Samoa national association football team

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Samoa
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Football Federation Samoa
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Home stadium Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium
FIFA code SAM
FIFA ranking 150
Highest FIFA ranking 146 (December 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking 204 (November 2011)
Elo ranking 204
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Wallis and Futuna 3–1 Western Samoa Samoa
(Fiji; 22 August 1979)
Biggest win
Samoa Samoa 8–0 American Samoa 
(Coffs Harbour, Australia; 9 April 2001)
Biggest defeat
France Tahiti 13–0 Western Samoa Samoa
(Solomon Islands; July 13, 1981)

The Samoa national association football team (Samoan: Sāmoa soka au) represents Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia.[1] It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997, and is one of the weakest teams in the OFC. Samoa's weakness is due to the popularity of rugby union,[2] the national sport, and American football, baseball and basketball.

Contents

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] OFC Nations Cup record

[edit] South Pacific Games record

[edit] List of coaches

  • Samoa Rowan Naylor (1996-01)
  • Argentina Pedro Smerdon (2001–02)
  • Samoa Alexander Balson (2002–03)
  • Germany Rudi Gutendorf (2003–04)
  • England David Brand (2004–07)
  • Samoa Pailasi Saumani (2007-)

[edit] Current squad

# Player Position Date of Birth Caps (Goals) Club
1 Pasi Schwalger Goalkeeper 16 October 1982 Australia Heidelberg Football Club
2 Voa Sauaga Defender New Zealand Otahuhu United
3 Damien Fonoti Right back 4 December 1987 New Zealand Waitakere City FC
4 Chris Cahill Centre back 25 December 1984 Australia St. George Saints
5 Jerrell Sale Right back 16 September 1984 Samoa Gruz Azull
6 Fauivi Ugapo Right midfielder Samoa Gold Star Sogi
7 Fereti Gosche Midfielder
8 Joseph Hoeflich Midfielder 12 April 1984 Samoa Kiwi FC
9 Max Tom Hoeflich Midfielder Samoa Kiwi FC
10 Desmond Fa'aiuaso Striker 24 February 1984 New Zealand Team Taranaki
11 Junior Michael Striker 15 April 1971 Samoa Gruz Azull
12 Filipo Bureta Defender 5 March 1983
13 Lionel Taylor Defensive midfielder Samoa Kiwi FC
14 Bevan Kapisi Central midfielder New Zealand Otahuhu United
15 Edwin Tyrell Defender 30 June 1977 Samoa Gold Star Sogi
16 Penitito Tumua Striker/Left winger 12 December 1983 Samoa Gruz Azull
17 Horst Petana Left back Samoa Vaivase-tai
18 Sakaria Fuimaono Centre back 2 January 1984 Samoa Strickland Brothers Lepea
19 Alejandro Guerrero Striker 6 November 1983 Samoa Kiwi FC
20 Filipo Uli Goalkeeper Samoa Vaivase-tai
21 Sapati Umutaua Midfielder Samoa Kiwi FC
22 Keith Tasi Stanfield Midfielder
44 Niccolo Moenno Midfielder 5 December 1995 Australia FC Forest Rangers

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.football-lineups.com/stadium/743/ "Football Lineups - Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex" Retrieved 15 August 2011
  2. ^ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=sam/goalprogramme/index.html "FIFA.com - Samoa: FIFA Goal Programme" Retrieved 15 August 2011


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