The Australia national under-17 soccer team represents

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in men's international under-17

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. 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

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(AFF) since leaving the

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(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

1999 U-17 World Championship

The ''Joeys'' best result in international football came in the

1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 1999 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the eighth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 and 27 November 1999. Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate ...

hosted by New Zealand, where Australia finished second. 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 1998 AFC U-16 Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship. Qatar hosted the tournament from 3 to 17 September 1998. The top two teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand. Qualification The follow ...

. 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. 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. They lost the final to Brazil; the match finished nil all after extra time and Brazil won a penalty shoot-out 8–7. A number of this ''Joeys'' squad would go on to represent the Socceroos including Adrian Madaschi, Jade North, Joshua Kennedy and Scott McDonald.

Coaching staff

* Coach: Brad Maloney * Assistant coach: Michael Cooper * Goalkeeper coach: Davide Del Giovine * Technical consultant: Ron Smith

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were called up for

2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification The 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-17 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup. It was held as under-17 tournament for the first time after rebrand ...

from 5 to 9 October. ''Caps and goals correct as of the

game against

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on 9 October, 2022''.

Recent call-ups

''The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.''

Recent results and fixtures

2022

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

OFC U-17 Championship

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

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

External links

*
Oz Football Joeys Archive
{{National sports teams of Australia Asian national under-17 association football teams National youth sports teams of Australia