another step towards Russia. Russia and have been drawn against the hosts, Mexico New Zealand defence and young forward Monty The All Whites met hosts Papua New Guinea, who had and Portugal. Patterson scored his maiden goal for the All Whites The All Whites have a massive year coming up in 2017 defeated the Solomon Islands 2-1 in their semi-final, as they drew 1-1 with the hosts. The tour underlined and Hudson has proven he has a team that is capable in the championship final with the winner claiming a In October, the All Whites toured the USA and the team’s chances of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA of achieving great things on the world stage. place at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. showed the world the great potential of the team with World Cup in Russia. their full squad available and also consistent time on the training pitch together.

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ALL WHITES REVIEW PROGRESS

ISSUE RECOMMENDATION ACTION REQUIRED RESPONSIBILITY TIMEFRAME

PLANNING AND PREPARATION PLANNING AND PREPARATION

1. Planning and a) NZF agree and implement a four-year plan for the All Whites. Documentation of a four-year plan for the All Whites underpinned by annual HPD and Head Coach Status - Completed preparation operating plans. The four-year plan to include: The four-year plan will be fit for purpose, innovative and original. The plan will focus on the critical success factors and • Activity plan will be underpinned by annual operating plans focusing on how the performance needs of the team will be met. • Stakeholder and relationship plan • Financials • KPI’s and reporting schedule

b) A Planning Group will be established to assist in the development of the four-year plan. Establishment of an All White Planning Group to assist in the development of the HPD Status - Completed four-year plan and to provide input into All White activity and logistical challenges. The Planning Group will consider and find solutions to the logistical and other challenges the All Whites face.

c) Key aspects of the four-year and annual operating plans to be communicated to All Whites key stakeholders. Include Stakeholder and Relationship Plan in the All White plan - (see 1a) Status - Completed

2. Measures of a) Qualification for the 2018 World Cup is a realistic goal for the All Whites. Qualifying for the Confederations Cup is Regular reviews of the All Whites plans to be scheduled by the Planning Group HPD and Head Coach Status - Completed / Ongoing success and activity critical.

The All Whites’ plans are to be regularly reviewed by the Planning Group to track performance and make adjustments as necessary.

3. Resourcing and a) The level of investment into the All Whites programme to be determined by and in conjunction with the All Whites Ensure four-year budget included in All Whites plan - (see 1a) HPD Status - Completed support four-year plan and is to be integrated into NZF’s overall High Performance Plan (HPP).

4. Programme of a) NZF to ensure the All Whites have a programme of activity to meet the team’s preparation and performance needs. Include annual Activity Plan in All White four-year plan - (see 1a) HPD and Planning 2 Year Plan - Completed activity Group 4 Year Plan - Completed / Ongoing

RELATIONSHIPS RELATIONSHIPS

5. Relationships a) Following appointment of the Head Coach, NZF to facilitate a series of meetings between the Head Coach, NZF Include Stakeholder and Relationship Plan in the All Whites four-year plan - (see 1a) HPD and Head Coach Status - Completed (board and staff) and the players (senior players and PFA representatives) to discuss and agree a vision for the All Whites going forward.

6. Alignment of a) Key stakeholders to be aligned behind the All Whites plan and to honour the commitments and compromises Ensure management of all stakeholders is documented in the All White plan - Status - Completed stakeholders contained therein. (see 1a)

b) New Zealand teams to adopt a style of football that suits New Zealand players and conditions so that players have Status - Completed / Ongoing the requisite skills to transition into All Whites environment.

7. NZF Board and a) The NZF Board to retain responsibility and accountability for the strategic outcomes of the HPP and All Whites Set KPI’s for Head Coach on the implementation of the All White plans. CEO and HPD Status – Completed / Ongoing management decision plans. The Head Coach under the supervision of the High Performance Director and Chief Executive Officer will be making responsible for the implementation of the plans. Regular reviews of HPP and All White plans to be scheduled with reporting back to the NZF Board.

TEAM TEAM

8. Performance a) The All Whites need to transform their performance culture into one of ownership, accountability and leadership. Engage an external facilitator to transform the All Whites performance culture HPD Status - Completed culture

9. Structure of a) The immediate priority is the appointment of a Head Coach. The Head Coach needs to be the architect of the All Advertise for All White Head Coach position HPD Status - Completed management Whites plan.

b) The All Whites management team’s performance to be formally reviewed at least annually through implementation Implement performance management system for All White management team HPD Status - Completed of a performance management system.

10. Leadership a) The Head Coach and players to prioritise the formation of a Leadership Group to provide a forum for players to have Implement a Leadership Group that provides input into all aspects of the All White Head Coach Status – Completed input into all aspects of their environment. environment

20 21 ON THE WORLD STAGE 02 FOOTBALL FERNS SUMMARY

The Football Ferns went into 2016 with the goal Two months later, the squad assembled in Australia The Kiwis celebrations were muted by the late Some long-time players for the Ferns – striker Sarah of peaking for the pinnacle event of the year – the and were keen to upset their Trans-Tasman rival in sending off of skipper for an insignificant Gregorius and goalkeeper – called time Rio Olympic Games in August. After enjoying good two international friendlies. The Matildas showed challenge. In an extraordinary move, FIFA overturned on their international careers while assistant coaches success four years earlier – where they made the their class in the opening fixture at Ballarat – where the red card and Erceg was able to play in the Ferns’ Aaron McFarland and also finished quarter-finals in London 2012, losing to eventual they won 2-0 – before the Ferns turned on an inspiring final pool game against France. It was a big moment in with the team. champions USA – hopes were high that the team could performance at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. the team’s campaign. again have another successful tournament. During the year, and Kirsty Yallop joined a New Zealand dominated the match and went ahead The equation was simple – win or draw against the special club in the Football Ferns when they played Tony Readings’ team began the year in confident when midfielder hit a long-range strike World No 3 and the Ferns would progress to the their 100th A International for New Zealand. They fashion when they defeated Papua New Guinea 7-1 to score her first ever goal for the Ferns. The Matildas knockout stages. joined the likes of Abby Erceg, , Ria in the final stage of the OFC Olympic qualifiers. After came back into the match and Lisa De Vanna scored Percival and as centurions. being soundly beaten at home, Papua New Guinea to get the hosts back on level terms. It finished 1-1 but A double from Louisa Cadamuro – including a late withdrew from the away leg and the Ferns’ place the Kiwis took huge confidence from dominating a penalty – and a goal to substitute Eugenie Le Sommer Readings finished the year by coaching a New Zealand among the football elite in Rio was confirmed. world-class side. saw France defeat New Zealand 3-0 and effectively ‘A’ side for a two-match series against Thailand in knock them out of the tournament. Auckland. In March, the Ferns looked to continue their In Brazil, the Ferns began their warm-up with a momentum for their maiden appearance at the convincing 4-1 win over South Africa to signal they On the back of the performance in Rio, the Ferns staff Captain Abby Erceg, and Algarve Cup in Portugal against world-class were ready to face the World No 1 USA in the opening presented a strong plan and were pleased to secure returned home for the fixtures which were a good opposition. New Zealand opened the tournament game of the tournament. longer-term funding from High Performance Sport chance to blend the best of the New Zealand U-17 and in Lagos with a narrow loss to Brazil (1-0) before New Zealand (HPSNZ) to continue their progress on U-20 squads who competed at the age-group FIFA drawing with Russia (0-0) and then an Amber Hearn The Football Ferns went to the Rio Olympics with high the world stage. World Cups with the finest of the home-based players. goal earned a 1-0 win over the hosts Portugal in their hopes of upsetting two of the world’s best teams in final pool match. USA and France to get out of their group but came up HPSNZ announced that the Football Ferns have Kate Loye and White scored the goals in the opening just short. USA showed their class in the big moments secured a three-year investment of $1.5m towards 2-0 win at Mt Smart Stadium and an inspired The Ferns finished fourth after a dramatic penalty to win the opening game 2-0 in Belo Horizonte before their 2019 FIFA World Cup and 2020 Olympic performance from off the bench saw shootout loss to Iceland. New Zealand went behind the Ferns faced a must-win match against Colombia at campaigns. the hosts come from behind to defeat Thailand 3-1 in in the 27th minute after a goal to Andrea Ran the same venue three days later. Whenuapai. Hauksdottir but Amber Hearn scored her 50th goal Whilst the funding commitment is at a reduced level for New Zealand to get the Ferns back on level terms. Prolific goal scorer Amber Hearn was in the thick of from previous years, New Zealand Football have been The first steps of strengthening the Football Ferns Both teams scored each of their five penalty kicks the action once again and scored a fine goal in the first able to bridge the gap given the strategic importance towards the 2019 FIFA World Cup and the 2020 before Anna Green’s effort from the spot was saved half that proved to be the difference in a 1-0 win. It of women’s football in New Zealand. Tokyo Olympics were complete and there were bright and the Ferns had to settle for fourth place. was only the second ever win for a New Zealand team signs that there is even more to come from a team that at an Olympic Games or senior FIFA World Cup. continually boxes above its weight on the world stage. Following the Algarve Cup, New Zealand travelled to the Netherlands in April and then Australia in June for international friendlies ahead of the Rio Olympic Games. They went down 2-0 to the Dutch in Velsen after a quick-fire brace from Shanice van de Sanden proved the difference.

