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Australia under-20

Nickname(s)	Young Socceroos
Association	Football Federation Australia
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Ante Milicic
FIFA code	AUS
First colours Second colours
First international
Australia 9–0 Papua New Guinea (New Zealand; 11 November 1978)
Biggest win
Australia 16–0 Samoa (Rarotonga, Cook Islands; 15 February 2001)
Biggest defeat
Australia 0–4 Brazil (Córdoba, Argentina; 27 June 2001) Australia 1–5 Spain (Manizales, Colombia; 6 August 2011) Australia 1–5 Vietnam (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 October 2013) Australia 1–5 Thailand (Hanoi, Vietnam; 18 September 2016)

The Australia national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), 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 Young Socceroos.

Australia is a twelve-time OFC champion and three-time AFF champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-20 World Cup tournaments on fifteen occasions with their best result being a fourth place finish in 1991 and 1993.

History

2006 AFC U-19 Championship

In their first foray into Asia in 2006 the team lost the quarterfinals of the AFC Youth Championship, to South Korea,^[1] despite being considered one of the stronger teams. This was the first time the Young Socceroos had failed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup since 1989. Subsequently, on 5 February 2007 the FFA decided not to renew Ange Postecoglou's contract as head coach,^[2] he was replaced by former Socceroo, and current AIS head coach of soccer, Steve O'Connor.^[3]

2008 AFC U-19 Championship

On 24 June 2008 Jan Versleijen was appointed as the new U-20 coach ahead of the 2008 tournament, with the FFA eager to avoid a repeat of 2006, and qualify for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.^[4] In preparation for the tournament, Australia competed in the 2008 ASEAN Youth Championships in Thailand alongside China, Korea Republic and Thailand.^[5] A competition they ultimately won through a penalty shoot-out against South Korea.^[6] The 2008 AFC U-19 Championship was hosted by Saudi Arabia. Australia topped Group D with wins over Thailand and Jordan and a 1–1 draw with Uzbekistan. Australia then needed an extra time winner from Mitch Nichols to overcome North Korea in the quarter final before losing 3–0 to UAE in the semi-final. However, by making it through to the semi-final was enough to qualify for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Australia qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt after finishing in the final four of the 2008 AFC U-19 Championship. A late James Holland penalty meant Australia lost their opening game to Czech Republic 2–1 before Costa Rica defeated the 'Young Socceroos' 3–0. In the final group game against Brazil, Aaron Mooy gave Australia an early lead however the final result saw Brazil win 3–1 and the Australians eliminated without a point.

2010 AFC U-19 Championship

To qualify for the tournament, Australia travelled to Bandung, Indonesia in November 2009 for the qualification group and proceeded after finishing second in a group of six nations. Wins over Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Singapore proceeded a 0–0 draw with the hosts, Indonesia and a loss to Japan.

Australia competed in the 2010 AFC Under 19 Championship Finals held in Zibo, China.^[7]

The tournament was held from 3 to 17 October 2010 in Shandong province. The matches were played at the Zibo Sports Complex Stadium and Linzi Stadium.

Wins over Yemen and Iran followed by a 0–0 draw with South Korea meant Australia topped the group on goal difference. In the quarter final against United Arab Emirates, Australia twice lead before UAE equalised and took the game to extra time. Two extra time goals for Australia set up a semi-final with Saudi Arabia, which Australia won 2–0 thanks to a Kerem Bulut double. The final was played on 17 October 2010 against North Korea. Despite leading in the first half, Australia couldn't hold on and lost the final 3–2. Kerem Bulut was the tournaments top scorer with 7 goals. Australia qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Colombia.

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Australia qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia after finishing in the final four of the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship. Australia were drawn in a group comprising Spain, Ecuador & Costa Rica.

Australia failed to progress out of the group after finishing last with one point. The first fixture resulted in a one all draw with Ecuador after Tommy Oar scored a late equaliser. The next game saw Costa Rica defeat Australia 3–2. In the final game against Spain, Australia was down by four goals after just 18 minutes. In the 27th minute Kerem Bulut grabbed a goal back before Spain made it 5–1 with a 31st-minute penalty. This was to be the final score.

2012 AFC U-19 Championship

To participate in the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship the Young Socceroos first had to qualify. The confederation was geographically separated and Australia was grouped with other East Asian nations, China, Indonesia, Singapore and Macau. These five nations met in Malaysia in November 2011 and Australia proceeded through the group by winning all four games, scoring 20 goals and conceding just 1.

