Australia national under-20 football team

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Australia U20

Nickname(s)

Young Socceroos

Association

Football Federation Australia

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Captain

Sebastian Ryall

FIFA code

AUS





First kit





Second kit

First international

Australia 9 - 0 Papua New Guinea

(New Zealand; November 11, 1978)

Biggest win

Australia 16 - 0 Samoa

(Rarotonga, Cook Islands; February 15, 2001)

Biggest defeat

Australia 0 - 4 Brazil

(Cordoba, Argentina; June 27, 2001)

The Australian Under 20's football (soccer) 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.

1 Tournament History
- 1.1 2006 AFC Youth Championship Campaign
2 Tournament Records
3 Current Squad
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Tournament History

[edit] 2006 AFC Youth Championship Campaign

In their first foray into Asia in 2006 the team failed to advance past the quarterfinals of the AFC Youth Championship, losing to South Korea^[1] , despite being labelled as one of the stronger teams. This meant that it would be the first time the Young Socceroos had failed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup since 1989. Subsequently on February 5th 2007 the FFA decided not to renew Ange Postecoglou's contract as head coach^[2] and replaced him with former Socceroo, and current AIS head coach of football, Steve O'Connor.^[3]

[edit] Tournament Records

[edit] FIFA World Youth Championship

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977 - 1979	DNP	–	–	–	–	–	–
1981	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	6	6
1983	Round 1	3	1	1	1	4	4
1985	Round 1	3	0	2	1	2	3
1987	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	6
1989	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	4th Place	6	5	0	1	6	3
1993	4th Place	6	3	0	2	8	9
1995	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	6	6
1997	Round 2	4	2	1	1	5	4
1999	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	8
2001	Round 1	3	1	1	1	3	4
2003	Round 2	4	2	1	1	6	5
2005	Round 1	3	0	2	1	2	5
2007	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		46	18	11	16	54	63

[edit] AFC Youth Championship

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	6	4
2008
Total		4	2	0	2	6	4

[edit] OFC Youth Championship

No longer an OFC member.

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1974	DNP	–	–	–	–	–	–
1978	Winner
1980	Winner
1982	Winner
1985	Winner
1987	Winner
1988	Winner
1990	Winner
1992	Runner-Up
1994	Winner
1996	Winner
1998	Winner
2001	Winner
2003	Winner
2005	Winner
Total

DNQ - Did not qualify
DNP - Did not participate

[edit] Current Squad

The following players have been named for the 2008 AFC Youth Championship Qualifiers to be held in Ho Chi Minh City.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Andrew Redmayne	January 13, 1989	8	0	Central Coast Mariners
2	DF	Peter Cvetanovski	July 23, 1989	3	0	AIS
4	DF	Luke De Vere	May 11, 1989	9	1	Queensland Roar
5	DF	Matthew Jurman	December 8, 1989	4	0	AIS
6	DF	Sebastian Ryall (c)	July 18, 1989	8	2	Melbourne Victory
7	MF	Glen Trifiro		1	2	Marconi Stallions
8	MF	James Holland	May 15, 1989	8	3	Newcastle Jets
9	FW	Milos Lujic	February 15, 1990	6	2	Oakleigh Cannons
10	MF	Matthew Theodore	September 7, 1989	6	1	AIS
11	MF	Isaka Cernak	September 4, 1989	8	3	Queensland Roar
14	FW	Tahj Minniecon	February 13, 1989	8	2	Queensland Roar
17	DF	Daniel Mullen	October 26, 1989	7	1	Adelaide United
18	GK	Michael McEntagart	January 17, 1990	1	0	Everton FC
19	MF	Matthew Mullen	February 29, 1989	6	2	Adelaide United
20	MF	Oliver Bozanic	January 8, 1989	3	0	Reading FC
21	DF	Ryan McGowan	August 15, 1989	4	0	Hearts
22	FW	Jason Hoffman	January 28, 1989	8	2	Newcastle Jets
23	MF	Rocco Visconte	April 22, 1990	1	0	Hearts
24	MF	Mitch Nichols	May 1, 1989	4	5	Queensland Roar
26	FW	Marko Jesic		2	1
27	FW	Nathan Elasi	November 18, 1989	3	0	Melbourne Victory