Australia national under-20 football team

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Australia U20

Nickname

Young Socceroos

Association

Football Federation Australia

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Graham Arnold (caretaker)

Captain

Shaun Ontong

Most caps

Top scorer

FIFA code

AUS





First kit





Second kit

First international
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The Australian Under 20's football (soccer) team, more commonly known as the Young Socceroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 20's or youth football competitions. The young Socceroos are widely known for causing huge upsets, most notably in the 1981 World Youth tournament held in Australia where the major underdog pulled off the upset of the year to beat Argentina 2-1. The Young Socceroos are second only to Brazil in terms of the number of qualifications for the World tournament-12 out of 16 entries, although probably the most highly-rated of all the teams produced failed in the first Asian Confed. campaign in 2006, although most blamed poor coaching of the coach of the time, who has since been ousted from the post by FFA Technical Director Rob Baan, coach of the Australian Under-23's. The majority of current full internationals have played for the Young Socceroos, most notably former Leeds United FC and current Liverpool FC star Harry Kewell.

1 Current squad
2 Goalkeepers
3 Defenders
4 Midfielders
5 Strikers
6 External Links

[edit] Current squad

[edit] Goalkeepers

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
GK	Dean Bouzanis	November 2, 1990	0	Liverpool
GK	Mitchell Langerak	August 22, 1988	3	Melbourne Victory FC
GK	Tando Velaphi	April 17, 1987	3	Queensland Roar
GK	Aleks Vrteski	September 28, 1988	0	Perth Glory

[edit] Defenders

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
DF	Nikolas Tsattalios	March 1, 1990	0	Sydney FC
DF	Steven O'Dor	January 27, 1987	11	South Melbourne FC
DF	Leigh Broxham	January 13, 1988	0	Melbourne Victory FC
DF	Matthew Spiranovic	July 27, 1988	10	1. FC Nurnberg
DF	Peter Eleftherakis	January 14, 1987	9	Australian Institute of Sport
DF	Michael Marrone	January 27, 1987	3	Australian Institute of Sport
DF	Sebastian Ryall	July 18, 1989	3	New South Wales Institute of Sport
DF	James Meredith	April 4, 1988	0	Derby County FC
DF	James Wesolowski	25 August 1987	0	Leicester City FC

[edit] Midfielders

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
MF	Kaz Patafta	October 25, 1988	1	0	Benfica
MF	James Troisi	July 3, 1988	0	0	Newcastle United
MF	Oliver Bozanic	January 8, 1989	0	0	Reading FC
MF	Matthew Park	April 22, 1988	0	0	Hearts
MF	Shaun Ontong (Captain)	March 25, 1987	10	0	Australian Institute of Sport
MF	Even Berger	August 16, 1987	10	1	Australian Institute of Sport
MF	Chris Grossman	March 6, 1987	10	2	Queensland Roar
MF	Tarek Elrich	January 1, 1987	10	1	Newcastle Jets
MF	James Downey	October 19, 1987	9	1	Perth Glory
MF	Greg King	August 6, 1987	4	0	Australian Institute of Sport
MF	Troy Hearfield	October 31, 1987	10	6	Newcastle Jets
MF	Brad Porter	February 19, 1987	4	0	Central Coast Mariners

[edit] Strikers

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
FW	David Williams	February 26, 1988	9	8	Brondby
FW	Marco Jesic	1989	0	0	Newcastle United Jets
FW	Dario Vidosic	April 8, 1987	4	0	1.FC Nurnberg
FW	Nathan Burns	May 7, 1988	8	2	Adelaide United
FW	Tahj Minniecon	1989	0	0	Queensland Roar
FW	Robbie Kruse	1988	0	0	Queensland Roar