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Departing Auckland United coach is re-united with Buckingham in India

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Departing Auckland United head coach Hiroshi Miyazawa has been unveiled as the new assistant coach for Indian Super League club Mumbai City. Head coach at Mumbai is Des Buckingham who worked with Miyazawa when the pair coached the New Zealand … Read More

Buckingham takes first coaching session at Indian champions Mumbai City

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Former Wellington Phoenix and New Zealand U-23 coach Des Buckingham has taken his first session as the newly-appointed head coach of Indian Super League champions Mumbai City. Buckingham (36) had to complete a period of quarantine before joining Mumbai City’s … Read More

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Please note: all scheduled events in New Zealand are subject to confirmation of alert levels in the efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

NOVEMBER

Saturday November 27 (5am NZT): Draw from Zurich, Switzerland, to determine intercontinental play-offs to qualify for Qatar World Cup

Saturday November 27 (6pm NZT): Football Ferns v South Korea, Goyang Stadium, Goyang

Saturday November 27 (7.05pm NZT): Wellington Phoenix v Central Coast Mariners (men’s A-League), WIN Stadium

Wednesday November 30 (11pm NZT): Football Ferns v South Korea, Goyang Stadium, Goyang

DECEMBER

Friday December 3 (7pm NZT): Wellington Phoenix women v Western Sydney Wanderers (women’s A-League), venue TBC

Friday December 3 (9.45pm NZT): Wellington Phoenix v Western Sydney Wanderers (men’s A-League), WIN Stadium

Friday December 10 (7pm NZT): Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix (women’s A-League), McDonald Jones Stadium

Friday December 10 (9.45pm NZT): Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix (men’s A-League), McDonald Jones Stadium

December 12: Conclusion of men’s and women’s National League: South Central Series

Sunday December 19 (6pm NZT): Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix (women’s A-League), Netstrata Jubilee Stadium

Sunday December 19 (8.45pm NZT): Sydney FC v Wellington Phoenix (men’s A-League), Netstrata Jubilee Stadium

Monday December 27 (6.05pm NZT): Central Coast Mariners v Wellington Phoenix (men’s A-League), Central Coast Stadium

Monday December 27 (8.45pm NZT): Wellington Phoenix v Newcastle Jets (women’s A-League), venue TBC

—2022—

Fixture date to be set: Coastal Spirit v Hamilton Wanderers (semi-final Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup), English Park, Christchurch

Fixture date to be set: Wellington United v Eastern Suburbs (semi-final Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup), Newtown Park, Wellington

February: Semi-finals and finals of 2021 Chatham Cup (dates to be confirmed)

March: Likely date for qualifying tournament to decide who represents Oceania in FIFA World Cup intercontinental play-off

June 13-14: Scheduled date for FIFA World Cup intercontinental play-off