New Zealand national under-23 football team

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New Zealand
Nickname(s)OlyWhites[1][2]
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachDanny Hay
CaptainWinston Reid
Most capsJeremy Brockie
Daniel Ellensohn (15)
Top scorerLogan Rogerson (14)
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Australia 2–0 New Zealand 
(Melbourne, Australia; 22 May 1991)
Biggest win
 New Zealand 12–0 American Samoa 
(Suva, Fiji; 24 September 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Australia 5–0 New Zealand 
(Adelaide, Australia; 21 January 1996)
 New Zealand 0–5 Brazil 
(Shenyang, China; 10 August 2008)
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances3 (first in 2008)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2020)
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Appearances9 (first in 1988)
Best resultChampions (1999, 2008, 2012, 2019)

The New Zealand national under-23 football team, informally known as the "OlyWhites", represents New Zealand Football and New Zealand in international Under-23 football events, such as the Summer Olympics.

The OlyWhites 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.

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021

12 July Friendly Australia  0–2  New Zealand Ichihara, Japan
19:00 (UTC+9) Report (NZF)
Report (SW)
  • Wood 55' (pen.)
  • Just 83'
Stadium: ZA Oripri Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
Caps and goals updated as of 2 August 2021 after the game against Japan.
Head coach: Danny Hay

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Michael Woud (1999-01-16)16 January 1999 (aged 22) 6 0 Netherlands Almere City
13 1GK Jamie Searle (2000-11-25)25 November 2000 (aged 20) 1 0 Wales Swansea City
22 1GK Alex Paulsen (2002-07-04)4 July 2002 (aged 19) 1 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix

2 2DF Winston Reid* (captain) (1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 33) 5 0 England West Ham United
3 2DF Liberato Cacace (2000-09-27)27 September 2000 (aged 20) 10 1 Belgium Sint-Truiden
4 2DF Nando Pijnaker (1999-02-25)25 February 1999 (aged 22) 6 0 Denmark Helsingør
5 2DF Michael Boxall* (1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (aged 32) 12 1 United States Minnesota United
14 2DF George Stanger (2000-08-15)15 August 2000 (aged 20) 4 0 Scotland Hamilton Academical
15 2DF Dane Ingham (1999-06-08)8 June 1999 (aged 22) 6 0 Australia Newcastle Jets
17 2DF Callan Elliot (1999-07-07)7 July 1999 (aged 22) 8 1 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix

6 3MF Clayton Lewis (1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 24) 16 4 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
8 3MF Joe Bell (1999-04-27)27 April 1999 (aged 22) 6 0 Norway Viking
10 3MF Marko Stamenic (2002-02-19)19 February 2002 (aged 19) 4 0 Denmark HB Køge
16 3MF Gianni Stensness (1999-02-07)7 February 1999 (aged 22) 13 0 Norway Viking
20 3MF Sam Sutton (2001-12-10)10 December 2001 (aged 19) 2 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
21 3MF Ben Old (2002-08-13)13 August 2002 (aged 18) 0 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix

7 4FW Elijah Just (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 21) 6 1 Denmark Helsingør
9 4FW Chris Wood* (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 29) 11 4 England Burnley
11 4FW Joe Champness (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 24) 5 0 Turkey Giresunspor
12 4FW Callum McCowatt (1999-04-30)30 April 1999 (aged 22) 6 0 Denmark Helsingør
18 4FW Ben Waine (2001-06-11)11 June 2001 (aged 20) 10 8 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
19 4FW Matthew Garbett (2002-04-13)13 April 2002 (aged 19) 2 0 Italy Torino

* Over-aged player.

Previous squads

Competitive record

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The New Zealand national under-23 football team has competed in the OFC Men's Olympic qualifying tournament since 1991. During the 1980s, the New Zealand national football team participated in Olympic qualification.

