Australia national under-17 soccer team

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Australia Under-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Joeys
AssociationFootball Federation Australia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachTrevor Morgan
CaptainRyan Teague
FIFA codeAUS
First colours
Second colours
First international
  2–1 New Zealand 
(New Zealand; 3 December 1983)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1985)
Best resultRunners-up; 1999
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2008)
Best resultSemi-finals; 2010, 2014, 2018
AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best resultChampions; 2008, 2016
Websitehttps://www.socceroos.com.au/joeys-u17s

The Australia national under-17 soccer team represents Australia in men's international under-17 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for Football in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently 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 champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments on twelve occasions.

History[]

The "Joeys" best result in international football came in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship hosted by New Zealand. Australia finished second in the tournament after losing the final to Brazil. The match had finished nil all after extra time and Brazil won the penalty shoot-out 8–7.

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 final which finished 5–0.[1]

Next up was a two leg play-off against Bahrain who had finished third 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 come from behind 2–1 win over Germany and a 1–0 win over Mali saw Australia top the group ahead of Brazil. Australia dispatched of Qatar 1–0 in the quarter final and needed 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[]

  • Coach: Trevor Morgan
  • Assistant coach: Vacant
  • Goalkeeper coach:

Players[]

Current squad[]

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 correct as of 7 November 2019.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Adam Pavlesic (2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 19) 13 0 Australia Sydney FC
12 1GK (2002-11-09) 9 November 2002 (age 19) 4 0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
18 1GK Nicholas Bilokapic (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 19) 2 0 England Huddersfield Town
2 2DF Idrus Abdulahi (2003-09-22) 22 September 2003 (age 18) 7 0 Australia Melbourne City
3 2DF (2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 19) 9 2 Australia Perth Glory
4 2DF Jordan Courtney-Perkins (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 19) 16 1 Poland Raków Częstochowa
5 2DF Izaack Powell (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 19) 7 0 Australia Brisbane Roar
13 2DF Joshua Rawlins (2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 17) 4 0 Australia Perth Glory
14 2DF Trent Ostler (2002-04-03) 3 April 2002 (age 19) 11 3 Australia Perth Glory
15 2DF Anton Mlinaric (2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 19) 6 0 Australia Brisbane Roar
6 3MF Ryan Teague (Captain) (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 20) 24 3 Portugal Sporting da Covilhã
8 3MF Birkan Kirdar (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 19) 22 8 Australia Melbourne Victory
10 3MF Caleb Watts (2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 20) 7 1 England Crawley Town
16 3MF Luke Duzel (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 19) 18 3 Australia Western United
21 3MF (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 19) 9 2 England Brighton & Hove Albion
7 4FW Tristan Hammond (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 19) 14 3 Austria Austria Wien
9 4FW Noah Botic (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 20) 22 17 Australia Western United
11 4FW Ali Auglah (2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 19) 3 1 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
17 4FW Yaya Dukuly (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 19) 2 0 Australia Adelaide United
19 4FW Michael Ruhs (2002-08-27) 27 August 2002 (age 19) 2 1 Australia Macarthur FC
20 4FW Luis Lawrie-Lattanzio (2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Australia Melbourne Victory

Recent results and fixtures[]

No matches played in the last 12 months. The 2020 AFC U-16 Championship was cancelled after the draw for the group stage was conducted.[4]

2021[]

April 2021 2020 AFC U-16 Championship Group Stage   Cancelled  India Bahrain
April 2021 2020 AFC U-16 Championship Group Stage Uzbekistan  Cancelled   Bahrain
April 2021 2020 AFC U-16 Championship Group Stage South Korea  Cancelled   Bahrain

Competitive record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
China 1985 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 1 0 4 1
Canada 1987 Quarterfinals 6th 4 2 0 2 3 5
Scotland 1989 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 3 6
Italy 1991 Quarterfinals 7th 4 2 0 2 7 6
Japan 1993 Quarterfinals 6th 4 1 1 2 7 5
Ecuador 1995 Quarterfinals 6th 4 1 1 2 6 7
Egypt 1997 Did not qualify
New Zealand 1999 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 7 5
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Quarterfinals 8th 4 2 0 2 6 6
Finland 2003 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 1 6
Peru 2005 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 2 5
South Korea 2007 Did not participate
Nigeria 2009 Did not qualify
Mexico 2011 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 3 7
United Arab Emirates 2013 Did not qualify
Chile 2015 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 3 11
India 2017 Did not qualify
Brazil 2019 Round of 16 15th 4 1 0 3 5 9
Peru 2021 Competition cancelled
Peru 2023 To be determined
Total 13/19 0 Titles 51 19 6 26 57 79

OFC U-17 Championship[]

OFC U-17 Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 1983 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 22 2
Chinese Taipei Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 10 1
Australia Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 35 1
New Zealand 1991 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 15 4
New Zealand Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 12 1
Vanuatu Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 11 0
New Zealand Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 30 1
Fiji Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 55 1
Samoa/Vanuatu 2001 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 52 0
American Samoa/Australia/New Caledonia 2003 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 40 3
New Caledonia 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[]

AFC U-17 Asian Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Singapore 2006 Did not participate
Uzbekistan 2008 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 0 1 13 5
Uzbekistan 2010 Semifinals 4th 5 3 1 1 12 5
Iran 2012 Quarterfinals 6th 4 2 1 1 5 6
Thailand 2014 Semifinals 3rd 5 4 1 0 12 4
India 2016 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 2 10
Malaysia 2018 Semifinals 4th 5 3 0 2 10 9
Bahrain 2020 Competition cancelled
Bahrain 2023 To be determined
Total 6/8 0 Titles 26 15 3 8 54 39

AFF U-16 Youth Championship[]

AFF U-16 Youth Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Indonesia 2008 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 14 4
Thailand 2009 Cancelled
Indonesia 2010 Did not participate
Laos 2011
Laos 2012 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 9 8
Myanmar 2013 Third place 3rd 6 4 2 0 30 2
Indonesia 2014 Cancelled
Cambodia 2015 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 36 8
Cambodia 2016 Champions 1st 7 3 3 1 27 13
Thailand 2017 Third place 3rd 7 5 0 2 27 10
Indonesia 2018 Did not participate
Thailand 2019 Group Stage 5 3 1 1 11 5
Total 7/9 2 Titles 40 25 9 6 149 52

Honours[]

  • FIFA U-17 World Cup
Runners-up (1): 1999
  • OFC U-17 Championship
Champions (10): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
Runners-up (1): 1997
  • AFF U-16 Championship
Champions (2): 2008, 2016
Runners-up (1): 2012
Third place (3): 2013, 2015, 2017

References[]

  1. ^ "Joeys 1999 Matches".
  2. ^ "Trevor Morgan names Australia's Brazil-bound boys". Football Federation Australia. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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