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New Zealand women's national under-17 football team

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New Zealand Women's U-17
Nickname(s)Young Football Ferns
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachLeon Birnie
CaptainTBD
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Australia 4–0 New Zealand 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 2007)[1]
Biggest win
 Vanuatu 0–27 New Zealand 
(Pirae, Tahiti; 20 September 2023)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 0–6 Japan 
(Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; 13 September 2010)
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2010)
Best resultChampions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 2008)
Best resultThird place (2018)

The New Zealand women's Under-17 Football Team, informally known as the 'Young Football Ferns', is the representative team for New Zealand in international Under-17 association football tournaments. The Young Football Ferns were the host team for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

The Young Football Ferns compete in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, the bi-annual confederation championship to decide who represents Oceania Football Confederation at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament was held in 2010.

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Finals history

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose

2008
28 October 2008 New Zealand  0–1  Canada North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00 Report
  • Lamarre 53'
Attendance: 13,123
Referee: Finland Kirsi Savolainen
1 November 2008 New Zealand  1–2  Denmark North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00
Report
Attendance: 11,170
Referee: Peru Silvia Reyes
4 November 2008 Colombia  1–3  New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00
Report
Attendance: 3,546
Referee: Japan Etsuko Fukano
2010
6 September 2010 New Zealand  1–2  Venezuela Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
19:00
Report
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)
9 September 2010 New Zealand  1–3  Spain Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
16:00
Report
Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Cha Sung Mi (Korea Republic)
13 September 2010 Japan  6–0  New Zealand Dwight Yorke Stadium, Scarborough
16:00
Report Attendance: 2,140
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
2012
23 September 2012 Mexico  1–0  New Zealand Bayil Stadium, Baku
15:00
Report Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
26 September 2012 New Zealand  0–3  Japan Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
20:00 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)
30 September 2012 New Zealand  3–4  Brazil Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
14:00
Report
Attendance: 8,857
Referee: Ri Hyang-Ok (North Korea)
2014
16 March 2014 New Zealand  1–1  Paraguay Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
11:00 Report
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)
19 March 2014 New Zealand  0–3  Spain Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
17:00 Report Attendance: 2,364
Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)
23 March 2014 Japan  3–0  New Zealand Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
17:00
Report Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)
2016
30 September 2016 Mexico  5–0  New Zealand Amman International Stadium, Amman
17:00
Report Attendance: 7,635
Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)
3 October 2016 Spain  2–0  New Zealand Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid
16:00
Report Attendance: 698
Referee: Park Ji-Yeong (South Korea)
7 October 2016 New Zealand  5–0  Jordan Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
16:00
Report Attendance: 4,493
Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)
2018
13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) New Zealand  1–0  Finland Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00
Report Attendance: 1,385
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
16 November 2018 (2018-11-16) Uruguay  1–2  New Zealand Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
19:00
Report
Attendance: 4,619
Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
20 November 2018 (2018-11-20) Ghana  2–0  New Zealand Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
17:00
Report Attendance: 359
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) Japan  1–1
(3–4 p)
 New Zealand Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia del Sacramento
17:00 Report
Attendance: 477
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
Penalties
28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) New Zealand  0–2  Spain Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00 Report
Attendance: 369
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) New Zealand  2–1  Canada Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00 Wisnewski 1', 13' Report Kazandjian 64' Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
2022

Players

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Aimee Feinberg-Danieli (2005-02-11)11 February 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Auckland United FC
18 1GK Madeleine Iro (2005-10-24)24 October 2005 (aged 18) New Zealand Cashmere Technical
21 1GK Sophie Campbell (2007-02-23)23 February 2007 (aged 17) New Zealand New Plymouth Rangers

2 2DF Suya Hearing (2005-07-03)3 July 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Northern Rovers
3 2DF Ella McMillan (2005-03-20)20 March 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix FC
4 2DF Marie Green (2005-01-12)12 January 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Ellerslie AFC
5 2DF Manaia Elliott (2005-04-21)21 April 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Melville United AFC
16 2DF Rebekah Trewhitt (2005-12-13)13 December 2005 (aged 18) New Zealand Palmerston North Marist FC
17 2DF Lara Smith (2006-03-18)18 March 2006 (aged 18) New Zealand Wellington United

6 3MF Charlotte Mortlock (2006-03-09)9 March 2006 (aged 18) New Zealand Cashmere Technical
8 3MF Helena Errington (2005-07-31)31 July 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Western Suburbs FC
10 3MF Olivia Ingham (2005-11-09)9 November 2005 (aged 18) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix FC
11 3MF Kiara Bercelli (2005-02-23)23 February 2005 (aged 19) Australia Alamein FC
13 3MF Lara Colpi (2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Western Springs AFC
14 3MF Olivia Page (2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Eastern Suburbs AFC
15 3MF Ella McCann (2005-03-25)25 March 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand FC Nelson
19 3MF Zoe Benson (2006-08-14)14 August 2006 (aged 18) New Zealand Eastern Suburbs AFC
20 3MF Megan Simpson (2006-09-01)1 September 2006 (aged 18) New Zealand Nomads United

7 4FW Ruby Nathan (2005-10-11)11 October 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Auckland United FC
9 4FW Milly Clegg (2005-11-01)1 November 2005 (aged 18) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
12 4FW Alexis Cook (2005-07-01)1 July 2005 (aged 19) New Zealand Northern Rovers

Competitive record

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Year Host Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
2008  New Zealand Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 4 Squad
2010  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 2 11 Squad
2012  Azerbaijan 3 0 0 3 3 8 Squad
2014  Costa Rica 3 0 1 2 1 7 Squad
2016  Jordan 3 1 0 2 5 7 Squad
2018  Uruguay Third place 6 3 1 2 6 7 Squad
2022  India Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2 10 Squad
2024  Dominican Republic 3 0 1 2 2 9 Squad
2025  Morocco
Total Third place 27 5 3 19 25 63

OFC U-17 Women's Championship

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The OFC Under 17 Women's Championship 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 Women's World Cup. Since 2017 it has been renamed as the OFC U-16 Women's Championship and held in the year preceding the U-17 World Cup.[3]

OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 2010 Champions 3 3 0 0 37 0
New Zealand 2012 Champions 3 3 0 0 29 1
Cook Islands 2016 Champions 5 5 0 0 55 0
OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Samoa 2017 Champions 5 5 0 0 47 1
French Polynesia 2023 Champions 5 5 0 0 51 1
Fiji 2024 Champions 5 5 0 0 26 0
Total 6 titles 26 26 0 0 245 3

References

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  1. ^ "Young Ferns".
  2. ^ "Young Ferns named for U-17 Women's World Cup". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Oceanian Women U-16/U-17 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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