New Zealand national under-23 football team

New Zealand U-23

Nickname(s)	Oly-Whites
Association	New Zealand Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Neil Emblen
Most caps	Jeremy Brockie & Daniel Ellensohn (15)
Top scorer	Jeremy Brockie (8)
FIFA code	NZL
First colours Second colours
First international
Australia 2 - 0 New Zealand (Melbourne, Australia; 22 May 1991)
Biggest win
New Zealand 11 - 0 American Samoa (Auckland, New Zealand; 1 January 2004)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 0 - 5 Australia (Adelaide, Australia; 1 January 1996) New Zealand 0 - 5 Brazil (Shenyang, China; 10 August 2008)

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

By tournament

OFC U-23 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1983-84	Group Stage	8	3	1	4	8	10	-2	10
1987-88	3rd Place	8	4	1	3	24	7	+17	13
1992	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13
1996	Runners-up	8	6	0	2	28	9	+19	18
1999	Champions	9	4	0	5	23	17	+6	12
2004	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	17	4	+13	13
2008	Champions	5	5	0	0	19	3	+16	15
2012	Champions	4	4	0	0	15	2	+13	12
Total		54	34	4	16	176	58	+118	106

By Match

Qualifiers

22 May 1991	Australia	2 – 0	New Zealand	Melbourne
Group Stage	Vidmar  15' Okon  68' (pen.)	Summary

16 July 1991	New Caledonia	1 – 1	New Zealand	Noumea
Group Stage			Edge

17 July 1991	New Caledonia	0 – 4	New Zealand	Noumea
Group Stage			Harlock Falloon Fitzpatrick

19 July 1991	New Caledonia	1 – 1	New Zealand	Noumea
Group Stage			Falloon

7 November 1991	Fiji	0 – 4	New Zealand	Nadi
Group Stage			Falloon Bowden Edge

13 November 1991	New Zealand	1 – 2	Australia	Nadi
Group Stage	Coveny	Summary	Seal  78', 89'

15 November 1991	New Zealand	3 – 0	Papua New Guinea	Nadi
Group Stage	Coveny Harlock

18 November 1991	New Zealand	4 – 2	Papua New Guinea	Nadi
Group Stage	Edge Harlock McAllister Own Goal

20 November 1991	Fiji	0 – 0	New Zealand	Nadi
Group Stage

Friendlies

31 October 1991	Central Queensland	0 – 3	New Zealand	Bundaberg
'			Bowden New Own Goal

2 November 1991	Queensland	1 – 0	New Zealand	Brisbane
'

Friendly

21 May 2003	Japan	4 – 0	New Zealand	Kobe
Group Stage

Qualifiers

14 January 2004	New Zealand	9 – 0	Cook Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Group Stage	Fisher  30', 55', 59' Jones  32' Pritchett  34', 73' Pearce  82', 84' Smith  90+4'	Summary

16 January 2004	New Zealand	11 – 0	American Samoa	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Group Stage	Pearce  8', 22', 39' Smetlz  12', 51', 57', 66', 68' Mulligan  26' Smith  30' Puna  87'	Summary

18 January 2004	New Zealand	2 – 0	Tonga	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Group Stage	Bertos  35' Steven Turner  45'	Report

22 January 2004	New Zealand	3 – 2	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Group Stage	Lochhead  42' Smeltz  51' Brent Fisher  62'	Summary	Maleb  9' Thompsen  19' Lete

26 January 2004	Australia	2 – 0	New Zealand	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney
Final Leg 1	McKain  77' Elrich  84'	Report Summary

30 January 2004	New Zealand	1 – 1	Australia	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Final Leg 2	Smeltz  51'	Report Summary	Griffiths  71'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Leone Rakaroi

Qualifiers

1 March 2008	Fiji	0 – 2	New Zealand	Churchill Park, Lautoka
Group Stage		Report	Peverley  33' Old  90'	Referee: Job Minan

3 March 2008	Vanuatu	0 – 2	New Zealand	Churchill Park, Lautoka
Group Stage		Report	Barbarouses  15' Brockie  40'	Referee: Norbert Huata

5 March 2008	Papua New Guinea	2 – 5	New Zealand	Churchill Park, Lautoka
Group Stage		Report	Ellensohn  43', 58' Barbarouses  60', 69' Brockie  85'	Referee: Rakesh Varman

7 March 2008	New Zealand	2 – 0	Solomon Islands	Churchill Park, Lautoka
Group Stage	Old  5' Henderson  69'	Report		Referee: Lencie Fred

