The Australia national under-17 soccer team, known as the Joeys or Subway Joeys for sponsorship reasons, 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.
Australia is a ten-time OFC champion and a two-time AFF champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments on twelve occasions.
History 1999 U-17 World Championship The Joeys best result in international football came in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship hosted by New Zealand, where Australia finished second.
To qualify for the tournament Australia had to first win the Oceania qualifiers. This was achieved with wins over Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and again Fiji in the final which finished 5–0. Next up was a two leg play-off against Bahrain who had finished third in the 1998 AFC U-17 Championship. Australia won 3–1 on aggregate.
In the tournament proper, Australia lost their opening game 2–1 to Brazil although a come from behind 2–1 win over Germany and a 1–0 win over Mali saw Australia top the group. Australia dispatched of Qatar 1–0 in the quarter final and needed penalties to get past USA after a 2–2 draw in the semi-final. They lost the final to Brazil; the match finished nil all after extra time and Brazil won a penalty shoot-out 8–7.
A number of this Joeys squad would go on to represent the Socceroos including Adrian Madaschi, Jade North, Joshua Kennedy and Scott McDonald.
Players Current U-17 squad The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 U17 Copa España from 21 September – 2 October.
Caps and goals correct as of the game against Tanzania on 11 July 2026.
Current U-16 squad The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 CFA Team China U-16 Cup in September – 2026.
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.
Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend
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Younger cohort
Coaching staff Position Name Head coach Carl Veart Assistant coach Michael Cooper Goalkeeper coach Davide Del Giovine Technical consultant Ron Smith
Competitive record
FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup recordYearResultPosition 1985 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 0 4 1 1987 6th 4 2 0 2 3 5 1989 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 3 6 1991 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 7 6 1993 6th 4 1 1 2 7 5 1995 6th 4 1 1 2 6 7 1997 did not qualify 1999 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 7 5 2001 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 0 2 6 6 2003 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 1 6 2005 12th 3 1 0 2 2 5 2007 did not qualify 2009 2011 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 3 7 2013 did not qualify 2015 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 3 11 2017 did not qualify 2019 Round of 16 15th 4 1 1 2 5 9 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2023 did not qualify 2025 2026Qualified 2027 2028 2029Total:13/21 Runners-up 2nd 51 18 9 24 57 79
OFC U-17 Championship OFC U-17 Championship recordYearRound* 1983 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 22 2 1986 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 10 1 1989 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 35 1 1991 Champions 1st 4 3 1 0 15 4 1993 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 12 1 1995 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 11 0 1997 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 30 1 1999 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 55 1 2001 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 52 0 2003 Champions 1st 7 7 0 0 40 3 2005 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 38 0Total 10 titles 11/11 54 51 1 2 320 13
AFC U-17 Asian Cup AFC U-17 Asian Cup recordYearResultPosition 2006 did not qualify 2008 Quarter-finals 5th 4301135 2010 Semi-finals 4th 5311125 2012 Quarter-finals 6th 421156 2014 Semi-finals 3rd 5410124 2016 Group stage 16th 3003210 2018 Semi-finals 4th 5302109 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2023 Quarter-finals 8th 420288 2025 Group stage 9th 311145 2026 Semi-finals4th420274 2027QualifiedTotal:9/10 Semi-finals 3rd 37 20 4 13 73 56
AFF U-16/U-17 Youth Championship
recordYearResultPosition 2008Champions1st5320144 2009Cancelled 2010did not participate 2011 2012Runners-up2nd421198 2013Third place3rd6420302 2014Cancelled 2015Third place3rd6501368 2016Champions1st73312713 2017Third place3rd75022710 2018did not participate 2019Group Stage6th5311115 2022Group Stage10th301269 2024Champions1st5320206 2026to be determinedTotal9/123 Titles482812817567
AFF U-16 Youth Championship historyFirst matchBiggest winBiggest defeatBest resultWorst result
Head-to-head record The following table shows Australia's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup. In FIFA U-17 World Cup OpponentWin %Total In AFC U-17 Asian Cup OpponentWin %Total
Honours FIFA U-17 World Cup Runners-up (1): 1999
OFC U-17 Championship Champions (10): 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 Runners-up (1): 1997
AFF U-16 Championship Champions (3): 2008, 2016, 2024 Runners-up (1): 2012 Third place (3): 2013, 2015, 2017
Notes
References
External links
Oz Football Joeys Archive