22 23 ON THE WORLD STAGE 02 AGE-GROUPS SUMMARY FUTSAL WHITES SUMMARY

It was an exciting year for the country’s most promising involved – skipper Meikayla Moore, , The Futsal Whites began the year with the aim of “I think the boys deserved to get the silver – it would young female footballers with FIFA World Cups being and Paige Satchell. qualifying for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in have been nice to have beaten the Solomons but that’s held at both the U-17 and U-20 levels, while several Colombia at the forefront of their minds. the way it goes,” he said. age-group representatives were also part of the senior To prepare for the high quality of opposition they would Football Ferns’ Rio Olympic Games campaign. face in Port Moresby, coach Leon Birnie led his side The route to doing so was provided by the OFC Futsal “We’ve got a really good group of young players coming through four friendlies at home against the USA and Championships, which took place in the Fijian capital of through and you can see the skill level there. We’ve got Mexico. New Zealand drew the first match against the Suva in February and pitched New Zealand against the some more kids like that back home so I know the next USA in a four-all thriller before losing 4-1 in the second hosts, reigning champions the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, four years is about utilising those players.” while the two Mexico clashes also resulted in defeats, Vanuatu and New Caledonia in a round-robin format. 1-0 and 3-1. The year began in bright fashion as the New Zealand Veteran Marvin Eakins again captained the Futsal U-17 women’s team booked its World Cup berth in fine With such tough matches to come, Birnie knew New All six sides were battling it out for the one World Cup Whites through the qualifying campaign while Mickey style, sweeping all before them at the OFC qualifying Zealand would have to earn three points in their spot on offer for the Oceania region but it was the Malivuk top scored with three strikes. tournament in the Cook Islands in January. World Cup opener against Ghana to have any chance classy Solomon Islanders who claimed it, earning a of progressing past the group stages and they pulled fifth regional title as the Futsal Whites were forced to Daniel Burns, Kareem Osman and Dylan Manickum Gareth Turnbull’s charges were barely troubled in the that off with a late Tayla Christensen goal earning a 1-0 settle for a runners-up placing. all scored twice while Jakub Sinkora, Stephen Ashby- group stages, going through their three pool matches win. That put them in a promising position to advance, Peckham, Tai Barham, Lucas Da Silva, Brayden with a perfect record after scoring 36 goals and especially when Isabella Coombes hit a stunning volley Scott Gilligan’s side began in dominant fashion with Lissington and James Vaughan also got on the conceding none. They then faced Fiji in the semi-finals to put them right in the game against the USA at 2-1 a 5-0 win over Vanuatu and followed that up with a scoresheet as New Zealand found the net 16 times. and Papua New Guinea in the final and again proved far down with under 15 minutes remaining. 3-2 success against Tahiti. They then came up against too strong for their Oceania opposition, winning 11-0 the eventual champions though and fell to a 4-1 loss – and 8-0 respectively. The classy Americans went on to triumph 3-1 but New their only defeat of the campaign. Zealand still had every chance of progressing with their As well as dominating the team action, the New Zealand fate to be determined by the final group game against Their further two matches resulted in a 3-1 win players also made an impact individually with captain France. With a quarter-final berth beckoning, Birnie over Fiji and 4-1 triumph against New Caledonia as Michaela Foster receiving the Golden Ball and Hannah again inspired his side to a strong showing and they the Kiwis emerged as the closest challengers to the Blake earning the Golden Boot for her 14 strikes. were at least able to exit the tournament with their heads held high after restricting France to a 2-0 win. Solomon Islanders. The challenge was always going to be much tougher at the World Cup in Jordan during September and Gilligan said his squad had been firmly targeting a October and, to get an appreciation for that lift in berth at Colombia 2016 so securing second spot was quality, in the build-up Turnbull took his side to China, very much a consolation prize. where New Zealand faced the home side, Canada and Japan. They fell to defeats in all three matches and The country’s talented young women weren’t the only scored only once through Jacqui Hand. ones representing New Zealand at age-group level in 2016 though, the U-20 men also made the most of their That gave an indication as to how difficult it would be time in the spotlight by qualifying for the 2017 FIFA to secure positive results at the FIFA U-17 Women’s U-20 World Cup. World Cup and so it proved as New Zealand lost their opener to Mexico 5-0 before being beaten 2-0 by ’s squad booked their place on the Spain. That left the remaining group game against hosts global stage with a dominant display at the qualifying Jordan as the last opportunity to secure a win and the event in Vanuatu in September, going through pool play Kiwis did not disappoint, putting on a scintillating unbeaten after wins over the Cook Islands and Tahiti display of attacking football to triumph 5-0, Hannah before a scoreless draw with Solomon Islands. Blake notching a trademark hat-trick – she had scored four in the qualifying campaign – as Samantha Tawharu The Clayton Lewis-captained side – which also included struck a double. Lewis’ fellow senior All Whites and – then accounted for New Caledonia 3-1 in the semi-finals and did even better in the final, outclassing Vanuatu 5-0.

New Zealand also pulled off a clean sweep in the Their older counterparts also faced a tricky path to individual awards, striker Myer Bevan being recognised glory at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua for an outstanding tournament by winning both the New Guinea in November after being drawn against Golden Ball and Golden Boot while Michael Woud football-mad Ghana and two of the heavyweights of picked up the Golden Glove. the female game, the USA and France. Three members of the U-17 team stepped up to the U-20 squad in The FIFA U-20 World Cup will be held in Korea Republic Blake, Grace Jale and Nadia Olla while four senior during May and June of 2017. internationals that had travelled to Rio were also

24 25 ON THE WORLD STAGE 02 INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

FRIENDLY MATCHES 18 May (Brisbane) Western Pride 0 New Zealand 2 , 22 May (Brisbane) Redlands United 0 New Zealand 1 Chris Wood

OFC NATIONS CUP 28 May (Port Moresby) New Zealand 3 Fiji 1 Themi Tzimopoulos, , Chris Wood 31 May (Port Moresby) Vanuatu 0 New Zealand 5 Chris Wood 2, Michael McGlinchey, Rory Fallon, 4 June (Port Moresby) New Zealand 1 Solomon Islands 0 SF 8 June (Port Moresby) New Zealand 1 Chris Wood New Caledonia 0 Final 11 June (Port Moresby) New Zealand 0 Papua New Guinea 0 (NZ won 4-2 on penalties)

INTERNATIONAL MATCHES 8 October (Nashville) Mexico 2 New Zealand 1 Marco Rojas 11 October (Washington) USA 1 New Zealand 1 Monty Patterson

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA QUALIFIERS - OFC STAGE 3 12 November (Auckland) New Zealand 2 Marco Rojas 2 New Caledonia 0 15 November (Kone) New Caledonia 0 New Zealand 0

OFC OLYMPICS QUALIFIER 23 January (Lae) Papua New Guinea 1 New Zealand 7 Amber Hearn 2, Annalie Longo 2, Abby Erceg, Aimee Phillips, ALGARVE CUP 2 March (Lagos) New Zealand 0 Brazil 1 4 March (Parchal) New Zealand 0 Russia 0 7 March (Albufeira) New Zealand 1 Amber Hearn Portugal 0 9 March (Parchal) New Zealand 1 Amber Hearn Iceland 1 (NZ lost 6-5 on penalties)

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES 7 April (Velsen) Netherlands 2 New Zealand 0 4 June (Ballarat) Australia 2 New Zealand 0 TOP Marco Rojas scores for the All Whites 7 June (Melbourne) Australia 1 New Zealand 1 Katie Bowen against New Caledonia in OFC Stage 3 28 July (Rio de Janeiro) New Zealand 4 South Africa 1 qualifiying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup , Amber Hearn, in Russia Annalie Longo, ABOVE RIO OLYMPIC GAMES The Football Ferns pose for a team photo 3 August (Belo Horizonte) New Zealand 0 USA 2 during the Olympic Games squad-naming anouncment at Avondale College in 6 August (Belo Horizonte) New Zealand 1 Amber Hearn Colombia 0 Auckland 9 August (Salvador) New Zealand 0 France 3

RIGHT Tayla Christensen is swamped by team NEW ZEALAND ‘A’ mates after scoring a goal against Ghana 17 December (Auckland) New Zealand ‘A’ 2 Kate Loye, Thailand 0 in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Rosie White Papua New Guinea 20 December (Auckland) New Zealand ‘A’ 3 Rosie White, Thailand 1 Aimee Phillips, Paige Satchell

26 27 ON THE WORLD STAGE 02 INTERNATIONAL RESULTS continued...

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES 12 July (Weifang) China 6 New Zealand 0 14 July (Weifang) Canada 3 New Zealand 0 16 July (Weifang) Japan 5 New Zealand 1 Jacqui Hand OFC U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP 3 Sept (Luganville) New Zealand 3 Myer Bevan 3 Cook Islands 0 FIFA U-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 6 Sept (Luganville) Tahiti 1 New Zealand 4 Moses Dyer pen, Clayton Lewis, 30 Sept (Amman) Mexico 5 New Zealand 0 Lucas Imrie, Myer Bevan 3 Oct (Irbid) Spain 2 New Zealand 0 10 Sept (Luganville) Solomon Islands 0 New Zealand 0 7 Oct (Zarqa) New Zealand 5 Jordan 0 SF 13 Sept (Luganville) New Zealand 3 New Caledonia 1 Moses Dyer 2, Samantha Tawharu 2, Hannah Blake 3 Reese Cox Final 17 Sept (Port Vila) New Zealand 5 Hunter Ashworth, Vanuatu 0 Moses Dyer, Myer Bevan, Lucas Imrie 2

LEFT Hannah Blake celebrates New Zealand’s second goal during the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup match against Jordan INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES 17 June (Auckland) New Zealand 4 Martine Puketapu 2, USA 4 Jasmine Pereira, 19 June (Auckland) New Zealand 1 Jade Parris USA 4 3 Nov (Auckland) New Zealand 0 Mexico 1 6 Nov (Auckland) New Zealand 1 Martine Puketapu Mexico 3

FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 14 Nov (Port Moresby) Ghana 0 New Zealand 1 Tayla Christensen 17 Nov (Port Moresby) New Zealand 1 Isabella Coombes 3 21 Nov (Port Moresby) New Zealand 0 France 2

