- New Zealand national under-23 football team
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New Zealand U-23 Nickname(s) Oly-Whites Association New Zealand Football Confederation OFC (Oceania) Head coach Neil Emblen Most caps Jeremy Brockie & Daniel Ellensohn (15) Top scorer Jeremy Brockie (8) FIFA code NZL 
Home coloursAway coloursFirst international 
Australia 2 - 0 New Zealand 
(Melbourne, Australia; 22 May 1991)Biggest win New Zealand 11 - 0 American Samoa 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 1 January 2004)Biggest defeat New Zealand 0 - 5 Australia
(Adelaide, Australia; 1 January 1996)The New Zealand Under-23 Football Team, informally known as the "Oly-Whites", represents New Zealand Football and New Zealand in international Under-23 football (soccer) events, such as the Summer Olympics.
The Oly-Whites qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing after winning the OFC Preliminary Competition in Fiji. Beijing was the first Olympic appearance for a New Zealand men's football team.
Contents
Competition Record
OFC
By Tournament
OFC U-23 Championship Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1983-84 Group Stage 8 3 1 4 8 10 -2 10 1987-88 3rd Place 8 4 1 3 24 7 +17 13 
1992Runners-up 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 1996Runners-up 8 6 0 2 28 9 +19 18 1999Champions 9 4 0 5 23 17 +6 12 2004Runners-up 6 4 1 1 17 4 +13 13 2008Champions 5 5 0 0 19 3 +16 15 2012 Total 50 30 4 16 161 56 +105 94 By Match
2004
14 January 2004 New Zealand9 – 0 
Cook IslandsNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Group Stage Fisher 
30' 55' 59'
Jones 32'
Pritchett 34' 73'
Pearce 82' 84'
Smith 90+4'Summary 16 January 2004 New Zealand11 – 0 American SamoaNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Group Stage Pearce 8' 22' 39'
Smetlz 12' 51' 57' 66' 68'
Mulligan 26'
Smith 30'
Puna 87'Summary 18 January 2004 New Zealand2 – 0 
TongaNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Group Stage Bertos 35'
Steven Turner 45'Report 22 January 2004 New Zealand3 – 2 
VanuatuNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Group Stage Lochhead 42'
Smeltz 51'
Brent Fisher 62'Summary Maleb 9'
Thompsen 19'
Lete
26 January 2004 Australia2 – 0 New ZealandParramatta Stadium, Sydney Final Leg 1 McKain 77'
Elrich 84'Report
Summary30 January 2004 New Zealand1 – 1 AustraliaNorth Harbour Stadium, Auckland Final Leg 2 Smeltz 51'Report
SummaryGriffiths 71'Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Leone Rakaroi2008
1 March 2008 Fiji0 – 2 New ZealandChurchill Park Group Stage Peverley 33'
Old 90'Referee: Job Minan 
3 March 2008 Vanuatu0 – 2 New ZealandChurchill Park Group Stage Barbarouses 15'
Brockie 40'Referee: Norbert Huata 
5 March 2008 Papua New Guinea2 – 5 New ZealandChurchill Park Group Stage Ellensohn 43' 58'
Barbarouses 60' 69'
Brockie 85'Referee: Rakesh Varman 7 March 2008 New Zealand2 – 0 
Solomon IslandsChurchill Park Group Stage Old 5'
Henderson 69'Referee: Lencie Fred 9 March 2008 New Zealand8 – 0 Cook IslandsChurchill Park Group Stage Old 8'
Henderson 16'
Hayne 52' 79'
Messam 64'
Ellensohn 67'
Barbarouses 75'
Scott 90+2'Referee: Job Minan Olympic Football Tournament
Olympics record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1900 – 1980 Did Not Participate 
1984Did Not Qualify 
1988
1992 1996 2000
2004
2008Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 7 
2012– – – – – – – – 
2016– – – – – – – – Total Group Stage 1/25 3 0 1 2 1 7 By Match
2008
7 August 2008 China PR 1 – 1 New ZealandShenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Group Stage Dong 88'(Report) Brockie 53'Attendance: 41,407
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)10 August 2008 New Zealand 0 – 5 BrazilShenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Group Stage (Report) Anderson 3'
Pato 33'
Ronaldinho 55', 61' (pen.)
Sóbis 90+3'Attendance: 44,951
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)13 August 2008 New Zealand 0 – 1 
BelgiumShanghai Stadium, Shanghai Group Stage Ellensohn 47'(Report) Haroun 35'Attendance: 45,202
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)==Current squad== The final squad of 18 players to contest the 2008 Olympics.Mens Olympic Football Tournament - Beijing 2008 - New Zealand squad Head coach:
Stu JacobsNo. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Jacob Spoonley 3 March 1987 (aged 21) Auckland City2 DF Aaron Scott 18 July 1986 (aged 22) Waitakere United3 DF Ian Hogg 15 December 1989 (aged 18) Auckland City4 MF Cole Peverley 3 July 1988 (aged 20) Team Wellington5 DF Ryan NelsenOver aged player(c) 18 October 1977 (aged 30) 
Blackburn Rovers6 DF Michael Boxall 18 August 1988 (aged 19) 
Vancouver Whitecaps FC7 MF Simon Elliott 10 June 1974 (aged 34) Free Agent 8 MF Craig Henderson 24 June 1987 (aged 21) 
Mjällby9 FW Daniel Ellensohn 9 August 1985 (aged 22) Free Agent 10 FW Chris Killen 8 October 1981 (aged 26) Shenzhen Ruby11 MF Jeremy Brockie 7 October 1987 (aged 20) Newcastle United Jets12 DF Steven Old 17 February 1986 (aged 22) 
Kilmarnock13 MF Shaun van Rooyen 27 April 1987 (aged 21) Free Agent 14 DF Cole Tinkler 5 May 1986 (aged 22) APIA Leichhardt Tigers 15 FW Greg Draper 13 August 1989 (aged 18) 
The New Saints F.C.16 DF Sam Jenkins 17 February 1987 (aged 21) Free Agent 17 FW Sam Messam 2 March 1986 (aged 22) Unattached 18 GK Liam Little 27 July 1986 (aged 22) Waitakere United |}Past squads
• 2 Puna • 3 Lochhead • 4 Turner • 5 • 6 Boyens • 7 Bertos • 8 Mulligan • 9 Imam • 10 Fisher • 11 Smeltz • 12 Adams • 13 Wilson • 14 Brown • 15 Pritchett • 16 Pearce • 17 Jones • 18 Smith • 19 Hayne • 20 Williams • Coach: Herbert
• 2 Scott (c) • 3 Edington • 4 Hayne • 5 Boxall • 6 Messam • 7 Old • 8 Peverley • 9 Henderson • 10 Brockie • 11 Keat • 12 Fowler • 13 Matthews • 14 van Rooyen • 15 Tinkler • 16 Draper • 17 Ellensohn • 18 Barbarouses • 19 Jenkins • 20 Little • 21 O'Keefe • Coach: Jacobs
• 2 Scott • 3 Hogg • 4 Peverley • 5 Nelsen (c) • 6 Boxall • 7 Elliott • 8 Henderson • 9 Ellensohn • 10 Killen • 11 Brockie • 12 Old • 13 van Rooyen • 14 Tinkler • 15 Draper • 16 Jenkins • 17 Messam • 18 Little • Coach: Jacobs
References
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