New Zealand women's national under-17 football team
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| 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 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Australia 4 - 0 New Zealand  (Auckland, New Zealand; 8 December 2007) [1] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Tonga 0 - 18 New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand; 16 April 2010) | |||
| 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 football (soccer) 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.
OFC Championship Record
| OFC U-17 Women's Championship | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2010 | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | +37 | 9 |
| 2012 | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | +28 | 9 |
 2015 | |||||||||
| Total | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1 | +65 | 18 |
U-17 World Cup Record
By Tournament
| FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2008 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
 2010 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
 2012 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
 2014 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
 2016 | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 4 |
By Match
- 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) | |||
| 23 September 2012 | Mexico  |
1 – 0 | New Zealand |
Bayil Stadium, Baku | ||
| 15:00 | Perez 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'Puketapu 77' |
Report | Byanca 10' Brena 26'Andressa 35' (pen.)Camila 55' |
Attendance: 8,857 Referee: Ri Hyang-Ok (North Korea) | ||
| 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'N. 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) | |||
Current squad
- Squad list for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Coach: 
Jitka Klimkova[2]
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References
External links
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