OFC U-17 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 13 Jan (Matavera) New Zealand 11 Hannah Blake 3, Samoa 0 Gabe Jillings, Jacqui Hand 3, Samantha Tawharu, own goal, OFC FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP Sarah Krystman 2 8 Feb (Suva) Vanuatu 0 New Zealand 5 Daniel Burns, Mickey Malivuk 2, 15 Jan (Matavera) New Caledonia 0 New Zealand 12 Jacqui Hand, Jakub Sinkora, Kareem Osman Maggie Jenkins 3 (incl. pen), Emma Main, Hannah Blake 3, Gabe Jillings, Michaela Foster pen, 9 Feb (Suva) New Zealand 3 Kareem Osman, Tahiti 2 Claudia Bunge, Samantha Tawharu Stephen Ashby-Peckham, Dylan Manickum 18 Jan (Matavera) Tonga 0 New Zealand 13 Hannah Blake 3, 10 Feb (Suva) Solomon Islands 4 New Zealand 1 Mickey Malivuk Maggie Jenkins 4, Emma Main 2, 12 Feb (Suva) Fiji 1 New Zealand 3 Tai Barham, Dylan Manickum, Samantha Tawharu 4 Lucas Da Silva SF 21 Jan (Matavera) New Zealand 11 Hannah Blake 2, Fiji 0 13 Feb (Suva) New Zealand 4 Mickey Malivuk, New Caledonia 1 Sarah Krystman, own goal, Emma Main 2, Brayden Lissington, Daniel Burns, Jacqui Hand 3, Samantha Tawharu 2 James Vaughan Final 23 Jan (Matavera) New Zealand 8 Hannah Blake 3 Papua New Guinea 0 Jacqui Hand 3, Samantha Tawharu, Michaela Foster

28 29 Another highlight of the evening was the presenting of 03 the New Zealand Football Media Association (NZFMA) awards, which included the prestigious Player of the Year – given to the player who has had the biggest impact at home or abroad during the 2015/16 season. For the second year running, West Ham United defender and All Whites captain Winston Reid claimed the honour, holding off the challenge of international team mate Chris Wood, as well as Football Ferns captain Abby Erceg and prolific striker Amber Hearn.

Joining Reid as a winner on the night were a host of journalists, broadcasters and photographers, whose efforts were recognised with the media-based NZFMA awards. The winners of each category were as follows: Programme of the Year – Waitemata, edited by Mark Reid; Writer of the Year – Michael Burgess (NZ Herald, Herald on Sunday); Community-Internet Writer of the Year – Enzo Giordani (in-the-back-of-the.net); Photographer of the Year – Shane Wenzlick (Phototek); Publication of the Year – The National League Debates, by Bruce Holloway; Audio Broadcaster of the Year – Jason Pine (NZME); Television Broadcaster of the Year – Jason Pine (Sky TV); Website of the Year – www. thejourneyfan.blogspot.co.nz, Dave Webster. New Zealand Football celebrated its 125th Anniversary in 2016 and the milestone was marked in fitting fashion Joining New Zealand Football, the NZF Football with a commemorative evening at Auckland’s Heritage Foundation and NZFMA in celebrating the governing Hotel in November. body’s 125th Anniversary were independent supporters group Friends of Football, who took the opportunity “It’s not often that so many legends and important to present a Medal of Excellence to Bert Ormond, a figures of the game in this country come together in one Scotland-born former All White who went on to enjoy a room and it was an amazing experience for all involved,” successful coaching career and left a huge legacy at the New Zealand Football President Deryck Shaw said. Gisborne Thistle and Blockhouse Bay clubs.

“From humble beginnings in a rugby-mad nation, Ormond also produced a pair of fellow All Whites football has grown to become the nation’s biggest himself in sons Iain and Duncan, while granddaughter participation sport and now holds an important place Vicki also played for the Football Ferns. The whole in the fabric of Kiwi society. The journey of how we got clan was in attendance and Iain spoke on behalf of his to this point is a remarkable one and well worthy of father, who was deeply touched by the recognition. recognition as we celebrate the 125th year of organised football in New Zealand.” “It’s been wonderful to see friends and colleagues come up and reacquaint themselves with our family,” The celebrations provided the chance to reflect on a Iain said. proud heritage but also highlighted the potential for further growth in the game, which was underlined by “Myself and Bert have talked tonight to people the gifting of a pair of hugely generous donations to the we haven’t seen for 45 years and it’s like it was New Zealand Football Foundation. yesterday. That feeling is what we play sport for and Bert epitomised that – he had such a passion and The Football Foundation was created by New Zealand commitment for everything he did. This means so much Football after the 2010 FIFA World Cup and aims to to our family.” provide ongoing support to the growth of the beautiful game in this country. The foundation appointed Noel Another highlight was a video montage of some of Barkley as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer in April the most memorable moments in New Zealand’s and the former All White had the pleasure of introducing footballing history, including stirring footage and a new honorary patron, Sir Eion Edgar. interviews with many of the key figures in the growth of the game in this country. In his address to those in attendance, Sir Eion announced he would be donating $500,000 to the The night wrapped up on a fitting note with Football Foundation coffers, an amazing gesture that New Zealand Football President Deryck Shaw was met by rapturous applause. Not to be outdone, and Steve Sumner, captain of the 1982 All Football Foundation chairman Mark Stewart – who Whites, cutting a 125th birthday cake. is set to step down from his position in May of 2017 – then took the stage and declared he would be matching Sir Eion’s contribution, bringing the total donated to the foundation to a remarkable $1 million.

30 31 04

COMMUNITY FOOTBALL

McDonald’s Junior Football 34-35 Community Football Director’s Report 36-37 Technical Development 38-39 Injury Prevention Programme 40-41 Girls and Women’s Development 42-43 Referee Development 44-45 Futsal Development 46-47

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34 35 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL 04 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL DIRECTOR’S REPORT

‘More New Zealanders playing and loving football’ is Key projects included: THE WHOLE OF FOOTBALL PATHWAY the mandate for the community game in Aotearoa over • The rollout of a federation planning and monitoring the next ten years. To ensure we continue to achieve framework aligned to a new investment approach VOLUNTEERS FACILITIES CLUB LICENSING the stated participation outcomes for men’s football, women’s football and futsal, the needs of our players • Continued work on the National Competitions must remain at the core of our thinking and doing. Review as we aim to move towards an integrated competitions structure The Voice of Participant survey provides us with a • A review of our affiliation fees platform to engage with our members so that we better understand what drives their satisfaction • A review of the technology requirements and within the club environment. These insights indicate platforms necessary to support our strategic that our members want a friendly, welcoming and objectives social environment, effective communication, quality facilities and great coaches, as well as an opportunity • The rollout of the Youth Framework and a project to reach their full sporting potential (both at social and to enhance youth competitions talented levels). • The implementation of Club Licensing as a development tool for the clubs competing in our A comparison between 2015 and 2016 data validates top domestic competitions our new strategy as improvements in overall satisfaction, net promotor score, perceived value for • The launch of a significant Injury Prevention money from membership fees, the joining process Programme that includes a seven-strong regional and injury management were reported. Interestingly, workforce and a project to have Automated participants that were members of clubs with the External Defibrillators (AEDs) in every football Quality Club Mark accreditation reported a higher club in New Zealand level of satisfaction than those that are members of a • A refresh of our National Facilities Strategy club without New Zealand Football’s recognised club supported by advocacy work with federations development tool. and local territorial authorities for investment in football and futsal facilities In years ahead, 2016 is likely to be viewed as a watershed moment in our ambitions to make football In 2017, we will be on the road talking with the the nation’s favourite game. With a new highly- community leaders that drive our clubs, reflecting motivated community team in place and the support on our successes and our members’ insights and of our effective regional federations, we tackled some discussing our collective responsibility to remain major projects that will set us up to deliver the 2016 – relevant and provide meaningful engagement 2025 Shaping Football in New Zealand Strategic Plan. opportunities for our communities.

I would like to thank the entire football family for another great year. As an amateur sport, the success and growth of football across New Zealand would not happen without the hard work, dedication and passion of so many truly amazing people.

Cam Mitchell - Community Football Director

“More New Zealanders Playing and Loving Football”

Competitions Launch an integrated national competitions structure in the next strategic planning cycle

Youth 30,000 Youth footballers by 2020 and 35,000 by 2025

Women 10,000 Junior footballers by 2020 and 12,500 by 2025

Futsal 27,000 Futsal players by 2020 and 36,000 by 2025

36 37 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL 04 TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT The coming year will see our focus in Community FOOTBALL IN SCHOOLS Development aimed at better equipping our clubs Our sport made significant progress in Community to be relevant to their communities with initiatives The 5+ A Day Football in Schools programme provided Development initiatives during 2016, paving the way such as the rollout of the new QCM 1-star criteria, children with the opportunity to play for fun and forward for football to operate over the next decade. the introduction of QCM 2-star, the production of enjoyment inside of the primary school environment. the NZF Volunteers Plan and the NZF Diversity and Just under 60,000 children aged seven to 12, from We have seen the completion of the New Zealand Inclusion Plan, as well as a comprehensive approach 382 schools, took part in Football Literacy and Just Football National Facilities Strategy Update, the alongside the federations to territorial authority long- Play programmes in schools, helping to develop ongoing progress of clubs achieving Quality Club term planning processes. fundamental movements with a focus on healthy Mark (QCM) status, the embedding of National eating and living. Volunteer Week into the footballing calendar and the ongoing maintenance of key relationships across our member federations, territorial authorities, regional sports trusts and Sport New Zealand, as well as with OFC, UNICEF NZ, New Zealand Police, the Human Rights Commission, Red Cross, the Federation of Multicultural Councils of New Zealand and Volunteering New Zealand.

GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT TALENT DEVELOPMENT

New Zealand Football aims to encourage as many numbers increasing still, while numbers in the adult Talented footballers within New Zealand have a clear At the junior age group, the successfully-piloted Skills people as possible to fall in love with the game. game are being steadily maintained. pathway on which to develop with Skills Centres at the Centre Programme was rolled out further in 2016 Positive experiences in football are what we try to junior ages through to Federation and National Talent with 2829 players around New Zealand reached by achieve for all who take part, whether as a player, Nearly 120,000 footballers of all ages are playing Centres providing a pathway for players to reach their the programme in addition to the federation-run coach, parent or volunteer. Grassroots football is regularly in organised teams within sustainable club goals of playing for the All Whites or Football Ferns. programmes. Skill Centres are being offered to create the backbone of the sport, ensuring more Kiwis are environments. The development of our programmes more opportunities for junior footballers looking involved in a fit and healthy lifestyle and developing and structures is continuing to ensure this player base These playing opportunities, complemented by a high for more provision to access high-quality training physical literacy for life. is able to partake in high-quality forms of the game standard of coaching provision, increase the chances environments with a focus on skill development. which provide appropriate levels of competition to aid of players reaching their potential. During 2016, a Football continues to set the standard in terms of player development. large percentage of players selected to represent At the youth age group, Federation Talent Centres player participation, with junior and youth player New Zealand at all age levels were graduates of the (FTC) continued to offer a high level of football Talent Pathway. training for each region’s most promising players. With the generous support of Youthtown, over 3,000 players attended FTC training programmes designed to develop their ability both on and off the field. High- performing players were invited to attend National Talent Centres (NTC) in Auckland, and COACHING DEVELOPMENT coach, and is critical to guaranteeing more volunteers Oamaru, where they received coaching specifically are engaged in supporting players to develop as designed around the New Zealand Football playing Over 4,500 coaches attended courses and informal both people and footballers. A total of 1,895 new philosophy. workshops during 2016, designed to ensure that coaches attended the Introduction to Coaching they provide an appropriate environment for Futsal, Introduction to Coaching Goalkeepers and their players. The Advanced Coach Education Introduction to Junior Coaching courses, which are all Pathway is now fully embedded and the first OFC/ available at no cost to those attending. NZF A-Licence, the highest step on the pathway, concluded in 2016. Coaching qualifications are also a major part of criteria that is being introduced to New Zealand Football competitions, ensuring that we are driving standards forward and keeping in line with modern day best practice.

In 2016, New Zealand Football increased the number of coaching courses available free of charge. This investment removes barriers to participating as a

38 39 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL 04 INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAMME

New Zealand Football embarked on a new three- Under the Injury Prevention banner are two The objective of this programme is to supply 180 The Injury Prevention and Team Care (IPTC) year partnership with ACC to launch and deliver additional initiatives: the Smart Start – AED’s in Clubs fully-funded AED’s – distributed over three years – conference was successful with more than 200 an innovative football-specific Injury Prevention Programme and the of the inaugural Injury to clubs all over the country that have achieved the delegates across all sports codes upskilling or refining Programme in 2016. Prevention and Team Care (IPTC) conference. revised Quality Club Mark (QCM) standard, as well their knowledge on injury prevention and player as provide education and support that will enable welfare from key note international speakers and The programme is led by Injury Prevention Manager The Smart Start – AEDs in Clubs Programme was clubs to react should a medical emergency arise. The leading sports practitioners. Megan Crockett and is being rolled out across the launched in September with the aim of enabling Smart Start programme provides the opportunity for country by a seven-strong Injury Prevention Specialist all football clubs in New Zealand to have access all New Zealand Football-affiliated clubs to purchase Overall, it has been an enthusiastic and diligent start Team, with one member based in each federation, t o a n A u t o m a t e d E x t e r n a l D e fi b r i l l a t o r ( A E D ) . these AED’s at a heavily-reduced price. In 2016, 42 for the Injury Prevention Programme in 2016 and there allowing them to work closely with the federations football clubs plus each of the seven federations and are further exciting initiatives in the pipeline for 2017, and hands on with the football clubs and community. all Stirling Sports Premiership teams have benefitted with the all-encompassing Fit4Football programme – Having regionally-based personnel in this area is a from this programme. which will be a comprehensive injury prevention and first for New Zealand Football and this presence is performance enhancement programme specific to supporting and enhancing the football community, as football – set to be launched early in the year. well as New Zealand Football’s brand and profile.

The FIFA 11+ programme is a highly-validated and scientifically-proven programme that works to reduce injury occurrence and severity in footballers by 30 to 50 per cent across all injuries. The team is working to entrench the 11+ into every football federation and club across New Zealand with the ultimate goal of every coach and player regularly performing it nationwide.

Education and training workshops have been carried out throughout 2016 in many of our 500 clubs with more than 2,000 coaches and over 10,000 players directly engaged and certified. As a second pillar to this partnership, the Injury Prevention Team is delivering the ACC SportSmart warm-up programme within secondary schools nationwide, targeting over 100 schools this year with more than 4,000 coaches engaged.

40 41 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL 04 GIRLS AND WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT

The development of women’s football on the world the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. This is a stage is increasing with each year, which reinforces further great example of the opportunities available to the importance of ensuring national associations females within football coaching. like ourselves are developing at the community level to ensure more girls and women are playing and On the field, came close to re- loving football. claiming the Women’s Knockout Cup but were pipped at the post by Forrest Hill Milford United, who made Since the implementation of the Whole of Football history in the process after winning the title for the Plan in 2011, we have continued to grow year-on-year, first time. An eventful National Women’s League achieving 30 per cent growth in the female game over brought a third title in four years to Canterbury this time. In order to continue growing at this rate, United Pride after a well-deserved 2-0 win over we are investing in junior girl’s football as a growth Capital Football in the final. The FIFA Live Your Goals vehicle for the traditional women’s game. Week (previously known as Girls and Women’s Week) – aimed at increasing awareness and visibility of girls The past year has brought the re-establishment of the and women’s football – engaged over 9,000 girls and Women’s Football Committee, who are responsible women in over 100 festivals throughout the country. for advising and making strategic recommendations On the court, women’s futsal grew from strength to to the New Zealand Football Executive Committee strength in 2016. The youth, university and senior on matters pertaining to women’s football. Former women’s championships cemented a pathway for WaiBOP Women’s Development Officer Holly Nixon females in futsal. A major highlight was having a came on board with New Zealand Football as the new New Zealand women’s team compete at the World Women’s Development Manager to lead development University Games in Brazil. in the women’s football realm. Along with a team of federation-based Women’s Development Officers, The coming year will see the Women’s Football she has been working with clubs to develop and enable Development team continuing to build on a successful women’s football, including the development of club- 2016 and deliver strategic initiatives which will based female football coordinators. To this end, the increase participation and ensure more girls and first ever national administration course took place women are playing and loving football in New Zealand. in 2016 with the support of FIFA. The course brought together over 30 leaders within the women’s game to educate, share and develop ideas on how to develop the female game further. Acting as an instructor was the hugely-respected Emy Casaletti, a FIFA instructor and former Marketing Director for the 2010 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

But with growth comes pressure on resources within football and a key area of development in 2016 has therefore been attracting and retaining quality coaches and referees. With the help of FIFA, two coaching courses targeted specifically at those working in the female game were held, as well as a FIFA referee course aimed at upskilling referees within the National Women’s League. New Zealand Football Technical Director Rob Sherman conducted a New Zealand Football Senior Level 2 coach education course, while Italian footballing legend Carolina Morace delivered a FIFA coaching course which gave participants an insight into an alternative way of coaching. Another major highlight in the coaching area was the selection of Football South Women’s Development Officer Hayley Stirling into the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) that analysed

42 43 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL 04 REFEREE DEVELOPMENT

It was a very successful year on the community FIFA provided a female instructor to run a FIFA/ refereeing front due to the hard work of the many Member Association Referee Course for 35 volunteers around the country and the Referee participants targeted at those officiating in the Development Officers based in each federation. National Women’s League and coinciding with the FIFA Live Your Goals Week. Four participants The key milestones and achievements were as attended the FIFA Futuro III Instructors Course in follows: New Caledonia in March (two for technical, one for • Registered referee numbers passed 1,100 for the futsal and one for fitness). first time – an increase of over 10 per cent on 2015 Internationally, the highlights were undoubtedly the • Club Based Referees (CBRs) numbered 3,343 performance of Chris Sinclair at the FIFA Futsal World compared with 2,480 in 2015 Cup in Colombia and the selection of Anna-Marie Keighley, Sarah Walker, Matt Conger and Simon Lount • The number of referees mentored almost doubled for the Rio Olympic Games in Brazil. Nick Waldron to 359 performed well at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan • 1,980 referees improved their accreditation level and also led a trio on the professional Indian Super at courses and on-field assessments – an increase League. In addition, Keighley was selected to officiate of 10 per cent on 2015 in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Osaka. There were 61 • Futsal accreditations increased appointments to Oceania international matches and • 367 passed the Introduction to Futsal Refereeing a further 27 appointments to tier two internationals. course New Zealand Football would like to express its great • 1,860 were registered for online referee courses gratitude to the match officials throughout the country who referee week-in and week-out – often Weekly or fortnightly coaching sessions continued alone – to provide officials at many venues with little over the winter season in many centres to groups of reward but the grateful thanks of all the players and referees. The Talent Identification and Development coaches. Many of them work very hard during the Programmes continued with 25 referees attending week to ensure they are fit and prepared for the game. the Stage 2 and 3 Referee Development Academies. Behind this group are many administrators – who Seven refereed at the National Youth Futsal spend hours dealing with ground closures, transferred Championships as part of the Stage 2 Futsal Course games and referee unavailability – communicating while a Stage 3 Futsal Course was introduced for eight with referees to ensure there is a qualified, neutral referees in conjunction with the National University person available to officiate. Futsal Championships. The High Performance sessions continued for referees and assessors, thus strengthening the Whole Of Football pathway to elite refereeing.

The New Zealand Football Referees Committee (NZFRC) continued their strategic overview. They approved the 2017 budget, ensured there was additional support directed to the High Performance Group, amended the policies of the Appointments Panel following a review and refined the Referee Development Pathway by including assistant refereeing in the entry level course.

