The Australian Under 20's football (soccer) team, more commonly known as the Young Socceroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 20 or youth football competitions. [edit] Tournament History [edit] 2006 AFC Youth Championship Campaign In their first foray into Asia in 2006 the team failed to advance past the quarterfinals of the AFC Youth Championship, losing to South Korea[1] , despite being labelled as one of the stronger teams. This meant that it would be the first time the Young Socceroos had failed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup since 1989. Subsequently on February 5 2007 the FFA decided not to renew Ange Postecoglou's contract as head coach[2] and replaced him with former Socceroo, and current AIS head coach of football, Steve O'Connor.[3] [edit] 2008 AFC Youth Championship Campaign On 24 June, 2008 Jan Versleijen was appointed as the new U-20 coach ahead of the 2008 tournament, with the FFA eager to avoid a repeat of 2006, and ensure qualification for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.[4] As preparation for the tournament, Australia competed in the 2008 ASEAN Youth Championships in Thailand alongside China, Korea Republic and Thailand.[5] A competition which they ultimately won through a penalty shoot-out against Korea Republic.[6] [edit] Tournament Records [edit] FIFA U-20 World Cup | Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | | 1977 - 1979 | DNP | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1981 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | | 1983 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | | 1985 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1987 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | | 1989 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1991 | 4th Place | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | | 1993 | 4th Place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | | 1995 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | 1997 | Round 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | | 1999 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | | 2001 | Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2003 | Round 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | | 2005 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | | 2007 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 2009 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | | Total | | 46 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 63 | [edit] AFC U-19 Championship | Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | | 2006 | Quarterfinals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | | 2008 | Semi-Final | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Total | | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | [edit] OFC Youth Championship No longer an OFC member. | Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | | 1974 | DNP | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1978 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1980 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1982 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1985 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1987 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1988 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1990 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1992 | Runner-Up | | | | | | | | 1994 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1996 | Winner | | | | | | | | 1998 | Winner | | | | | | | | 2001 | Winner | | | | | | | | 2003 | Winner | | | | | | | | 2005 | Winner | | | | | | | | Total | | | | | | | | - DNQ - Did not qualify
- DNP - Did not participate
[edit] Matches [edit] Last Matches
[edit] Current Squad The following players were selected to play in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers held in Bandung, Indonesia from 7-17 November. | No. | Pos. | Player | DoB (Age) | Caps | Goals | Club | | 1 | GK | Mark Birighitti | April 17, 1991 (1991-04-17) (age 18) | 14 | 0 |  Adelaide United | | 2 | MF | Nikola Stanojevic | June 25, 1992 (1992-06-25) (age 17) | 3 | 0 | AIS | | 3 | DF | Dylan McGowan | July 6, 1991 (1991-07-06) (age 18) | 7 | 1 |  Hearts | | 4 | DF | Jason Davidson | June 29, 1991 (1991-06-29) (age 18) | 3 | 0 |  Paços de Ferreira | | 5 | DF | Sam Gallagher | May 5, 1991 (1991-05-05) (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Sydney FC | | 6 | MF | Rhyan Grant | February 26, 1991 (1991-02-26) (age 18) | 16 | 0 | Sydney FC | | 7 | MF | James Virgili | July 8, 1992 (1992-07-08) (age 17) | 10 | 4 | Newcastle Jets | | 8 | MF | Ben Kantarovski | January 20, 1992 (1992-01-20) (age 17) | 5 | 0 | Newcastle Jets | | 9 | FW | Kofi Danning | March 2, 1991 (1991-03-02) (age 18) | 17 | 0 | Sydney FC | | 10 | MF | Steven Lustica | April 12, 1991 (1991-04-12) (age 18) | 9 | 1 | Gold Coast United | | 11 | MF | Thomas Oar | December 10, 1991 (1991-12-10) (age 17) | 19 | 1 | Brisbane Roar | | 12 | DF | Daniel Bowles | October 19, 1991 (1991-10-19) (age 18) | 6 | 2 | Brisbane Roar | | 13 | MF | Kliment Taseski | May 27, 1991 (1991-05-27) (age 18) | 9 | 3 | Melbourne Victory | | 14 | FW | Kerem Bulut | February 3, 1992 (1992-02-03) (age 17) | 1 | 2 | Sydney FC | | 15 | MF | Joshua McVey | August 9, 1991 (1991-08-09) (age 18) | 3 | 0 | Brisbane Roar | | 16 | DF | Brendan Hamill | September 18, 1992 (1992-09-18) (age 17) | 3 | 0 | AIS | | 17 | FW | Eli Babalj | February 21, 1992 (1992-02-21) (age 17) | 5 | 1 | AIS | | 18 | GK | Lawrence Thomas | May 9, 1992 (1992-05-09) (age 17) | 0 | 0 | AIS | | 19 | MF | Chris Bush | February 13, 1992 (1992-02-13) (age 17) | 0 | 0 | AIS | | 22 | GK | Robbie Kolak | January 23, 1992 (1992-01-23) (age 17) | 0 | 0 | Newcastle Jets | | 23 | FW | Dimitrios Petratos | November 10, 1992 (1992-11-10) (age 16) | 0 | 0 | Sydney FC | | 26 | DF | Petar Franjic | April 7, 1992 (1992-04-07) (age 17) | 7 | 1 | Melbourne Victory | | 29 | MF | Jared Lum | July 19, 1992 (1992-07-19) (age 17) | 5 | 1 | AIS | | | 20 | MF | Mathew Leckie ** | February 4, 1991 (1991-02-04) (age 18) | 4 | 1 | Adelaide United | | 21 | GK | Matt Acton * | June 3, 1992 (1992-06-03) (age 17) | 0 | 0 | Brisbane Roar | | 24 | DF | Trent Sainsbury ** | January 5, 1992 (1992-01-05) (age 17) | 1 | 0 | AIS | | 25 | MF | Kamal Ibrahim * | July 26, 1992 (1992-07-26) (age 17) | 0 | 0 | AIS | | 27 | FW | Alex Tabor * | August 9, 1991 (1991-08-09) (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Dandenong Thunder | | 28 | DF | David Talevski * | January 28, 1992 (1992-01-28) (age 17) | 0 | 0 | AIS | | 30 | FW | Joshua Groenewald * | January 6, 1991 (1991-01-06) (age 18) | 7 | 1 | Melbourne Knights | | 31 | GK | Alex Pearson * | July 9, 1992 (1992-07-09) (age 17) | 0 | 0 | Perth Glory | | 32 | MF | Brendan Griffin * | June 17, 1991 (1991-06-17) (age 18) | 4 | 0 | Central Coast Mariners | | 33 | FW | Brent McGrath * | June 18, 1991 (1991-06-18) (age 18) | 4 | 1 |  Brøndby | | 34 | MF | Reece Vittiglia * | May 2, 1991 (1991-05-02) (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Perth Glory | | - *Stand-by player
- **Injured
[edit] References - ^ Australia bows out to Koreans, FFA, November 7, 2006
- ^ Postecoglou Contract Not Renewed, FFA, February 8, 2007
- ^ New National Youth Coaches Appointed, FFA, March 5, 2007
- ^ AIS/U20 Head Coach named, FFA, June 24, 2008
- ^ Qantas Young Socceroos named for Asean tournament, FFA, September 29, 2008
- ^ Qantas Young Socceroos win AFF U19 Championship, FFA, October 12, 2008
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