9 March 2008	New Zealand	8 – 0	Cook Islands	Churchill Park, Lautoka
Group Stage	Old  8' Henderson  16' Hayne  52', 79' Messam  64' Ellensohn  67' Barbarouses  75' Scott  90+2'	Report		Referee: Job Minan

Friendlies

2 July 2008	New Zealand	1 – 2	Chile	Newtown Park, Wellington
	Boxall  38'	Report

4 July 2008	New Zealand	1 – 0	Chile	Porirua Park, Wellington
	Ellensohn  38'	Report

12 July 2008	Australia	3 – 2	New Zealand	North Sydney Oval, Sydney
	Milligan  25', 81' Sarkies  37'	Report	=Brockie  28' (51)

15 July 2008	Central Coast Mariners	1 – 2	New Zealand	Knox Grammar School, Wahroonga
	Petrovski  75'	Report	Brockie  20' Own Goal  34'

20 July 2008	Persikota Tangerang	2 – 0	New Zealand	Benteng Stadium, Tangerang
		Report

24 July 2008	Indonesia	2– 1	New Zealand	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
	Utina  12' Pamungkas  30'	Report	Brockie  44'

26 July 2008	Persija Jakarta	2 - 2	New Zealand	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
		Report	Brockie  27' Killen  90'

Qualifiers

16 March 2012	New Zealand	1 – 0	Papua New Guinea	Owen Delany Park, Taupo
17:00 UTC+13	Sean Lovemore  73'	Report		Attendance: 550 Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

21 March 2012	Tonga	0 – 10	New Zealand	Owen Delany Park, Taupo
14:30 UTC+13		Report	Greg Draper  23' Jason Hicks  33' Daniel Saric  43' Louis Fenton  52', 54' Ethan Gailbraith  72', 73' Sean Lovemore  77', 90' James Musa  81'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

23 March 2012	New Zealand	3 – 2	Vanuatu	Owen Delany Park, Taupo
16:00 UTC+13	Louis Fenton  5' James Musa  8' Greg Draper  27'	Report	Jean Kaltack  74' Kensi Tangis  90+1'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

25 March 2012	Fiji	0 – 1	New Zealand	Owen Delany Park, Taupo
16:00 UTC+13		Report	Greg Draper  18' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Friendlies

11 July 2012	Japan	1– 1	New Zealand	National Stadium, Tokyo
	Sugimoto  71'	Report	Lucas  90+4'

14 July 2012	South Korea	2– 1	New Zealand	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
	Park  18' Nam  83'	Report	Smeltz  73'

20 July 2012	New Zealand	2– 4	United Arab Emirates	Matrei Stadium, Matrei, Austria
	Smeltz  40' Rojas  52'	Report	Khalil  20'  72' Essa  25' Al Kamali  56'

Olympic Football Tournament

Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900 – 1980	Did Not Participate
1984	Did Not Qualify
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008	Group Stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	7
2012	Group Stage	16th	3	0	1	2	1	5
2016	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	Group Stage	2/25	6	0	2	4	2	12

Beijing 2008

Group C 7 August	China PR	1 – 1	New Zealand	Shenyang, China
19:45 UTC+08:00	Dong  88'	Report	53' Brockie	Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Stadium Attendance: 41,407 Referee: Martín Vázquez

Group C 10 August	New Zealand	0 – 5	Brazil	Shenyang, China
17:00 UTC+08:00		Report	3' Anderson  33' Pato  55', 61' (pen.) Ronaldinho  90+3' Sóbis	Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Stadium Attendance: 44,951 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Group C 13 August	New Zealand	0 – 1	Belgium	Shanghai, China
19:45 UTC+08:00		Report	35' Haroun	Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Attendance: 45,202 Referee: Pablo Pozo

London 2012

Group C 26 July	Belarus	1 – 0	New Zealand	Coventry, United Kingdom
19:45 UTC+01:00	Baha  45+1'	Report		Stadium: The City of Coventry Stadium Attendance: 14,457 Referee: Bakary Gassama

Group C 29 July	Egypt	1 – 1	New Zealand	Manchester, United Kingdom
12:00 UTC+01:00	Salah  40'	Report	17' Wood	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 50,050 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Group C 1 August	Brazil	3 – 0	New Zealand	Newcastle, United Kingdom
14:30 UTC+01:00	Danilo  23' Damião  29' Sandro  52'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 25,201 Referee: Bakary Gassama

Current squad

The squad named for the 2012 London Olympics.^[1] Caps listed are only at U23 level and a reaccurate as of 11 August 2012*. Clubs listed are those that the player was at during the 2012 London Olympics.

