Auckland City FC in international football

Auckland City Football Club is a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in Sandringham, Auckland. The club's involvement in international competitions dates back 2005. As New Zealand champions, City were invited to participate in the fourth OFC Club Championship. They were originally scheduled to debut against Manumea who withdrew from qualifying. City eventually made their debut against Sydney FC in the group stage.

Auckland City in international football

Club	Auckland City
Seasons played	20
Most appearances	Ryan de Vries (58)
Top scorer	Emiliano Tade (31)
First entry	2005 Oceania Club Championship
Latest entry	2025 FIFA Club World Cup
Titles
Champions League	13 2006 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2022 2023 2024 2025

Auckland City won their first Oceania title in the following year, defeating Pirae in the final. Between 2010 and 2017 City won seven consecutive titles. They are presently New Zealand's most successful club in OFC competitions, with 13 trophies in total. They currently hold the record for the most appearances at the FIFA Club World Cup with 12 appearances.

Emiliano Tade holds the club record for appearances and goals in Oceanian competitions with 41 appearances and 31 goals.

Records

• First international match: Sydney FC v. Auckland City, 2005 Oceania Club Championship, 31 May 2005^[1][2]
• Biggest win in international competitions: 15–0, Tupapa Maraerenga v. Auckland City, 2019 OFC Champions League, 27 February 2019^[3]
• Biggest defeat in international competitions: 10–0, FC Bayern Munchen vs Auckland City, 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, 15 June 2025.^[4]
• Most appearances in international competitions: Ryan de Vries, 58
• Most goals in international competitions: Emiliano Tade, 31

Matches

All results (home, away and neutral) list Auckland City's goal tally first.

Colour key

  Wins

  Draws

  Losses

  Competition winners

  Competition runners-up

Key

• N = Neutral venue
• a.e.t. = After extra time
• a = Away goals rule
• p = Penalty shoot-out

