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
Most caps–
Top scorer–
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.

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

U-17 World Cup Record

By Tournament
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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

By Match
2008
28 October 2008 New Zealand 0–1 CanadaNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00 Report
  • Lamarre  53'
 Attendance: 13,123
Referee: Kirsi Savolainen
1 November 2008 New Zealand 1–2 DenmarkNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00
Report
  • Andreasen  29'
  • Olsen  56'
 Attendance: 11,170
Referee: Silvia Reyes
4 November 2008 Colombia 1–3 New ZealandWestpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00
Report
Attendance: 3,546
Referee: Etsuko Fukano
2010
6 September 2010 New Zealand 1–2 VenezuelaAto Boldon Stadium, Couva
19:00
Report
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)
9 September 2010 New Zealand 1–3 SpainAto Boldon Stadium, Couva
16:00
Report
  • Gili  4'
  • Merida  48'
  • Lazaro  86'
 Attendance: 1,785
Referee: Cha Sung Mi (Korea Republic)
13 September 2010 Japan 6–0 New ZealandDwight Yorke Stadium, Scarborough
16:00
Report Attendance: 2,140
Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)
2012
23 September 2012 Mexico 1–0 New ZealandBayil Stadium, Baku
15:00
  • Pérez  36'
 Report Attendance: 1,900
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
26 September 2012 New Zealand 0–3 JapanEighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
20:00 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)
30 September 2012 New Zealand 3–4 BrazilEighth 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 ParaguayEstadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
11:00
Report
  • Barrios  84'
 Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)
19 March 2014 New Zealand 0–3 SpainEstadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
17:00 Report
  • Hernández  3'
  • Garrote  34'
  • García  67'
 Attendance: 2,364
Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)
23 March 2014 Japan 3–0 New ZealandEstadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
17:00
Report Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)
2016
30 September 2016 Mexico 5–0 New ZealandAmman 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 ZealandAl-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 JordanPrince 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 FinlandEstadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00
  • Brown  41'
 Report Attendance: 1,385
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
16 November 2018 (2018-11-16) Uruguay 1–2 New ZealandEstadio 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 ZealandEstadio Charrúa, Montevideo
17:00
Report Attendance: 359
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) Japan 1–1
(3–4 p)		 New ZealandEstadio 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 SpainEstadio 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 CanadaEstadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00 Wisnewski  1', 13' Report Kazandjian  64' Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

Current squad

Squad for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[2]

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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