The New Zealand national under-23 football team, informally known as the "OlyWhites", represents

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and

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in international Under-23

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events, such as the

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. The OlyWhites qualified for the

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after winning the OFC Preliminary Competition in

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. Thus, Beijing saw the first Olympic appearance for a New Zealand men's football team.

Results and fixtures

;Legend

2023

2024

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the

2024 Olympics ) , nations = TBA , athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)'' , events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines) , opening = 26 July 2024 , closing = 11 August 2024 , opened_by = , stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine , summe ...

qualifiers between 27 August and 9 September 2023.
''Caps and goals updated as of 9 September 2023 after the game against

. ''

Recent call-ups

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

Overage players in Olympic Games

Previous squads

Competitive record

OFC Men's Olympic qualifying tournament

The New Zealand national under-23 football team has competed in the

OFC Men's Olympic qualifying tournament The OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in four years' time to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympic ...

since 1991. During the 1980s, the New Zealand national football team participated in Olympic qualification.

Olympic Games

Historical Olympic results

Beijing 2008

London 2012

Tokyo 2020

Historical results

Head-to-head record

:''As 9 September 2023''

Senior teams

Notes

References

External links

NZ Football Olympic Page
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