44 45 COMMUNITY FOOTBALL 04 FUTSAL DEVELOPMENT

New Zealand Football’s goal in futsal is to make it the the World Cup would be a catalyst for global change in Just a decade ago, futsal in New Zealand was a Solomon Islands. The Futsal Whites are ranked 73rd nation’s best and biggest small-sided sport, as well futsal development. It would provide an opportunity largely unrecognised, low-participation sport with a but have won 14 of their last 15 matches and finished as establishing this country as possessing one of the to share ways to grow the game worldwide, further number of private operators running their own futsal runners-up at the 2016 OFC Futsal Championship, world’s leading futsal development systems. putting in action the progress of New Zealand’s businesses and minimal national organisation. held in Fiji during February. aspiration to be a leader of best practice in futsal These aims for futsal are firmly on track after the development. In the years since, New Zealand Football has turned The FIFA Futsal World Cup is a hugely-significant continued growth in participation and quality the running of the sport into a fully-integrated, well- event from a broadcasting point of view with television opportunities on offer in 2016. League growth managed operation. It now runs as a department of coverage of the 2012 edition reaching 138.6 million increased to over 22,200 registered players with the national body, which rolls out the sport through people around the world. Each live match was watched more than 30,000 participants engaged with the futsal development departments in each of the by an average in-home global audience of 2.2 million federation-led schools and community programmes. country’s seven regional football federations. and the peak audience for the final was 24.9 million. Attendance-wise, Brazil topped the overall record in To support the rapidly-growing base of participants, There are now over 20,000 registered futsal players 2008 with a total of 292,161 spectators. the Level 3 Futsal Coaching Course was piloted with in the country and it is the fastest-growing indoor New Zealand’s best futsal coaches in December. team sport in the secondary school system. The full pathway of New Zealand Football-driven NATIONAL FUTSAL REVIEW 2016 community coach education specific to futsal is now In bidding for the event, New Zealand faces • 16 per cent growth in male participation complete. For the first time in 2017, coaches will be competition from Costa Rica, Croatia, Iran, Japan, • 23 per cent growth in female participation developed to lead player development from a 6-year- Kazakhstan, Lithuania and the . • 500 new coaches old, three-a-side festival-based approach to a full The only continent not to have a nation in the running Futsal National League squad. NZF SUBMITS FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP BID is South America, who hosted the tournament on • 206 new referees their soil at Colombia 2016. • Inaugural Women’s Trans-Tasman Futsal Competitions have continued to play a major role in This country has already played host to World Cups Champions League hosted in New Zealand establishing futsal in New Zealand. We welcomed the at both U-17 and U-20 level and another of FIFA’s Seven of the nation’s main cities – Auckland, • Live Stream: 148,608 live stream views (89 per inclusion of futsal to the AIMS Games intermediate flagship events may also soon be on its way. , Hamilton, , Palmerston cent increase), 91,066 unique viewers (63 per cent schools competition. The interest was high with 23 North, and – have already signalled increase), 520,852 total minutes viewed with an teams registering to converge on Bay Park Arena in New Zealand Football is one of eight national their interest in hosting matches. average duration of 11.4 minutes Tauranga and soak up the carnival-like atmosphere associations to put its hand up for the 2020 FIFA • Record number of NZ Secondary School Futsal AIMS Games provides and certainly futsal embraces. Futsal World Cup and months of meticulous planning The necessary facilities and infrastructure are in place Championships entries (76 teams total) Further up the ranks of the education sector, the and hard work finally came to fruition in August when and, crucially, New Zealand has previously proven New Zealand Secondary School Championships the official bid document was submitted to FIFA its ability to organise and run FIFA tournaments • Men’s and women’s teams attended the World continued to grow with 76 teams taking to the court in headquarters in Zurich, . seamlessly after hosting the 1999 FIFA U-17 World University Futsal Championships in Brazil Wellington and for the first year the girl’s grade split Cup, 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup and 2015 • Inaugural Futsal Level 3 delivered to top coaches into two to accommodate a stand-alone junior (years If the persuasive bid proves successful, New Zealand FIFA U-20 World Cup. • AIMS Games inclusion of futsal for the first time 9 and 10) competition. will become the first country in the Oceania region to • 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup bid ever host the prestigious event, which brings together The bid is supported by the New Zealand Government The University Futsal Championships went to new the world’s best exponents of the hugely-popular and the Oceania Football Confederation, the latter of • Futsal White Brayden Lissington took part heights in 2016. Bi-annually, the FIFA-sanctioned indoor version of the beautiful game. whom New Zealand Football will work alongside in in Professional Futsal League (PFL) All-Star FISU World University Games takes place. Alongside creating legacy opportunities that serve the whole Showcase in USA University and Tertiary Sport New Zealand, New It would be a watershed moment for futsal in this region in the event of a successful bid. Zealand Football selected men’s and women’s national country, which has experienced rapid growth since teams for the competition, both of whom went on to being brought under the umbrella of New Zealand New Zealand has never competed in a FIFA Futsal Brazil to compete. Football in 2010. World Cup but the Oceania region has been represented in two previous tournaments by the By 2020, the aspirations of creating a world-leading futsal development system could exceed expectations as New Zealand Football and partner stakeholders bid to stage the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Hosting

46 47 DOMESTIC RESULTS 05 DOMESTIC RESULTS

Team Wellington claimed their first ASB Premiership title with a dramatic 4-2 come-from-behind extra-time win over two-time defending champions Auckland City in the grand final at QBE Stadium in Albany.

Facing a 2-1 deficit with just two minutes on the clock, Wellington staged a remarkable fightback, levelling via a Cole Peverley penalty and then scoring twice in the first half of extra-time through Golden Boot winner Ben Harris and Tom Jackson.

Jackson had earlier given his side a 52nd-minute lead with a rocket from the edge of the Auckland area before Joao Moreira pulled the Navy level at 1-1 from the penalty spot. The six-time champions then hit the front themselves with only nine minutes to go with a Daewook Kim header, only for Wellington’s late rally to deny them.

The result closed the door on Auckland City’s three-peat bid, as well as their record 28-game unbeaten domestic run.

6 MARCH – SEMI-FINALS Auckland City 2 3’, 70’ ABOVE Canterbury United Dragons 1 Julyan Collett 41’ Team Wellington celebrate winning the 2015/16 ASB Hawke’s Bay United 1 Kohei Matsumoto 10’ Premiership grand final against Team Wellington 3 Luis Corrales 41’, Tom Jackson pen 41’, Magno Vieira 79’ Auckland City at QBE Stadium in Auckland 10 MARCH – GRAND FINAL Auckland City 2 Joao Moreira pen 68’, Daewook Kim 81’ RIGHT Team Wellington 4 Tom Jackson 52’, 99’, Cole Peverley pen 88’, Ben Harris 94’ (a.e.t) Auckland City celebrate winning the 2016 OFC Champions League final against Team Wellington at QBE 2015-16 P W D L GF GA GD PTS Stadium in Auckland Auckland City 14 12 2 0 43 12 31 38 BELOW Canterbury United Pride Hawke’s Bay United 14 9 3 2 29 16 13 30 celebrate winning the 2016 National Women’s League final Team Wellington 14 8 3 3 36 21 15 27 against Capital Football at English Park in Christchurch Canterbury United Dragons 14 8 2 4 28 23 5 26 WaiBOP United 14 6 0 8 29 27 2 18 14 4 1 9 23 36 -13 13 Wellington Phoenix U-20 14 2 1 11 24 46 -22 7

Southern United 14 1 0 13 11 42 -31 3

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Auckland City suffered heartbreak in their sixth consecutive appearance on the world stage, taking the lead For the second year running, Auckland City held off the challenge of countrymen Team Wellington to claim their against J.League champions and edging out their highly-fancied rivals in the possession stakes sixth straight regional title, prevailing 3-0 in the final to claim their tickets to the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. but ultimately falling to a 2-1 defeat.

The all-New Zealand final brought an eighth Oceania title for Auckland City and they pulled off the feat on home In the play-off round in Yokohama, the Navy Blues struck first when Daewook Kim headed home an Emiliano Tade soil with this year’s competition being held at QBE Stadium in Albany. free kick just before half-time but the class of Kashima eventually told as Shuhei Akasaki equalised before found a late winner at Yokohama International Stadium. 20 APRIL – SEMI-FINALS Auckland City 4 Micah Lea’alafa 7’, 23’, Clayton Lewis 25’, 44’ Tefana 2 Tauhiti Keck 10’, Temarii Tinorua pen 86’ 8 DECEMBER – PLAY-OFF Kashima Antlers 2 Shuhei Akasaki 67’, Mu Kanazaki 88’ Auckland City 1 Daewook Kim 50’ Team Wellington 2 Tom Jackson pen 74’, 77’ Magenta 0

23 APRIL – FINAL Auckland City 3 Micah Lea’alafa 2’, 84’, Clayton Lewis 67’ Team Wellington 0

Birkenhead United secured the first Chatham Cup title in their history after earning a 3-2 extra-time victory over fellow Aucklanders in a dramatic final at QBE Stadium in Albany.

In front of over 5,000 vociferous fans, a double from ex-All White and an eventual winner from former Canterbury United Pride earned a third National Women’s League title in four years after a well-deserved 2-0 youth international Ethan Galbraith proved enough to get Birkenhead home, despite the sending off of Ryan Cain in win over Capital Football in the final at English Park in Christchurch. the first period of extra-time.

In what was a thrilling fight for the play-off places, reigning champions Northern Football missed out on the At 2-0 down as the match approached the last moments of regulation time, Waitakere had looked dead and buried chance to defend their title while Capital progressed to the final after an enthralling penalty shootout win over but a Dylan Manickum goal and last-gasp penalty from Keegan Linderboom kept their hopes alive before Galbraith’s WaiBOP Football. extra-time intervention.

Holly Pascoe became the heroine for Canterbury as Mike De Bono’s side brought the title back to the South 11 SEPTEMBER – FINAL Birkenhead United 3 Island, scoring a double in the moments either side of half-time. Jarrod Smith 23’, 38’, Ethan Galbraith 111’ Waitakere City 2 Dylan Manickum 86’, Keegan Linderboom pen 89’ a.e.t 4 DECEMBER – PRELIM. FINAL Capital Football 2 Briar Palmer 16’, Emily Morison 95’ WaiBOP Football 2 Helen Arjomandi 10’, Chelsea Elliott 67’ a.e.t Capital Football won 4-2 on penalties 11 DECEMBER – GRAND FINAL Canterbury United Pride 2 Holly Pascoe 44’, 52’ Capital Football 0

2016 P W D L GF GA GD PTS Forrest Hill Milford United wrote themselves into the record books by claiming their first ever Women’s Knockout Canterbury United Pride 6 4 1 1 20 9 11 13 Cup title in dramatic fashion with a penalty shootout win over defending champions Glenfield Rovers at QBE Capital Football 6 4 1 1 16 8 8 13 Stadium in Albany.

