Australia women's national under-23 soccer team

The Australia women's national under-23 soccer team represents Australia in international under-23 soccer and at the AFF Women's Championship. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer 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. The team's official nickname is the U23 Matildas.

Australia
Nickname(s)Matildas U23
AssociationFootball Australia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachMelissa Andreatta
CaptainCharlotte Grant
FIFA codeAUS
First colours
Second colours
AFF Women's Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup stage (2022)
Websitewww.matildas.com.au

Coaches

Players

Current squad

The following 24 players were named to the squad for the U-23 Women's National Team Four Nations Tournament in Växjö, Sweden on 30 May–4 June 2024.[1][2]

Caps and goals are current as of 4 June 2024, after match against Poland.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Annalee Grove (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 2 0 Adelaide United
12 1GK Morgan Aquino (2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 1 0 Perth Glory
18 1GK Chloe Lincoln (2005-01-04) 4 January 2005 3 0 Canberra United
2 2DF Alexia Apostolakis (2006-05-16) 16 May 2006 4 0 Western Sydney Wanderers
5 2DF Polly Doran (2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 2 1 Crystal Palace
8 2DF Jamilla Rankin (2003-05-09) 9 May 2003 5 0 Melbourne Victory
14 2DF Ella Tonkin (2002-12-14) 14 December 2002 6 0 Adelaide United
21 2DF Alana Cerne (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 1 1 Western United
23 2DF Jessika Nash (2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 2 0 Melbourne Victory
24 2DF Naomi Chinnama (2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 3 0 Melbourne City
6 3MF Laura Hughes (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001 2 0 Melbourne City
9 3MF Leah Davidson (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 6 0 Melbourne City
11 3MF Hana Lowry (2003-04-23) 23 April 2003 5 1 Perth Glory
15 3MF Shay Hollman (2005-09-19) 19 September 2005 1 0 Sydney FC
16 3MF Isabel Gomez (2002-07-06) 6 July 2002 2 0 Central Coast Mariners
19 3MF Daniela Galic (2006-06-17) 17 June 2006 6 0 Melbourne City
20 3MF Leticia McKenna (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 1 0 Melbourne City
3 4FW Bryleeh Henry (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 3 0 Melbourne City
4 4FW Anna Margraf (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 2 1 Sporting de Huelva
7 4FW Kahli Johnson (2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 3 0 Western United
10 4FW Lara Gooch (2005-02-11) 11 February 2005 1 0 Newcastle Jets
13 4FW Milly Boughton (2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 2 0 Tottenham Hotspur
17 4FW Cushla Rue (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 2 0 Western Sydney Wanderers
22 4FW Peta Trimis (2006-05-18) 18 May 2006 0 0 Central Coast Mariners

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to the squad within the last 12 months and still remain eligible for selection.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Sally James (2002-10-18) 18 October 2002 2 0 Perth Glory v.  Scotland, 26 September 2023
DF Sasha Grove (2004-12-30) 30 December 2004 0 0 Canberra United U-23 Women's National Team Four Nations Tournament, 30 May–4 June 2024INJ
DF Winonah Heatley (2001-06-18) 18 June 2001 4 1 Nordsjælland v.  Scotland, 26 September 2023
DF Charlize Rule (2003-02-16) 16 February 2003 0 0 Brighton & Hove Albion v.  Scotland, 26 September 2023
MF Alana Murphy (2005-04-21) 21 April 2005 0 0 Melbourne Victory v.  Scotland, 26 September 2023
MF Amy Sayer (2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 5 5 Kristianstad v.  Scotland, 26 September 2023
MF Paige Zois (2003-10-11) 11 October 2003 2 0 Melbourne Victory v.  Scotland, 26 September 2023
MF Sarah Hunter (2003-10-07) 7 October 2003 4 1 Paris FC v.  Scotland, 22 September 2023PRE
FW Emilia Murray (2004-11-09) 9 November 2004 0 0 Adelaide United v.  Scotland, 26 September 2023
FW Holly McNamara (2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 0 0 Melbourne City v.  Scotland, 22 September 2023PRE

Notes:

  • PRE Preliminary squad / stand-by.

Results and fixtures
  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023
26 September Friendly Australia  1–0  Scotland Varese, Italy
11:30 CEST
  • Doran
Report Stadium: AIS European Training Centre

2024
29 May Four Nations Tournament Sweden  3–0  Australia Växjö, Sweden
19:00 CEST
  • Renmark 11', 31'
  • Handfast 41'
 Report Stadium: Visma Arena
1 June Four Nations Tournament Australia  0–3  Germany Växjö, Sweden
18:00 CEST Report
  • Apostolakis 30' (o.g.)
  • #10 48'
  • #2 60'
 Stadium: Värendsvallen
4 June Four Nations Tournament Australia  2–2
(5–3 p)		  Poland Växjö, Sweden
13:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Värendsvallen
Referee: Isabelle Svensson (Sweden)
Penalties
  • Grzybowska
  • Domin
  • Dudziak
  • Kaczor

Competitive record

AFF Women's Championship
AFF Women's Championship record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
2004 did not enter
2006
2007
2008 See Australia women's national soccer team
2011 did not enter
2012
2013 See Australia women's national under-20 soccer team
2015
2016
2018
2019 did not enter
2022 Group Stage5th5311164
Total1/10 titles5311164

See also

References
  1. "Andreatta confirms U-23 Women's National Team Four Nations Tournament squad". Football Australia. 15 May 2024.
  2. "Australian U-23 Women's National Team Squad Update (22nd May)". Football Australia. 22 May 2024.
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