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Young Socceroo's head coach Paul Okon has named a 23-man squad for training in Brisbane ahead of this year's U19 Asian Championship.

Five players from the Newcastle Jets have been selected to join the Young Socceroos training squad ahead of this year's under-19 Asian Championship.

Coach Paul Okon on Wednesday named his 23-player squad which includes Jets quintet Josh Brillante, Connor Chapman, Mitch Cooper, Adam Taggart and goalkeeper Jack Duncan.

The team will head to Brisbane for a training camp starting on Friday, before flying to Indonesia for the under-22 qualification tournament in July.

"This camp will be very useful to get an idea on the fitness levels of each of the players," Okon said.

"This knowledge is important to know as we will be playing every second day in Indonesia at the under-22 qualifiers and it will be quite demanding on the players in the hot and humid conditions."

The Young Socceroos' campaign will continue in the UAE in November at the AFC under-19 championship, which will also serve as qualifiers for next year's under-20 World Cup in Turkey.

"These are the first steps in what are going to be a very important six months in the lead up to the World Cup qualifiers," Okon added.

Young Socceroos squad: Terry Antonis, Jake Barker-Daish, Josh Brillante, Corey Brown, Reece Caira, Connor Chapman, Mitch Cooper, James Donachie, Jack Duncan, Giancarlo Gallifuoco, Ben Garuccio, Nicholas Fitzgerald, Jason Geria, Curtis Good, Jesse Makarounas, Nick Munro, Brandon O'Neill, Yianni Perkatis, Daniel Petkovski, Anthony Proia, Adam Taggart, David Vrankovic, Riley Woodcock.