New Zealand men's national under-20 football team
| Nickname(s) | Youth All Whites | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | New Zealand Football | ||
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Chris Greenacre | ||
| Captain | Finn Surman | ||
| Most caps | Ian Hogg (16) | ||
| Top scorer | Oliver Colloty (11) | ||
| FIFA code | NZL | ||
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| First international | |||
| 4–2 New Caledonia (Papeete, French Polynesia; 8 December 1974) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| 16–0 Western Samoa (Suva, Fiji; 5 September 1988) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| 0–6 Australia (Ba, Fiji; 8 September 1990) United States 6–0 (Incheon, South Korea; 1 June 2017) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2007) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) | ||
| OFC U-19 Men's Championship | |||
| Appearances | 23 (first in 1974) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) | ||
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1992) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (1992) | ||
The New Zealand men's national under-20 football team, more commonly known as the Youth All Whites, is controlled by New Zealand Football and represents New Zealand in international Under 20 or youth football competitions. The 25,000 capacity North Harbour Stadium is used for home games of the Junior All Whites.
Competition record
OFC U-19 Championship
The OFC U-19 Men's Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| OFC U-20 Championship / OFC U-19 Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1974 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | |
| 1978 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1980 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| 1982 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | |
| 1985 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | |
| 1986 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1988 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | |
| 1990 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1992 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1994 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | |
| 1997 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |
| 1998 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | |
| 2001 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
| 2002 | Group stage | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | |
| 2005 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2007 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
| 2008 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2011 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2014 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2016 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 9 titles | 23/24 | 101 | 73 | 9 | 19 | 332 | 79 | |
FIFA U-20 World Cup
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1977 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1979 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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| 2007 | Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Squad |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2011 | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad |
| 2013 | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Squad | |
| 2015 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Squad |
| 2017 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Squad | |
| 2019 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Squad | |
| 2023 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | Squad | |
| 2025 | Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 8/24 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 45 | — |
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
| 2 July Group C | Portugal | 2–0 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 14:15 EDT | Gama 45', 61' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: National Soccer Stadium Attendance: 19,526 Referee: Hernando Buitrago |
| 5 July Group C | 0–1 | Gambia | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 17:00 EDT | Report | 22' Jallow | Stadium: National Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,869 Referee: Joel Aguilar |
| 8 July Group C | 1–2 | Mexico | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 15:15 EDT | Pelter 89' | Report | 24' Bermúdez 78' Mares |
Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 29,972 Referee: Mohamed Benouza |
2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
| 30 July Group B | Cameroon | 1–1 | Cali, Colombia | |
| 17:00 UTC−05:00 | Mbondi 33' | Report | 40' (o.g.) Tchaha | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Attendance: 35,262 Referee: William Collum |
| 2 August Group B | Uruguay | 1–1 | Cali, Colombia | |
| 17:00 UTC−05:00 | Luna 74' | Report | 57' Bevin | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Attendance: 28,884 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır |
| 5 August Group B | Portugal | 1–0 | Cali, Colombia | |
| 17:00 UTC−05:00 | Rui 31' | Report | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Attendance: 31,395 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin |
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
| 23 June Group F | 0–3 | Uzbekistan | Bursa, Turkey | |
| 17:00 UTC+03:00 | Report | 14' Makhstaliev 53' Sergeev 67' Turapov |
Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium Referee: Antonio Arias |
| 26 June Group F | 0–2 | Uruguay | Bursa, Turkey | |
| 18:00 UTC+03:00 | Report | 4' De Arrascaeta 75' Nicolás López |
Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco |
| 29 June Group F | Croatia | 2–1 | Bursa, Turkey | |
| 18:00 UTC+03:00 | Perica 11' Rebić 75' |
Report | 84' (pen.) Fenton | Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium Referee: Sandro Ricci |
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
| 30 May Group A | 0–0 | Ukraine | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland | |
| 13:00 | Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) |
| 2 June Group A | 0–4 | United States | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland | |
| 19:00 | Report | Jamieson 6' Hyndman 33' Arriola 58' Rubin 83' |
Attendance: 15,678 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) |
| 5 June Group A | Myanmar | 1–5 | Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington | |
| 19:00 | Aung Thu 28' | Report | Billingsley 40' Patterson 47' Stevens 78' Brotherton 81' Lewis 89' |
Attendance: 15,527 Referee: John Pitti (Panama) |
| 11 June Round of 16 | Portugal | 2–1 | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | |
| 19:30 | Guzzo 24' Martins 87' |
Report | Holthusen 64' | Attendance: 10,492 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) |
2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
| 22 May Group E | Vietnam | 0–0 | Cheonan Stadium, Cheonan | |
| 20:00 | Report | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon) |
| 25 May Group E | 3–1 | Honduras | Cheonan Stadium, Cheonan | |
| 20:00 | Bevan 1', 56' (pen.) Ashworth 23' |
Report | Álvarez 50' | Attendance: 6,074 Referee: Diego Haro (Peru) |
| 28 May Group E | 0–2 | France | Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon | |
