New Zealand men's national under-17 football team

New Zealand U17
Nickname(s)	Young All Whites
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Martin Bullock
Captain	Marley Leuluai
Most caps	Ian Hogg (21)
Top scorer	Kosta Barbarouses (16)
FIFA code	NZL
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
Appearances	10 (first in 1997)
Best result	Round of 16, 2009, 2011, 2015
OFC Under 17 Championship/Tournament
Appearances	17 (first in 1983)
Best result	Champions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023)

The New Zealand Under 17's football team, more commonly known as the Young All Whites, is controlled by New Zealand Football and represents New Zealand in international Under 17 or youth football competitions.

New Zealand was the host nation for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.^[1]

Competition record[edit]

OFC U-17 Championship[edit]

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.^[2]

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

FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

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	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	8	Squad
2001	Trinidad and Tobago	Did not qualify
2003	Finland	Did not qualify
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	Round of 16	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	30	3	6	21	18	96	—

1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship[edit]

6 September Group B	New Zealand	0–4	Mali	Ismaïlia, Egypt
18:15 UTC+02:00		Report	33' Guindo 64' Diarra 70', 88' Keita	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Jacek Granat

8 September Group B	New Zealand	0–5	Mexico	Ismaïlia, Egypt
20:30 UTC+02:00		Report	12' Martínez 32' Salcedo 41', 47' Gomez 85' Santibáñez	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail

11 September Group B	New Zealand	0–13	Spain	Ismaïlia, Egypt
20:30 UTC+02:00		Report	23', 29' Sanchez 28', 64' Mateos 36' (pen.) Sergio 44', 45+3', 47', 49' David 62' Royo 71' Ander 87' Corona 90+1' Iván Lopez	Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem

1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship[edit]

10 November Group A	New Zealand	1–2	United States	Auckland, New Zealand
19:30 UTC+12:00	Mulligan 16'	Report	69' Thompson 74' Donovan	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 14,103 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

13 November Group A	New Zealand	0–5	Uruguay	Auckland, New Zealand
13:45 UTC+12:00		Report	42' Lapolla 45+1' Peralta 63' Leal 71' Martínez 77' Meneses	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 10,265 Referee: Costas Kapitanis

16 November Group A	Poland	1–2	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand
18:00 UTC+12:00	Mierzejewski 88'	Report	53' Mulligan 64' Pearce	Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 7,643 Referee: Edgar Rangel Perez

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

18 August Group B	Brazil	7–0	New Zealand	Seogwipo, South Korea
17:00 UTC+09:00	Fabio 1' Lazaro 6' Giuliano 33' Fabio 50' Alex 54' Lulinha 60' (pen.) Júnior 87'	Report		Stadium: Jeju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski

21 August Group B	New Zealand	0–5	England	Seogwipo, South Korea
17:00 UTC+09:00		Report	3', 27' Welbeck 7', 30' Moses 88' Chambers	Stadium: Jeju World Cup Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bertrand Layec

24 August Group B	North Korea	1–0	New Zealand	Ulsan, South Korea
17:00 UTC+09:00	Rim Chol Min 81'	Report		Stadium: Ulsan Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

25 October Group D	Costa Rica	1–1	New Zealand	Enugu, Nigeria
19:00 UTC+01:00	Campbell 35'	Report	19' Built	Stadium: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Attendance: 16,850 Referee: Eddy Maillet

28 October Group D	New Zealand	1–1	Burkina Faso	Enugu, Nigeria
16:00 UTC+01:00	Murie 57'	Report	12' Nikiema	Stadium: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Attendance: 10,195 Referee: Howard Webb

31 October Group D	New Zealand	1–1	Turkey	Calabar, Nigeria
19:00 UTC+01:00	Hobson-McVeigh 90+1'	Report	12' Nikiema	Stadium: U. J. Esuene Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Martín Vázquez

5 November Round of 16	Nigeria	5–0	New Zealand	Abuja, Nigeria
19:00 UTC+01:00	Egbedi 14', 28' Okoro 24' Emmanuel 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Abuja Stadium Attendance: 35,200 Referee: Massimo Busacca

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

19 June Group D	Uzbekistan	1–4	New Zealand	Torreón, Mexico
15:00 UTC−05:00	Khakimov 35'	Report	10', 36', 53' Carmichael 87' Vale	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 7,561 Referee: Helder Martins

22 June Group D	Czech Republic	1–0	New Zealand	Torreón, Mexico
18:00 UTC−05:00	Juliš 28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 10,105 Referee: Roberto García

25 June Group D	United States	0–0	New Zealand	Pachuca, Mexico
18:00 UTC−05:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 8,556 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

29 June Round of 16	Japan	6–0	New Zealand	Monterrey, Mexico
18:00 UTC−05:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Referee: Stephan Studer

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

17 October Group B	Uruguay	7–0	New Zealand	Ras al-Khaimah, UAE
17:00	Méndez 3' Otormín 37', 63' Acosta 49', 57' Ospitaleche 75' Pizzichillo 89'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

20 October Group B	Italy	1–0	New Zealand	Ras al-Khaimah, UAE
20:00	Vido 48'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium Attendance: 2,482 Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

23 October Group B	New Zealand	0–3	Côte d'Ivoire	Abu Dhabi, UAE
17:00		Report	Bakayoko 25', 48' Yakou 87'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 3,642 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

19 October Group F	New Zealand	1–6	France	Puerto Montt, Chile
17:00	McGarry 76'	Report	McGarry 15' (o.g.) Boutobba 32' Maouassa 34' Doucoure 42' Georgen 45' Edouard 90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Regional de Chinquihue Attendance: 8,134 Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

