Australia national under-17 soccer team

The Australia national under-17 soccer team represents Australia in men ‘s external under-17 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing torso for Football in Australia, Football Federation Australia ( FFA ), which is presently a member of the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation ( AFF ) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation ( OFC ) in 2006. The team ‘s official nickname is the Joeys. Australia is a ten-time OFC champion and a two-time AFF supporter. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments on twelve occasions .

history [edit ]

The “ Joeys ” best result in external football came in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship hosted by New Zealand. Australia finished second in the tournament after losing the final examination to Brazil. The catch had finished nothing all after excess time and Brazil won the penalty shoot-out 8–7.

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To qualify for the tournament Australia had to first win the Oceania qualifiers. This was achieved with wins over Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and again Fiji in the concluding which finished 5–0. [ 1 ] next up was a two leg play-off against Bahrain who had finished third base in the 1998 AFC U-17 Championship. Australia won 3–1 on aggregate. In the tournament proper, Australia lost their opening game 2–1 to Brazil although a fall from behind 2–1 win over Germany and a 1–0 winnings over Mali saw Australia top the group ahead of Brazil. Australia dispatched of Qatar 1–0 in the quarter concluding and need penalties to get past USA after a 2–2 draw in the semi-final. A number of the “ Joeys ” squad would go on to represent the Socceroos over the coming years including adrian Madaschi, Jade North, Joshua Kennedy and Scott McDonald .

Coaching staff [edit ]

Coach: Trevor Morgan
Assistant coach: Vacant
Goalkeeper coach: Neil Tate

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

The following 21 players were named for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible. Caps right as of 7 November 2019.

competitive record [edit ]

FIFA U-17 World Cup [edit ]

OFC U-17 Championship [edit ]

OFC U-17 Championship record

Year

Result

Position

Pld

1983
Champions
1st
5
5
0
0
22
2

1986
Champions
1st
4
3
0
1
10
1

1989
Champions
1st
4
4
0
0
35
1

1991
Champions
1st
4
3
1
0
15
4

1993
Champions
1st
4
4
0
0
12
1

1995
Champions
1st
3
3
0
0
11
0

1997
Runners-up
2nd
5
4
0
1
30
1

1999
Champions
1st
7
7
0
0
55
1

2001
Champions
1st
6
6
0
0
52
0

2003
Champions
1st
7
7
0
0
40
3

2005
Champions
1st
5
5
0
0
38
0

Total
11/11
10 Titles
54
51
1
2
320
13

AFC U-17 Asian Cup [edit ]

AFF U-16 Youth Championship [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

Runners-up (1): 1999

Champions (10): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005

Runners-up (1): 1997

Champions (2): 2008, 2016

Runners-up (1): 2012

Third place (3): 2013, 2015, 2017