New Zealand was the host nation for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

[1] The OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Since 2018 it has been renamed as the OFC U-16 Championship and held in the year preceding the U-17 World Cup.

The following players have previously been called up to the New Zealand under-17 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible.

The following table shows New Zealand's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.