The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship was hosted by United Arab Emirates in November. Australia were seeded for the tournament along with the hosts and South Korea and North Korea. Australia's opening game was against Qatar. The only goal of the game came in the 11th minute for Australia when Corey Gameiro scored. Gameiro was on the scoresheet in both of the following group games when his 81st-minute equaliser against Syria and his 91st-minute equaliser against Saudi Arabia meant both games finished 1–1. The critical late goal to Saudi Arabia meant Australia not only proceeded on to the next stage at the expense of the Saudis, but also topped the group.

Australia took on Jordan in the quarter final and it was Gameiro scoring all three goals in a 3–0 win that put Australia through to the semi final and secured qualification to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. Two second half goals to Iraq meant Australia were eliminated from the tournament. Gameiro's six goals was one short of the top goalscorer award.

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Paul Okon^[8] coached Australia in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey where they failed to win a game despite scoring the first goal in all 3 fixtures. Daniel De Silva gave Australia the lead before Colombia levelled the game at 1–1. Joshua Brillante scored early prior to El Salvador scoring twice before halftime and Jamie Maclaren scored in the 52nd minute but again Australia couldn't hold on with the hosts, Turkey scoring twice. These results mean Australia has failed to win in any of their last 13 U-20 World Cup fixtures with the last victory coming over Brazil on 4 December 2003.

2014 AFC U-19 Championship

Australia started the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship campaign by participating in the qualifiers in October 2013. They travelled to Malaysia where they were joined by Vietnam, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei. Mongolia had withdrawn. The first game was an easy 7–0 win over Hong Kong. Peter Skapetis scored four goals. They then defeated Chinese Taipei 3–0 before a humiliating 5–1 loss to Vietnam. Despite this, Australia were to proceed to the finals tournament as one of the best second placed teams.

The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship was hosted by Myanmar in October 2014. Paul Okon again was head coach of the Young Socceroos for the tournament. The opening game was against United Arab Emirates. Brandon Borrello gave Australia a late lead but an 85th-minute penalty to the UAE saw the score end in a draw.^[9] The second match was a 1–0 win over Indonesia through a Jaushua Sotirio goal. The final group game had Australia leading Uzbekistan in the 66th minute thanks to Stefan Mauk. However an 82nd-minute equaliser would prove devastating for Australia as this, and the result in the concurrent game placed UAE, Uzbekistan and Australia all on five points with Australia having the inferior goal difference and hence elimination from the tournament. Many observers sighted Australia's lack of desire to score more goals against Indonesia as the contributing factor to the elimination. Australia failed to qualify for the New Zealand 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. This is just the second time since 1989 that Australia hasn't competed in the biennial event.

2016 AFC U-19 Championship

Australia qualified for the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship that was held in Bahrain during October 2016. In the qualifiers hosted by Laos, they finished runner-up in their group and progressed on goal difference as one of the five best second placed teams. Comfortable wins over Philippines and Laos were followed by a heavy 3–0 loss to Japan. Steve Kuzmanovski finished as Australia's top scorer with three goals. This was the sixth consecutive U-19 Championship that Australia qualified for.

Australia were coached by Ufuk Talay for the tournament and were drawn into Group D. The opening fixture was a 1–0 victory against China through a goal to Mario Shabow. The second game was against Uzbekistan. The Uzbeks led by three until they suffered a send off. Australia then responded through two second half penalties to Liam Youlley and George Blackwood however the final result was a 3–2 win for Uzbekistan. Australian needed to win against Tajikistan in the final group game to progress. Anthony Kalik had an early penalty saved and was later sent off for two yellow cards. The game finished 0–0 and Australia were eliminated from the tournament. As a consequence, they also failed to qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. This is the first time that Australia have failed to qualify for two consecutive U-20 World Cups.

2018 AFC U-19 Championship

The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship are being hosted by Indonesia in October and November. Australia commenced their qualification for the tournament in Vietnam.^[10] The matches had originally been scheduled to be played in Shepparton, Victoria however the Australian government refused entry to the North Korean squad.^[11] As a result the matches were moved to neutral Vietnam although the costs associated with the shift in venue saw Northern Mariana Islands withdraw. This left just two opponents in the group, North Korea and Hong Kong. In Australia's first match against Hong Kong, Ramy Najjarine scored early and then a late double from Moudi Najjar gave Australia a 3–0 win.^[12] They then defeated North Korea 4–1 with goals again to Najjarine and Najjar as well as Fabian Monge and Denis Genreau.^[13]

With Ante Milicic now in charge, Australia started the tournament against South Korea in Bekasi. The Koreans scored first in the 55th minute however Najjarine curled in an 89th minute equaliser to share the points.^[14] The second match was against Vietnam which Australia won 2–1 through goals to Angus Thurgate and Ben Folami.^[15] Reports emerged after the game that many of the Australian squad had been suffering from illness.^[16] In their last group match against Jordan, Australia needed at least a draw to advance and they finished 1–1, with Oliver Puflett scoring the goal in the 10th minute.^[17] In the quarter-final, Australia lost 3–1 to Saudi Arabia, with Nathaniel Atkinson scoring their only goal.^[18]

