Australia national under-17 soccer team


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, which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation and the regional ASEAN Football Federation since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation 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.
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

Current squad

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

Current squad – under-16s

''The following 23 players were named as the participating squad at the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification from 14–22 September 2019. The U-16 squad is the cohort who will be working to qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible. Caps correct as of 23 September 2019.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection in the under-17s squad. Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible.
The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection in the under-16s squad. Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible.

Recent results and fixtures

Team competing in the [2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup]

FIFA U-17 World Cup

OFC U-17 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

Honours