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament record
Year Host Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1988  Australia
 New Zealand
See New Zealand men's national football team
1991  Fiji Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 12 6 +6 10
1996  Australia Runners-up 2nd 8 6 0 2 28 9 +19 18
1999  New Zealand Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 18 3 +15 12
2004  Australia
 New Zealand
Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 17 4 +13 13
2008  Fiji Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 19 3 +16 15
2012  New Zealand Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12
2015  Papua New Guinea Semi-finals 4th 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 9
2019  Fiji Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 33 4 +29 15
Total 4 titles 8/8 42 34 2 6 150 34 +116 104

Olympic Games

New Zealand's Chris Wood scores against Egypt at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics record
Year Host Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
19001988 See New Zealand men's national football team
1992  Spain Did not qualify
1996  United States
2000  Australia
2004  Greece
2008  China Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 7
2012  United Kingdom Group stage 16th 3 0 1 2 1 5
2016  Brazil Did not qualify
2020  Japan Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 3 3
2024  France To be determined
2028  United States
2032  Australia
Total Quarter-finals 3/8 10 1 4 5 5 15

Historical Olympic results

Beijing 2008

[5]

7 August Group C China  1–1  New Zealand Shenyang, China
19:45 UTC+08:00 Dong 88' Report[dead link] 53' Brockie Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 41,407
Referee: Uruguay Martín Vázquez
10 August Group C New Zealand  0–5  Brazil Shenyang, China
17:00 UTC+08:00 Report[dead link] 3' Anderson
33' Pato
55', 61' (pen.) Ronaldinho
90+3' Sóbis
Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 44,951
Referee: France Stéphane Lannoy
13 August Group C New Zealand  0–1  Belgium Shanghai, China
19:45 UTC+08:00 Report[dead link] 35' Haroun Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Attendance: 45,202
Referee: Chile Pablo Pozo

London 2012

[6]

26 July Group C 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: The Gambia Bakary Gassama
29 July Group C Egypt  1–1  New Zealand Manchester, United Kingdom
12:00 UTC+01:00 Salah 40' Report Wood 17' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 50,050
Referee: United Kingdom Mark Clattenburg
1 August Group C Brazil  3–0  New Zealand Newcastle, United Kingdom
14:30 UTC+01:00 Danilo 23'
Leandro Damião 29'
Sandro 52'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 25,201
Referee: The Gambia Bakary Gassama

Tokyo 2020

[7]

Historical results

[1][8]

1990s

1991

22 May 1991 1992 Olympic Qualifier Australia  2–0  New Zealand Australia Melbourne, Australia
Vidmar 15'
Okon 68' (pen.)
Summary
2 November 1991 Friendly Queensland 1–0  New Zealand Australia Brisbane, Australia
7 November 1991 1992 Olympic Qualifier Fiji  0–4  New Zealand Fiji Nadi, Fiji
Falloon
Bowden
Edge
13 November 1991 1992 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  1–2  Australia Fiji Nadi, Fiji
Coveny Summary Seal 78', 89'
15 November 1991 1992 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  3–0  Papua New Guinea Fiji Nadi, Fiji
Coveny
Harlock
18 November 1991 1992 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  4–2  Papua New Guinea Fiji Nadi, Fiji
Edge
Harlock
McAllister
Own Goal
20 November 1991 1992 Olympic Qualifier Fiji  0–0  New Zealand Fiji Nadi, Fiji

1996

15 January 1996 1996 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  1–2  Fiji Australia Adelaide, Australia
17 January 1996 1996 Olympic Qualifier Vanuatu  0–10  New Zealand Australia Adelaide, Australia
19 January 1996 1996 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  2–0  Solomon Islands Australia Adelaide, Australia
21 January 1996 1996 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  0–5  Australia Australia Adelaide, Australia
23 January 1996 1996 Olympic Qualifier Fiji  1–3  New Zealand Australia Adelaide, Australia
27 January 1996 1996 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  5–1  Vanuatu Australia Adelaide, Australia
29 January 1996 1996 Olympic Qualifier Solomon Islands  0–6  New Zealand Australia Adelaide, Australia
31 January 1996 1996 Olympic Qualifier Australia  0–1  New Zealand Australia Adelaide, Australia

