New Zealand national under-23 football team

New Zealand U-23
Nickname(s) Oly-Whites
Association New Zealand Football
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Anthony Hudson
Captain Louis Fenton
Most caps Jeremy Brockie & Daniel Ellensohn (15)
Top scorer Jeremy Brockie (8)
FIFA code NZL
First colours
Second colours
First international
Australia Australia 2 - 0 New Zealand New Zealand
(Melbourne, Australia; 22 May 1991)
Biggest win
New Zealand New Zealand 11 - 0 American Samoa American Samoa
(Auckland, New Zealand; 16 January 2004)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand New Zealand 0 - 5 Australia Australia
(Adelaide, Australia; 21 January 1996)
New Zealand New Zealand 0 - 5 Brazil Brazil
(Shenyang, China; 10 August 2008)
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Appearances 7 (first in 1991)
Best result Champions (1999, 2008, 2012)

The New Zealand Under-23 Football Team, informally known as the "Oly-Whites", represents New Zealand Football and New Zealand in international Under-23 football (soccer) events, such as the Summer Olympics.

The Oly-Whites 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.

Competition Record

OFC

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.

By Tournament

OFC U-23 Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fiji 1992Runners-up6312126+610
Australia 1996Runners-up8602289+1918
New Zealand 1999Champions4400183+1512
AustraliaNew Zealand 2004Runners-up6411174+1313
Fiji 2008Champions5500193+1615
New Zealand 2012Champions4400152+1312
Papua New Guinea 2015Disqualifed4400100+1012
Total37302511927+9292

By Match

2015

Olympic Football Tournament

New Zealand's Chris Wood scores against Egypt at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
19001980 Did Not Participate
United States 1984 Did Not Qualify
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 7
United Kingdom 2012 Group Stage 16th 3 0 1 2 1 5
Brazil 2016 Disqualified
Total Group Stage 2/25 6 0 2 4 2 12

Beijing 2008

London 2012

Current squad

The squad named for the 2015 Pacific Games.[1] Caps listed are only at U23 level and are accurate as of 10 July 2015.

Head coach: England Anthony Hudson

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Oliver Sail (1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 0 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
12 1GK Nikola Tzanev (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 0 0 England Brentford
21 1GK Max Crocombe (1993-08-12) 12 August 1993 4 0 England Oxford United

2 2DF Kip Colvey (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 2 0 United States San Jose Earthquakes
3 2DF Deklan Wynne (1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 2 0 Canada Whitecaps FC 2
4 2DF Sam Brotherton (1996-10-02) 2 October 1996 3 0 New Zealand Wanderers SC
5 2DF Alec Solomons (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 1 0 New Zealand Waitakere United
13 2DF Liam Higgins (1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 1 0 New Zealand WaiBOP United
14 2DF Luke Adams (1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 3 0 Australia South Melbourne
15 2DF Storm Roux (1993-01-13) 13 January 1993 3 0 Australia Central Coast Mariners
20 2DF Harshae Raniga (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 1 0 New Zealand Waitakere United

6 3MF Bill Tuiloma (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 3 1 France Olympique de Marseille
8 3MF Moses Dyer (1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 4 0 New Zealand Wanderers SC
10 3MF Clayton Lewis (1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 4 0 New Zealand Wanderers SC
11 3MF Luka Prelevic (1995-09-07) 7 September 1995 2 1 Australia Pascoe Vale
16 3MF Louis Fenton (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 7 3 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
17 3MF Andrew Blake (1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 2 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
18 3MF Sam Burfoot (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 1 0 New Zealand Auckland City
22 3MF Te Atawahi Hudson-Wihongi (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 3 1 New Zealand Wanderers SC

7 4FW Joel Stevens (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 2 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
9 4FW Alex Rufer (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 4 1 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
19 4FW Monty Patterson (1996-12-09) 9 December 1996 3 3 England Ipswich Town
23 4FW Logan Rogerson (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 4 3 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix

Past squads

References

  1. "U-23s named for Pacific Games". NZ Football. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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