New Zealand women's national under-17 football team

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.

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
 Tonga 0–18 New Zealand 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 16 April 2010)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 0–6 Japan 
(Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; 13 September 2010)
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2010)
Best resultChampions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best resultThird place (2018)

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.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Finals record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2008Group Stage31024403
2010Group Stage3003211−90
2012Group Stage300338−50
2014Group Stage301217−61
2016Group Stage310257-23
2018Third-place631267-110
Total62152142144−2317

Finals history

2008
28 October 2008 New Zealand  0–1  Canada North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00 Report
  • Lamarre  53'
Attendance: 13,123
Referee: Kirsi Savolainen
1 November 2008 New Zealand  1–2  Denmark North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00
Report
  • Andreasen  29'
  • Olsen  56'
Attendance: 11,170
Referee: Silvia Reyes
4 November 2008 Colombia  1–3  New Zealand Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00
Report
Attendance: 3,546
Referee: 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
  • Pérez  36'
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
  • Byanca  10'
  • Brena  26'
  • Andressa  35' (pen.)
  • Camila  55'
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
  • Barrios  84'
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
  • Espinosa  18'
  • Ovalle  36'
  • Lopez  68'
  • Avalos  81'
  • Torres  87'
Report Attendance: 7,635
Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)
3 October 2016 Spain  2–0  New Zealand Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid
16:00
  • Laia  80'
  • Pina  85'
Report Attendance: 698
Referee: Park Ji-Yeong (South Korea)
7 October 2016 New Zealand  5–0  Jordan Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
16:00
  • Tawharu  5', 90'
  • Blake  28', 76', 90+2'
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
  • Brown  41'
Report Attendance: 1,385
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
16 November 2018 (2018-11-16) Uruguay  1–2  New Zealand Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
19:00
  • Aquino  8'
Report
  • Wisnewski  26'
  • Brown  36'
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
  • Mackay-Wright  31' (o.g.)
Report
  • Abbott  17'
Attendance: 477
Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
Penalties
  • Matsuda
  • Kinoshita
  • Tomioka
  • Kamiya
  • Yoshizumi
  • Hahn
  • Wisnewski
  • Brown
  • Stewart
  • Leat
28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) New Zealand  0–2  Spain Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00 Report
  • Pina  39'
  • I. López  48'
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)

OFC U-17 Women's Championship

OFC U-17 Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2010Champions3300370+379
2012Champions3300291+289
2016Champions5500550+5515
2017Champions5500471+4615
Total41616001682+16648

Players

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Anna Leat (2001-06-26)26 June 2001 (aged 17) East Coast Bays AFC
20 1GK Georgia Candy (2001-04-29)29 April 2001 (aged 17) Hamilton Wanderers AFC
21 1GK Blair Currie (2001-05-04)4 May 2001 (aged 17) Cashmere Technical

2 2DF Mackenzie Barry (2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 17) New Plymouth Girls' High School
3 2DF Hannah Mackay-Wright (2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (aged 17) Forrest Hill Milford
4 2DF Aneka Mittendorff (2001-08-06)6 August 2001 (aged 17) Forrest Hill Milford
5 2DF Marisa van der Meer (1999-01-09)9 January 1999 (aged 19) FC Twenty 11
14 2DF Laney Strachan (2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 16) Glenfield Rovers
15 2DF Genevieve Ryan (2001-05-28)28 May 2001 (aged 17) Western Springs AFC

6 3MF Macey Fraser (2002-07-11)11 July 2002 (aged 16) Waimakariri United AFC
8 3MF Amelia Abbott (2001-07-22)22 July 2001 (aged 17) Nelson Suburbs FC
9 3MF Maggie Jenkins (2001-06-14)14 June 2001 (aged 17) Glenfield Rovers
12 3MF Jayda Stewart (2002-03-08)8 March 2002 (aged 16) Waimakariri United AFC
16 3MF Maya Hahn (2001-02-07)7 February 2001 (aged 17) Western Suburbs
18 3MF Rose Luxton (2001-02-06)6 February 2001 (aged 17) Forrest Hill Milford

7 4FW Gabi Rennie (2001-07-07)7 July 2001 (aged 17) Waimakariri United AFC
10 4FW Grace Wisnewski (2002-06-28)28 June 2002 (aged 16) Hamilton Wanderers AFC
11 4FW Kelli Brown (2001-02-21)21 February 2001 (aged 17) Hamilton Wanderers AFC
13 4FW Britney Cunningham-Lee (2001-03-04)4 March 2001 (aged 17) Papakura City FC
17 4FW Ayla Pratt (2001-02-15)15 February 2001 (aged 17) Three Kings United
19 4FW Arabella Maynard (2001-08-08)8 August 2001 (aged 17) Forrest Hill Milford

Previous squads

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[3]
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

References

  1. http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/OtherNZWomensTeams/young_ferns.htm
  2. "Birnie names balanced squad for U-17 WWC". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. "U-17 squad named for Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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