Nickname(s) | Young Football Ferns | ||
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Association | New Zealand Football | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Leon Birnie | ||
Captain | TBD | ||
FIFA code | NZL | ||
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First international | |||
Australia 4–0 New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 2007) [1] | |||
Biggest win | |||
Vanuatu 0–27 New Zealand (Pirae, Tahiti; 20 September 2023) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
New Zealand 0–6 Japan (Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; 13 September 2010) | |||
OFC U-17 Women's Championship | |||
Appearances | 6 (first in 2010 ) | ||
Best result | Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024) | ||
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 2008 ) | ||
Best result | Third place (2018) |
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.
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.
Win Draw Lose
28 October 2008 | New Zealand | 0–1 | Canada | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland |
19:00 | Report |
| Attendance: 13,123 Referee: Kirsi Savolainen |
1 November 2008 | New Zealand | 1–2 | Denmark | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland |
16:00 |
| Report | 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 |
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) |
23 September 2012 | Mexico | 1–0 | New Zealand | Bayil Stadium, Baku |
15:00 |
| 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 | Attendance: 8,857 Referee: Ri Hyang-Ok (North Korea) |
16 March 2014 | New Zealand | 1–1 | Paraguay | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas |
11:00 |
| Report |
| 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) |
30 September 2016 | Mexico | 5–0 | New Zealand | Amman International Stadium, Amman |
17:00 | Report | Attendance: 7,635 Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia) |
3 October 2016 | Spain | 2–0 | New Zealand | Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid |
16:00 | Report | Attendance: 698 Referee: Park Ji-Yeong (South Korea) |
7 October 2016 | New Zealand | 5–0 | Jordan | Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa |
16:00 | Report | Attendance: 4,493 Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo) |
13 November 2018 | New Zealand | 1–0 | Finland | Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo |
16:00 |
| Report | Attendance: 1,385 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan) |
16 November 2018 | Uruguay | 1–2 | New Zealand | Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo |
19:00 |
| Report | Attendance: 4,619 Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda) |
20 November 2018 | Ghana | 2–0 | New Zealand | Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo |
17:00 |
| Report | Attendance: 359 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden) |
24 November 2018 | Japan | 1–1 (3–4 p) | New Zealand | Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia del Sacramento |
17:00 |
| Report |
| Attendance: 477 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States) |
Penalties | ||||
28 November 2018 | New Zealand | 0–2 | Spain | Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo |
16:00 | Report | Attendance: 369 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan) |
1 December 2018 | New Zealand | 2–1 | Canada | Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo |
16:00 | Wisnewski 1', 13' | Report | Kazandjian 64' | Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany) |
11 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS | Chile | 3–1 | New Zealand | Margao, India |
16:30 |
| Report (FIFA) |
| Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England) |
14 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS | New Zealand | 0–4 | Nigeria | Margao, India |
16:30 UTC+5:30 | Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 2,191 Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand) |
17 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS | New Zealand | 1–3 | Germany | Margao, India |
16:30 UTC+5:30 |
| Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 1,945 Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco) |
Squad for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [2]
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | |||||||||
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Year | Host | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
2008 | New Zealand | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Squad |
2010 | Trinidad and Tobago | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | Squad |
2012 | Azerbaijan | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Squad |
2014 | Costa Rica | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Squad |
2016 | Jordan | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Squad |
2018 | Uruguay | Third place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Squad |
2022 | India | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | Squad |
2024 | Dominican Republic | Qualified | |||||||
2025 | Morocco | ||||||||
Total | Third place | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 54 | – | |
The OFC Under 17 Women's Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Since 2017 it has been renamed as the OFC U-16 Women's Championship and held in the year preceding the U-17 World Cup. [3]
OFC U-17 Women's Championship | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
2010 | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
2012 | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
2016 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
OFC U-16 Women's Championship | |||||||||
Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
2017 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
2023 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | ||
2024 | Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Total | 6 titles | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 3 | ||
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