WaiBOP Football 6 4 1 1 20 15 5 13 The teams could not be separated at 2-2 after 120 minutes of entertaining football but Tayla Christensen coolly slotted the decisive penalty to finally claim the silverware for Forrest Hill. Northern Football 6 4 0 2 21 9 12 12 The respective captains, Glenfield’s Liz Milne and Forrest Hill’s Tessa Berger, had earlier swapped impressive Auckland Football 6 2 0 4 16 19 -3 6 goals – Berger’s coming from fully 40 yards – before a second stunning strike from Milne and another equaliser by Central Football 6 1 1 4 5 17 -12 4 Emma Rolston took the match to penalties, where Christensen denied Glenfield a third successive title.

Southern United 6 0 0 6 9 30 -21 0 11 SEPTEMBER – FINAL Forrest Hill Milford United 2 Tessa Berger 52’, Emma Rolston 110’ Glenfield Rovers 2 Liz Milne 17’, 102’ a.e.t Forrest Hill Milford United won 4-3 on penalties

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Hamilton Wanderers wrapped up a memorable debut season in the National Youth League by claiming the title on their first attempt.

Having been beaten just once all campaign, Wanderers held the advantage going into the final round and needed only a draw away to Hawke’s Bay United to finish the job. They showed few signs of nerves in going one better, recording their seventh win thanks to a Paul Clout strike mid-way through the first half.

In what proved to be a closely-contested league, Wanderers were deserving of all the plaudits after timing their run to perfection. They never dropped lower than third and held a stranglehold on first place after acquiring it for the second time at the end of round five.

Coach Michael Built and his charges posted a three-point winning margin after holding off the challenge of Waitakere United and Team Wellington, who both still harboured hopes of lifting the trophy as the season entered its ninth and final round.

2016 P W D L GF GA GD PTS Hamilton Wanderers 9 7 1 1 22 14 8 22 Waitakere United 9 6 1 2 23 9 14 19 Canterbury United Dragons 9 5 1 3 24 12 12 16 Team Wellington 9 5 1 3 25 14 11 16 Wellington Phoenix U17s 9 5 0 4 26 17 9 15 Auckland City 9 4 2 3 11 10 1 14 Eastern Suburbs 9 4 0 5 12 19 -7 12 Tasman United 9 3 0 6 22 23 -1 9 Southern United 9 2 0 7 11 27 -16 6 Hawke’s Bay United 9 1 0 8 9 40 -31 3

The Futsal National League title returned to the mainland after a two-year absence as the Canterbury United Pride hit form at the right time.

ASB Stadium in Auckland played host to both the final throes of the round robin and the subsequent play-offs, which brought Auckland, WaiBOP, Canterbury and Southern together to battle it out for the right to be crowned TOP champions. Birkenhead United celebrate winning the 2016 Chatham After a closely-fought first half in the final, Canterbury took control in the second period and eventually ran out as Cup final against Waitakere comfortable 5-1 winners, thanks largely to a pair of doubles by Evandro Madruga and Luis Augusto Ebrahim. The City at QBE Stadium in Auckland other goal was scored by Matt Bergin while Bahram Ahmadi supplied WaiBOP’s consolation.

ABOVE FUTSAL NATIONAL LEAGUE Forrest Hill Milford United 11 DEC – SEMI-FINALS Southern United 2 Carlos Herrmann, Michael Sannum celebrate winning the 2016 Canterbury United 3 Andre Luiz Pestana, Benji Lapslie, own goal Women’s Knockout Cup final against Glenfield Rovers at QBE AFF Futsal 1 Marvin Eakins Stadium in Auckland WaiBOP Futsal 6 Bahram Ahmadi 3, Logan Wisnewski 2, Sam Masterson LEFT National Youth League 11 DEC – FINAL Canterbury United 5 Evandro Madruga 2, Luis Augusto Ebrahim 2, Matt Bergin 2016 champions Hamilton WaiBOP Futsal 1 Bahram Ahmadi Wanderers 52 53 DOMESTIC RESULTS 05 DOMESTIC RESULTS continued...

NATIONAL WOMEN’S FUTSAL LEAGUE Champions Central-Manawatu Runners-up Auckland Football

TRANS-TASMAN FUTSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The inaugural Trans-Tasman Women’s Champions League took place in conjunction with the National Youth Championships at the Central Energy Trust Arena in and brought Football Federation Victoria to these shores to take on Central-Manawatu.

The hosts – jointly coached by Matt Wallace and Central Football Futsal Development Manager Josh Margetts – did not disappoint the local crowd, lifting the trophy after winning all three matches and outscoring the visitors 17-8 on aggregate.

Central-Manawatu 7 Mkylah Wilson, Laura Nottle, Ella James 2, Hannah Robert 2, own goal Football Federation Victoria 2

ABOVE LEFT Central-Manawatu 4 Teejay Lyne-Lewis 2, Molly Woodhead, Nicole Robertson Boys U-14 National Youth Futsal Football Federation Victoria 3 Champions - Capital Football Central-Manawatu 6 Teejay Lyne-Lewis 3, Ella James 2, Hannah Robert ABOVE RIGHT Football Federation Victoria 3 Boys U-16 National Youth Futsal Champions - Mainland Football NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS LEFT Boys U-14s: Champions Capital Football Runners-up Auckland Football Boys U-19 National Youth Futsal Boys U-16s: Champions Mainland Football Runners-up Central-Hawke’s Bay Champions - Northern Football Boys U-19s: Champions Northern Football Runners-up Football South Girls U-15s: Champions Mainland Football Runners-up WaiBOP Football BOTTOM LEFT Girls U-15 National Youth Futsal Girls U-19s: Champions Mainland Football Runners-up Capital Football Champions - Mainland Football

BOTTOM RIGHT Girls U-19 National Youth Futsal Champions - Mainland Football

NATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Senior Boys: Champions Kavanagh College Runners-up Napier Boys High School Junior Boys: Champions St Thomas of Canterbury Runners-up Hastings Boys High School Senior Girls: Champions Mt Albert Grammar Runners-up Wellington Girls College Junior Girls: Champions Havelock North High School Runners-up Onlsow College

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s: Champions Victoria University Runners-up University of Waikato Women’s: Champions AUT University Runners-up

54 55 FOOTBALL FOUNDATION 06 FOOTBALL FOUNDATION

The New Zealand Football Foundation is a charitable For the year ended December 2016, the foundation foundation established in 2010 to manage a capital recorded income of $153k (including interest fund that New Zealand Football received as a result income of $134k) and incurred total expenses of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup. of $139k (including a grant to the Football Ferns of $60k in support of the Rio Olympic Games The foundation’s purpose is to protect and grow campaign) resulting in a small net profit of $14k. its capital base and distribute net earnings for the The Trustees expect to increase the level of grants benefit of football in New Zealand via grants. The in the coming years as the foundation’s capital base foundation’s capital base as at 31 December 2016 grows. was $4.3 million. During the year, the foundation also appointed During 2016, the foundation took a number of Forsyth Barr to progressively invest a portion of steps to grow the capital base and enhance its the foundation’s capital base into a conservative impact on football in New Zealand. As mentioned low risk portfolio. To date the foundation has in last year’s report, Noel Barkley was appointed as distributed 171 grants totalling $1.3 million. Chief Executive Officer. This year will see Mark Stewart step down as Chair The former All White said he was excited to work in and a new Chairperson appointed. The Football football as the game continues to go from strength Foundation would like to acknowledge Mark’s to strength. significant contribution to the Foundation and to the wider football community. “With football now one of New Zealand’s most popular sports in terms of participation numbers, If you are interested in learning more about or the Football Foundation plays a pivotal role in contributing to the NZ Football Foundation, please making financial assistance available where it is visit www.footballfoundation.org.nz or contact needed most,” he said. Noel Barkley at [email protected].

While this appointment resulted in increased FOOTBALL FOUNDATION TRUSTEES expenses incurred over the year, Barkley’s impact has been extremely positive with a significantly Mark Stewart (Chair), Michael Anderson, Garth improved profile and over $1m in future pledges and Gallaway, Bill Moran, Mike Norris, Carolyn Steele donations. The foundation is extremely grateful to (Trust Secretary), Jodi Tong, Frank van Hattum Mark Stewart and Sir Eion Edgar who each pledged $500,000 and to our many other generous donors throughout the year.

“I am blown away by the generosity of both Sir Eion and Mark,” Barkley said. “Their donations will make a huge impact as the Football Foundation continues to support the growth of our game.”