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship in October 2018.^[19] Caps and goals correct as of 30 October 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	James Delianov	(1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 19)	4	0	Melbourne City
12	1GK	Macklin Freke	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 20)	0	0	Brisbane Roar
18	1GK	Duro Dragicevic	(1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 19)	2	0	Sydney FC
2	2DF	Nathaniel Atkinson	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 19)	3	1	Melbourne City
3	2DF	Tass Mourdoukoutas	(1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 (age 20)	6	0	Western Sydney Wanderers
4	2DF	Con Ouzounidis	(1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 19)	3	0	Everton
5	2DF	Dylan Pierias	(2000-02-20) 20 February 2000 (age 19)	1	0	Melbourne City
13	2DF	Walter Scott	(1999-10-02) 2 October 1999 (age 19)	3	0	Perth Glory
15	2DF	Dylan Ryan	(2000-06-10) 10 June 2000 (age 18)	1	0	Willem II
20	2DF	Tate Russell	(1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 19)	6	0	Western Sydney Wanderers
19	2DF	Mathieu Cordier	(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 20)	2	0	Western Sydney Wanderers
6	3MF	Sebastian Pasquali (Captain)	(1999-11-07) 7 November 1999 (age 19)	3	0	Jong Ajax
8	3MF	Ramy Najjarine	(2000-04-23) 23 April 2000 (age 18)	5	3	Melbourne City
10	3MF	Connor Metcalfe	(1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 19)	3	0	Melbourne City
16	3MF	Angus Thurgate	(2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 (age 19)	4	1	Newcastle Jets
17	3MF	Joshua Cavallo	(1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 19)	1	0	Melbourne City
7	4FW	Moudi Najjar	(2000-06-20) 20 June 2000 (age 18)	3	3	Melbourne City
9	4FW	John Iredale	(1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 19)	2	0	SC Heerenveen
11	4FW	Ben Folami	(1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 19)	4	1	Ipswich Town
14	4FW	Christian Theoharous	(1999-12-06) 6 December 1999 (age 19)	5	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
21	4FW	Oliver Puflett	(1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 19)	3	1	Western Sydney Wanderers
22	4FW	Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	(1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 (age 19)	4	0	Adelaide United
23	4FW	John Roberts	(2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 (age 18)	1	0	Western Sydney Wanderers

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Aaron Reardon	(1999-03-11) 11 March 1999 (age 20)	2	0	Brisbane Roar	Training Camp, 1–11 September 2018
DF	Jacob Young	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 19)	0	0	Sunderland	Training Camp, 1–11 September 2018
MF	Kosta Grozos	(2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 18)	2	0	Western Sydney Wanderers	2018 AFC U-19 Championship INJ
MF	Fabian Monge	(2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 (age 17)	2	1	Western Sydney Wanderers	Training Camp, 1–11 September 2018
MF	Thiel Iradukunda	(1999-07-12) 12 July 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Melbourne Victory	Training Camp, 1–11 September 2018
MF	Marc Tokich	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 19)	2	0	Western Sydney Wanderers	Training Camp, 1–11 September 2018
FW	Peter Kekeris	(1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Central Coast Mariners	Training Camp, 1–11 September 2018
FW	Nicolas Sette	(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 18)	0	0	Melbourne Victory	Training Camp, 1–11 September 2018

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  ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury.

Recent results and fixtures

Japan  v  Australia

16 August 2018 SBS Cup	Japan	1–0	Australia	Fujieda, Japan
18:30 (JST)	Miyashiro  26'			Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium

Paraguay  v  Australia

17 August 2018 SBS Cup	Paraguay	3–0	Australia	Numazu, Japan
18:30 (JST)	Bogado  31', 60' Romero  57'			Stadium: Ashitaka Park Stadium

Shizuoka Prefecture U-18 v  Australia

19 August 2018 SBS Cup	Shizuoka Prefecture U-18	0–0 (3–4 p)	Australia	Shizuoka, Japan
15:00 (JST)				Stadium: Kusanagi Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim III v  Australia

11 October 2018 Friendly	Johor Darul Ta'zim III	1–2	Australia	Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
	Yusof  81'	Report	Folami  13' Cavallo  41'	Stadium: Pasir Gudang Stadium

Singapore Selection v  Australia

15 October 2018 Friendly	Singapore Selection	0–1	Australia	Singapore
		Report	Stamatelopoulos 40'	Stadium: Bishan Stadium

