# New Zealand women's national under-17 football team

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

### 2022
## Players
### Current squad

Squad for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| 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 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | Squad |
| 2012 | Azerbaijan | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Squad |
| 2014 | Costa Rica | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | Squad |
| 2016 | Jordan | Group Stage | 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 | 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.
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 |