56 57 07 THE NUMBERS

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 2016

Chief Financial Officer’s Report 60-61 Financial Statements 62-70 Audit and Compliance Report 71 Sponsor Acknowledgements 72-73

58 59 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 07 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER’S REPORT

SUMMARY • ACC supporting our new nationwide Injury LOOKING FORWARD Prevention Programme NZFI 2016 Financial Highlights: • NZRB due to the continuing strength of international New Zealand Football continues to have a sound financial which will have significant financial consequences for our • Positive annual trading result of $102k after budgeted football and the relationship initiatives undertaken by base from which to plan for the future and is budgeting for future international programmes. transfers from reserves New Zealand Football and NZRB a further small surplus after the budgeted transfer from the International Team Reserves in 2017. Predominantly Beyond Football was launched in late 2014 to complement • Revenue outperformed 2015 by 5 per cent due the budgeted spend remains in the areas of High and build on the Whole of Football Plan. This outlines five primarily to increased FIFA funding, our new ACC New Zealand Football’s expenditure through the Performance and Community Football both of which are critical workstreams which will continue to be progressed relationship and growth in our NZ Racing Board business was increased due to a decision by the Executive consistent with our new 2016-2025 Strategic Plan. during 2017 as New Zealand Football seeks to reposition (NZRB) partnership Committee to invest in New Zealand Football’s High itself in the New Zealand sporting landscape as the Performance Programme with increased international • Expenditure increased by 10 per cent due to continued International team activity and associated spend will country’s leading team participation sport. activity costs for the Football Ferns’ participation at critical investment into our core capabilities, our continue with the All White’s FIFA Confederations Cup the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, increased activity for extensive international programmes and the costs of participation and their continuing campaign towards Community Football investment will continue into Stage the All Whites on the Road to Russia 2018 and female delivering the new ACC Injury Prevention Programme Russia 2018, the Football Ferns’ participation in the 2017 2 of the Youth Framework, aligning pathways, schools age-group competitions. Additional funded community (Note – International team costs are partially offset Cyprus Cup, our men’s age-group teams competing at football and futsal as well as ensuring the continued costs were incurred with the delivery of the ACC Injury by a transfer from the International Teams Reserves, their respective FIFA World Cups and our women’s age- delivery of the Junior Framework and our various Prevention Programme. set up for this purpose, as in prior years) group teams beginning their qualification campaign. competitions. The increased capability within the team will focus on enhancing the delivery of the advanced The net transfer of $1,475k from the International The consolidated reserves position now stands at The 2016-2025 Strategic Plan was launched in 2016 coach education programmes and improving the Goal Teams Reserve supported the delivery of the High $10.7m which is an $11.4m turnaround from the negative and builds on both the Whole of Football and Beyond Net membership database to help administrators with Performance Plan as intended and, as in previous years, position of 2008. Football plans in identifying key outcomes and priorities effective membership systems and enhancing beyond extra funding thanks to HPSNZ of $838k again boosted for football in New Zealand over the next 10 years. football opportunities. the programme, in particular the Football Ferns on their The 2016 year once again saw New Zealand Football’s The plan is split into three-year investment cycles to build up to Rio 2016. fortunes follow the cyclical nature of the industry and the ensure focus on long-term sustainability with the next The operational capital expenditure for 2017 is forecast close link to the FIFA four year World Cup cycle. key milestone being the 2017 Intercontinental Playoff to be $15k. The delivery of the Whole of Football Plan continued New Zealand Football’s revenue for 2016 was $12.0m, through our seven federations to the junior and youth an increase of $0.5m year on year resulting from: levels of the game and through our various competitions. We are again grateful to Sport NZ, our family of sponsors BUDGETED REVENUE FOR 2017 ($000) • FIFA funding through the new FIFA Forward and the trust funders who have continued to support this Programme and other initiatives delivery with funding of $2.1m. $200 $607 $1,590 Grants Football Development $5,826 ($000) 2016 2015 Sponsorships Other Revenue REVENUE 2016 v 2015 Revenue Revenue 4,431 Affiliation Fees International Teams $1,700 $800 Activities Transfer Competitions and Event Revenue

BUDGETED EXPENSES FOR 2017 ($000)

$1,094 $799 $1,723 High Performance Admin, Occupancy, $5,534 Comms, IT, Governance Community Football Development Commercial $7,130 Competitions EXPENSES 2016 v 2015 ($000) 2016 2015 Expenses Expenses

Having identified the core challenges to reposition the sport and ensure long-term sustainability, New Zealand Football will continue to focus on strategically investing, organising and managing the resources of the game whilst ensuring high quality operations and controls are in place, capability is enhanced and delivery is of the highest quality across both Community Football and High Performance.

Hugh McAlister Chief Financial Officer 60 61 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 07 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

To the members of New Zealand Football Incorporated USE OF THIS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

Report on the special purpose consolidated financial statements This report is made solely to the members as a body. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the members those matters we are required to state to them in the Independent Auditor’s Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the members as a body for our audit work, this report, or any of the opinions we have formed. We have audited the accompanying special OPINION Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 1 to the special purpose consolidated financial statements, purpose consolidated financial statements which which describes the basis of accounting. The special purpose consolidated financial statements are prepared for the In our opinion, the accompanying special purpose comprise: consolidated financial statements of New Zealand members of New Zealand Football Incorporated. As a result, the special purpose consolidated financial statements may Football Incorporated (the incorporated society) - the consolidated statement of financial not be suitable for another purpose. Our Independent Auditor’s Report is intended solely for New Zealand Football and its subsidiaries (the Group) on pages to : position as at 31 December 2016; Incorporated and should not be distributed to or used by any parties other than New Zealand Football Incorporated. i. present, in all material respects the Group’s - the consolidated statement of financial financial position as at 31 December 2016 and performance and statement of movements in its financial performance for the year ended members funds for the year then ended; and RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE SPECIAL PURPOSE on that date in compliance with the tax basis of CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - notes, including a summary of significant accounting in New Zealand accounting policies and other explanatory The Executive Committee, on behalf of the group, are responsible for: information. - the preparation and fair presentation of the special purpose consolidated financial statements in accordance with the tax basis of accounting in New Zealand;

BASIS FOR OPINION - implementing necessary internal control to enable the preparation of a special purpose consolidated set of financial statements that is fairly presented and free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; and We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (New Zealand) (“ISAs (NZ)”). We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. - assessing the ability to continue as a going concern. This includes disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless they either intend to liquidate or to cease operations, We are independent of the group in accordance with Professional and Ethical Standard 1 (Revised) Code of Ethics for or have no realistic alternative but to do so. Assurance Practitioners issued by the New Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (IESBA Code), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the IESBA Code. AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE AUDIT OF THE SPECIAL PURPOSE Our responsibilities under ISAs (NZ) are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the special CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS purpose consolidated financial statements section of our report. Our objective is: Other than in our capacity as auditor we have no relationship with, or interests in, the group. - to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the special purpose consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; and

OTHER INFORMATION - to issue an Independent Auditor’s Report that includes our opinion.

The Executive Committee, on behalf of the group, are responsible for the other information included in the entity’s Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with Annual Report. Other information includes the President’s report, General Secretary’s report, disclosures relating ISAs NZ will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. to corporate governance and statutory information]. Our opinion on the special purpose consolidated financial statements does not cover any other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error. They are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these special purpose In connection with our audit of the special purpose consolidated financial statements our responsibility is to read the consolidated financial statements. other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the special purpose consolidated financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears materially A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of these special purpose consolidated financial statements is misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other located at the External Reporting Board (XRB) website at: information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. https://www.xrb.govt.nz/Site/Auditing_Assurance_Standards/Current_Standards/Page7.aspx.

This description forms part of our Independent Auditor’s Report.

KPMG Auckland 21 April 2017

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NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL INCORPORATED NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF MOVEMENTS IN MEMBER FUNDS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2016 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2016

NEW ZEALAND CONSOLIDATED FOOTBALL NZF 2016 Accumulated Whole of Football International Teams Total Equity Note 2016 2015 2016 2015 Funds $’000 Reserve $’000 Reserve $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Balance at the beginning of the year 5,953 1,000 1,679 8,632

REVENUE MOVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR Sponsorship and grants 5,918 5,934 5,978 5,934 Net surplus/(deficit) from operations (1,673) - - (1,673) Affiliation fees 1,599 1,591 1,599 1,591 Transfer to reserves 1,775 - (1,775) - Competitions and events 1,069 1,333 1,069 1,333 Other transfer of reserves (300) - 300 - Community development 618 720 618 720 Utilisation of reserves - (500) - (500) Other revenue 2,851 2,011 2,707 1,838 Finance income 21 54 21 54 BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR 5,755 500 204 6,459 Donations received 8 1 - - CONSOLIDATED Accumulated Whole of Football International Teams Total Equity TOTAL REVENUE 12,084 11,645 11,991 11,471 Funds $’000 Reserve $’000 Reserve $’000 $’000

Less: EXPENDITURE Balance at the beginning of the year 110,205 1,000 1,679 12,884 Personnel (3,634) (3,217) (3,634) (3,217) Competitions and events (5,923) (5,309) (5,923) (5,309) MOVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR Net surplus/(deficit) from operations (1,659) - - (1,659) Community development (2,884) (2,796) (2,884) (2,796) Transfer to reserves 1,775 - (1,775) - Travel expenses (140) (102) (140) (102) Other transfer of reserves (300) - 300 Governance (83) (80) (83) (80) Utilisation of reserves - (500) - (500) Occupancy expenses (152) (139) (152) (139)

Communications (210) (106) (139) (96) BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR 10,021 500 204 10,725 Professional services (344) (414) (344) (414) Office expenses (195) (233) (187) (229) Administration expenses (178) (46) (178) (46) NZF 2015 Accumulated Whole of Football International Teams Total Equity Donations - (441) - - Funds $’000 Reserve $’000 Reserve $’000 $’000

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 3 (13,744) (12,883) (13,665) (12,428) Balance at the beginning of the year 4,964 1,000 2,749 8,713

(1,659) (1,239) (1,673) (958) MOVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR Net surplus/(deficit) from operations (81) - - (81) FIFA UNDER 20 WORLD CUP 2015 Transfer to reserves 1,070 - (1,070) - Revenue - 20,447 - 20,447 Expenditure - (18,296) - (18,296) BALANCE AT THE END OF YEAR (restated) 5,953 1,000 1,679 8,632 Distribution to stakeholders - (1,275) - (1,275) - 877 - 877 CONSOLIDATED 2014 Accumulated Whole of Football International Teams Total Equity Funds $’000 Reserve $’000 Reserve $’000 $’000

NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) FROM OPERATIONS (1,659) (362) (1,673) (81) Balance at the beginning of the year 9,497 1,000 2,749 13,246 Transfer from Reserves 1,775 1,070 1,775 1,070

MOVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) AFTER TRANSFERS 116 708 102 989 Net surplus/(deficit) from operations (362) - - (362) Transfer to reserves 1,070 - (1,070) - The accompanying notes form part of and are to be read in conjunction with these consolidated financial statements BALANCE AT THE END OF YEAR (restated) 10,205 1,000 1,679 12,884

The accompanying notes form part of and are to be read in conjunction with these consolidated financial statements.

