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

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(FFA), which is currently a member of the

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(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

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champion. The team has represented Australia at the

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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 hosted by

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, 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

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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

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and a 1–0 win over Mali saw Australia top the group. Australia dispatched of

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1–0 in the quarter final and needed penalties to get past

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after a 2–2 draw in the semi-final. They lost the

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; 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

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including

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Jade North Jade Bronson North (born 7 January 1982) is an Aboriginal Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre back or right back. He was a member of the Australia national association football team, Australian national team, and is ...

Joshua Kennedy Joshua Blake Kennedy (born 20 August 1982) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a striker for the Australia national soccer team. Kennedy is known by Australian fans as "Jesus" due to his apparent resemblance to tradi ...

and

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Coaching staff

* Coach:

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* 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 from 5 to 9 October. ''Caps and goals correct as of the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification 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

**Runners-up (1): 1999 *

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**Champions (10): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 **Runners-up (1): 1997 *

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**Champions (2): 2008, 2016 **Runners-up (1): 2012 **Third place (3): 2013, 2015, 2017

References

External links

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