New Zealand women's national under-17 football team

New Zealand Women's U-17
Nickname(s)	Young Football Ferns
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach
Captain	TBD
FIFA code	NZL
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Australia 4–0 New Zealand ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 2007)
Biggest win
	Tonga 0–18 New Zealand ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 16 April 2010)
Biggest defeat
	New Zealand 0–6 Japan ; (Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; 13 September 2010)
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2010)
Best result	Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2008)
Best result	Third place (2018)

The New Zealand women's Under-17 Football Team, informally known as the 'Young Football Ferns', is the representative team for New Zealand in international Under-17 association football tournaments. The Young Football Ferns were the host team for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

The Young Football Ferns compete in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, the bi-annual confederation championship to decide who represents Oceania Football Confederation at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament was held in 2010.

Competitive record[]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[]

Finals record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2008	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
2010	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0
2012	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0
2014	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
2016	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3
2018	Third-place	6	3	1	2	6	7	-1	10
Total	6	21	5	2	14	21	44	−23	17

Finals history[]

2008

28 October 2008	New Zealand	0–1	Canada	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00		Report	53'	Attendance: 13,123 Referee: Kirsi Savolainen

1 November 2008	New Zealand	1–2	Denmark	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00	Longo 13'	Report	29' 56'	Attendance: 11,170 Referee:

4 November 2008	Colombia	1–3	New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00	Ariza 82'	Report	White 44', 81', 87'	Attendance: 3,546 Referee:

2010

6 September 2010	New Zealand	1–2	Venezuela	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
19:00	Loye 10'	Report	Viso 24', 67'	Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)

9 September 2010	New Zealand	1–3	Spain	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
16:00	Loye 15'	Report	Gili 4' Merida 48' Lazaro 86'	Attendance: 1,785 Referee: Cha Sung Mi (Korea Republic)

13 September 2010	Japan	6–0	New Zealand	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Scarborough
16:00	Yokoyama 24', 58' Y. Tanaka 59', 89' M. Tanaka 74' 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 2,140 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

2012

23 September 2012	Mexico	1–0	New Zealand	Bayil Stadium, Baku
15:00	36'	Report		Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

26 September 2012	New Zealand	0–3	Japan	Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
20:00		Report	Hasegawa 60', 78' Sumida 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

30 September 2012	New Zealand	3–4	Brazil	Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
14:00	4' 45+1' (o.g.) Puketapu 77'	Report	10' Brena 26' 35' (pen.) 55'	Attendance: 8,857 Referee: Ri Hyang-Ok (North Korea)

2014

16 March 2014	New Zealand	1–1	Paraguay	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
11:00	Cleverley 69'	Report	84'	Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

19 March 2014	New Zealand	0–3	Spain	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
17:00		Report	Hernández 3' 34' García 67'	Attendance: 2,364 Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)

23 March 2014	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
17:00	Hasegawa 20' Kobayashi 71' (pen.) Matsubara 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)

2016

30 September 2016	Mexico	5–0	New Zealand	Amman International Stadium, Amman
17:00	Espinosa 18' Ovalle 36' Lopez 68' 81' 87'	Report		Attendance: 7,635 Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)

3 October 2016	Spain	2–0	New Zealand	Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid
16:00	Laia 80' Pina 85'	Report		Attendance: 698 Referee: Park Ji-Yeong (South Korea)

7 October 2016	New Zealand	5–0	Jordan	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
16:00	5', 90' Blake 28', 76', 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 4,493 Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)

2018

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	New Zealand	1–0	Finland	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00	41'	Report		Attendance: 1,385 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)	Uruguay	1–2	New Zealand	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
19:00	8'	Report	26' 36'	Attendance: 4,619 Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)	Ghana	2–0	New Zealand	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
17:00	Abdulai 61', 89'	Report		Attendance: 359 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24)	Japan	1–1 (3–4 p)	New Zealand	Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia del Sacramento
17:00	31' (o.g.)	Report	Abbott 17'	Attendance: 477 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
	Penalties
	Matsuda Kinoshita		Leat

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)	New Zealand	0–2	Spain	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00		Report	Pina 39' I. López 48'	Attendance: 369 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01)	New Zealand	2–1	Canada	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00	1', 13'	Report	64'	Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

OFC U-17 Women's Championship[]

OFC U-17 Women's Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2010	Champions	3	3	0	0	37	0	+37	9
2012	Champions	3	3	0	0	29	1	+28	9
2016	Champions	5	5	0	0	55	0	+55	15
2017	Champions	5	5	0	0	47	1	+46	15
Total	4	16	16	0	0	168	2	+166	48

Players[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Anna Leat	(2001-06-26)26 June 2001 (aged 17)	East Coast Bays AFC
20	1GK		(2001-04-29)29 April 2001 (aged 17)	Hamilton Wanderers AFC
21	1GK		(2001-05-04)4 May 2001 (aged 17)	Cashmere Technical

2	2DF		(2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 17)	New Plymouth Girls' High School
3	2DF		(2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (aged 17)	Forrest Hill Milford
4	2DF		(2001-08-06)6 August 2001 (aged 17)	Forrest Hill Milford
5	2DF	Marisa van der Meer	(1999-01-09)9 January 1999 (aged 19)	FC Twenty 11
14	2DF		(2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 16)	Glenfield Rovers
15	2DF		(2001-05-28)28 May 2001 (aged 17)	Western Springs AFC

6	3MF		(2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 16)	Waimakariri United AFC
8	3MF	Amelia Abbott	(2001-07-22)22 July 2001 (aged 17)	Nelson Suburbs FC
9	3MF	Maggie Jenkins	(2001-06-14)14 June 2001 (aged 17)	Glenfield Rovers
12	3MF		(2002-03-08)8 March 2002 (aged 16)	Waimakariri United AFC
16	3MF		(2001-02-07)7 February 2001 (aged 17)	Western Suburbs
18	3MF		(2001-02-06)6 February 2001 (aged 17)	Forrest Hill Milford

7	4FW	Gabi Rennie	(2001-07-07)7 July 2001 (aged 17)	Waimakariri United AFC
10	4FW		(2002-06-28)28 June 2002 (aged 16)	Hamilton Wanderers AFC
11	4FW		(2001-02-21)21 February 2001 (aged 17)	Hamilton Wanderers AFC
13	4FW		(2001-03-04)4 March 2001 (aged 17)	Papakura City FC
17	4FW		(2001-02-15)15 February 2001 (aged 17)	Three Kings United
19	4FW		(2001-08-08)8 August 2001 (aged 17)	Forrest Hill Milford

Previous squads[]

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup^[3]

2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

References[]

^ http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/OtherNZWomensTeams/young_ferns.htm
^ "Birnie names balanced squad for U-17 WWC". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
^ "U-17 squad named for Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

External links[]

[1] ttp://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/OtherNZWomensTeams/young_ferns.htm

[2] "Birnie names balanced squad for U-17 WWC". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[3] "U-17 squad named for Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

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