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Tonga national under-20 football team

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Tonga U20
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationTonga Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachTonga Timote Polovili
CaptainSione Tu'ifangaloka
Most capsSione Tu'ifangaloka
Tevita Vakatapu
Vai Lutu (8)
Top scorerHemaloto Polovili (3)
FIFA codeTGA
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Samoa 1–0 Tonga 
(Apia, Samoa; 15 August 1998)
Biggest win
 Cook Islands 0–3 Tonga 
(Rarotonga, Cook Islands; 26 May 2018)
Biggest defeat
 Tonga 0–19 Australia 
(Honiara, Solomon Islands; 25 January 2005)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances7 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2016, 2018, 2022)
Best resultGroup Stage (6 times)

The Tonga national under-20 football team represents Tonga in international Under 20 or youth football competitions and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.

OFC

The OFC Under 20 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-20 World Cup.

OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
French Polynesia 1974 Did not enter
New Zealand 1978
Fiji 1980
Papua New Guinea 1982
Australia 1985
New Zealand 1986
Fiji 1988
Fiji 1990
French Polynesia 1992
Fiji 1994
New Zealand 1997
Samoa 1998 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 16
New Caledonia Cook Islands 2001 5 1 1 3 3 21
Vanuatu Fiji 2002 4 0 0 4 4 28
Solomon Islands 2005 3 0 0 3 1 28
New Zealand 2007 Did not enter
French Polynesia 2008
New Zealand 2011
Fiji 2013
Fiji 2014
Tonga Vanuatu 2016 Preliminary round 3 0 3 0 5 5
Cook Islands French Polynesia 2018 Group stage 6 2 1 3 6 21
French Polynesia 2022 3 0 0 3 0 14
Total 7/23 30 3 5 19 20 133


FIFA U-20 World Cup

U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia 1977 to Argentina 2023 Did not qualify
2025 To be determined
Total TBD 0/23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship from 7 to 20 September 2022. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals as of 16 September 2022 after the game against Fiji.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Nimilote Moala (2003-07-18) July 18, 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Tonga Foloha Marist Kauvai
16 1GK Manamo'ui Halahingano (2003-11-05) November 5, 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Tonga Havelu
22 1GK Viliame Li (2004-01-11) January 11, 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Tonga Navutoka

2 2DF Unaloto Aho (2004-04-06) April 6, 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Tonga Nukuhetulu
3 2DF Macklean Veatupu (2004-03-11) March 11, 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Tonga Nukuhetulu
4 2DF Feleti Lonitenisi (2004-04-02) April 2, 2004 (age 20) 2 0 Tonga Utui
5 2DF Ulukaulupe Akolo (2003-09-16) September 16, 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Tonga Havelu
8 2DF Utu'one Lea'aetoa (2005-02-16) February 16, 2005 (age 19) 0 0 Tonga Veitongo
13 2DF Napoleone Hala (2004-05-10) May 10, 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Tonga Feletoa
17 2DF Penisimani Latu (2005-12-11) December 11, 2005 (age 19) 2 0 Tonga Nukuhetulu
19 2DF Fakaofo Tonga (2004-10-29) October 29, 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Tonga Navutoka
23 2DF Motu Pasikala (2005-09-01) September 1, 2005 (age 19) 2 0 Tonga Toloa Old Boys

6 3MF Christopher Kefu (2003-02-11) February 11, 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Tonga Veitongo
7 3MF Sosefo Mailangi (2003-11-09) November 9, 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Tonga Havelu
11 3MF Lisiate Feke (2004-03-25) March 25, 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Tonga Longolongo
14 3MF Michael Fotu (2004-08-23) August 23, 2004 (age 20) 2 0 Tonga Nukuhetulu
15 3MF Herick Funaki (2003-08-07) August 7, 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Tonga Longolongo
18 3MF Kotoni Talia'uli (2004-11-02) November 2, 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Tonga Fasi mo e Afi
20 3MF Sosefo Tolu (2004-02-25) February 25, 2004 (age 20) 0 0 Tonga Longoteme
24 3MF Petelo Naniseni (2003-12-20) December 20, 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Tonga Navutoka

9 4FW Kulisitofa Kite (2003-01-17) January 17, 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Tonga Lavengatonga
10 4FW Amoni Fifita (2004-06-26) June 26, 2004 (age 20) 2 0 Tonga Makave
12 4FW Sione Veamatahau (2003-04-12) April 12, 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Tonga Navutoka
21 4FW Kipione Fetuiaki (2003-04-01) April 1, 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Tonga Utui
25 4FW Tomasi Teu (2004-05-11) May 11, 2004 (age 20) 2 0 Tonga Foloha Marist Kauvai

Fixtures and results

2016

21 June 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Tonga  1–1  Cook Islands Tonga Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
12:00 Po'oi 51' Report C. Tiputoa 77' Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre
Attendance: 250[1]
Referee: Vanuatu Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
24 June 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Tonga  1–1  American Samoa Tonga Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
12:00 Likiliki 10' Report Fiso 6' Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre
Attendance: 200[2]
Referee: Fiji Salesh Chand (Fiji)
27 June 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Samoa  3–3  Tonga Tonga Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
15:00 Tunupopo 66', 70'
Malo 80'
Report Polovili 10', 40', 73' Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre
Attendance: 300[3]
Referee: New Zealand Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

2018

26 May 2018 (2018-05-26) 2018 OFC U-19 Championship Preliminary stage Tonga  3–0  Cook Islands Cook Islands Rarotonga, Cook Islands
16:30
Report Stadium: CIFA Academy Field
Attendance: 250
Referee: New Zealand Cory Mills (New Zealand)
1 June 2018 (2018-06-01) 2018 OFC U-19 Championship Preliminary stage Samoa  1–1  Tonga Cook Islands Rarotonga, Cook Islands
13:30
Report
  • Falepapalangi 66'
Stadium: CIFA Academy Field
Attendance: 125
Referee: New Zealand Cory Mills (New Zealand)
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 2018 OFC U-19 Championship Tonga  0–4  Papua New Guinea French Polynesia Pirae, Tahiti
15:00 Report
Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vanuatu Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
8 August 2018 (2018-08-08) 2018 OFC U-19 Championship New Zealand  14–0  Tonga French Polynesia Pirae, Tahiti
15:00
Report Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 300
Referee: Fiji Salesh Chand (Fiji)
11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2018 OFC U-19 Championship Tahiti  2–0  Tonga French Polynesia Pirae, Tahiti
15:00
Report Stadium: Stade Pater
Attendance: 500
Referee: Vanuatu Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

References

  1. ^ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Tonga - Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-05.
  2. ^ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Tonga - American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06.
  3. ^ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa - Tonga" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-07.