Australia national under-20 association football team

Australia Under-20
Nickname(s) Young Socceroos
Association Football Federation Australia
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Australia Paul Okon
Captain Australia Curtis Good
FIFA code AUS
First colours
Second colours
First international
Australia Australia 9 – 0 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(New Zealand; 11 November 1978)
Biggest win
Australia Australia 16 – 0 Samoa Samoa
(Rarotonga, Cook Islands; 15 February 2001)
Biggest defeat

Australia Australia 0 – 4 Brazil Brazil
(Córdoba, Argentina; 27 June 2001)

Australia Australia 1 – 5 Spain Spain
(Manizales, Colombia; 6 August 2011)

The Australia national under-20 association football team, more commonly known as the Young Socceroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.

Tournament history

2006 AFC Youth Championship Campaign

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 football, Steve O'Connor.[3]

2008 AFC Youth Championship Campaign

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 which they ultimately won through a penalty shoot-out against Korea Republic.[6]

2010 AFC Youth Championship Campaign

Australia will complete in the 2010 AFC Under 19 Championship Finals to be held in Zibo, China.[7]

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

The AFC U-19 Championship Finals draw will take place in Zibo City in April or May 2010.

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Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 –
Japan 1979[8]		 DNP – – – – – –
Australia 1981[9] Quarterfinals 4 1 2 1 6 6
Mexico 1983[10] Round 1 3 1 1 1 4 4
Soviet Union 1985[11] Round 1 3 0 2 1 2 3
Chile 1987[12] Round 1 3 1 0 2 2 6
Saudi Arabia 1989 DNQ – – – – – –
Portugal 1991[13] 4th Place 6 5 0 1 6 3
Australia 1993[14] 4th Place 6 3 0 2 8 9
Qatar 1995[15] Quarterfinals 4 1 1 2 6 6
Malaysia 1997[16] Round 2 4 2 1 1 5 4
Nigeria 1999[17] Round 1 3 1 0 2 4 8
Argentina 2001[18] Round 2 4 1 1 2 3 8
United Arab Emirates 2003[19] Round 2 4 2 1 1 6 5
Netherlands 2005[20] Round 1 3 0 2 1 2 5
Canada 2007 DNQ – – – – – –
Egypt 2009[21] Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 8
Colombia 2011 Round 1 3 0 1 2 4 9
Turkey 2013 Qualified – – – – – –
Total 49 18 12 18 58 73

OFC Youth Championship

No longer an OFC member.

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
French Polynesia 1974 DNP – – – – – –
New Zealand 1978 Winner 3 3 0 0 16 2
Fiji 1980 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 7 3
Papua New Guinea 1982 Winner 4 4 0 0 15 4
Australia 1985 Winner 5 5 0 0 20 4
New Zealand 1987 Winner 4 3 1 0 16 1
Fiji 1988 Winner 4 4 0 0 16 3
Fiji 1990 Winner 4 4 0 0 22 0
French Polynesia 1992 DNP - - - - - -
Fiji 1994 Winner 5 5 0 0 29 0
French Polynesia 1996 Winner 4 4 0 0 25 1
Samoa 1998 Winner 5 5 0 0 23 2
Cook Islands New Caledonia 2001 Winner 7 6 0 1 50 3
Fiji Vanuatu 2003 Winner 4 4 0 0 23 0
Solomon Islands 2005 Winner 5 5 0 0 46 5
Total 57 54 1 2 308 28

AFC U-19 Championship

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
India 2006 Quarterfinals 4 2 0 2 6 4
Saudi Arabia 2008 Semifinals 5 3 1 1 6 6
China 2010 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 15 6
United Arab Emirates 2012 Semifinals 5 2 2 1 6 4
Total 15 9 2 4 27 16
  • DNQ – Did not qualify
  • DNP – Did not participate

Players with most appearances

As of 3 June 2012
Players in bold are still available for selection.
# Name Caps Goals
1 Thomas Oar 33 4
1 Mark Birighitti 33 0
3 Kofi Danning 30 3
4 Matthew Jurman 26 0
5 Ben Kantarovski 25 2
5 James Holland 25 5
7 Andrew Redmayne 24 0
7 Craig Moore 24 0
7 Scott McDonald 24 16
7 Dylan McGowan 24 4

Players with most Goals Scored

As of 3 June 2012
Players in bold are still available for selection.
# Name Goals Caps
1 Mark Viduka 32 20
2 Scott McDonald 16 24
3 Kevork Gulesserian 12 12
4 Kerem Bulut 10 14
4 David Williams 10 12
6 Nick Carle 9 16
7 Michael Ferrante 8 10
8 Josh Kennedy 7 18
9 Eli Babalj 6 10
10 James Holland 5 25
10 Bruce Djite 5 13
10 Simon Colosimo 5 15
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Matches

11 October 2012
  Portugal 2–1 Australia  Lisbon, Portugal
João Mário
Aladjé		 report Taggart
14 October 2012
  Portugal 4–1 Australia  Lisbon, Portugal
Aladjé
Pinto
Tiago Ferreira
Ricardo Pereira		 report Brillante
4 November 2012
15:00
 Australia  1–0  Qatar Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah
Gameiro
6 November 2012
19:00
  Syria 1–1 Australia  Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah
Al Mawas Gameiro
8 November 2012
17:00
 Australia  1–1  Saudi Arabia Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Gameiro Almuwallad
11 November 2012
19:00
 Australia  3–0  Jordan Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah
Gameiro
Gameiro
Gameiro
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Current squad

