Football national side

Australia U19

National team · Australia

«Young Socceroos»

9 Matches

6 wins

2 draws

1 loss

29–6 Goals

+23 Difference

3.2 Scored per game

Form L D W D W W

In February 2025 a squad of Australian teenagers stood on a podium in Shenzhen holding a trophy no Australian youth side had lifted before: the AFC U-20 Asian Cup. It settled a wait that had lasted since 2010, when the same age group had come within one match of the title and finished runners-up instead.

The team travels under the banner of Football Australia. It keeps no fixed address.

That itinerant existence is a function of where Australia sits in world football's map. The country switched from Oceania to Asian Football Confederation competition in 2006, and the U19s inherited a tougher road for it: instead of regional matches against Pacific neighbours, they now measure themselves against the youth systems of Japan, South Korea and Iran. The 2025 title suggests the switch has paid off on this age group's biggest stage, after semi-final finishes in the years between had shown the ceiling without quite reaching it.

Few names attached to this level travel further than Daniel Arzani, who broke through as a teenager and was in a Socceroos World Cup squad before he had settled into a senior club career, a path that still shapes how the youth set-up is judged: not by what happens at U19 or U20 level alone, but by who is still playing internationally a decade on.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

13 Jun	AFF U19 Championship	Thailand U19 A	2:0	W
11 Jun	AFF U19 Championship	Indonesia U19 A	1:0	W
9 Jun	AFF U19 Championship	Cambodia U19 H	2:2	D
3 Jun	AFF U19 Championship	Philippines U19 A	10:0	W
29 Jul 2024	AFF U19 Championship	Malaysia U19 H	1:1	D
27 Jul 2024	AFF U19 Championship	Thailand U19 H	0:1	L