Australia_national_under-17_football_team

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

Australia men's national under-17 soccer team

National association football team

"Joeys" redirects here. Not to be confused with Joey Scouts or St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill.
For other uses, see Joey (disambiguation).

The Australia national under-17 soccer team, known as the Joeys or Subway Joeys for sponsorship reasons,[1] represents Australia in men's international under-17 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for Football in Australia, Football Australia (FA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.

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Australia is a ten-time OFC champion and a two-time AFF champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments on twelve occasions.

History

1999 U-17 World Championship

The Joeys best result in international football came in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship hosted by New Zealand, where Australia finished second.

To qualify for the tournament Australia had to first win the Oceania qualifiers. This was achieved with wins over Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and again Fiji in the final which finished 5–0.[2] Next up was a two leg play-off against Bahrain who had finished third in the 1998 AFC U-17 Championship. Australia won 3–1 on aggregate.

In the tournament proper, Australia lost their opening game 2–1 to Brazil although a come from behind 2–1 win over Germany and a 1–0 win over Mali saw Australia top the group. Australia dispatched of Qatar 1–0 in the quarter final and needed penalties to get past USA after a 2–2 draw in the semi-final. They lost the final to Brazil; the match finished nil all after extra time and Brazil won a penalty shoot-out 8–7.

A number of this Joeys squad would go on to represent the Socceroos including Adrian Madaschi, Jade North, Joshua Kennedy and Scott McDonald.

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were called up for the AIS International Camp from 5–19 of April.[3]

Caps and goals correct as of the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup game against Japan on 27 June, 2023.

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Recent call-ups

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

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Recent results and fixtures

2023

16 June AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS Australia  0–2  Saudi Arabia Chonburi, Thailand
17:00 (ICT) Report
  • Al-Bishri 56'
  • Al-Jadaani 86'
 Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
19 June AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS China  3–5  Australia Chonburi, Thailand
17:00 (ICT)
  • Wang Yudong 14', 62'
  • Kuai Jiwen 45+7'
 Report
Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)
22 June AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS Tajikistan  0–2  Australia Bangkok, Thailand
17:00 (ICT) Report
Stadium: Rajamangala Stadium
Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)
26 June AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF Japan  3–1  Australia Pathum Thani, Thailand
17:00 (ICT)
Report
Stadium: BG Stadium
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

2024

11 April Friendly Switzerland  3–4  Australia Locarno, Switzerland
13:00 (CET)
  • Lebrino 6'
  • Mahic 120+1', 102+5'
 Report
Stadium: Stadio Communale Ascona
Note: Match took place over four quarters of 30-minutes each
16 April Unofficial Friendly Inter Milan U-17 Italy 4–2  Australia Milan, Italy
15:00 (CET)
  • 27'
  • 40'
  • 45'
  • 73'
 Report
Stadium: Konami Youth Development Centre

Coaching staff

  • Coach: Australia Brad Maloney[4]
  • Assistant coach: Australia Michael Cooper
  • Goalkeeper coach: Italy Davide Del Giovine
  • Technical consultant: England Ron Smith

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

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OFC U-17 Championship

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AFC U-17 Asian Cup

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AFF U-16 Youth Championship

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Honours

  • OFC U-17 Championship
    • Champions (10): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
    • Runners-up (1): 1997

References

  1. [1]
    Mason, Max (21 September 2022). "Football Australia signs record sponsorship deal with Subway". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Joeys 1999 Matches".
  3. [3]
    "Subway Joeys start new World Cup cycle with Italy camp". Football Australia. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. [4]
    "Brad Maloney appointed Joeys Head Coach". Football Australia. 4 August 2022.
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