New Zealand Football has announced a positive financial result at the national body’s Annual Congress held in Auckland today.

With record participation rates through the continued success of the Whole of Football Plan, the national body recorded an $111,000 surplus for 2017 after a net $1.1 million transfer to the International Teams Reserve set up in 2011 to fund future international activity.

Revenue outperformed 2016 by 47 percent due primarily to record Intercontinental Playoff gate receipts, increased broadcast revenues and FIFA Confederations Cup prize money.

Expenditure also increased due to the extensive international programmes during the FIFA World Cup qualification and continued critical investment into core capabilities.

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New Zealand Football Chief Executive Andy Martin said the governing body was in good financial health to continue achieving the strategic goals of more New Zealanders loving and playing football and national teams winning on the world stage.

Martin added that this result was hugely significant for ongoing financial stability as the national body commences another FIFA World Cup cycle without the benefit of qualification prize money.

“Whilst it is great to reflect on 2017 and look back on what was a successful year for football in New Zealand, it remains critical for New Zealand Football to continue seeking new investment to fund its ongoing strategic goals,” said Martin.

“Of course, we missed our big goal of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in Russia, but in all other areas of the business the organisation performed well and we are on track to achieve our mission of becoming the nation’s favourite game.

“We’d like to thank our seven federations, the clubs and the volunteers who make football such a popular sport in this country. We could not deliver the game without all of your hard work.”

Martin said New Zealand Football measures its performance across four key areas; participant satisfaction, employee satisfaction, financial results and governance.  

“I am pleased to report that performance across all four areas was strong.”

Sport New Zealand completed a ‘Voice of Participant’ survey in the winter and football participants surveyed showed 90 per cent overall satisfaction with the delivery of the sport here in New Zealand. 

New Zealand Football measures its employee opinions on a regular basis and were delighted to record a further increase in overall satisfaction during the year.

From a governance perspective, in a year where there was an incredibly high volume of work delivered by New Zealand Football, it was rewarding to see no major control issues during the period.

“We were thrilled when Sport New Zealand endorsed the quality of our governance and leadership as an organisation which is strategically aligned and executing its plan – this is something our Executive Committee and management are very proud of.”

The award-winning Whole of Football Plan, introduced in 2011 and delivered through the seven Regional Federations with support from Sport New Zealand, continued to deliver great results at grassroots level with over 150,000 registered participants across the game and growth rates in youth grades reaching new highs.

Over $5 million was invested in the grassroots game during the year. Some $6.6 million was invested into the international game, with the All Whites competing in the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, the FIFA World Cup Intercontinental Playoff and the New Zealand U-20 and U-17 men competing at their respective FIFA World Cups.

New Zealand Football President Deryck Shaw, who was re-elected for a further four year term at the congress, said New Zealand Football remains well positioned to continue achieving its strategic objectives of more New Zealanders loving and playing football and our elite teams winning on the world stage.

He said the All Whites competing at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, the establishment of the Future Ferns Domestic Programme and the record win from the Football Ferns over Thailand were all standout achievements in the high performance area of the business.

Shaw was also proud of the achievements of New Zealand Football at club and community level and believed the organisation was in a good place to build on that momentum in 2018.

“We are well equipped in New Zealand to continue delivering our vision of incredible performances both on and off the field,” he said. “I think one of the outstanding achievements in 2017 was the way New Zealand Football organised the Intercontinental Playoff and delivered a great occasion for a record football audience in this country.

“One of the big talking points from FIFA in 2017 was the decision to expand the FIFA World Cup to 48 teams in 2026 which means automatic entry for the top team from Oceania. This is great news for football in this part of the world.

“We believe the game has a great future in New Zealand and look forward very much to playing our part, alongside our colleagues at OFC and the leaders of our game at FIFA.  New Zealand Football will continue to play an active role in football globally, whether it be at player, match official, coaching, management or governance level we have an active contribution that we are committed to make."

Three new members were elected to the New Zealand Foobtall Executive Committee - Jon Ormond, Garry Carnachan and Johanna Wood.

New Zealand Football President Deryck Shaw and Philip Barry were re-elected. Deryck Shaw was re-elected as President and Philip Barry was elected as the new Vice President. 

The Executive Committee of New Zealand Football is comprised of the following members:
Deryck Shaw (President)
Philip Barry (Vice President)
Caroline Beaumont
Paul Cochrane
Mike Killick
Scott Moran
Rakesh Naidoo
Jon Ormond
Garry Carnachan
Johanna Wood