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New Zealand national under-17 football team

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New Zealand U17
Nickname(s)Young All Whites
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachMartin Bullock
CaptainMarley Leuluai
Most capsIan Hogg (21)
Top scorerKosta Barbarouses (16)
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 New Zealand 1–0 Chinese Taipei 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 1983)
Biggest win
 Tonga 0–13 New Zealand 
(Maroochydore, Australia; 20 February 2003)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 0–13 Spain 
(Ismailia, Egypt; 11 September 1997)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1997)
Best resultRound of 16 (2009, 2011, 2015)
OFC Under 17 Championship/Tournament
Appearances17 (first in 1983)
Best resultChampions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023)

The New Zealand national under-17 team also known as Young All Whites represents New Zealand in youth international football. They have been to the FIFA U-17 World Cup and they hosted the 1999 edition.

Competition record[change | change source]

OFC U-17 Championship[change | change source]

The OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Since 2018 it has been renamed as the OFC U-16 Championship and held in the year preceding the U-17 World Cup.[1]

OFC U-17 Championship
Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA
New Zealand 1983 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 7 2
Chinese Taipei 1986 Runners-up 4 2 2 0 3 1
Australia 1989 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 18 5
New Zealand 1991 Runners-up 4 2 1 1 9 3
New Zealand 1993 Third place 3 2 0 1 16 3
Vanuatu 1995 Runners-up 4 2 1 1 6 3
New Zealand 1997 Champions 5 5 0 0 15 1
Fiji 1999 Did not enter
Samoa Vanuatu 2001 Runners-up 6 4 0 2 14 10
American Samoa Australia New Caledonia 2003 Group stage 5 2 2 1 19 4
New Caledonia 2005 Withdrew
French Polynesia 2007 Champions 3 3 0 0 9 2
New Zealand 2009 Champions 3 3 0 0 7 0
New Zealand 2011 Champions 5 5 0 0 15 1
Samoa Vanuatu 2013 Champions 5 5 0 0 23 3
American Samoa Samoa 2015 Champions 7 6 1 0 36 7
Samoa French Polynesia 2017 Champions 5 5 0 0 28 2
Tonga Solomon Islands 2018 Champions 5 3 1 1 16 9
Fiji 2023 Champions 5 5 0 0 20 3
Tonga French Polynesia 2024 To be determined
Total 9 titles 78 60 9 9 259 57

FIFA U-17 World Cup[change | change source]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Host Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
1985  China Did not qualify
1987  Canada
1989  Scotland
1991  Italy
1993  Japan
1995  Ecuador
1997  Egypt Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 22 Squad
1999  New Zealand 11th 3 1 0 2 3 8 Squad
2001  Trinidad and Tobago Did not qualify
2003  Finland
2005  Peru Withdrew
2007  South Korea Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 0 13 Squad
2009  Nigeria Round of 16 16th 4 0 3 1 3 8 Squad
2011  Mexico 13th 4 1 1 2 4 8 Squad
2013  United Arab Emirates Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 0 11 Squad
2015  Chile Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 3 8 Squad
2017  India Group stage 17th 3 0 1 2 4 8 Squad
2019  Brazil 17th 3 1 0 2 2 5 Squad
2023  Indonesia 22nd 3 0 0 3 1 10 Squad
2025  Qatar To be determined
Total Round of 16 10/20 33 4 6 23 20 101

References[change | change source]

  1. "Oceania U-17 World Cup Qualifiers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 January 2013.