Australian National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
Nickname (s) | Joeys |
Association | Football Federation Australia |
confederacy | AFC (since 2006, previously OFC ) |
Head coach | Tony Vidmar |
Assistant coach | Ufuk Talay |
FIFA code | OUT |
(Status: unknown) |
The Australian U-17 national soccer team is a selection team of Australian soccer players . It is subject to the Football Federation Australia and represents it internationally at the U-17 level , for example in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, at the U-16 Asian Cup and the U-17 World Cup . Before moving to the Asian Football Association , the team took part in the U-17 Oceania Championships .
The team was runner-up in New Zealand in 1999 . She lost the final against Brazil on penalties . In addition, she reached the World Cup quarter-finals six times.
She was ten times Oceanian champion and once vice Oceanian champion. Her best result at the Asian Championships was reaching the semi-finals in 2010 and 2014 . In 2010 she lost it to the host and later runner-up Asian champions Uzbekistan , and in 2014 she lost to the future Asian champions North Korea on penalties.
Participation in U-17 world championships
(Until 1989 U-16 World Championship)
1985 | Quarter finals |
1987 | Quarter finals |
1989 | Preliminary round |
1991 | Quarter finals |
1993 | Quarter finals |
1995 | Quarter finals |
1997 | not qualified |
1999 | 2nd place |
2001 | Quarter finals |
2003 | Preliminary round |
2005 | Preliminary round |
2007 | not qualified |
2009 | |
2011 | Round of 16 |
2013 | not qualified |
2015 | qualified |
Participation in U-17 Oceania Championships
(Until 1989 U-16 Oceania Championship)
1983 | Oceania Champion |
1986 | Oceania Champion |
1989 | Oceania Champion |
1991 | Oceania Champion |
1993 | Oceania Champion |
1995 | Oceania Champion |
1997 | 2nd place |
1999 | Oceania Champion |
& 2001 | Oceania Champion |
& 2003 | Oceania Champion |
2005 | Oceania Champion |
Participation in the U-16 Asian Championship
U-16 Asian Cup | U-17 Asian Cup |
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2006 : not qualified | |
2008 : quarter-finals | |
2010 : semi-finals | |
2012 : quarter-finals | |
2014 : semi-finals |