Vanuatu women's national football team

Vanuatu

Association	Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF)
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Jean Robert Yelou
Captain	Elodie Samuel
Most caps	Serah Thompson (11)
Top scorer	Lavinia Taga (11)
Home stadium	Port Vila Municipal Stadium
FIFA code	VAN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	121 (16 August 2024)
Highest	82 (2004)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
Tonga 3–2 Vanuatu (Nausori, Fiji; 30 June 2003)
Biggest win
Kiribati 0–11 Vanuatu (Suva, Fiji; 10 July 2003)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 14–0 Vanuatu (Auckland, New Zealand; 29 September 2010)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2010)
Best result	Group stage (2010, 2022)

The Vanuatu women's national football team represents Vanuatu in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF). Vanuatu's home field is the Port Vila Municipal Stadium, located in the country's capital, Port Vila. The team is managed by Job Alwin.

Vanuatu never qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup, but competed in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship, hosted by New Zealand during September–October 2010. The team also participated in the 2003 South Pacific Games football tournament. Vanuatu also competed in the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.

Currently, their FIFA ranking position is the 104th. Vanuatu's highest ever ranking was 82, in 2004 and their worst ranking was 148 in September 2015.

History

Vanuatu's first match was played in Nausori, Fiji at the Ratu Cakobau Park on 30 June 2003, against Tonga, who also played its first match. Tonga won the match, despite losing 2–1 at the end of the first half. Five days later, Vanuatu achieved a draw with Papua New Guinea, by 2–2. The team's biggest win was accomplished against Kiribati by 11–0 another five days later. Lavinia Taga scored seven goals for Vanuatu. In the other games, Fiji, Guam and Tahiti defeated the Vanuatuans.

The team was expected to participate in the 2003 and 2007 OFC Women's Championships, but ultimately withdrew from both.

After seven years of inactivity, Vanuatu returned to the international competition in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship in New Zealand. With only one goal, scored by midfielder Stephanie Tougen, the team finished last in the Group A table, after losing all of its games against the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Tahiti.

Vanuatu failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics tournament, due to its poor performance in the qualifiers. Nevertheless, the team managed to achieve a second victory, with Samoa.

Results and fixtures

See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

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   Void or postponed   Fixture

2022

Solomon Islands v Vanuatu

Vanuatu v Papua New Guinea

14 July 2022 (2022-07-14) 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup	Vanuatu	1–3	Papua New Guinea	Suva, Fiji
TBD				Stadium: ANZ Stadium

Tahiti v Vanuatu

20 July 2022 (2022-07-20) 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup	Tahiti	0–0	Vanuatu	Suva, Fiji
TBD				Stadium: ANZ Stadium

Head-to-head record

As of 8 October 2021

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Cook Islands	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Fiji	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Guam	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Kiribati	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11
New Caledonia	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
New Zealand	1	0	0	1	0	14	−14
Papua New Guinea	2	0	1	1	3	13	−10
Samoa	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Singapore	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Solomon Islands	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Tahiti	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
Tonga	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4
Total	15	2	1	13	27	61	−34

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Manager	Career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	Competitions
Unknown	2003–2011	11	1	1	9	009.1
Florian Sam	2012–2015	4	1	0	3	025.0
Job Alwin	2015–2016	0	0	0	0	!—
Wu Kangzhen	2017–2019	3	1	2	0	033.3

As of 8 October 2021

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2 friendly games against Singapore and Fiji and for the 2019 Pacific Games from 7–20 July in Apia, Samoa.

Caps and goals as of 18 July 2019, after the game against Tahiti.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Cloe Ruth Tate	(2000-06-06) 6 June 2000	9	0
21	1GK	Vanissa Wilson	(1993-05-03) 3 May 1993	0	0	ABM Galaxy
	1GK	Amelia Retty	(2002-03-08) 8 March 2002	0	0
3	2DF	Jesta Toka	(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997	5	0	Malampa
4	2DF	Vanessa Keletia	(2000-07-01) 1 July 2000	2	0	Malampa
15	2DF	Eliona Taiwia	(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998	5	0	Ifira Black Bird
16	2DF	Eva Boe	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997	0	0
17	2DF	Elmah Ajivi	(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998	11	0	Ambassador
18	2DF	Julie Rose Nasse	(1998-09-23) 23 September 1998	7	0	Malampa
19	2DF	Sylvie Gideon	(1993-09-06) 6 September 1993	16	0	Ifira Black Bird
2	3MF	Vaina Bong	(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999	0	0
5	3MF	Jeanine Alatoa	(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992	6	0
6	3MF	Jane Alatoa	(1999-04-14) 14 April 1999	12	3	Benben United
7	3MF	Rita Solomon	(2001-03-29) 29 March 2001	6	0
8	3MF	Emilia Taravaki	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999	11	1	Ifira Black Bird
11	3MF	Paulieana Manwo	(1998-10-25) 25 October 1998	9	0	Malampa
12	3MF	Nettie Kalsau	(2001-02-20) 20 February 2001	4	0
23	3MF	Celestine Kalopong	(2002-05-30) 30 May 2002	4	0
	3MF	Brenda Anis	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996	7	0
9	4FW	Cynthia Ngwele	(2001-09-21) 21 September 2001	3	0
10	4FW	Annie Rose Gere	(2001-01-31) 31 January 2001	9	3	Benben United
13	4FW	Melissa Wakeret	(1995-09-22) 22 September 1995	9	2	Benben United
14	4FW	Junane Ishmael	(1995-09-26) 26 September 1995	5	1	Westarn
20	4FW	Fredrica Manses	(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992	1	0

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup									Qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999
2003	Withdrew
2007
2011	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	1	21
2015	Did not enter
2019	Did not qualify								3	2	0	1	3	5
2023									2	0	1	1	1	3
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	2	1	5	5	29

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics									Qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Ineligible								No qualifying process
2000
2004	Did not enter
2008
2012	Did not qualify								4	1	0	3	8	20
2016	Did not enter
2020	Did not qualify								2	0	1	1	1	3
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	1	4	9	23

OFC Women's Nations Cup

OFC Women's Nations Cup										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983	Did not enter									No qualification
1986
1989
1991
1994
1998
2003	Withdrew
2007
2010	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	21
2014	Did not enter
2018	Did not qualify									3	2	0	1	3	5
2022	Group stage	9th	2	0	1	1	1	3		No qualification
Total	Group stage	2/12	5	0	1	4	2	24		3	2	0	1	3	5

Pacific Games

Pacific Games
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003	Group stage	6th	6	1	1	4	17	12
2007	Did not enter
2011
2015
2019	Group stage	5th	4	0	1	3	3	10
2023	To Be Determined
Total	Group stage	2/5	10	1	2	7	20	22

Pacific Mini Games

Pacific Games
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2017	Second Place	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5
Total	Second Place	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5

See also

• Sport in Vanuatu
  • Football in Vanuatu
    • Women's football in Vanuatu
• Vanuatu men's national football team