The following 23 players have been called up for the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship in the United Arab Emirates from 1-17 November 2012.[22]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jack Duncan (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 18) 2 0 Australia Newcastle Jets
1GK Paul Izzo (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 18) 6 0 Australia Adelaide United
1GK Liam Jacob (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 18) 1 0 England Oldham Athletic
2DF Tom King (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 18) 2 0 England Bristol City
2DF Jason Geria (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 20) 12 1 Australia Melbourne Victory
2DF Corey Brown (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 19) 10 1 Australia Brisbane Roar FC
2DF Connor Chapman (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 18) 11 0 Australia Newcastle Jets
2DF Reece Caira (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 19) 9 1 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
2DF Curtis Good (C) (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 20) 9 0 England Newcastle United
2DF Hayden Morton (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 19) 6 0 Australia Central Coast Mariners
2DF David Vranković (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 19) 2 0 Australia Melbourne Heart
3MF Mustafa Amini (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 20) 21 3 Germany Borussia Dortmund
3MF Terry Antonis (1993-11-26) 26 November 1993 (age 19) 18 2 Italy Parma
3MF Ryan Edwards (1993-11-18) 18 November 1993 (age 19) 16 1 England Reading
3MF Joshua Brillante (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 20) 11 1 Australia Newcastle Jets
3MF Jackson Irvine (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 (age 20) 6 0 Scotland Celtic
3MF Mitchell Oxborrow (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 (age 18) 1 0 Australia Newcastle Jets
3MF Ryan Williams (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 19) 6 0 England Fulham
4FW Jamie Maclaren (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 19) 9 4 England Blackburn Rovers
4FW Corey Gameiro (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 20) 8 6 England Fulham
4FW Adam Taggart (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 19) 9 4 Australia Newcastle Jets
4FW Ben Garuccio (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 17) 3 0 Australia Melbourne Heart
4FW Travis Cooper (1993-12-21) 21 December 1993 (age 19) 2 0 Netherlands VVV-Venlo

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Alex Baird (1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 19) 1 0 Scotland Dundee F.C.
1GK Aaron Lennox (1993-02-19) 19 February 1993 (age 20) 3 0 England Queens Park Rangers
2DF Andrew Hoole (1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 19) 1 0 Australia Newcastle Jets
2DF Daniel Petkovski (1994-07-21) 21 July 1994 (age 18) 3 0 Australia Sydney FC
2DF James Donachie (1993-08-06) 6 August 1993 (age 19) 1 1 Australia Brisbane Roar
2DF Nicolas Ansell (1994-02-02) 2 February 1994 (age 19) 1 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
2DF Kwabena Boahene (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 18) 2 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
3MF Giancarlo Gallifuoco (1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 19) 2 0 England Tottenham Hotspur
3MF Yianni Perkatis (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 19) 2 0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
3MF Joshua Greipl (1994-10-13) 13 October 1994 (age 18) 3 1 Australia Perth Glory
3MF Liam Wooding (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 19) 3 1 Australia Adelaide United
3MF Aaron Peterson (1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 (age 19) 2 0 Australia Sydney United
3MF Alistair Quinn (1993-06-01) 1 June 1993 (age 19) 1 0 Australia Brisbane Roar
3MF Luke Remington (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 19) 2 0 Australia Newcastle Jets
4FW Luke O'Dea (1993-04-14) 14 April 1993 (age 20) 3 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
4FW Anthony Proia (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 (age 19) 5 4 Australia Brisbane Roar
4FW Jonny Young (1994-07-24) 24 July 1994 (age 18) 3 2 Australia Melbourne Victory
4FW Joshua Da Silva (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 19) 1 0 Australia Central Coast Mariners
4FW Elliott Ronto (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 19) 2 0 Australia Gold Coast United
4FW Nikola El Catania (1995-03-12) 12 March 1995 (age 18) 1 0 Australia Perth Glory
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References

  1. ^ Australia bows out to Koreans, FFA, 7 November 2006
  2. ^ Postecoglou Contract Not Renewed, FFA, 8 February 2007
  3. ^ New National Youth Coaches Appointed, FFA, 5 March 2007
  4. ^ AIS/U20 Head Coach named, FFA, 24 June 2008
  5. ^ Qantas Young Socceroos named for Asean tournament, FFA, 29 September 2008
  6. ^ Qantas Young Socceroos win AFF U19 Championship, FFA, 12 October 2008
  7. ^ China to host AFC U-19 Championship Finals, AFC, 18 February 2010
  8. ^ Team Profile & History
  9. ^ 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship
  10. ^ 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship campaign
  11. ^ 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
  12. ^ 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
  13. ^ FIFA World Youth Championship 1991
  14. ^ FIFA Youth Championship 1993
  15. ^ FIFA Youth Championship 1995
  16. ^ FIFA Youth Championship 1997
  17. ^ FIFA Youth Championship 1999
  18. ^ FIFA Youth Championship 2001
  19. ^ FIFA Youth Championship 2003
  20. ^ FIFA Youth Championship 2005
  21. ^ FIFA Youth Championship 2009
  22. ^ [1]
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