Nickname(s) | Young Football Ferns |
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Association | New Zealand Football |
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) |
Head coach | Gareth Turnbull |
Captain | TBD |
Most caps | – |
Top scorer | – |
FIFA code | NZL |
First international | |
Australia 4 – 0 New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 2007) |
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Biggest win | |
Tonga 0 – 18 New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand; 16 April 2010) |
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Biggest defeat | |
New Zealand 0 – 6 Japan (Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; 13 September 2010) |
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 association football 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.
Squad for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.