Tonga national football team
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Association | Tonga Football Association | ||
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Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Timote Polovili (since 2010) | ||
FIFA code | TGA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 177 | ||
Highest | 163 (October 1998) | ||
Lowest | 202 (November 2011) | ||
First international | |||
Tahiti 8–0 Tonga (Fiji; 29 August 1979) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Tonga 7–0 Micronesia (Fiji; 5 July 2003) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Australia 22–0 Tonga (Coffs Harbour, Australia; 9 April 2001) |
The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.
Information
Football in Tonga
Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993 over Samoa and the Cook Islands. Although local players have not yet made their mark on big leagues abroad, the Chief Executive of the Tonga Football Association, Ahongalu Fusimalohi, was appointed to the FIFA Executive Committee in 2002. The Tonga association is the only sports organization on the island that employs full-time administrative staff.
The second Goal project
Tonga's second Goal project will develop and improve the national football academy and the associations headquarters in Atele, Tongatapu, which was built in the country's first Goal project. This development work will ensure that all of the Tonga Football Associations needs are fully satisfied. Local matches will be held at the football academy, while the administration's requirements, including the needs of players, officials and spectators, will also be covered. The football school will be transformed into a House of Football.
World Cup Record
OFC Nations Cup record
South Pacific Games record
- 1963 to 1975 – Did not enter
- 1979 – Round 1
- 1983 – Round 1
- 1987 to 1995 – Did not enter
- 2003 – Round 1
- 2007 – Round 1
- 2011 – Did not enter
List of Coaches
- Rudi Gutendorf (1981)
- Gary Phillips (2001)
- Heinave Kaifa (2002–2003)
- Milan Janković (2003–2005)
- Ben Perry (2005-2006)
- Reece Mclaughlin (2006–2007)
- Chris Williams (2007-2010)
- Timote Polovili (2010-present)
Current squad
- Caps and goals as of 14 July 2012.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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GK | Kaneti Felela | 1 July 1989 | 3 | 0 | Marist | |||
GK | Soane Faupula | 7 January 1991 | 0 | 0 | Lotoha'apai FC | |||
DF | Ilalio Leakona | 14 January 1981 | 5 | 0 | Lotoha'apai United | |||
DF | Samisoni Mafi | 20 August 1990 | 3 | 0 | Lotoha'apai United | |||
DF | Folio Moeaki | 9 May 1982 | 13 | 0 | Unattached | |||
DF | Sione Teu | 9 January 1986 | 3 | 0 | Unattached | |||
DF | Matana Paongo | 9 March 1989 | 2 | 0 | Lotoha'apai FC | |||
MF | Unaloto Feao | 16 January 1982 | 13 | 6 | Navutoka | |||
MF | Timote Maamaaloa | 17 June 1989 | 3 | 1 | Lotoha'apai United | |||
MF | Siosifa Moimoi | 30 September 1994 | 3 | 0 | Kolofo’ou FC | |||
MF | Fineasi Palei | 20 May 1989 | 3 | 0 | Lotoha'apai United | |||
MF | Pio Palu | 21 March 1986 | 6 | 2 | Navutoka | |||
MF | Lokoua Taufahema | 4 August 1969 | 6 | 5 | Lotoha'apai United | |||
MF | Sione Tovo | 6 April 1986 | 5 | 0 | Navutoka | |||
FW | Kinitoni Falatau | 14 November 1994 | 3 | 1 | Houmakelikao | |||
FW | Lafaele Moala | 22 July 1982 | 13 | 1 | Lotoha'apai United | |||
FW | Malakai Savieti | 11 November 1989 | 7 | 1 | Unattached | |||
FW | Viliami Vaitaki | 28 October 1984 | 3 | 1 | Ngele'ia FC |