New Zealand women's national under-17 football team

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New Zealand Women's U-17
Nickname(s)Young Football Ferns
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachLeon Birnie
CaptainTBD
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Australia 4–0 New Zealand 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 2007)[1]
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
Appearances4 (first in 2010)
Best resultChampions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best resultThird place (2018)

The New Zealand women's national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of New Zealand is controlled by New Zealand Football. They have qualified to every FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and their best placing was third in 2018.

Competitive record[change | change source]

OFC U-17 Women's Championship[change | change source]

The OFC Under 17 Women's Championship 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 Women's World Cup. Since 2017 it has been renamed as the OFC U-16 Women's Championship and held in the year preceding the U-17 World Cup.[2]

OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Year Host Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2010  New Zealand Champions 3 3 0 0 37 0 +37 9
2012  New Zealand Champions 3 3 0 0 29 1 +28 9
2016  Cook Islands Champions 5 5 0 0 55 0 +55 15
OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Year Host Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2017  Samoa Champions 5 5 0 0 47 1 +46 15
2020  Tahiti Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022  Tahiti New Zealand nominated by OFC[3]
Total 4 titles 16 16 0 0 168 2 +166 48

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[change | change source]

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Year Host Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Squad
2008  New Zealand Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3 Squad
2010  Trinidad and Tobago Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0 Squad
2012  Azerbaijan Group Stage 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0 Squad
2014  Costa Rica Group Stage 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1 Squad
2016  Jordan Group Stage 3 1 0 2 5 7 –2 3 Squad
2018  Uruguay Third place 6 3 1 2 6 7 –1 10 Squad
2020  India Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022  India Qualified
Total Third place 21 5 2 14 21 44 −23 17

References[change | change source]

  1. "Young Ferns".
  2. "Oceanian Women U-16/U-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 15 July 2022.