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New Zealand U-23
Nickname(s)Oly-Whites
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachNeil Emblen
Most capsJeremy Brockie & Daniel Ellensohn (15)
Top scorerJeremy Brockie (8)
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
First international
Australia Australia 2 - 0 New Zealand New Zealand
(Melbourne, Australia; 22 May 1991)
Biggest win
New Zealand New Zealand 11 - 0 American Samoa American Samoa
(Auckland, New Zealand; 1 January 2004)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand New Zealand 0 - 5 Australia Australia
(Adelaide, Australia; 1 January 1996)
New Zealand New Zealand 0 - 5 Brazil 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. Beijing was 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
Fiji 1992 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13
Australia 1996 Runners-up 8 6 0 2 28 9 +19 18
New Zealand 1999 Champions 9 4 0 5 23 17 +6 12
AustraliaNew Zealand 2004 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 17 4 +13 13
Fiji 2008 Champions 5 5 0 0 19 3 +16 15
New Zealand 2012 Champions 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12
Total 54 34 4 16 176 58 +118 106

By Match

2004
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 Red card
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 Fiji
2008
1 March 2008  Fiji 0 – 2  New Zealand Churchill Park
Group Stage Peverley 33'
Old 90'		 Referee: Job Minan Papua New Guinea
3 March 2008  Vanuatu 0 – 2  New Zealand Churchill Park
Group Stage Barbarouses 15'
Brockie 40'		 Referee: Norbert Huata French Polynesia
5 March 2008  Papua New Guinea 2 – 5  New Zealand Churchill Park
Group Stage Ellensohn 43' 58'
Barbarouses 60' 69'
Brockie 85'		 Referee: Rakesh Varman Fiji
7 March 2008  New Zealand 2 – 0  Solomon Islands Churchill Park
Group Stage Old 5'
Henderson 69'		 Referee: Lencie Fred Vanuatu
9 March 2008  New Zealand 8 – 0  Cook Islands Churchill Park
Group Stage Old 8'
Henderson 16'
Hayne 52' 79'
Messam 64'
Ellensohn 67'
Barbarouses 75'
Scott 90+2'		 Referee: Job Minan Papua New Guinea
2012
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)

Olympic Football Tournament

Olympics record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1900 – 1980 Did Not Participate
United States 1984 Did Not Qualify
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 7
United Kingdom 2012 – – – – – – – –
Brazil 2016 – – – – – – – –
Total Group Stage 1/25 3 0 1 2 1 7

By Match

2008

7 August 2008 China  1 – 1  New Zealand Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Group Stage Dong 88' (Report) Brockie 53' Attendance: 41,407
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)
10 August 2008 New Zealand  0 – 5  Brazil Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Group Stage (Report) Anderson 3'
Pato 33'
Ronaldinho 55', 61' (pen.)
Sóbis 90+3'		 Attendance: 44,951
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
13 August 2008 New Zealand  0 – 1  Belgium Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Group Stage Ellensohn Red card 47' (Report) Haroun 35' Attendance: 45,202
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

2012

26 July 2012 Belarus  v  New Zealand City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
Group Stage
29 July 2012 Egypt  v  New Zealand Old Trafford, Manchester
Group Stage
1 August 2012 Brazil  v  New Zealand St James' Park, Newcastle
Group Stage

Current squad

The squad named for the 2012 Oceania Qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics in Taupo between 16-25 March 2012. Caps are accurate as of 21 March 2012 including the match against Tonga.

Head coach: England Neil Emblen

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Jake Gleeson (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 21) 1 United States Portland Timbers
2 2DF Tim Myers (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 21) 1 New Zealand Waitakere United
3 2DF Ian Hogg (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 22) 9 New Zealand Auckland City FC
4 2DF Michael Eager (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 22) 1 New Zealand Team Wellington
5 2DF Anthony Hobbs (1991-04-06)6 April 1991 (aged 20) 1 United States Portland Timbers
6 3MF Marco Rojas (1991-11-05)5 November 1991 (aged 20) 0 Australia Melbourne Victory
7 3MF Cameron Lindsay (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 (aged 19) 1 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix FC
8 4FW Ethan Gailbraith (1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 20) 1 New Zealand Team Wellington
9 4FW Greg Draper (1989-08-13)13 August 1989 (aged 22) 4 Wales The New Saints
10 4FW Sean Lovemore (1992-06-08)8 June 1992 (aged 19) 2 New Zealand Waitakere United
11 4FW Dakota Lucas (1991-06-26)26 June 1991 (aged 20) 1 New Zealand Team Wellington
12 4FW Louis Fenton (1993-04-03)3 April 1993 (aged 18) 2 New Zealand Team Wellington
13 3MF Alex Fenderidis (1989-11-13)13 November 1989 (aged 22) 2 New Zealand Auckland City FC
14 2DF James Musa (1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 19) 2 New Zealand Team Wellington
15 3MF Jason Hicks (1990-01-16)16 January 1990 (aged 22) 2 New Zealand Waikato FC
16 2DF Tristan Prattley 2 New Zealand Otago United
17 3MF Adam McGeorge (c) (1989-03-30)30 March 1989 (aged 22) 1 New Zealand Auckland City FC
18 2DF Adam Thomas (1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 19) 2 New Zealand Waikato FC
19 3MF Daniel Saric 2 Free Agent
20 1GK Michael O'Keeffe (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 21) 1 United States Fairfield Stags

Past squads

References

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