New Zealand men's national under-23 football team
Nickname(s) | OlyWhites[1][2] | ||
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Association | New Zealand Football | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Darren Bazeley | ||
Captain | Winston Reid | ||
Most caps | Ian Hogg (16) | ||
Top scorer | Logan Rogerson (14) | ||
FIFA code | NZL | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Melbourne, Australia; 22 May 1991) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Apia, Samoa; 8 July 2019)[n 1] ![]() ![]() (Suva, Fiji; 24 September 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Adelaide, Australia; 21 January 1996) ![]() ![]() (Shenyang, China; 10 August 2008) | |||
Summer Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 2008) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals (2020) | ||
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1988) | ||
Best result | Champions (1999, 2008, 2012, 2019) |
The New Zealand national under-23 football team, informally known as the "OlyWhites", represents New Zealand Football and New Zealand in international Under-23 football events, such as the Summer Olympics.
The OlyWhites qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after winning the OFC Preliminary Competition in Fiji. Thus, Beijing saw the first Olympic appearance for a New Zealand men's football team.
Results and fixtures[edit]
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2023[edit]
23 March 2023 Friendly | New Zealand ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Auckland, New Zealand |
15:30 UTC+13 | Report | Stadium: Mt Smart Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) |
26 March 2023 Friendly | New Zealand ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Wellington, New Zealand |
12:30 UTC+13 | Report |
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Stadium: Sky Stadium Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand) |
27 August 2023 2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying | New Zealand ![]() | 3–0 Awarded[3] | ![]() | Auckland, New Zealand |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Go Media Stadium Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) |
30 August 2023 2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying | New Zealand ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Auckland, New Zealand |
15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 531 Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands) |
6 September 2023 2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying | New Zealand ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() | Auckland, New Zealand |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 188 Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia) |
9 September 2023 2023 OFC Olympic Qualifying | New Zealand ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() | Auckland, New Zealand |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: North Harbour Stadium Attendance: 1,284 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) |
2024[edit]
Players[edit]
Current squad[edit]
The following 22 players were called up for the 2024 Olympics qualifiers between 27 August and 9 September 2023.[4][5][6]
Caps and goals updated as of 9 September 2023 after the game against Fiji.
Recent call-ups[edit]
The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Kees Sims | 27 March 2003 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Sam Sutton (captain) | 10 December 2001 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Ronan Wynne | 28 May 2001 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Finn Linder | 6 May 2004 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Adam Supyk | 21 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Fin Conchie | 10 August 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Ben Old | 13 August 2002 | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
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FW | Jay Herdman | 14 August 2004 | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
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FW | Noah Karunaratne | 27 June 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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Overage players in Olympic Games[edit]
Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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Ryan Nelsen (DF) | Simon Elliott (MF) | Chris Killen (FW) | |
Ryan Nelsen (DF) | Michael McGlinchey (MF) | Shane Smeltz (FW) | |
Winston Reid (DF) | Michael Boxall (DF) | Chris Wood (FW) |
Previous squads[edit]
Competitive record[edit]
OFC Men's Olympic qualifying tournament[edit]
The New Zealand national under-23 football team has competed in the OFC Men's Olympic qualifying tournament since 1991. During the 1980s, the New Zealand national football team participated in Olympic qualification.
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 9 |
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Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
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Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 |
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Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
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Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
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Semi-finals | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
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Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
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Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
Total | 5 titles | 9/9 | 46 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 173 | 35 |
Olympic Games[edit]
Summer Olympics record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1900–1988 | See New Zealand men's national football team | ||||||||
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Did not qualify | ||||||||
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Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
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Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
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Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
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Qualifield | ||||||||
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To be determined | ||||||||
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Total | Quarter-finals | 3/8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Beijing 2008[edit]
7 August Group C | China ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Shenyang, China |
19:45 UTC+08:00 | Dong ![]() |
Report[dead link] | ![]() |
Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Stadium Attendance: 41,407 Referee: ![]() |
10 August Group C | New Zealand ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() | Shenyang, China |
17:00 UTC+08:00 | Report | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,951 Referee: ![]() |
13 August Group C | New Zealand ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | Shanghai, China |
19:45 UTC+08:00 | Report | ![]() |
Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Attendance: 45,202 Referee: ![]() |
London 2012[edit]
26 July Group C | Belarus ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Coventry, United Kingdom |
19:45 UTC+01:00 | Baha ![]() |
Report | Stadium: The City of Coventry Stadium Attendance: 14,457 Referee: ![]() |
29 July Group C | Egypt ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Manchester, United Kingdom |
12:00 UTC+01:00 | Salah ![]() |
Report | Wood ![]() |
Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 50,050 Referee: ![]() |
1 August Group C | Brazil ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Newcastle, United Kingdom |
14:30 UTC+01:00 | Danilo ![]() Leandro Damião ![]() Sandro ![]() |
Report | Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 25,201 Referee: ![]() |
Tokyo 2020[edit]
22 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group B | New Zealand ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Kashima, Japan |
17:00 UTC+9 |
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Report (FIFA) Report (SW) |
Stadium: Kashima Stadium Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa) |
25 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group B | New Zealand ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Kashima, Japan |
17:00 UTC+9 | Report (FIFA) Report (SW) |
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Stadium: Kashima Stadium Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
28 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group B | Romania ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Sapporo, Japan |
17:30 UTC+9 | Report (FIFA) Report (SW) |
Stadium: Sapporo Dome |
31 July 2020 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals | Japan ![]() | 0–0 (4–2 p) | ![]() | Kashima, Japan |
18:00 UTC+9 | Report (FIFA) Report (SW) |
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA) | ||
Penalties | ||||
Historical results[edit]
Head-to-head record[edit]
- As 9 September 2023
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 100.00 |
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16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 30 | −21 | 12.50 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0.00 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 66.67 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 100.00 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 80.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0.00 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 50.00 |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 100.00 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 100.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 100.00 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 25.00 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 100.00 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.00 |
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8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 8 | +27 | 87.50 |
Total | 82 | 42 | 11 | 29 | 207 | 104 | +103 | 51.22 |
- ^ Football Federation Australia were founder members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) before joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.[11][12]
Senior teams[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 100.00 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Total | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | +20 | 80.00 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ This victory was played against the senior team of Tonga.
See also[edit]
- Sport in New Zealand
- New Zealand national football team
- New Zealand national under-20 football team
- New Zealand national under-17 football team
- New Zealand women's national football team
References[edit]
- ^ a b "New Zealand - U-23 International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Ruane, Jeremy. "What's In A Nickname?". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand awarded 3-0 default win after PNG's failure to play Olympic qualifier". Friends of Football NZ. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Initial squad named for OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2023 set to be played in Auckland this month". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Five players added to OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier squad". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Striker Keegan Kelly added to New Zealand squad for Olympic qualifiers". friendsoffootballnz.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "New Zealand - U-23 International Matches 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand - U-23 International Matches 2012". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "FIFA Mens Olympics Football Tournament Tokyo 2020". FIFA. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "OlyWhites". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Australia gets President's blessing to join AFC in 2006". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Timeline of Australian Football". migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2013.