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| Nickname(s) | Young Socceroos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Football Federation Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Jan Versleijen |
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| Captain | James Holland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | AUS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Australia 9 - 0 Papua New Guinea  (New Zealand; November 11, 1978) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australia 16 - 0 Samoa  (Rarotonga, Cook Islands; February 15, 2001) |
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Australia 0 - 4 Brazil  (Cordoba, Argentina; June 27, 2001) |
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The Australian Under 20's football (soccer) team, more commonly known as the Young Socceroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.
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Tournament History
2006 AFC Youth Championship Campaign
In their first foray into Asia in 2006 the team failed to advance past the quarterfinals of the AFC Youth Championship, losing to South Korea[1] , despite being labelled as one of the stronger teams. This meant that it would be the first time the Young Socceroos had failed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup since 1989. Subsequently on February 5th 2007 the FFA decided not to renew Ange Postecoglou's contract as head coach[2] and replaced him with former Socceroo, and current AIS head coach of football, Steve O'Connor.[3]
Tournament Records
FIFA World Youth Championship
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 1977 - 1979 | DNP | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 1983 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 1985 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1987 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1989 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1991 | 4th Place | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 1993 | 4th Place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 1995 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 1997 | Round 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 1999 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2001 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | Round 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 2005 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 46 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 63 |
AFC Youth Championship
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 2006 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 2008 | Qualified | ||||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
OFC Youth Championship
No longer an OFC member.
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 1974 | DNP | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | Winner | ||||||
| 1980 | Winner | ||||||
| 1982 | Winner | ||||||
| 1985 | Winner | ||||||
| 1987 | Winner | ||||||
| 1988 | Winner | ||||||
| 1990 | Winner | ||||||
| 1992 | Runner-Up | ||||||
| 1994 | Winner | ||||||
| 1996 | Winner | ||||||
| 1998 | Winner | ||||||
| 2001 | Winner | ||||||
| 2003 | Winner | ||||||
| 2005 | Winner | ||||||
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- DNQ - Did not qualify
- DNP - Did not participate
Matches
Last Matches
| 2007-11-06 | Australia |
2 - 0 |  Indonesia |
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| 2007-11-08 | Australia |
2 - 0 |  Vietnam |
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| 2007-11-10 | Guam  |
0 - 15 | Australia |
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| 2007-11-14 | Korea Republic  |
4 - 0 | Australia |
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Next matches
| 2008-11-01 | Australia |
- |  Thailand |
Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium |
| 2008-11-03 | Uzbekistan  |
- | Australia |
Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium |
| 2008-11-05 | Australia |
- |  Jordan |
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium |
Current Squad
The following players have been named for the ASEAN Youth Championships to be held in Thailand.
References
- ^ Australia bows out to Koreans, FFA, November 7, 2006
- ^ Postecoglou Contract Not Renewed, FFA, February 8, 2007
- ^ New National Youth Coaches Appointed, FFA, March 5, 2007
External links
- AFC - 2008 Youth Championship Qualification Website
- FFA - Player Profiles
- FFA - History
- Oz Football Young Socceroos Archive
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