New Caledonia national football team

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New Caledonia
Association	Fédération Calédonienne de Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Serge Martinengo
Home stadium	Stade Numa-Daly Magenta
FIFA code	NCL
FIFA ranking	175
Highest FIFA ranking	171 (July 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	188 (April 2006)
Elo ranking	141
First kit 　 Second kit
First international New Caledonia 2 - 0 New Zealand (Nouméa, New Caledonia; Sept. 19, 1951)
Biggest win New Caledonia 18 - 0 Guam (Papua New Guinea; Sept. 3, 1991) New Caledonia 18 - 0 Micronesia, FS (Fiji; July 1, 2003)
Biggest defeat Australia 11 - 0 New Caledonia (Auckland, New Zealand;2002)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1973)
Best result	Third place, 1973 and 1980

The New Caledonia national football team is the team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. Although they were only admitted to FIFA in 2004, they have been participating in the OFC Nations Cup since its inception, finishing third in 1973 and 1980.

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 2002 - Did not enter
• 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Oceania Nations Cup record

• 1973 - Third place
• 1980 - Third place
• 1996 to 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Round 1
• 2004 - Did not qualify

Football in New Caledonia v • d • e
Federation | National Team | Division Honneur | Coupe de Calédonie Pacific French Territories Cup | Outremer Champions Cup
International football v • d • e
FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes
Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
National football teams of Oceania (OFC) v • d • e
American Samoa | Cook Islands | Fiji | Micronesia† | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Niue† | Northern Mariana Islands† | Palau† | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tahiti | Tonga | Tuvalu† | Vanuatu †Associate Member Australia ceased to be a member of OFC from 1 January 2006 when they joined AFC.