1999

12 December 1999 2000 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  4–0  Vanuatu New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
16 December 1999 2000 Olympic Qualifier Papua New Guinea  0–5  New Zealand New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
18 December 1999 2000 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  5–2  Fiji New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
20 December 1999 2000 Olympic Qualifier Solomon Islands  1–4  New Zealand New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
2000s

2000

21 January 2000 Friendly New Zealand  1–2  South Korea New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
23 January 2000 Friendly New Zealand  2–5  South Korea New Zealand Palmerston North, New Zealand
29 March 2000 Friendly Japan  4–0  New Zealand Japan Tokyo, Japan

2003

21 May 2003 Friendly Japan  4–0  New Zealand Japan Kobe, Japan

2004

14 January 2004 2004 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  9–0  Cook Islands New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Fisher 30', 55', 59'
Jones 32'
Pritchett 34', 73'
Pearce 82', 84'
Smith 90+4'
Summary Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
16 January 2004 2004 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  11–0  American Samoa New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Pearce 8', 22', 39'
Smetlz 12', 51', 57', 66', 68'
Mulligan 26'
Smith 30'
Puna 87'
Summary Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
18 January 2004 2004 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  2–0  Tonga New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Bertos 35'
Turner 45'
Report Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
30 January 2004 2004 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  1–1  Australia New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Smeltz 51' Report
Summary
Griffiths 71' Stadium: North Harbour Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Leone Rakaroi Fiji

2008

2 July 2008 Friendly New Zealand  1–2  Chile New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand
Boxall 38' Report Stadium: Newtown Park
4 July 2008 Friendly New Zealand  1–0  Chile New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand
Ellensohn 38' Report Stadium: Porirua Park
12 July 2008 Friendly Australia  3–2  New Zealand Australia Sydney, Australia
Milligan 25', 81'
Sarkies 37'
Report = Brockie 28' (51) Stadium: North Sydney Oval
15 July 2008 Friendly Central Coast Mariners 1–2  New Zealand Australia Wahroonga, Australia
Petrovski 75' Report Brockie 20', 34' (o.g.) Stadium: Knox Grammar School
7 August 2008 2008 Olympics China  1–1  New Zealand China Shenyang, China
19:45 UTC+08:00 Dong 88' Report[dead link] 53' Brockie Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 41,407
Referee: Uruguay Martín Vázquez
10 August 2008 2008 Olympics New Zealand  0–5  Brazil China Shenyang, China
17:00 UTC+08:00 Report[dead link] 3' Anderson
33' Pato
55', 61' (pen.) Ronaldinho
90+3' Sóbis
Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 44,951
Referee: France Stéphane Lannoy
13 August 2008 2008 Olympics New Zealand  0–1  Belgium China Shanghai, China
19:45 UTC+08:00 Report[dead link] 35' Haroun Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Attendance: 45,202
Referee: Chile Pablo Pozo
2010s

2012

2 February 2012 Friendly New Zealand  0–3  Saudi Arabia Australia Melbourne, Australia
Stadium: Lakeside Stadium
16 March 2012 2012 Olympic Qualifiers New Zealand  1–0  Papua New Guinea New Zealand Taupo, New Zealand
17:00 UTC+13 Lovemore 73' Report Stadium: Owen Delany Park
Attendance: 550
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)
21 March 2012 2012 Olympic Qualifiers Tonga  0–10  New Zealand New Zealand Taupo, New Zealand
14:30 UTC+13 Report Draper 23'
Jason Hicks 33'
Daniel Saric 43'
Louis Fenton 52', 54'
Ethan Gailbraith 72', 73'
Lovemore 77', 90'
Musa 81'
Stadium: Owen Delany Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)
23 March 2012 2012 Olympic Qualifiers New Zealand  3–2  Vanuatu New Zealand Taupo, New Zealand
16:00 UTC+13 Louis Fenton 5'
Musa 8'
Draper 27'
Report Jean Kaltack 74'
Kensi Tangis 90+1'
Stadium: Owen Delany Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)
25 March 2012 2012 Olympic Qualifiers Fiji  0–1  New Zealand New Zealand Taupo, New Zealand
16:00 UTC+13 Report Draper 18' (pen.) Stadium: Owen Delany Park
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
11 July 2012 Friendly Japan  1–1  New Zealand Japan Tokyo, Japan
Sugimoto 71' Report Lucas 90+4' Stadium: National Stadium
29 July 2012 2012 Olympics Egypt  1–1  New Zealand United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom
12:00 UTC+01:00 Salah 40' Report 17' Wood Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 50,050
Referee: United Kingdom Mark Clattenburg
1 August 2012 2012 Olympics Brazil  3–0  New Zealand United Kingdom Newcastle, United Kingdom
14:30 UTC+01:00 Danilo 23'
Leandro Damião 29'
Sandro 52'
Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 25,201
Referee: The Gambia Bakary Gassama