Auckland City FC results in international competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
2005[5]	OFC Club Championship	PR	Manumea	w/d[n 1]
Group A		Sydney FC	2–3	3rd
		AS Pirae	0–1
		Sobou	6–1
2006[6]	OFC Club Championship	Group A	Sobou	7–0	1st
			Marist Fire	3–1
			AS Pirae	1–0
		SF	Nokia Eagles	9–1 (N)
		Final	AS Pirae	3–1 (N)
2006	FIFA Club World Cup	Quarter-final	Al-Ahly	0–2 (N)
		Fifth place play-off	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–3 (N)
2007[7]	OFC Champions League	Group A	Waitakere United	2–2	2–2	2nd
Mont-Dore			4–0	2–0
2007–08[8]	OFC Champions League	Group A	Waitakere United	0–1	1–1	2nd
			A.S. Manu-Ura	6–0	1–0
2008–09[9]	OFC Champions League	Group A	Waitakere United	2–2	3–1	1st
			Port Vila Sharks	8–1	2–0
		Final	Koloale	2–2	7–2	9–4
2009	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Al-Ahli	2–0 (N)
		Quarter-final	Atlante	0–3 (N)
		Match for fifth place	TP Mazembe	3–2 (N)
2009–10[10]	OFC Champions League	Group A	Waitakere United	2–2	1–1	2nd
			AS Magenta	2–1	1–1
			A.S. Manu-Ura	5–0	2–0
2010–11[11]	OFC Champions League	Group B	AS Magenta	3–0	1–0	1st
			Waitakere United	1–1	1–0
			A.S. Tefana	1–1	5–0
		Final	Amicale	2–1	4–0	6–1
2011	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Kashiwa Reysol	0–2 (N)
2011–12[12]	OFC Champions League	Group B	Hekari United	2–0	1–1	1st
			Koloale	7–3	4–1
			Amicale	3–2	0–1
		Final	A.S. Tefana	2–1	1–0	3–1
2012	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1 (N)
2012–13[13]	OFC Champions League	Group B	Waitakere United	0–1	3–1	2nd
			A.S. Dragon	1–3	1–1
			Mont-Dore	12–2	2–0
		SF	Ba	6–1	1–0	7–1
		Final	Waitakere United	2–1 (N)
2013	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Raja Casablanca	1–2 (N)
2013–14[14]	OFC Champions League	Group B	Nadi	3–0	2nd
			A.S. Dragon	3–0
			Amicale	0–1
		SF	AS Pirae	3–0	1–2	4–2
		Final	Amicale	2–1	1–1	3–2
2014	OFC President's Cup	Group A	Singapore U23	4–0		1st
			Bodden Town	9–0
		Final	Amicale	2–1 (N)
2014	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Moghreb Tetouan	0–0 (4–3 p) (N)
		Quarter-final	ES Sétif	1–0 (N)
		Semi-final	San Lorenzo	1–2 (a.e.t.) (N)
		Match for third place	Cruz Azul	1–1 (4–2 p) (N)
2014–15[15]	OFC Champions League	Group B	Suva	3–0	1st
			Western United	3–0
			Amicale	3–0
		SF	Gaïtcha FCN	1–0 (N)
		Final	Team Wellington	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) (N)
2015	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–2 (N)
2016[16]	OFC Champions League	Group A	Lae City Dwellers	2–1	1st
			Solomon Warriors	4–0
			Amicale	3–1
		SF	A.S. Tefana	4–2 (N)
		Final	Team Wellington	3–0 (N)
2016	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Kashima Antlers	1–2 (N)
2017[17]	OFC Champions League	Group C	Lae City Dwellers	2–0	1st
			Western United	2–1
			Malampa Revivors	11–0
		SF	A.S. Tefana	2–0	2–0	4–0
		Final	Team Wellington	3–0	2–0	5–0
2017	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Al-Jazira	0–1 (N)
2018[18]	OFC Champions League	Group C	Vénus	7–0	1st
			Madang	5–0
			Lautoka	1–0
		QF	Solomon Warriors	2–0	—	—
		SF	Team Wellington	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
2019[19]	OFC Champions League	Group D	AS Magenta	2–1	1st
			Tupapa Maraerenga	15–0
			Solomon Warriors	6–0
		QF	Toti City	4–0	—	—
		SF	AS Magenta	—	1–2	—
2020[20]	OFC Champions League	Group D[n 2]	Ba	6–0	1st
			Vénus	1–0
			Lupe o le Soaga	2–0
2020	FIFA Club World Cup	Withdrew due to COVID-19 pandemic[22]
2022[23]	OFC Champions League	Group B	Hienghène Sport	5–0	1st
			Rewa	3–0
			Nikao Sokattack	4–1
		SF	Central Coast	2–0 (N)
		Final	Vénus	3–0 (N)
2022	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Al Ahly	0–3 (N)
2023[24]	OFC Champions League	National PO	Wellington Olympic	5–3	1–1	6–4
		Group A	Solomon Warriors	3–1	1st
			Suva	3–1
			Lupe o le Soaga	3–0 (w/d[n 3])
		SF	Ifira Black Bird	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) (N)
		Final	Suva	4–2 (a.e.t.) (N)
2023	FIFA Club World Cup	Play-off for quarter-finals	Al-Ittihad	0–3 (N)
2024[26]	OFC Champions League	National PO	Wellington Olympic	1–0	3–3	4–3
		Group A	Rewa	2–2		1st
			Hekari United	1–0
			Solomon Warriors	5–0
		SF	AS Magenta	1–0 (N)
		Final	AS Pirae	4–0 (N)
2024	FIFA Intercontinental Cup	African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off	Al Ain	—	2–6	—
2025[27]	OFC Champions League	Group A	AS Pirae	1–0	1st
			Tiga Sport	2–0
			Rewa	1–1
		SF	Ifira Black Bird	2–0 (N)
		Final	Hekari United	2–0 (N)
2025	FIFA Club World Cup	Group C	Bayern Munich	0–10 (N)	4th
			Benfica	0–6 (N)
			Boca Juniors	1–1 (N)

Overall record

All statistics are correct as of 24 June 2025.

Including matches in OFC Club Championship / OFC Champions League, OFC President's Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, FIFA Intercontinental Cup, and each competition's associated qualifying rounds.

