Today in New Zealand Sporting History we're going back to 2014 when an amateur football team from Auckland took on the world and almost came out on top.
In 2014 Auckland City football club made history by becoming the first side from oceania to win a medal at the football club world cup.
The tournament puts the best club teams in the world against each other in a knock out competition, meaning amateur clubs like Auckland can compete against professional clubs from Europe and South America with a payroll in the millions of dollars.
But at the tournament in Morocco the team, made up with a mixture of semi-professionals, lawyers, construction workers and a truck driver, beat the odds and the naysayers, making it all the way to the semi-final, and eventually take out third place.
Former All White and Auckland City stalwart Ivan Vicelich was the captain and a key part of that team, he talks to Jesse.
Photo: JALAL MORCHIDI