| 15:00 | Report | Saint-Maximin 22', 37' | Attendance: 4,280 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) |
| 1 June Round of 16 | United States | 6–0 | Incheon Football Stadium, Incheon | |
| 20:00 | Sargent 32' Ebobisse 64' Lennon 65' Glad 76' Trusty 84' Kunga 90+3' |
Report | Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup
| 24 May 2019 Group C | Honduras | 0–5 | Lublin, Poland | |
| 18:00 CEST | Report | Stadium: Arena Lublin Attendance: 4,484 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela) |
| 27 May 2019 Group C | Norway | 0–2 | Łódź, Poland | |
| 20:30 CEST | Report | Stadium: Stadion Widzewa Attendance: 2,165 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo) |
| 30 May 2019 Group C | 0–2 | Uruguay | Łódź, Poland | |
| 18:00 CEST | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Widzewa Attendance: 4,385 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) |
| 2 June 2019 Round of 16 | Colombia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Łódź, Poland | |
| 20:30 CEST |
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Stadium: Stadion Widzewa Attendance: 9,283 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) |
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2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
| 20 May 2023 Group A | Guatemala | 0–1 | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | |
| 15:00 | Report | Garbett 80' | Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Attendance: 15,100 Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa) |
| 23 May 2023 Group A | 2–2 | Uzbekistan | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Attendance: 12,243 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica) |
| 26 May 2023 Group A | 0–5 | Argentina | San Juan, Argentina | |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Attendance: 27,836 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar) |
| 30 May 2023 Round of 16 | United States | 4–0 | Mendoza, Argentina | |
| 14:30 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 7,848 Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt) |
Results and fixtures
Results from previous 12 months and upcoming fixtures
2024
| 6 July 2024 2024 OFC U-19 Championship | 3–0 | New Caledonia | FFS Football Stadium, Apia | |
| 12:00 |
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Report | Attendance: 250 Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji) |
| 9 July 2024 2024 OFC U-19 Championship | 5–0 | Samoa | FFS Football Stadium, Apia | |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 500 Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji) |
| 12 July 2024 2024 OFC U-19 Championship | Papua New Guinea | 0–10 | FFS Football Stadium, Apia | |
| 12:00 | Report |
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Attendance: 300 Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands) |
| 15 July 2024 2024 OFC U-19 Championship SF | 1–0 | Fiji | FFS Football Stadium, Apia | |
| 15:00 | Watson 48' | Report | Attendance: 300 Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea) |
| 18 July 2024 2024 OFC U-19 Championship F | New Caledonia | 0–4 | FFS Football Stadium, Apia | |
| 14:00 | Report | Attendance: 500 Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji) |
2025
| 8 June 2025 Friendly | Chile | 2–1 | Santiago, Chile | |
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Stadium: Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida |
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship to be contested in July 2024.[1]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Alby Kelly-Heald | 18 March 2005 | Wellington Phoenix | |||
| GK | Eamonn McCarron | 14 September 2007 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | |||
| GK | Joe Wallis | 7 June 2005 | Auckland City | |||
| DF | Luka Coveny | 11 March 2006 | Western United | |||
| DF | Seth Karunaratne | 11 February 2005 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | |||
| DF | Tze-Xuan Loke | 26 March 2005 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | |||
| DF | Lewis Partridge | 7 January 2005 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | |||
| DF | Codey Phoenix | 3 February 2005 | Auckland United | |||
| DF | Rico Pradhan | 26 June 2006 | Christchurch United | |||
| MF | James Bulkeley | 14 May 2005 | Fleetwood United | |||
| MF | Lachlan Candy | 22 August 2005 | Waterside Karori | |||
| MF | Bruce Izumi | 20 November 2005 | Western Suburbs | |||
| MF | Finn McKenlay | 4 September 2005 | Auckland FC | |||
| MF | Oliver Middleton | 19 September 2005 | Auckland FC | |||
| MF | Ryan Watson | 14 June 2005 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | |||
| FW | Adama Coulibaly | 10 January 2005 | Auckland FC | |||
| FW | Fergus Gillion | 19 January 2005 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | |||
| FW | Keegan Kelly | 5 June 2005 | Flatirons Rush | |||
| FW | Daniel Makowem | 21 January 2005 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | |||
| FW | Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues | 3 July 2007 | Wellington Phoenix | |||
| FW | Luke Supyk | 4 March 2006 | Wellington Phoenix | |||
| FW | Stipe Ukich | 3 January 2007 | Auckland City | |||
| FW | Nathan Walker | 30 January 2006 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | |||
Recent call-ups
The following players have previously been called up to the New Zealand under-20 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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Head-to-head record
The following table shows New Zealand's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, AFC U-20 Asian Cup and OFC U-19 Men's Championship.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0.00 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Gambia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Honduras | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0.00 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Total | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 20.00 |
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0.00 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0.00 |
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 100.00 |
| Australia | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 14.29 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 66.67 |
| Cook Islands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 100.00 |
| Fiji | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 12 | +30 | 72.22 |
| Israel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0.00 |
| New Caledonia | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 9 | +33 | 90.91 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | +55 | 100.00 |
| Samoa | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | +38 | 100.00 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 60.00 |
| Tahiti | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 75.00 |
| Tonga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 100.00 |
| Vanuatu | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | +34 | 100.00 |
| Total | 101 | 73 | 9 | 19 | 332 | 79 | +253 | 72.28 |
References
- ^ "Chris Greenacre Announces First Squad As New Zealand U-20 Head Coach For OFC Men's U19 Championship". New Zealand Football. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.