The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when it was hosted by Tunisia under the tournament name of FIFA World Youth Championship until 2005. In 2007 the name was changed to its present form. FIFA bills the men's Under-20 World Cup as "the tournament of tomorrow's superstars." Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba are previous winners of the official player of the tournament award, and Erling Haaland was the top scorer at the 2019 edition. The current title holder is Uruguay, which won its first title at the 2023 tournament in Argentina.
Ebrahim Mirzapour is a retired Iranian football goalkeeper, who played most of his career for Foolad F.C.
Clint Brian Bolton is an Australian former goalkeeper. He was one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the history of the National Soccer League, which preceded the A-League. He played over 300 games for Brisbane Strikers, Sydney Olympic FC and Parramatta Power, and won two A-League championships with Sydney FC.
Darren Shaun Bazeley is an English-New Zealand football coach and former player. He played as either a right full back or right-sided midfielder. He is currently Caretaker head coach of the New Zealand team and head coach of the national U-23 and Olympic sides.
Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan is a retired Australian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
The Australia national under-17 soccer team 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. The team's official nickname is the Joeys.
Michael Joseph Boxall is a New Zealand footballer who currently plays for Minnesota United in Major League Soccer, and the New Zealand national football team.
Anthony Patrick Hudson is an English-American professional association football manager who currently serves as head coach of Al-Markhiya SC.
Jacob Christopher Gleeson is a former New Zealand professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for American club Portland Timbers.
Stefan Tone Marinovic is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the New Zealand national team.
2012 OFC Women's Under 20 Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of OFC Women's Under 20 Qualifying Tournament. The tournament took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 10 to 14 April. It was initially scheduled to be played in Auckland, New Zealand from 16–20 January 2012, but was postponed by Oceania Football Confederation due to two late entries. The Championship acted as the continent's qualifying event for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup that will take place Japan later in this year.
The 2014 OFC U-20 Championship was the 20th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 19 and below. The tournament was held in Fiji from 23 to 31 May 2014.
The American Samoa national under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of American Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation American Samoa.
Dan Robinson is an English football coach and former goalkeeper. He currently manages the academy of Burton Albion and has previously held the role of assistant coach with the New Zealand national women's team.
The Samoa national under-20 association football team represents Samoa in under-20 competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's U20 home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia. It was known as the Western Samoa national under-20 football team until 1997, following the renaming of the country. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project. The 2022 squad consisted of 18 non-Samoan based players out of a squad of 26, this was made possible through extensive worldwide scouting, no other country in the OFC region has seen this amount of off shore players in an U20 squad.
The 2018 OFC U-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The qualifying stage was held in the Cook Islands between 26 May – 1 June 2018, and the final tournament was held in Tahiti between 5–18 August 2018.
The 2018 OFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The qualifying stage was held in Tonga between 14 and 20 July 2018, and the final tournament was held in the Solomon Islands between 9–22 September 2018.
Michael Cornelis Woud is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J.League club Kyoto Sanga and the New Zealand national football team.
Elijah Henry Just is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a winger for AC Horsens and the New Zealand national team.
The 2022 OFC U-19 Championship is an international football tournament being held in Tahiti from 7 to 24 September 2022 for under 19 players. The eleven national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of up to 26 players, including two goalkeepers. Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. The two finalists of the tournament qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