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NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL INCORPORATED NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2016 AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2016

NEW ZEALAND CONSOLIDATED FOOTBALL 1. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Note 2016 2015 2016 2015 Reporting Entity $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 New Zealand Football Incorporated (“the Society”) is an incorporated society registered in New Zealand under (restated) (restated) the Incorporated Societies Act 1908. The Society was established to control and promote the game of football in New Zealand.

MEMBERS’ FUNDS Statement of Compliance Accumulated funds 10,021 10,205 5,755 5,953 The consoldiated financial statements have been prepared applying principles of accrual accounting and the double International teams reserve 7 204 1,679 204 1,679 entry method of recording of financial statements. They comply with the New Zealand Tax Administration Whole of Football reserve 7 500 1,000 500 1,000 (Financial Statements) Order 2014.

Measurement Base TOTAL MEMBERS’ FUNDS 10,725 12,884 6,459 8,632 The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis.

Represented by: Presentation Currency CURRENT ASSETS The consolidated financial statements are presented in New Zealand dollars, rounded to the nearest thousand ($000’). Bank 8 11,768 13,692 7,603 9,451 Trade receivables and other debtors 10 1,340 1,022 1,318 1,010 Basis of consolidation The Society established a charitable trust called the New Zealand Football Foundation (“”the Trust””) in 2010. The TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 13,108 14,713 8,921 10,461 objective and purpose of the trust is the promotion and advancement of sports in New Zealand, with particular regard to the game of Football. Less: CURRENT LIABILITIES The basis of consolidation is that the Society has the power to appoint or remove Trustees to the Trust Board as it sees Trade payables and accruals 1,451 1,270 1,451 1,270 fit in accordance with the Trust Deed. The Society is also deemed to receive benefits from the activities of the Trust. Income in advance 9 1,132 681 1,132 681 Transactions eliminated on consolidation TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 2,583 1,950 2,583 1,950 All intergroup transactions and balances are eliminated on consolidation.

WORKING CAPITAL SURPLUS 10,525 12,762 6,339 8,510

NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment 4 98 81 98 81 Intangible assets 5 22 41 22 41 Investments 80 - - -

TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 200 122 120 122

NET ASSETS 10,725 12,884 6,459 8,632

For and on behalf of the Executive Committee

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The accompanying notes form part of and are to be read in conjunction with these consolidated financial statements.

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NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2016

2.SPECIFIC ACCOUNTING POLICIES 3. EXPENDITURE The following have been charged / (credited) to the Consolidated Statement of Financial Performance: Reporting Entity NEW ZEALAND The following particular accounting policies which materially affect the measurement of financial performance and CONSOLIDATED FOOTBALL of financial position have been applied: 2016 2015 2016 2015 Revenue $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Donated goods are recognised as income in the period it is received. All other income is recorded on an accrual basis. Fees paid to auditors 25 18 22 18 Rental expense 144 139 144 139 Goods and Services Tax Depreciation - Property improvements - - - - All amounts are shown exclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST), except for receivables and payables which are Depreciation - Office equipment 39 23 39 23 shown inclusive of GST. Depreciation - Gear and equipment 1 2 1 2 Property, Plant & Equipment Impairment of intangible asset 20 - 20 - Items of property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Doubtful Debts 90 - 90 - Where an item of property, plant or equipment is disposed of, the gain or loss recognised in the statement of financial performance is calculated as the difference between the sale price and the carrying amount of the asset. 4. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Depreciation COST Depreciation on property, plant and equipment are calculated over their estimated useful lives as follows: Property Improvements 324 324 324 324 Office Equipment 252 166 252 166 Property Improvements 5-10 years Straight Line Office Equipment 18% - 48% Diminishing Value for equipment acquired prior 31 December Gear and Playing Equipment 20 47 18 45 2014, and straight line for equipment acquired post 31 December 2014 Capital WIP - - - - Gear and Playing Equipment 20% Diminishing Value 596 537 594 535

Capital work in progress is not depreciated. ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION Property Improvements (324) (324) (324) (324) Intangible Assets Office Equipment (160) (93) (160) (93) Intangible assets that have finite useful lives are measured at cost less accumulated amorization and accumulated Gear and Playing Equipment (14) (39) (12) (37) impairment loss. (498) (456) (496) (454)

Amortisation NET BOOK VALUE Intangible assets are amortised on a diminishing value basis over their estimated useful lives as follows: Property Improvements - - - - Office Equipment 92 73 92 73 Intangible Assets 50% Diminishing Value Gear and Playing Equipment 6 8 6 8 Capital WIP - - - - Accounts Receivable 98 81 98 81 Receivables are stated at estimated realisable value after providing against debts where collection is doubtful. Bad debts are written off during the period in which they are identified. 5. SOFTWARE Leases Payments made under operating leases are recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Performance on a Cost 39 59 30 49 basis representative of the pattern of benefits expected to be derived from the leased asset. Accumulated amortisation (17) (18) (8) (8) NET BOOK VALUE 22 41 22 41 Income Tax The Society was established to promote the sport of football in New Zealand, and as such is exempt from income tax under section CW39 of the Income Tax Act 2004. 6. OPERATING LEASE OBLIGATIONS

Foreign Currency Transactions Current Portion 180 139 180 139 Foreign currency transactions are translated to New Zealand Dollars (NZD) at the exchange rates ruling at the Non-Current Portion 71 10 71 10 dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance date 251 149 251 149 are translated to NZD at the foreign exchange rate ruling at the date. Foreign exchange differences arising on their translation are recognised in the statement of financial performance.

Changes in Accounting Policies The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous year. Certain comparative figures have been reclassified for consistency with the current year. 68 69 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 07

NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL INCORPORATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cont AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE REPORT AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2016

7. RESERVES The Audit and Compliance Committee was set up in April 2016 in accordance with the NZF Statutes. During the period the Committee focused on regulatory compliance and audited financial statements. International Teams Reserve During 2010, the Board of New Zealand Football Incorporated resolved that a reserve be created out of 2010 Regulatory Compliance; surpluses to ensure that, from 2011 onwards, the needs and requirements of the various international teams We have reviewed management’s compliance with the NZF Statutes and will continue with this work in 2017. be catered for. The costs of running the international teams programme from 2010 will be transferred from From the work we have performed to date, nothing has come to our attention to suggest there is significant non- accumulated funds, on an as required basis. An initial provision of $2.5 million was transferred to the international compliance with the NZF statutes. teams reserve in 2010. The following teams are included in the international teams programme: Men’s: All Whites, Men’s Under 23’s (Olympics), Men’s Under 20’s, Men’s Under 17’s and the Futsal Whites. Women’s: Audited Financial Statements; Football Ferns (incorporating the Olympic team), Women’s Under 20’s and Women’s Under 17’s. We have also reviewed the 2015 and 2016 audited financial statements and will continue to be involved in audit related issues during 2017. From the work we have performed to date, nothing has come to our attention to Whole of Football Reserve suggest there is a significant, material error in the latest audited financial statements. During 2013 the Board of New Zealand Football Incorporated resolved that a reserve created from the 2013 surpluses to ensure that additional funding was available to support the Coaching, Development and Whole of Football programme costs in future years. Chris Dixon Chairman 8. BANK Audit and Compliance Committee

New Zealand Football Incorporated secured a substantial sponsorship agreement with ASB Bank Limited during 2010. One of the terms of the sponsorship agreement is that New Zealand Football Incorporated must maintain banking facilities with ASB Bank over the term of the agreement. The banking facilities provided by ASB Bank Limited include cheque accounts, call accounts, term deposits and credit cards. There is no overdraft facility required with ASB Bank Limited. As at 31 December 2016 there were no foreign exchange contracts. (2015: No foreign exchange contracts).

9. INCOME IN ADVANCE

As at 31 December 2016, New Zealand Football Incorporated is holding $931,560 (2015: $680,562) in various income in advance accounts. NEW ZEALAND 10. TRADE RECEIVABLES AND OTHER DEBTORS CONSOLIDATED FOOTBALL

2015 2014 2015 2014 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

Trade receivables 726 449 726 437 Prepayments 250 297 251 297 Sundry receivables 114 115 95 115 GST receivable 250 161 246 161 1,340 1,022 1,318 1,010

11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

There are no capital commitments at 31 December 2016 (2015: nil).

12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

There have been no events subsequent to balance date which would materially affect the financial statements (2015: nil).

13. RELATED PARTIES

New Zealand Football Foundation is a related party by virtue that New Zealand Football Incorporated are the settlor of that Trust and has the power to appoint Trustees per the Trust Deed. There is no receivable or payable balance between these related parties at year end. In 2016, New Zealand Football Foundation provided a grant of $60,000 to New Zealand Football Incorporated towards the Football Ferns Hardship Grant (2015: Grant of $150,000 provided for Leverage and Legacy programme and volunteer programme). In 2016, New Zealand Football Incorporated Executive Committee President Deryck Shaw donated $20,000 to the incorporated society.

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New Zealand Football gratefully acknowledges the support of the following 2016 organisations:

PARTNERS

Apparel, Footwear and Ball Supplier Naming Rights Partner of Football in Schools of New Zealand Football Partner of Injury Prevention Partner New Zealand Football of New Zealand Football

Naming Rights Partner of Junior Football

Small Whites Partner in 2016 and Small Whites Partner Betting Partner of Naming Rights Partner of the 2015/16 in 2016 New Zealand Football ASB Premiership

Naming Rights Partner of the 2017/18 ISPS Handa Naming Rights Partner of Premiership and the 2017 ISPS Handa Chaham Cup the 2016/17 Stirling Sports Premiership

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Supporter of New Zealand Football Supporter of New Zealand Football

Supporter of New Zealand Football Supporter of New Zealand Football

Supporter of New Zealand Football Partner of New Zealand Football Supporter of New Zealand Football FIFA Confederation

SUPPLIERS

Vehicle Supplier to New Zealand Football Travel Supplier to New Zealand Football Print Supplier to New Zealand Football Official Tailor to the All Whites

New Zealand Football • Lion Foundation House, Stadium Drive, Albany, Auckland • PO Box 301-043, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand • www.nzfootball.co.nz