2015

10 July 2015 2016 Olympic Qualifier New Zealand  0–3
(
awarded)
 Vanuatu Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
14:30 UTC+10 Patterson 47'
Tuiloma 56'
Report Stadium: Bisini Sports Complex
Note: New Zealand won the match 2–0 however the game was forfeited due to playing an ineligible player. The result was awarded as a 3–0 win to Vanuatu instead.[9]

2019

8 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Tonga  0–13  New Zealand Samoa Apia, Samoa
16:00 UTC+13 Report
Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
10 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games New Zealand  5–1  Samoa Samoa Apia, Samoa
16:00 UTC+13
Report
Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
10 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games Vanuatu  0–0  New Zealand Samoa Apia, Samoa
16:00 UTC+13 Report Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 900
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
15 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games New Zealand  2–0  Papua New Guinea Samoa Apia, Samoa
10:00 UTC+13
Report Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
20 July 2019 2019 Pacific Games New Zealand  2–1  Papua New Guinea Samoa Apia, Samoa
12:00 UTC+13
Report Stadium: J.S. Blatter Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
6 September 2019 Friendly Australia  1–1  New Zealand Australia Wollongong, Australia
19:30
Report
Stadium: WIN Stadium
9 September 2019 Friendly Australia  1–1  New Zealand Australia New South Wales, Australia
19:30
Report Stadium: Campbelltown Stadium
21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 2020 Olympic Qualifying Samoa  1–6  New Zealand Fiji Suva, Fiji
15:00 UTC+13 Report
Stadium: ANZ National Stadium
Attendance: 240
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) 2020 Olympic Qualifying New Zealand  12–0  American Samoa Fiji Suva, Fiji
15:00 UTC+13
Report Stadium: ANZ National Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
27 September 2019 (2019-09-27) 2020 Olympic Qualifying New Zealand  4–2  Solomon Islands Fiji Suva, Fiji
18:00 UTC+13
Report
Stadium: ANZ National Stadium
Attendance: 660
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
2 October 2019 (2019-10-02) 2020 Olympic Qualifying New Zealand  6–1  Fiji Fiji Lautoka, Fiji
12:00 UTC+13
Report
Stadium: Churchill Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 2020 Olympic Qualifying New Zealand  5–0  Solomon Islands Fiji Lautoka, Fiji
15:00 UTC+13
Report
Stadium: Churchill Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "New Zealand - U-23 International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ Ruane, Jeremy. "What's In A Nickname?". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ Voerman, Andrew. "Chris Wood named in OlyWhites, Winston Reid a maybe, Sarpreet Singh ruled out". Stuff. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ Foote, Stephen. "Tokyo Olympics: Huge blow for OlyWhites, as star defender Michael Boxall ruled out of Games". Newshub. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "New Zealand - U-23 International Matches 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ^ "New Zealand - U-23 International Matches 2012". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ^ "FIFA Mens Olympics Football Tournament Tokyo 2020". FIFA. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ "OlyWhites". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ^ Holloway, Steven (12 July 2015). "Football: Oly Whites to miss Olympics due to ineligible player". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

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