New Zealand men's national under-17 football team

New Zealand U17
Nickname(s)Young All Whites
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachMartin Bullock
CaptainMarley Leuluai
Most capsIan Hogg (21)
Top scorerKosta Barbarouses (16)
FIFA codeNZL
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
Appearances10 (first in 1997)
Best resultRound of 16 (2009, 2011, 2015)
OFC Under 17 Championship/Tournament
Appearances17 (first in 1983)
Best resultChampions (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

OFC U-17 Championship

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 / OFC U-16 Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
New Zealand 1983 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 7 2
Chinese Taipei 1986 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 2 0 3 1
Australia 1989 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 18 5
New Zealand 1991 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 9 3
New Zealand 1993 Third place 3rd 3 2 0 1 16 3
Vanuatu 1995 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 6 3
New Zealand 1997 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 15 1
Fiji 1999 Did not enter
Samoa Vanuatu 2001 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 14 10
American Samoa Australia New Caledonia 2003 Group stage 5th 5 2 2 1 19 4
New Caledonia 2005 Withdrew
French Polynesia 2007 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 9 2
New Zealand 2009 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 7 0
New Zealand 2011 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 15 1
Samoa Vanuatu 2013 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 23 3
American Samoa Samoa 2015 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 36 7
Samoa French Polynesia 2017 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 28 2
Tonga Solomon Islands 2018 Champions 1st 5 3 1 1 16 9
Fiji 2023 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 20 3
Tonga French Polynesia 2024 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 31 2
Total 10 titles 18/20 83 65 9 9 290 59

FIFA U-17 World Cup

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 11th 3 1 0 2 3 8 Squad
2001  Trinidad and Tobago Did not qualify
2003  Finland
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 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 Qualified
Total Round of 16 11/20 33 4 6 23 20 101

1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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: Poland 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: Saudi Arabia 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: Egypt Abdulhamid Radwan Abdulkareem

1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

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: Germany 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: Cyprus 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: Mexico Edgar Rangel Perez

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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: Poland 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: France 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: Portugal Olegário Benquerença

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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: Seychelles 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: England 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: Uruguay 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: Switzerland Massimo Busacca

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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

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

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

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) New Zealand  1–2  Angola Estádio Bezerrão, Gama
20:00
Report
Attendance: 553[3]
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) Brazil  3–0  New Zealand Estádio Bezerrão, Gama
20:00
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
Attendance: 1,154[5]
Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup

12 November 2023 (2023-11-12) Venezuela  3–0  New Zealand Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung
16:00
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
Report 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
Attendance: 6,136
Referee: Omar Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

Current squad

The following players were called up to the 2024 OFC U-16 Championship held in Tahiti.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
Pedro Botica 0 0 New Zealand Auckland United
2DF William Britton (2008-03-27) 27 March 2008 (age 16) 0 0 New Zealand Western Springs
3MF Luke Brooke-Smith (2008-06-06) 6 June 2008 (age 16) 0 0 New Zealand Hamilton Wanderers
Hunter Cadman 0 0 New Zealand Northern Rovers
Justin Cardozo Machado 0 0 Australia Sydney FC
Aaron Cartwright 0 0 Australia Melbourne City
1GK Joseph Chalabi 0 0 New Zealand Christchurch United
Ethan Dyer 0 0 Australia Sydney FC
Van Fitzharris 0 0 New Zealand Tauranga City
Joseph Kalume Banza 0 0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
3MF Damion Kim (2008-08-29) 29 August 2008 (age 16) 0 0 New Zealand East Coast Bays
Alexander Lienard 0 0 England Sunderland
3MF Nathan Martin 0 0 New Zealand Fencibles United
4FW Joe McIntyre (2009-01-30) 30 January 2009 (age 15) 0 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
1GK Henry Murfitt (2008-07-18) 18 July 2008 (age 16) 0 0 New Zealand Selwyn United
2DF Daniel Nelson (2008-01-24) 24 January 2008 (age 16) 0 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Benjamin Perez Baldoni 0 0 New Zealand Ellerslie
Jack Perniskie 0 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
Connor Smith 0 0 Germany FC Hennef 05
3MF Louis Spillane (2008-01-16) 16 January 2008 (age 16) 0 0 New Zealand Western Springs
Rakshan Suresh 0 0 New Zealand Western Suburbs
3MF Luka Vicelich (2008-05-15) 15 May 2008 (age 16) 0 0 New Zealand Auckland City
Michael Wong 0 0 New Zealand Auckland United

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the New Zealand under-17 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
FW Micah Singh (2008-08-01) 1 August 2008 (age 16) 5 6 New Zealand Manurewa 2023 OFC U-17 Championship
FW Noah Singh (2008-08-01) 1 August 2008 (age 16) 5 5 New Zealand Manurewa 2023 OFC U-17 Championship

References

  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 OFC Men's U-16 Championship in Tahiti". New Zealand Football. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.