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New Zealand Women's U-17
Nickname(s)	Young Football Ferns
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Leon Birnie
Captain	TBD
FIFA code	NZL
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Australia 4–0 New Zealand ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 2007)
Biggest win
	Vanuatu 0–27 New Zealand ; (Pirae, Tahiti; 20 September 2023)
Biggest defeat
	New Zealand 0–6 Japan ; (Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago; 13 September 2010)
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 2010)
Best result	Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2008)
Best result	Third place (2018)

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 U-17 Women's Championship, the bi-annual confederation championship to decide who represents Oceania Football Confederation at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The inaugural tournament was held in 2010.

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Finals history

Legend

Win Draw Lose

2008

28 October 2008	New Zealand	0–1	Canada	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
19:00		Report	Lamarre 53'	Attendance: 13,123 Referee: Kirsi Savolainen

1 November 2008	New Zealand	1–2	Denmark	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00	Longo 13'	Report	Andreasen 29' Olsen 56'	Attendance: 11,170 Referee: Silvia Reyes

4 November 2008	Colombia	1–3	New Zealand	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
19:00	Ariza 82'	Report	White 44', 81', 87'	Attendance: 3,546 Referee: Etsuko Fukano

2010

6 September 2010	New Zealand	1–2	Venezuela	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
19:00	Loye 10'	Report	Viso 24', 67'	Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Thalia Mitsi (Greece)

9 September 2010	New Zealand	1–3	Spain	Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva
16:00	Loye 15'	Report	Gili 4' Merida 48' Lazaro 86'	Attendance: 1,785 Referee: Cha Sung Mi (Korea Republic)

13 September 2010	Japan	6–0	New Zealand	Dwight Yorke Stadium, Scarborough
16:00	Yokoyama 24', 58' Y. Tanaka 59', 89' M. Tanaka 74' Honda 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 2,140 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

2012

23 September 2012	Mexico	1–0	New Zealand	Bayil Stadium, Baku
15:00	Pérez 36'	Report		Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

26 September 2012	New Zealand	0–3	Japan	Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
20:00		Report	Hasegawa 60', 78' Sumida 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cardella Samuels (Jamaica)

30 September 2012	New Zealand	3–4	Brazil	Eighth Kilometer District Stadium, Baku
14:00	Jensen 4' Clara 45+1' (o.g.) Puketapu 77'	Report	Byanca 10' Brena 26' Andressa 35' (pen.) Camila 55'	Attendance: 8,857 Referee: Ri Hyang-Ok (North Korea)

2014

16 March 2014	New Zealand	1–1	Paraguay	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
11:00	Cleverley 69'	Report	Barrios 84'	Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

19 March 2014	New Zealand	0–3	Spain	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
17:00		Report	Hernández 3' Garrote 34' García 67'	Attendance: 2,364 Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)

23 March 2014	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
17:00	Hasegawa 20' Kobayashi 71' (pen.) Matsubara 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Ana Marques (Brazil)

2016

30 September 2016	Mexico	5–0	New Zealand	Amman International Stadium, Amman
17:00	Espinosa 18' Ovalle 36' Lopez 68' Avalos 81' Torres 87'	Report		Attendance: 7,635 Referee: Yeimy Martinez (Colombia)

3 October 2016	Spain	2–0	New Zealand	Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid
16:00	Laia 80' Pina 85'	Report		Attendance: 698 Referee: Park Ji-Yeong (South Korea)

7 October 2016	New Zealand	5–0	Jordan	Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa
16:00	Tawharu 5', 90' Blake 28', 76', 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 4,493 Referee: Aissata Amegee (Togo)

2018

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	New Zealand	1–0	Finland	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00	Brown 41'	Report		Attendance: 1,385 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)	Uruguay	1–2	New Zealand	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
19:00	Aquino 8'	Report	Wisnewski 26' Brown 36'	Attendance: 4,619 Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

20 November 2018 (2018-11-20)	Ghana	2–0	New Zealand	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
17:00	Abdulai 61', 89'	Report		Attendance: 359 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24)	Japan	1–1 (3–4 p)	New Zealand	Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici, Colonia del Sacramento
17:00	Mackay-Wright 31' (o.g.)	Report	Abbott 17'	Attendance: 477 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (United States)
	Penalties
	Matsuda Kinoshita Tomioka Kamiya Yoshizumi		Hahn Wisnewski Brown Stewart Leat

