The Australia national under-17 soccer team, known as the Joeys or Subway Joeys for sponsorship reasons, 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 5âÂÂ0. Next up was a two leg play-off against Bahrain who had finished third in the 1998 AFC U-17 Championship. Australia won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
In the tournament proper, Australia lost their opening game 2âÂÂ1 to Brazil although a come from behind 2âÂÂ1 win over Germany and a 1âÂÂ0 win over Mali saw Australia top the group. Australia dispatched of Qatar 1âÂÂ0 in the quarter final and needed penalties to get past USA after a 2âÂÂ2 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 8âÂÂ7.
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 23 players were selected for the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.
The following players have been called up within the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
The following table shows Australia's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup.