Australia national under-21 soccer team

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Australia Under-21
Association Football Federation Australia
Top scorer Brett Emerton, Awer Mabil & Jamie Maclaren (1)
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First colours
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First international
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(Sittard, Netherlands; 28 March 2000)
Biggest defeat
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(Emmen, Netherlands; 25 May 2013)

Australia's national under-21 soccer team, also known as Australia under-21s or Australia U21(s) is an under-21 national association football team for Australian player selects who is under 21. [1]

The U-21 team came into existence in 2000 when Australia U-21 played their first international against the Netherlands U21s in a 2–1 loss.

Results and fixtures

2000

2003

2013

25 May International Friendly Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg3–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Emmen, Netherlands
02:30 AEDT
Report
Stadium: Univé Stadion
Attendance: 6,300
Referee: Jonathan Lardot

2017

25 March 2017 International Friendly Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Murcia, Spain
05:00 AEDT
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Stadium: Nueva Condomina

Records

Leading goalscorers

RankPlayerClub(s)U-21 Goals
1 Brett Emerton Sydney Olympic 1
Awer Mabil Esbjerg
Jamie Maclaren Blackburn Rovers

Note:Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s.

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References

  1. "Australia [U21] National Team". WorldFootball.net.