| Australia Under-17 | |
| Fifa Trigramme: | AUS |
| Nickname: | Joeys |
| Sub-Confederation: | AFF (Southeast Asia) |
| Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
| Coach: | Brad Maloney |
| Captain: | Jayden Necovski |
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| First Game: | 2–1 (New Zealand; 3 December 1983) |
| Largest Win: | 23–0 (Shepparton, Australia; 5 October 2022) |
| Largest Loss: | 0–6 (Bambolim, India; 22 September 2016) |
| Regional Name: | FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 13 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1985 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Runners-up; 1999 |
| 2Ndregional Name: | AFC U-16 Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 7 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2008 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Semi-finals; 2010, 2014, 2018 |
| 3Rdregional Name: | AFF U-16 Youth Championship |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 8 |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 2008 |
The Australia national under-17 soccer team, known as the Joeys or Subway Joeys for sponsorship reasons,[1] represents Australia in men's international under-17 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for Football in Australia, Football Australia (FA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.
Australia is a ten-time OFC champion and a two-time AFF champion. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup tournaments on twelve occasions.
The Joeys best result in international football came in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship hosted by New Zealand, where Australia finished second.
To qualify for the tournament Australia had to first win the Oceania qualifiers. This was achieved with wins over Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and again Fiji in the final which finished 5–0.[2] Next up was a two leg play-off against Bahrain who had finished third in the 1998 AFC U-17 Championship. Australia won 3–1 on aggregate.
In the tournament proper, Australia lost their opening game 2–1 to Brazil although a come from behind 2–1 win over Germany and a 1–0 win over Mali saw Australia top the group. Australia dispatched of Qatar 1–0 in the quarter final and needed penalties to get past USA after a 2–2 draw in the semi-final. They lost the final to Brazil; the match finished nil all after extra time and Brazil won a penalty shoot-out 8–7.
A number of this Joeys squad would go on to represent the Socceroos including Adrian Madaschi, Jade North, Joshua Kennedy and Scott McDonald.
The following 24 players were called up for the PacificAus Sports Football Tour from 15–21 August.[3] [4]
Caps and goals correct as of the game against Solomon Islands U19 on 20 August 2024.
The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach |  Brad Maloney[5] | |
| Assistant coach | Michael Cooper | |
| Goalkeeper coach |  Davide Del Giovine | |
| Technical consultant | Ron Smith |
| FIFA U-17 World Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | |||||||
| Quarterfinals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 6th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Group stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
 2009 | |||||||||
| Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | ||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Round of 16 | 15th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| to be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 13/20 | 0 Titles | 51 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 57 | 79 | |
| OFC U-17 Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | |||||||
| Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11/11 | 10 Titles | 54 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 320 | 13 | |
| AFC U-17 Asian Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | |||||||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | ||
| Semifinals | 4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Quarterfinals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Semifinals | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | ||
| Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Semifinals | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||
 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | ||
| to be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 7/9 | 0 Titles | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 62 | 47 | |
| record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | |||||||
 2008 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |
 | Cancelled | ||||||||
| 2010 | did not participate | ||||||||
 2011 | |||||||||
| 2012 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |
| 2013 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| | Cancelled | ||||||||
| 2015 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8 | |
| 2016 | Champions | 1st | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | |
| 2017 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 10 | |
| 2018 | did not participate | ||||||||
| 2019 | Group Stage | 6th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |
| 2022 | Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| 2024 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | |
| Total | 9/12 | 3 Titles | 48 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 175 | 67 | |