Australian National Football Team (U-20 Men)
Nickname (s) | Young Socceroos |
Association | Football Federation Australia |
confederacy | AFC (since 2006, previously OFC ) |
Head coach | Paul Okon |
captain | Curtis Good |
FIFA code | OUT |
(Status: unknown) |
The Australia U-20 National Football Team is a selection team of Australian football players. It is subject to the Football Federation Australia and represents it internationally at the U-20 level , for example in friendly matches against the teams of other national associations or at U-20 World Cups and U-19 Asian Cups . Before the Australian federation switched to the AFC in 2006, the team took part in the U-20 Oceania Championships .
The team achieved their best result at a World Cup in Portugal in 1991 and in their own country in 1993 , when they reached fourth place.
The team finished second at the Asian Cup in 2010 and reached the semi-finals in 2008 and 2012 .
Before that she was Oceania champion twelve times.
Participation in U-20 world championships
1977 | not participated |
1979 | |
1981 | Quarter finals |
1983 | Preliminary round |
1985 | Preliminary round |
1987 | Preliminary round |
1989 | not qualified |
1991 | 4th Place |
1993 | 4th Place |
1995 | Quarter finals |
1997 | Round of 16 |
1999 | Preliminary round |
2001 | Round of 16 |
2003 | Round of 16 |
2005 | Preliminary round |
2007 | not qualified |
2009 | Preliminary round |
2011 | Preliminary round |
2013 | Preliminary round |
2015 | not qualified |
2017 | |
2019 |
Participation in U-19 Asian championships
(until 2006 Junior Asian Championship )
2006 | Quarter finals |
2008 | Semifinals |
2010 | 2nd place |
2012 | Semifinals |
2014 | Preliminary round |
2016 | Preliminary round |
2018 | Quarter finals |
Participation in U-20 Oceania Championships
1974 | not participated |
1978 | winner |
1980 | 2nd place |
1982 | winner |
1985 | winner |
1986 | winner |
1988 | winner |
1990 | winner |
1992 | not participated |
1994 | winner |
1997 | winner |
1998 | winner |
& 2001 | winner |
& 2002 | winner |
2005 | winner |