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New Zealand men's national under-20 football team

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New Zealand under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Junior All Whites
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachChris Greenacre
CaptainFinn Surman
Most capsIan Hogg (16)
Top scorerOliver Colloty (11)
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 New Zealand 4–2 New Caledonia 
(Papeete, French Polynesia; 8 December 1974)
Biggest win
 New Zealand 16–0 Western Samoa 
(Suva, Fiji; 5 September 1988)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 0–6 Australia 
(Ba, Fiji; 8 September 1990)
 United States 6–0 New Zealand 
(Incheon, South Korea; 1 June 2017)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2007)
Best resultRound of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances23 (first in 1974)
Best resultChampions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)

The New Zealand men's national under-20 football team, more commonly known as the Junior 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

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OFC U-20 Championship

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The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament 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
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
French Polynesia 1974 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 13 5
Australia 1978 Third place 3rd 3 1 1 1 6 3
Fiji 1980 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 9 2
Papua New Guinea 1982 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 16 6
Australia 1985 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 21 9
New Zealand 1986 Third place 3rd 4 0 3 1 1 4
Fiji 1988 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 21 2
Fiji 1990 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 5 9
French Polynesia 1992 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 8 1
Fiji 1994 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 11 2
French Polynesia 1997 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 9 6
Samoa 1998 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 20 4
New Caledonia Cook Islands 2001 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 10 6
Vanuatu Fiji 2002 Group stage 3rd 4 3 0 1 17 2
Solomon Islands 2005 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 8 3 Squad
New Zealand 2007 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 21 4 Squad
French Polynesia 2008 Third place 3rd 3 1 1 1 6 4 Squad
New Zealand 2011 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 22 1 Squad
Fiji 2013 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 13 2 Squad
Fiji 2014 Did not enter
Tonga Vanuatu 2016 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 15 2 Squad
Cook Islands French Polynesia 2018 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 20 1 Squad
French Polynesia 2022 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 33 0 Squad
Vanuatu Samoa 2024 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 23 0 Squad
Total 9 titles 23/24 96 69 8 19 308 77

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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New Zealand (in white) playing Cameroon U20 in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
1977  Tunisia Did not enter
1979  Japan Did not qualify
1981  Australia
1983  Mexico
1985  Soviet Union
1987  Chile
1989  Saudi Arabia
1991  Portugal
1993  Australia
1995  Qatar
1997  Malaysia
1999  Nigeria
2001  Argentina
2003  United Arab Emirates
2005  Netherlands
2007  Canada Group stage 22nd 3 0 0 3 1 5 Squad
2009  Egypt Did not qualify
2011  Colombia Group stage 17th 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad
2013  Turkey 23rd 3 0 0 3 1 7 Squad
2015  New Zealand Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 6 7 Squad
2017  South Korea 16th 4 1 1 2 3 9 Squad
2019  Poland 11th 4 2 1 1 8 3 Squad
2023  Argentina 14th 4 1 1 2 3 11 Squad
2025  Chile Qualified
Total Round of 16 8/24 25 5 6 14 24 45

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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2 July Group C Portugal  2–0  New Zealand Toronto, Ontario, Canada
14:15 EDT Gama 45', 61' (pen.) Report Stadium: National Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 19,526
Referee: Colombia Hernando Buitrago
5 July Group C New Zealand  0–1  Gambia Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17:00 EDT Report 22' Jallow Stadium: National Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 11,869
Referee: El Salvador Joel Aguilar
8 July Group C New Zealand  1–2  Mexico Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15:15 EDT Pelter 89' Report 24' Bermúdez
78' Mares
Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium
Attendance: 29,972
Referee: Algeria Mohamed Benouza

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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30 July Group B Cameroon  1–1  New Zealand Cali, Colombia
17:00 UTC−05:00 Mbondi 33' Report 40' (o.g.) Tchaha Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 35,262
Referee: Scotland William Collum
2 August Group B Uruguay  1–1  New Zealand Cali, Colombia
17:00 UTC−05:00 Luna 74' Report 57' Bevin Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 28,884
Referee: Turkey Cüneyt Çakır
5 August Group B Portugal  1–0  New Zealand Cali, Colombia
17:00 UTC−05:00 Rui 31' Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Attendance: 31,395
Referee: South Korea Kim Dong-Jin

