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New Zealand
Qualifying
OFC Third Round winners
Style of Play
Organized defensive setup with quick transitions.
Ones to Watch
Chris Wood
FWNottingham Forest
Captain and Nottingham Forest striker; 45 international goals, the focal point.
Marko Stamenić
MFSwansea City
Swansea City midfielder; one of their few players at a major European club.
Kosta Barbarouses
FWWestern Sydney Wanderers
Experienced winger; 75 caps, the veteran complement to Wood.
Squad
26 players · avg 27.6yCoach Darren BazeleyCaptain Chris Wood
| Player | Club | Caps | Goals | Age | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||
| Max Crocombe | Millwall | 23 | 0 | 32 | 12 Aug 1993 |
| Alex Paulsen | Lechia Gdańsk | 7 | 0 | 23 | 4 Jul 2002 |
| Michael Woud | Auckland FC | 6 | 0 | 27 | 16 Jan 1999 |
| Defenders | |||||
| Tim Payne | Wellington Phoenix | 50 | 3 | 32 | 10 Jan 1994 |
| Francis de Vries | Auckland FC | 19 | 1 | 31 | 28 Nov 1994 |
| Tyler Bindon | Sheffield United | 24 | 3 | 21 | 27 Jan 2005 |
| Michael Boxall | Minnesota United FC | 62 | 1 | 37 | 18 Aug 1988 |
| Liberato Cacace | Wrexham | 36 | 1 | 25 | 27 Sep 2000 |
| Nando Pijnaker | Auckland FC | 24 | 0 | 27 | 25 Feb 1999 |
| Finn Surman | Portland Timbers | 18 | 2 | 22 | 23 Sep 2003 |
| Callan Elliot | Auckland FC | 10 | 0 | 26 | 7 Jul 1999 |
| Tommy Smith | Braintree Town | 56 | 2 | 36 | 31 Mar 1990 |
| Midfielders | |||||
| Joe Bell | Viking | 31 | 1 | 27 | 27 Apr 1999 |
| Matthew Garbett | Peterborough United | 36 | 5 | 24 | 13 Apr 2002 |
| Marko Stamenić | Swansea City | 38 | 3 | 24 | 19 Feb 2002 |
| Sarpreet Singh | Wellington Phoenix | 27 | 3 | 27 | 20 Feb 1999 |
| Elijah Just | Motherwell | 43 | 9 | 26 | 1 May 2000 |
| Alex Rufer | Wellington Phoenix | 25 | 0 | 29 | 12 Jun 1996 |
| Ben Old | Saint-Étienne | 23 | 2 | 23 | 13 Aug 2002 |
| Callum McCowatt | Silkeborg | 31 | 4 | 27 | 30 Apr 1999 |
| Ryan Thomas | PEC Zwolle | 25 | 3 | 31 | 20 Dec 1994 |
| Lachlan Bayliss | Newcastle Jets | 3 | 0 | 23 | 24 Jul 2002 |
| Forwards | |||||
| Chris WoodC | Nottingham Forest | 89 | 45 | 34 | 7 Dec 1991 |
| Kosta Barbarouses | Western Sydney Wanderers | 75 | 10 | 36 | 19 Feb 1990 |
| Ben Waine | Port Vale | 31 | 9 | 25 | 11 Jun 2001 |
| Jesse Randall | Auckland FC | 10 | 2 | 23 | 19 Aug 2002 |