New Zealand women's national under-17 football team

New Zealand Women's U-17

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Young Football Ferns
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Gareth Turnbull
Captain	TBD
Most caps	-
Top scorer	-
FIFA code	NZL
First colours Second colours
First international
Australia 4 - 0 New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 2007)

The New Zealand women's Under-17 Football Team, informally known as the 'Young Football Ferns', is the representative team for New Zealand in international Under-17 football (soccer) tournaments. The Young Football Ferns were the host team for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

The Young Football Ferns compete in the OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, the bi-annual confederation championship to decide who represents Oceania Football Confederation at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament will be held in 2010.

OFC Championship Record

OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2010	Champions	3	3	0	0	37	0	+37	9
2012	Champions	3	3	0	0	29	1	+28	9
2016	Champions	5	5	0	0	55	0	+55	15
Total	3	11	11	0	0	121	1	+124	33

U-17 World Cup Record

By Tournament

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2008	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
2010	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0
2012	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0
2014	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
2016	To be determined
Total	4	12	1	1	10	10	30	−20	4

By Match

2008

New Zealand v Canada

28 October 2008	New Zealand	0 – 1	Canada	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00		(Report)	Lamarre  53'	Attendance: 13,123 Referee: Kirsi Savolainen

New Zealand v Denmark

1 November 2008	New Zealand	1 – 2	Denmark	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00	Longo  13'	(Report)	Andreasen  29' Olsen  56'	Attendance: 11,170 Referee: Silvia Reyes

Colombia v New Zealand

4 November 2008	Colombia	1 – 3	New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00	Ariza  82'	(Report)	White  44' 81' 87'	Attendance: 3,546 Referee: Etsuko Fukano

2010

New Zealand v Venezuela

6 September 2010	New Zealand	1 – 2	Venezuela	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
19:00	Loye  10'	Report	Viso  24', 67'	Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)

New Zealand v Spain

9 September 2010	New Zealand	1 – 3	Spain	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
16:00	Loye  15'	Report	Gili  4' Merida  48' Lazaro  86'	Attendance: 1,785 Referee: Cha Sung Mi (Korea Republic)

Japan v New Zealand

13 September 2010	Japan	6 – 0	New Zealand	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Scarborough
16:00	Yokoyama  24', 58' Y. Tanaka  59', 89' M. Tanaka  74' Honda  90+1'	Report		Attendance: 2,140 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

2012

Mexico v New Zealand

23 September 2012	Mexico	1 – 0	New Zealand	Bayil Stadium, Baku
15:00	Perez  36'	Report		Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

New Zealand v Japan

26 September 2012	New Zealand	0 – 3	Japan	Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
20:00		Report	Hasegawa  60', 78' Sumida  90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

New Zealand v Brazil

30 September 2012	New Zealand	3 – 4	Brazil	Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
14:00	Jensen  4' Clara  45+1' Puketapu  77'	Report	Byanca  10' Brena  26' Andressa  35' (pen.) Camila  55'	Attendance: 8,857 Referee: Ri Hyang-Ok (North Korea)

2014

New Zealand v Paraguay

16 March 2014	New Zealand	1–1	Paraguay	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
11:00	Cleverley  69'	Report	Barrios  84'	Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

New Zealand v Spain

19 March 2014	New Zealand	0–3	Spain	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
17:00		Report	Hernández  3' Garrote  34' N. García  67'	Attendance: 2,364 Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)

Japan v New Zealand

23 March 2014	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
17:00	Hasegawa  20' Kobayashi  71' (pen.) Matsubara  90+3'	Report		Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)

Current squad

Squad list for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Coach: Jitka Klimkova

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Emma Fulbrook (1997-11-25)25 November 1997 (aged 16) Waterside Karori AFC 2 2DF Geena Gross (1997-09-22)22 September 1997 (aged 16) Suburbs FC 3 2DF Hope Gilchrist (1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 16) Waterside Karori AFC 4 2DF Elizabeth Anton (1998-12-12)12 December 1998 (aged 15) Lynn-Avon United 5 2DF Hanna English (1997-06-02)2 June 1997 (aged 16) Dunedin Technical 6 3MF Isabella Coombes (1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 16) Claudelands Rovers 7 3MF Bella Kingi (1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 16) Lynn-Avon United 8 3MF Daisy Cleverley (1997-04-30)30 April 1997 (aged 16) Forrest Hill Milford 9 4FW Martine Puketapu (1997-09-16)16 September 1997 (aged 16) Three Kings United 10 4FW Jade Parris (1997-09-26)26 September 1997 (aged 16) Metro FC 11 4FW Emily Oosterhof (1997-02-10)10 February 1997 (aged 17) Glenfield Rovers 12 2DF Sophie Stewart-Hobbs (1998-05-09)9 May 1998 (aged 15) Papamoa FC 13 4FW Paige Satchell (1998-04-10)10 April 1998 (aged 15) Rotorua United 14 2DF Karin Ingram (1997-05-31)31 May 1997 (aged 16) Massey University 15 3MF Ashley Arquette (1997-12-26)26 December 1997 (aged 16) Halswell United 16 4FW Sarah Morton (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 15) Maycenvale United 17 3MF Deven Jackson (1998-04-22)22 April 1998 (aged 15) Lynn-Avon United 18 3MF Isabella Richards (1997-07-06)6 July 1997 (aged 16) Three Kings United 19 4FW Tayla Christensen (1997-08-31)31 August 1997 (aged 16) Claudelands Rovers 20 1GK Emily Hanrahan (1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 16) Claudelands Rovers 21 1GK Abigail Roper (1997-01-31)31 January 1997 (aged 17) Fencibles United

External links

• NZ Football page
• Ultimate NZ Soccer page
• U-17 Women's World Cup page