In-form duo Ben Waine and Eli Just will lead the attack for New Zealand’s All Whites in Friday night’s FIFA Series match against Finland at Eden Park.
Coach Darren Bazeley has opted for Max Crocombe to start the game as the first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Alex Paulsen and Michael Woud.
Here are the starting line-ups named ahead of the game’s 7.15pm kick-off.
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Starting line-ups
New Zealand
1 Max Crocombe
2 Tim Payne
3 Francis de Vries
4 Tyler Bindon
16 Finn Surman
8 Marko Stamenic
19 Ben Old
20 Callum McCowatt
23 Ryan Thomas
11 Elijah Just
18 Ben Waine
Substitutes
Lachlan Bayliss
Kosta Barbarouses
Joe Bell
Andre de Jong
Callan Elliot
James McGarry
Jesse Randall
Logan Rogerson
Alex Rufer
Bill Tuiloma
Alex Paulsen (gk)
Michael Woud (gk)
Head coach
Darren Bazeley
Finland
23 Viljami Sinisalo
13 Juho Lähteenmäki
17 Nikolai Alho
21 Ville Koski
3 Samuli Miettinen
6 Leo Walta
7 Oliver Antman
10 Naatan Skyttä
11 Adam Markhiyev
16 Anssi Suhonen
20 Joel Pohjanpalo
Substitutes
1 Lukas Hradecky
12 Jesse Joronen
2 Matti Peltola
4 Tony Miettinen
5 Miro Tenho
15 Ryan Mahuta
8 Oiva Jukkola
Head coach
Jacob Friis
FIFA Series fixtures
Games to be played on Friday March 27, 2026
#Current FIFA world rankings
Chile (#55) v Cape Verde (#65)
Eden Park, Auckland, 4pm
New Zealand (#85) v Finland (#75)
Eden Park, Auckland, 7pm
General sale tickets are available through Ticketek.
Games to be played on Monday March 30, 2026
#Current FIFA world rankings
Cape Verde (#65) v Finland (#75)
Eden Park, Auckland, 4pm
New Zealand (#85) v Chile (#55)
Eden Park, Auckland, 7pm
General sale tickets are available through Ticketek.
This story was first published on March 27, 2026.