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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.

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 game against Switzerland on 11 April 2024.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Oskar von Schrenk 1 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
12 1GK Jai Ajanovic 1 0 Australia Central Coast Mariners
2 2DF Malual Nichola 1 0 Australia Adelaide United
3 2DF Hayden Thomas 1 0 Australia Perth Glory
4 2DF Jayden Necovski (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 16) 1 0 Australia Melbourne City
5 2DF Christian Pullella 1 0 Australia Perth Glory
13 2DF Besian Kutleshi 1 0 Australia Melbourne City
14 2DF Feyzo Kasumovic 1 0 Australia Adelaide United
6 3MF Gianluca Okon (2009-01-24) 24 January 2009 (age 15) 1 0 Belgium Club Brugge
8 3MF Danilo Treffiletti (2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 16) 3 0 Italy Monza
10 3MF Nickolas Alfaro (2008-02-02) 2 February 2008 (age 16) 1 0 Australia Sydney FC
15 3MF Alex Bolton 1 0 Australia Perth Glory
16 3MF James Houridis 1 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
17 3MF Alexander Houridis 1 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
21 3MF Rhys Williams 1 0 Australia Brisbane Roar
22 3MF Quinn MacNicol (2008-01-10) 10 January 2008 (age 16) 1 2 Australia Brisbane Roar
7 4FW Noah Slunjski 1 0 Croatia Hajduk Split
9 4FW Marcus Neil 1 0 England Sunderland
11 4FW Amlani Tatu (2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 16) 1 1 Australia Adelaide United
18 4FW Max Anastasio 1 0 France Angers
19 4FW Antonio Arena 1 0 Italy Pescara
20 4FW Jordan Graoroski 1 0 Australia Sutherland Sharks
23 4FW David Bolongi 1 1 Australia Gold Coast Knights
4FW Aaron Cartwright 0 0 Australia Melbourne City

Recent call-ups

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

Recent results and fixtures

2023

16 June AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS Australia  0–2  Saudi Arabia Chonburi, Thailand
17:00 (ICT) Report
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)
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
21 June–4 July ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship GS Australia  v  East Timor Indonesia
Source
21 June–4 July ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship GS Australia  v  Malaysia Indonesia
Source
21 June–4 July ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship GS Australia  v  Thailand Indonesia
Source

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

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
China 1985 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 1 0 4 1
Canada 1987 Quarterfinals 6th 4 2 0 2 3 5
Scotland 1989 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 3 6
Italy 1991 Quarterfinals 7th 4 2 0 2 7 6
Japan 1993 Quarterfinals 6th 4 1 1 2 7 5
Ecuador 1995 Quarterfinals 6th 4 1 1 2 6 7
Egypt 1997 did not qualify
New Zealand 1999 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 7 5
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Quarterfinals 8th 4 2 0 2 6 6
Finland 2003 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 1 6
Peru 2005 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 2 5
South Korea 2007 did not qualify
Nigeria 2009
Mexico 2011 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 3 7
United Arab Emirates 2013 did not qualify
Chile 2015 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 3 11
India 2017 did not qualify
Brazil 2019 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 5 9
Peru 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Indonesia 2023 did not qualify
Qatar 2025 to be determined
Total 13/20 0 Titles 51 19 6 26 57 79

OFC U-17 Championship

OFC U-17 Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 1983 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 22 2
Chinese Taipei 1986 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 10 1
Australia 1989 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 35 1
New Zealand 1991 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 15 4
New Zealand 1993 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 12 1
Vanuatu 1995 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 11 0
New Zealand 1997 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 30 1
Fiji 1999 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 55 1
Samoa/Vanuatu 2001 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 52 0
American Samoa/Australia/New Caledonia 2003 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 40 3
New Caledonia 2005 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 38 0
Total 11/11 10 Titles 54 51 1 2 320 13

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
Singapore 2006 did not qualify
Uzbekistan 2008 Quarterfinals 5th 4 3 0 1 13 5
Uzbekistan 2010 Semifinals 4th 5 3 1 1 12 5
Iran 2012 Quarterfinals 6th 4 2 1 1 5 6
Thailand 2014 Semifinals 3rd 5 4 1 0 12 4
India 2016 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 2 10
Malaysia 2018 Semifinals 4th 5 3 0 2 10 9
Bahrain 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Thailand 2023 Quarterfinals 8th 4 2 0 2 8 8
Saudi Arabia 2025 to be determined
Total 7/9 0 Titles 30 17 3 10 62 47

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

Honours

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

References

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

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