Australia women's national under-20 soccer team

Australia under-20
Nickname(s)	Young Matildas
Association	Football Federation Australia
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (South-East Asia)
Head coach	Leah Blayney
FIFA code	AUS
First colours	Second colours

The Australian women's national under-20 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), 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. The team's official nickname is the Young Matildas.

History

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Gary van Egmond
Assistant coach	Leah Blayney

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship held 27 October to 9 November 2019.^[1] Caps correct as of 27 October 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Annalee Grove	(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23)	12	0	Canberra United
12	1GK	Teresa Morrissey	(2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Rhode Island Rams
18	1GK	Morgan Aquino	(2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Perth Glory

2	2DF	Charlotte Grant	(2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 23)	6	0	Adelaide United
3	2DF	Chelsea Blissett	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 24)	4	2	Melbourne City
4	2DF	Karly Roestbakken (captain)	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23)	11	0	Canberra United
5	2DF	Courtney Nevin	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 22)	9	1	Western Sydney Wanderers
10	2DF	Hollie Palmer	(2001-03-01) 1 March 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Brisbane Roar
13	2DF	Angelique Hristodoulou	(2001-09-17) 17 September 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Sydney FC
20	2DF	Tessa Tamplin	(2001-03-03) 3 March 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Newcastle Jets
23	2DF	Emily Hodgson	(2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 24)	7	0	Adelaide United

8	3MF	Rachel Lowe	(2000-11-19) 19 November 2000 (age 23)	17	5	UCLA Bruins
9	3MF	Kyra Cooney-Cross	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)	12	10	Melbourne Victory
14	3MF	Indiah-Paige Riley	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000 (age 23)	5	1	Brisbane Roar
15	3MF	Susan Phonsongkham	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23)	13	3	Western Sydney Wanderers
19	3MF	Ciara Fowler	(2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Adelaide United

6	4FW	Mary Fowler	(2003-02-14) 14 February 2003 (age 21)	11	17	Adelaide United
7	4FW	Princess Ibini	(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24)	31	16	Sydney FC
11	4FW	Shadeene Evans	(2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 23)	2	1	Sydney FC
17	4FW	Abbey Green	(2002-09-15) 15 September 2002 (age 22)			Perth Glory

16		Deborah De La Harpe	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24)			NWS Koalas
21		Aideen Keane	(2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 (age 22)	1		FNSW Institute
22		Claudia Mihocic	(2003-04-12) 12 April 2003 (age 21)			NTC Victoria

Recent results and fixtures

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 2019 AFC Women's Championship Group Stage	North Korea	5–1	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00 (UTC+7)	Kim Hyang 19' Jun Yi Hwa 30' Ri Kum Hyang 74' Pak Il Gyong 83' Kim Kyong Yong 88'	Report	Cooney-Cross 16'	Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 170 Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) 2019 AFC Women's Championship Group Stage	Thailand	1–3	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
19:00 (UTC+7)	Pattaranan 63'	Report	M. Fowler 18', 42' Nevin 56'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 280 Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 2019 AFC Women's Championship Group Stage	Australia	1–0	Vietnam	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00 (UTC+7)	M. Fowler 84'	Report		Stadium: IPE Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 90 Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

6 November 2019 (2019-11-06) 2019 AFC Women's Championship Semi-Final	Japan	7–0	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
20:00 (UTC+7)	Kanno 21' (pen.) Osawa 23', 48' Yamamoto 50' Ito 52' Hirosawa 80', 86'	Report		Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 2019 AFC Women's Championship Third Place Match	South Korea	9–1	Australia	Chonburi, Thailand
16:00	Noh Jin-young 14' Choo Hyo-joo 24', 90' Kang Ji-woo 36', 75', 84' (pen.), 90' Hyun Seul-gi 39' Cho Mi-jin 90+2'	Report	Fowler 81'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Quarterfinals	5th	4	1	1	2	8	9
2004	Quarterfinals	7th	4	1	0	3	6	8
2006	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	3
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2021
Total	3/10	0 Titles	11	3	2	6	18	20

OFC U-20 Women's Qualifying Tournament

OFC U-20 Women's Qualifying Tournament record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002	Winners	1st	4	4	0	0	45	0
2004	Winners	1st	2	2	0	0	27	1
Total	2/2	2 Titles	6	6	0	0	72	1

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

AFC U-19 Women's Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	29	6
2007	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	4
2009	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	6	3
2011	Fifth place	5th	5	1	0	4	7	12
2013	Fifth place	5th	5	1	0	4	6	12
2015	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	3	4
2017	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	8	11
2019	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	6	22
Total	8/8	0 Titles	34	13	1	20	68	74

AFF Women's Championship

AFF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008–2012	See Australia women's national soccer team
2013	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	2	0	12	5
2015	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	15	4
2016	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	26	4
2018	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	36	9
Total	4/4	0 titles	22	14	3	5	89	22