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28)	New Zealand	0–2	Spain	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00		Report	Pina 39' I. López 48'	Attendance: 369 Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01)	New Zealand	2–1	Canada	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
16:00	Wisnewski 1', 13'	Report	Kazandjian 64'	Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)

2022

11 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS	Chile	3–1	New Zealand	Margao, India
16:30	A. Figueroa 12' Rovner 22' (pen.) Cifuentes 64'	Report (FIFA)	Clegg 52'	Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 4,064 Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

14 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS	New Zealand	0–4	Nigeria	Margao, India
16:30 UTC+5:30		Report (FIFA)	Bello 16' Usani 34' Afolabi 75' Etim 90+5'	Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 2,191 Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

17 October 2022 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup GS	New Zealand	1–3	Germany	Margao, India
16:30 UTC+5:30	Clegg 10'	Report (FIFA)	Bender 5', 54' Şehitler 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 1,945 Referee: Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)

Players

Current squad

Squad for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Aimee Feinberg-Danieli	(2005-02-11)11 February 2005 (aged 19)	Auckland United FC
18	1GK	Madeleine Iro	(2005-10-24)24 October 2005 (aged 18)	Cashmere Technical
21	1GK	Sophie Campbell	(2007-02-23)23 February 2007 (aged 17)	New Plymouth Rangers

2	2DF	Suya Hearing	(2005-07-03)3 July 2005 (aged 19)	Northern Rovers
3	2DF	Ella McMillan	(2005-03-20)20 March 2005 (aged 19)	Wellington Phoenix FC
4	2DF	Marie Green	(2005-01-12)12 January 2005 (aged 19)	Ellerslie AFC
5	2DF	Manaia Elliott	(2005-04-21)21 April 2005 (aged 19)	Melville United AFC
16	2DF	Rebekah Trewhitt	(2005-12-13)13 December 2005 (aged 18)	Palmerston North Marist FC
17	2DF	Lara Smith	(2006-03-18)18 March 2006 (aged 18)	Wellington United

6	3MF	Charlotte Mortlock	(2006-03-09)9 March 2006 (aged 18)	Cashmere Technical
8	3MF	Helena Errington	(2005-07-31)31 July 2005 (aged 19)	Western Suburbs FC
10	3MF	Olivia Ingham	(2005-11-09)9 November 2005 (aged 18)	Wellington Phoenix FC
11	3MF	Kiara Bercelli	(2005-02-23)23 February 2005 (aged 19)	Alamein FC
13	3MF	Lara Colpi	(2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (aged 19)	Western Springs AFC
14	3MF	Olivia Page	(2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (aged 19)	Eastern Suburbs AFC
15	3MF	Ella McCann	(2005-03-25)25 March 2005 (aged 19)	FC Nelson
19	3MF	Zoe Benson	(2006-08-14)14 August 2006 (aged 18)	Eastern Suburbs AFC
20	3MF	Megan Simpson	(2006-09-01)1 September 2006 (aged 18)	Nomads United

7	4FW	Ruby Nathan	(2005-10-11)11 October 2005 (aged 19)	Auckland United FC
9	4FW	Milly Clegg	(2005-11-01)1 November 2005 (aged 18)	Wellington Phoenix
12	4FW	Alexis Cook	(2005-07-01)1 July 2005 (aged 19)	Northern Rovers

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Year	Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2008	New Zealand	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	4	Squad
2010	Trinidad and Tobago		3	0	0	3	2	11	Squad
2012	Azerbaijan		3	0	0	3	3	8	Squad
2014	Costa Rica		3	0	1	2	1	7	Squad
2016	Jordan		3	1	0	2	5	7	Squad
2018	Uruguay	Third place	6	3	1	2	6	7	Squad
2022	India	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	10	Squad
2024	Dominican Republic	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	9	Squad
2025	Morocco
Total		Third place	27	5	3	19	25	63	–

OFC U-17 Women's Championship

The OFC Under 17 Women's Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Since 2017 it has been renamed as the OFC U-16 Women's Championship and held in the year preceding the U-17 World Cup.^[3]

OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2010	Champions	3	3	0	0	37	0
2012	Champions	3	3	0	0	29	1
2016	Champions	5	5	0	0	55	0
OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2017	Champions	5	5	0	0	47	1
2023	Champions	5	5	0	0	51	1
2024	Champions	5	5	0	0	26	0
Total	6 titles	26	26	0	0	245	3