South Korea  v  Australia

19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship	South Korea	1–1	Australia	Bekasi, Indonesia
19:00	Jeon Se-jin  52'	Report	Najjarine  89'	Stadium: Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium Attendance: 151 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Australia  v  Vietnam

22 October 2018 (2018-10-22) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship	Australia	2–1	Vietnam	Bekasi, Indonesia
16:00	Thurgate  37' Folami  76'	Report	Nam  85'	Stadium: Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium Attendance: 44 Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

Australia  v  Jordan

25 October 2018 (2018-10-25) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship	Australia	1–1	Jordan	Cibinong, Indonesia
19:00	Puflett  10'	Report	Al-Zebdieh  76'	Stadium: Pakansari Stadium Attendance: 42 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Saudi Arabia  v  Australia

29 October 2018 (2018-10-29) 2018 AFC U-19 Championship	Saudi Arabia	3–1	Australia	Bekasi, Indonesia
19:30	Al-Ammar  7' Al-Buraikan  50' Abdulhamid  82'	Report	Atkinson  42'	Stadium: Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium Attendance: 110 Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)

Records

Players with most appearances

As of 3 June 2012

Players in bold are still available for selection.

Players with most Goals Scored

As of 23 June 2013

Players in bold are still available for selection.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA 1977 Did not participate 1979 1981 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 6 6 1983 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 4 4 1985 Group stage 11th 3 0 2 1 2 3 1987 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 2 6 1989 Did not qualify 1991 Fourth place 4th 6 5 0 1 6 3 1993 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 2 8 9 1995 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 6 6 1997 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 5 4 1999 Group stage 18th 3 1 0 2 4 8 2001 Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 3 8 2003 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 6 5 2005 Group stage 20th 3 0 2 1 2 5 2007 Did not qualify 2009 Group stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 2 8 2011 Group stage 21st 3 0 1 2 4 9 2013 Group stage 21st 3 0 1 2 3 5 2015 Did not qualify 2017 2019 Total 15/21 4th 53 18 13 22 61 85 OFC U-20 Championship OFC U-20 Championship record Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA 1974 Did not participate 1978 Champion 1st 3 3 0 0 16 2 1980 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 0 1 7 3 1982 Champion 1st 4 4 0 0 15 4 1985 Champion 1st 5 5 0 0 20 4 1986 Champion 1st 4 3 1 0 16 1 1988 Champion 1st 4 4 0 0 16 3 1990 Champion 1st 4 4 0 0 22 0 1992 Did not participate 1994 Champion 1st 5 5 0 0 29 0 1997 Champion 1st 4 4 0 0 25 1 1998 Champion 1st 5 5 0 0 23 2 2001 Champion 1st 7 6 0 1 50 3 2003 Champion 1st 4 4 0 0 23 0 2005 Champion 1st 5 5 0 0 46 5 Total 13/15 12 Titles 57 54 1 2 308 28 AFC U-19 Championship AFC U-19 Championship record Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA 2006 Quarter finals 7th 4 2 0 2 6 4 2008 Semi finals 3rd 5 3 1 1 6 6 2010 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 15 6 2012 Semi finals 4th 5 2 2 1 6 4 2014 Group Stage 9th 3 1 2 0 3 2 2016 Group Stage 11th 3 1 1 1 3 3 2018 Quarter finals 6th 4 1 2 1 5 6 Total 7/7 0 Titles 30 14 9 7 44 31 AFF U-19 Youth Championship AFF U-19 Youth Championship record Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA 2006 Champion 1st 3 3 0 0 8 0 2007 Did not enter 2008 Champion 1st 3 2 1 0 5 2 2009 Runner-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 11 4 2010 Champion 1st 3 2 1 0 6 2 2011 Did not enter 2012 Third place 3rd 3 1 0 2 6 6 2013 Withdrew 2014 Group stage 5th 2 0 0 2 3 5 2015 Withdrew 2016 Champion 1st 7 6 0 1 21 10 2017 Did not enter 2018 Total 7/12 4 Titles 26 16 4 6 60 29 References ^ "Australia bows out to Koreans", FFA, 7 November 2006 ^ "Postecoglou Contract Not Renewed" Archived 13 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, FFA, 8 February 2007 ^ "New National Youth Coaches Appointed" Archived 13 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine, FFA, 5 March 2007 ^ "AIS/U20 Head Coach named", FFA, 24 June 2008 ^ "Qantas Young Socceroos named for Asean tournament" Archived 27 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, FFA, 29 September 2008 ^ "Qantas Young Socceroos win AFF U19 Championship" Archived 27 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine, FFA, 12 October 2008 ^ "China to host AFC U-19 Championship Finals", AFC, 18 February 2010 ^ "Paul Okon to coach national youth sides". 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