Australia women's national under-17 soccer team

Australia under-17
Nickname(s)	Mini Matildas
Association	Football Federation Australia
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (South-East Asia)
Head coach	Ante Juric
FIFA code	AUS
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Australia 1 - 2 South Korea ; (Sydney, Australia; 17 January 2007)
Biggest win
	Australia 28 - 0 Palestine ; (Hanoi, Vietnam; 25 August 2016)
Biggest defeat
	Australia 0 - 6 United States ; (Auckland, New Zealand; 29 January 2008)

The Australian women's national under-17 soccer team represents Australia in international women's under-17 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 Mini Matildas.

History

The first Australian women's national under-17 team was assembled in 2007 following Australia's entry into the Asian Football Confederation.^[2]

Position	Name
Head coach	Ante Juric
Assistant coach	Leah Blayney

The following players were called up for 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification.^[3] Caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2016.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Annalee Grove		2	0	Northern NSW Football
18	1GK	Olivia Riddel		2	0	Capital Football
21	1GK	Shekinah Friske		1	0	Football Queensland

2	2DF	Gracie Johns		3	1	Football NSW
3	2DF	Tori Tumeth (Captain)		3	0	Football NSW
4	2DF	Cecilija Matic		3	0	Capital Football
5	2DF	Tessa Tamplin		2	0	Northern NSW Football
12	2DF	Ashley Dribbus		3	2	Football NSW
13	2DF	Angelique Hristodoulou		3	1	Western Sydney Wanderers
14	2DF	Alyssa Rose		4	1	Football NSW
15	2DF	Jess Meads		3	1	Football NSW
22	2DF	Julia Vignes		4	4	Football NSW

6	3MF	Molly Arens		4	1	Emerging Jets
8	3MF	Amy Sayer		3	3	Football NSW
11	3MF	Courtney Nevin		3	10	Football NSW
16	3MF	Georgia Iannella		4	1	Football Federation South Australia
17	3MF	Karly Roestbakken	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23)	4	4	Canberra United
23	3MF	Laura Hughes	(2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 (age 23)	3	1	Canberra United

7	4FW	Kyra Cooney-Cross		3	6	Football Federation Victoria
9	4FW	Lucy Kell		2	1	Northern NSW Football
10	4FW	Sofia Sakalis		5	11	Football Federation Victoria
19	4FW	India Kubin		3	8	Football Queensland
20	4FW	Jacynta Galabadaarachchi		3	6	Melbourne City

25 August 2016 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification	Australia	28–0	Palestine	Hanoi, Vietnam
13:00 ICT	Nevin 1', 7', 12', 20', 27', 27', 32', 32', 34' Cooney-Cross 4', 72', 83', 89' Kubin 11', 30' Sayer 37' Roestbakken 45+3', 52' Alsoos 47' (o.g.), 57' (o.g.) Dribbus 54' Johns 55' Sakalis 59', 61', 68', 86', 90+1' Iannella 85'	Report		Stadium: Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 100 Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

27 August 2016 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification	Australia	14–0	Hong Kong	Hanoi, Vietnam
13:00 ICT	Vignes 3', 47' Galabadaarachchi 6', 36', 83' Sayer 18', 32' Kubin 24', 45+2', 49', 64' Meads 53' Kell 77' Hughes 81'	Report		Stadium: Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 67 Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

29 August 2016 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification	Iraq	0–8	Australia	Hanoi, Vietnam
15:00 ICT		Report	Sakalis 10', 30', 42' Dribbus 36' Roestbakken 44' Galabadaarachchi 49' Arens 67' Conney-Cross 80'	Stadium: Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 70 Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

1 September 2016 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification	Australia	6–0	Vietnam	Hanoi, Vietnam
18:30 ICT	Kubin 4', 13' Cooney-Cross 57' Vignes 79' Nevin 86' Rose 88'	Report		Stadium: Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 450 Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

3 September 2016 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification	Uzbekistan	1–9	Australia	Hanoi, Vietnam
15:00 ICT	Turaeva 85'	Report	Sakalis 23' (pen.), 38', 69' Galabadaarachchi 26', 31' Hristodoulou 45' Khikmatova 75' (o.g.) Vignes 78' Roestbakken 90+2'	Stadium: Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre Attendance: 40 Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018	To be determined
Total	0/5	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC U-16 Women's Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2007	Group stage	5th	2	0	1	1	1	3
2009	Fourth place	4th	5	3	0	2	19	11
2011	Fifth place	5th	5	1	0	4	4	9
2013	Group stage	5th	2	1	0	1	8	2
2015	Did not qualify
2017	Qualified
Total	5/6	0 Titles	14	5	1	8	32	25

AFF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	45	1
Total	1/1	1 title	5	5	0	0	45	1

^ ^a ^b ^c "Fixtures and results". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "WU17 History". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
^ "Juric names squad for AFC U-16 qualifiers". Football Federation Australia. 4 August 2016.