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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29 June Group F Croatia  2–1  New Zealand Bursa, Turkey
18:00 UTC+03:00 Perica 11'
Rebić 75'
Report 84' (pen.) Fenton Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium
Referee: Brazil Sandro Ricci

2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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30 May Group A New Zealand  0–0  Ukraine North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)
2 June Group A New Zealand  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  New Zealand 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  New Zealand 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

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22 May Group E Vietnam  0–0  New Zealand Cheonan Stadium, Cheonan
20:00 Report Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
25 May Group E New Zealand  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 New Zealand  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  New Zealand 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

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24 May 2019 Group C Honduras  0–5  New Zealand Lublin, Poland
18:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Arena Lublin
Attendance: 4,484
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
27 May 2019 Group C Norway  0–2  New Zealand Łódź, Poland
20:30 CEST Report
Stadium: Stadion Widzewa
Attendance: 2,165
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
30 May 2019 Group C New Zealand  0–2  Uruguay Łódź, Poland
18:00 CEST Report Stadium: Stadion Widzewa
Attendance: 4,385
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) Group A Guatemala  0–1  New Zealand 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 (2023-05-23) Group A New Zealand  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 (2023-05-26) Group A New Zealand  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 (2023-05-30) Round of 16 United States  4–0  New Zealand Mendoza, Argentina
14:30
Report Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas
Attendance: 7,848
Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)

Results and fixtures

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Results from previous 12 months and upcoming fixtures

6 July 2024 (2024-07-06) 2024 OFC U-19 Championship New Zealand  3–0  New Caledonia FFS Football Stadium, Apia
12:00
Report Attendance: 250
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
9 July 2024 (2024-07-09) 2024 OFC U-19 Championship New Zealand  5–0  Samoa FFS Football Stadium, Apia
15:00
Report Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)
12 July 2024 (2024-07-12) 2024 OFC U-19 Championship Papua New Guinea  0–10  New Zealand FFS Football Stadium, Apia
12:00 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
15 July 2024 (2024-07-15) 2024 OFC U-19 Championship SF New Zealand  1–0  Fiji FFS Football Stadium, Apia
15:00 Watson 48' Report Attendance: 300
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
18 July 2024 (2024-07-18) 2024 OFC U-19 Championship F New Caledonia  0–4  New Zealand FFS Football Stadium, Apia
14:00 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Current squad

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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
1GK Alby Kelly-Heald (2005-03-18) 18 March 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
1GK Eamonn McCarron (2007-09-14) 14 September 2007 (age 17) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
1GK Joe Wallis (2005-06-07) 7 June 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Auckland City

2DF Luka Coveny (2006-03-11) 11 March 2006 (age 18) Australia Western United
2DF Seth Karunaratne (2005-02-11) 11 February 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
2DF Tze-Xuan Loke (2005-03-26) 26 March 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
2DF Lewis Partridge (2005-01-07) 7 January 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
2DF Codey Phoenix (2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Auckland United
2DF Rico Pradhan (2006-06-26) 26 June 2006 (age 18) New Zealand Christchurch United

3MF James Bulkeley (2005-05-14) 14 May 2005 (age 19) United Arab Emirates Fleetwood United
3MF Lachlan Candy (2005-08-22) 22 August 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Waterside Karori
3MF Bruce Izumi (2005-11-20) 20 November 2005 (age 18) New Zealand Western Suburbs
3MF Finn McKenlay (2005-09-04) 4 September 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Auckland FC
3MF Oliver Middleton (2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Auckland FC
3MF Ryan Watson (2005-06-14) 14 June 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves

4FW Adama Coulibaly (2005-01-10) 10 January 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Auckland FC
4FW Fergus Gillion (2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
4FW Keegan Kelly (2005-06-05) 5 June 2005 (age 19) United States Flatirons Rush
4FW Daniel Makowem (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 19) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves
4FW Gabriel Sloane-Rodrigues (2007-07-03) 3 July 2007 (age 17) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
4FW Luke Supyk (2006-03-04) 4 March 2006 (age 18) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
4FW Stipe Ukich (2007-01-03) 3 January 2007 (age 17) New Zealand Auckland City
4FW Nathan Walker (2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18) New Zealand Wellington Phoenix Reserves

Recent call-ups

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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

References

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  1. ^ "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.
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