Head coach: Neil Emblen

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jake Gleeson (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 21) 1 Portland Timbers 2 2DF Tim Payne (1994-01-10)10 January 1994 (aged 18) 6 Blackburn Rovers 3 2DF Ian Hogg (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 22) 17 Auckland City FC 4 2DF Tim Myers (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 21) 5 Waitakere United 5 2DF Tommy Smith (1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (aged 22) 4 Ipswich Town 6 2DF Ryan Nelsen (1977-10-18)18 October 1977 (aged 34) 8 Queens Park Rangers 7 4FW Kosta Barbarouses (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 22) 11 Panathinaikos 8 3MF Michael McGlinchey (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 25) 6 Central Coast Mariners 9 4FW Shane Smeltz (1981-09-29)29 September 1981 (aged 30) 6 Perth Glory 10 4FW Chris Wood (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 20) 5 West Bromwich Albion 11 3MF Marco Rojas (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 20) 6 Melbourne Victory 12 2DF Adam Thomas (1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 20) 10 Waikato FC 13 3MF Alex Feneridis (1989-11-13)13 November 1989 (aged 22) 8 Auckland City FC 14 2DF James Musa (1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 20) 8 Team Wellington 15 3MF Cameron Howieson (1994-12-22)22 December 1994 (aged 17) 6 Burnley 16 4FW Dakota Lucas (1991-07-27)27 July 1991 (aged 20) 6 Sunshine Coast 17 3MF Adam McGeorge (1989-03-30)30 March 1989 (aged 23) 5 Auckland City FC 18 1GK Michael O'Keeffe (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 21) 6 Fairfield Stags

Players on standby No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 2DF Michael Eagar (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 23) 3 Team Wellington 20 3MF Cameron Lindsay (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 19) 1 Wellington Phoenix 21 2DF Luke Rowe (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 (aged 20) 0 Team Wellington 22 1GK Scott Basalaj (1994-04-19)19 April 1994 (aged 18) 0 Team Wellington

• Stats for Ryan Nelson and Shane Smeltz are from 2008 on.

Past squads

New Zealand squad – 2004 U-23 Summer Olympics Qualification 1 Moss 2 Puna 3 Lochhead 4 Turner 5  6 Boyens 7 Bertos 8 Mulligan 9 Imam 10 Fisher 11 Smeltz 12 Adams 13 Wilson 14 Brown 15 Pritchett 16 Pearce 17 Jones 18 Smith 19 Hayne 20 Williams Coach: Herbert

New Zealand squad – 2008 U-23 Summer Olympics Qualification 1 Spoonley 2 Scott (c) 3 Edington 4 Hayne 5 Boxall 6 Messam 7 Old 8 Peverley 9 Henderson 10 Brockie 11 Keat 12 Fowler 13 Matthews 14 van Rooyen 15 Tinkler 16 Draper 17 Ellensohn 18 Barbarouses 19 Jenkins 20 Little 21 O'Keeffe Coach: Jacobs

New Zealand squad – 2012 U-23 Summer Olympics Qualification 1 Gleeson 2 Myers 3 Hogg 4 Eager 5 Hobbs 6 Rojas 7 Lindsay 8 Gailbraith 9 Draper 10 Lovemore 11 Lucas 12 Fenton 13 Fenderidis 14 Musa 15 Hicks 16 Prattley 17 McGeorge (c) 18 Thomas 19 Saric 20 O'Keeffe Coach: Emblen

New Zealand Squads – Summer Olympics New Zealand men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Spoonley 2 Scott 3 Hogg 4 Peverley 5 Nelsen (c) 6 Boxall 7 Elliott 8 Henderson 9 Ellensohn 10 Killen 11 Brockie 12 Old 13 van Rooyen 14 Tinkler 15 Draper 16 Jenkins 17 Messam 18 Little Coach: Jacobs New Zealand men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics 1 Gleeson 2 Payne 3 Hogg 4 Myers 5 Smith 6 Nelsen (c) 7 Barbarouses 8 McGlinchey 9 Smeltz 10 Wood 11 Rojas 12 Thomas 13 Feneridis 14 Musa 15 Howieson 16 Lucas 17 McGeorge 18 O'Keeffe Coach: Emblen

References

External links

• NZ Football Olympic Page
• OlyWhites historical results

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