Colour key

Positive balance (more wins)   Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)   Negative balance (more losses)

By competition

Auckland City FC record in international football by competition

Competition	Apps	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD	Win%
OFC Champions League	20	116	86	21	9	333	82	+251	074.14
OFC President's Cup	1	3	3	0	0	15	1	+14	100.00
FIFA Club World Cup[28]	12	20	3	3	14	11	46	−35	015.00
FIFA Intercontinental Cup[29]	1	1	0	0	1	2	6	−4	000.00
Total	34	140	92	24	24	361	135	+226	065.71

By country

Auckland City FC record in international football by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Algeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
American Samoa[a]	1	1	0	0	0	0	+0	100.00
Argentina	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Australia	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Cayman Islands	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Cook Islands	2	2	0	0	19	1	+18	100.00
DR Congo	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Egypt	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	000.00
Fiji	12	10	2	0	42	8	+34	083.33
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	10	−10	000.00
Japan	4	0	0	4	1	7	−6	000.00
Korea Republic	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Mexico	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Morocco	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
New Caledonia	14	12	1	1	39	7	+32	085.71
New Zealand	23	9	12	2	41	26	+15	039.13
Papua New Guinea	10	9	1	0	32	3	+29	090.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	000.00
Samoa	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Singapore	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Solomon Islands	13	12	1	0	50	11	+39	092.31
Tahiti	24	19	2	3	60	12	+48	079.17
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	033.33
Vanuatu	15	11	2	2	45	12	+33	073.33
Total (25 countries)	140	92	24	24	361	135	+226	065.71

By team

Auckland City FC record in international football by team

Team	Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Al-Ahli	United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Al Ahly	Egypt	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	000.00
Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	2	6	−4	000.00
Al-Ittihad	Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Al-Jazira	United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Amicale	Vanuatu	10	7	1	2	20	9	+11	070.00
AS Dragon	Tahiti	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	033.33
AS Magenta	New Caledonia	7	5	1	1	11	5	+6	071.43
AS Manu-Ura	Tahiti	4	4	0	0	14	0	+14	100.00
AS Pirae	Tahiti	7	5	0	2	13	4	+9	071.43
AS Tefana	Tahiti	7	6	1	0	17	4	+13	085.71
Atlante	Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Ba	Fiji	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	100.00
Bayern Munich	Germany	1	0	0	1	0	10	−10	000.00
Benfica	Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	000.00
Boca Juniors	Argentina	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Bodden Town	Cayman Islands	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Central Coast	Solomon Islands	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Cruz Azul	Mexico	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
ES Sétif	Algeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Gaïtcha FCN	New Caledonia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Hekari United	Papua New Guinea	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	075.00
Hienghène Sport	New Caledonia	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Ifira Black Bird	Vanuatu	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	050.00
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Korea Republic	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Kashima Antlers	Japan	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Koloale	Solomon Islands	4	3	1	0	20	8	+12	075.00
Lae City[b]	Papua New Guinea	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	100.00
Lautoka	Fiji	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Lupe o le Soaga	Samoa	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Madang	Papua New Guinea	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Malampa Revivors	Vanuatu	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11	100.00
Manumea[a]	American Samoa	1	1	0	0	0	0	+0	100.00
Marist Fire	Solomon Islands	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Moghreb Tetouan	Morocco	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Mont-Dore	New Caledonia	4	4	0	0	20	2	+18	100.00
Nadi	Fiji	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Nikao Sokattack	Cook Islands	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Nokia Eagles	Fiji	1	1	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00
Port Vila Sharks	Vanuatu	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	100.00
Raja Casablanca	Morocco	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Rewa	Fiji	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	033.33
San Lorenzo	Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Singapore U23	Singapore	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Sobou	Papua New Guinea	2	2	0	0	13	1	+12	100.00
Solomon Warriors	Solomon Islands	5	5	0	0	20	1	+19	100.00
Suva	Fiji	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	100.00
Sydney FC	Australia	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Team Wellington	New Zealand	6	3	3	0	11	3	+8	050.00
Tiga Sport	New Caledonia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
TP Mazembe	DR Congo	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Tupapa Maraerenga	Cook Islands	1	1	0	0	15	0	+15	100.00
Vénus	Tahiti	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	100.00
Waitakere United	New Zealand	13	4	7	2	20	16	+4	030.77
Wellington Olympic	New Zealand	4	2	2	0	10	7	+3	050.00
Western United	Solomon Islands	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Total (58 teams)	25 countries	140	92	24	24	361	135	+226	065.71

Notes

1. Auckland City were awarded the victory against Manumea in the 2005 Oceania Club Championship.
2. Includes Lae City Dwellers & Toti City.

1. Auckland City received a bye because Manumea were withdrawn by the Oceania Football Confederation.
2. On 4 September 2020, OFC announced that the competition was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[21]
3. The Lupe ole Soaga v Auckland City match was cancelled due to injuries in the Lupe ole Soaga squad. Lupe ole Soaga SC will have all its matches cancelled and considered null and void. OFC will award victory and the resultant three points to the opposing team as well as the score of 3–0.^[25]