22 October Group F	New Zealand	0–0	Syria	Puerto Montt, Chile
17:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Regional de Chinquihue Attendance: 8,955 Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

25 October Group F	Paraguay	1–2	New Zealand	Puerto Montt, Chile
16:00	Ñamandú 43'	Report	Ashworth 11' Imrie 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Regional de Chinquihue Attendance: 6,571 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

28 October Round of 16	Brazil	1–0	New Zealand	Viña del Mar, Chile
17:00	L. Henrique 90+6' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Attendance: 4,265 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

6 October Group B	New Zealand	1–1	Turkey	Navi Mumbai, India
17:00	Mata 58'	Report	Kutucu 18'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 9,727 Referee: John Pitti ()

9 October Group B	Paraguay	4–2	New Zealand	Navi Mumbai, India
20:00	Rodríguez 2' Vega 75', 78' Armoa 90+1'	Report	Duarte 20' (o.g.), 34' (o.g.)	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 20,877 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

12 October Group B	Mali	3–1	New Zealand	New Delhi, India
17:00	Salam 18' Djemoussa 50' Ndiaye 82'	Report	Spragg 72'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 23,112 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26)	New Zealand	1–2	Angola	Estádio Bezerrão, Gama
20:00	Garbett 54'	Report	Zini 6' Bark 60' (o.g.)	Attendance: 553^[3] Referee: Ma Ning (China)

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	Brazil	3–0	New Zealand	Estádio Bezerrão, Gama
20:00	Kaio 20' Talles 81' Diego 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 14,158^[4] Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01)	Canada	0–1	New Zealand	Estádio Bezerrão, Gama
20:00		Report	Garbett 27'	Attendance: 1,154^[5] Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

12 November 2023 (2023-11-12)	Venezuela	3–0	New Zealand	Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung
16:00	Martínez 29' Romero 87', 90+7'	Report		Attendance: 2,932 Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

15 November 2023 (2023-11-15)	New Zealand	1–3	Germany	Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung
19:00	Watson 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Brunner 45+7' Moerstedt 60' Yalçınkaya 81'	Attendance: 5,353 Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

18 November 2023 (2023-11-18)	New Zealand	0–4	Mexico	Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung
16:45		Report	Barajas 42' Fernandez 47' Carrillo 54', 67' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,136 Referee: Omar Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up to the 2023 OFC U-17 Championship held in Fiji.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Matthew Foord	(2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Cashmere Technical
12	1GK	Joshua Brown	(2006-02-04) 4 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Western Suburbs
23	1GK	Eamonn McCarron	(2007-09-14) 14 September 2007 (age 16)	1	0	Wellington Phoenix

2	2DF	Ryan Lee	(2006-11-27) 27 November 2006 (age 17)	4	0	North Wellington
3	2DF	Marley Leuluai	(2006-11-08) 8 November 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Manchester City
4	2DF	Luka Coveny	(2006-03-11) 11 March 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Western United
5	2DF	Anton Isaako	(2007-03-11) 11 March 2007 (age 17)	5	0	Sydney FC
6	2DF	Dylan Gardiner	(2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 17)	4	0	Hamilton Wanderers
13	2DF	Jackson Cole	(2006-02-28) 28 February 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Christchurch United
14	2DF	Nicholas Murphy	(2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Christchurch United
15	2DF	Harry Huxford	(2006-07-07) 7 July 2006 (age 17)	4	0	Havelock North Wanderers
16	2DF	Jesper Edwards	(2006-04-08) 8 April 2006 (age 18)	3	1	Wellington Phoenix
25	2DF	Carlos Ranui	(2006-06-29) 29 June 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Melville United

7	3MF	Eric Imachi Sugahara	(2007-02-03) 3 February 2007 (age 17)	2	0	Cashmere Technical
8	3MF	Konstantino Gorgiovski	(2006-09-02) 2 September 2006 (age 17)	3	0	Makedonija G.P.
10	3MF	James Ray	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Auckland United
18	3MF	Harrison Tisch	(2006-08-28) 28 August 2006 (age 17)	4	0	Wellington Phoenix
19	3MF	Anaru Cassidy	(2006-02-26) 26 February 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Wellington Phoenix

9	4FW	Bronson Brown	(2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Auckland United
11	4FW	Micah Singh	(2008-08-01) 1 August 2008 (age 15)	5	6	Manurewa
17	4FW	Noah Singh	(2008-08-01) 1 August 2008 (age 15)	5	5	Manurewa
20	4FW	Adam Watson	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18)	4	3	Stoke City
21	4FW	Matthew d'Hotman de Villiers	(2006-04-03) 3 April 2006 (age 18)	4	3	Melville United
22	4FW	Niko Bruce	(2006-03-06) 6 March 2006 (age 18)	5	1	Western Suburbs
24	4FW	Luke Flowerdew	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 17)	2	4	Wellington Phoenix

References[edit]

^ "FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999". Fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
^ "Oceania U-17 World Cup Qualifiers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
^ "Match report – Group A – New Zealand v Angola" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
^ "Match report – Group A – Brazil v New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Match report – Group A – Canada v New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ "Squad announced for January's OFC U-17 Championship 2023". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

External links[edit]

Under-17 Historical results

[1] "FIFA U-17 World Championship New Zealand 1999". Fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[2] "Oceania U-17 World Cup Qualifiers". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

[3] "Match report – Group A – New Zealand v Angola" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

[4] "Match report – Group A – Brazil v New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[5] "Match report – Group A – Canada v New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

[6] "Squad announced for January's OFC U-17 Championship 2023". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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