Fiji national under-17 football team

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Fiji U17
Nickname(s)Bula Boys
AssociationFiji Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachFiji Yogendra Dutt
CaptainPatrick Joseph
Most capsIosefo Verevou (8)
Top scorerOsea Vakatalesau, Iosefo Verevou (6)
FIFA codeFIJ
First colours
Second colours
First international
 New Caledonia 4 - 3 Fiji Fiji
(Auckland, New Zealand; December 3, 1983)
Biggest win
 American Samoa 0 - 9 Fiji Fiji
(Auckland, New Zealand; January 8, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Fiji Fiji 0 - 6 New Zealand 
(Apia, Samoa; January 13, 2015)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC Under-17 Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1983)
Best result2nd Place (1999)

The Fiji national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association.

Competition Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
China 1985 to South Korea 2007 Did not qualify
Nigeria 2009 Did not participate
Mexico 2011 to Brazil 2019 Did not qualify
Peru 2021 To be determined
Total - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFC U-17 Championship record

The OFC U-17 Championship 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-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Zealand 1983 5th Place 5 0 2 3 6 18 -12 2
Chinese Taipei 1986 5th Place 4 0 2 2 2 8 -6 2
Australia 1989 4th Place 4 1 0 3 9 24 -15 2
New Zealand 1991 3rd Place 4 0 0 4 4 21 -17 0
New Zealand 1993 4th Place 3 0 1 2 2 11 -9 1
Vanuatu 1995 Group stage 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
New Zealand 1997 4th Place 5 2 0 3 5 13 -8 6
Fiji 1999 2nd Place 7 4 1 2 37 13 +24 12
Samoa&Vanuatu 2001 Group stage 4 1 0 3 9 5 +4 3
American Samoa&Australia&New Caledonia 2003 Group stage 4 3 0 1 18 3 +15 9
New Caledonia 2005 Group stage 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7
French Polynesia 2007 3rd Place 3 0 2 1 2 4 -2 2
New Zealand 2009 Did not participate - - - - - - - -
New Zealand 2011 Group stage 4 1 0 3 10 6 +4 3
Samoa&Vanuatu 2013 4th Place 5 2 1 2 10 8 +2 7
American Samoa&Samoa 2015 Group stage 5 2 1 2 10 12 -2 7
Samoa&French Polynesia 2017 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2 4
Tonga&Solomon Islands 2018 4th Place 5 2 0 3 6 10 -4 6
Total   70 21 12 37 143 172 -29 75

Current Technical Staff

Position
Head coach France Christophe Gamel
Assistant coach Fiji Sunil Kumar
Assistant coach Fiji Anginesh Prasad
Goalkeeper coach France Xavier Henneuse
Physiotherapist Fiji Varoon Karan


Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA U-17 international development tournament 2019 which will be held in Israel from 29 April until 3 May.

Caps and goals as of 22 September 2018 after the game against Tahiti.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Isikeli Sevenaia (2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 21) 5 0 Fiji Ba
20 1GK Faazil Ali 0 0 Fiji
2 2DF Rahul Naresh (2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 21) 5 1 Fiji Ba
3 2DF Inoke Turagalailai (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Fiji Rewa
4 2DF Peceli Sukabula (2002-05-12) 12 May 2002 (age 22) 5 0 Fiji Ba
5 2DF Sikeli Tovilo (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 21) 4 0 Fiji Tavua
18 2DF Samuela Navoce (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 20) 2 0 Fiji Ba
19 2DF Rohan Nath (2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Fiji Labasa
6 3MF Thomas Dunn (2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 21) 5 0 Fiji Navua
7 3MF Melvin Mani (2003-06-02) 2 June 2003 (age 20) 4 0 Fiji Labasa
8 3MF Abhishek Prasad (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Fiji Nadi
9 3MF Eshan Kumar (2002-11-16) 16 November 2002 (age 21) 4 2 Fiji Nadi
12 3MF Clarence Hussain (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 20) 3 0 Fiji Labasa
14 3MF Mohammed Nabeel (2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Fiji Ba
15 3MF Suliano Doli 0 0 Fiji
17 3MF Ratu Tauvoli 0 0 Fiji Ba
10 4FW Josaia Sela (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 21) 5 2 Fiji Rewa
11 4FW Nicki Pillay (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 22) 5 1 Fiji Lautoka
13 4FW Mohammed Ishrat (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 21) 5 0 Fiji Seaqaqa
16 4FW Netani Suluka (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Fiji Dreketi

|- class="nat-fs-player" | 20 |1GK ! scope="row" |Aminio Tuilevu |style="text-align:left"| (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 21) | 0 | 0 |style="text-align:left"|Fiji Labasa |- class="nat-fs-player" | 17 |2DF ! scope="row" |Joji Nawaqaliva |style="text-align:left"| (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 |style="text-align:left"|Fiji Nadi |- class="nat-fs-player" | 15 |3MF ! scope="row" |Kunaal Nand |style="text-align:left"| (2002-06-27) 27 June 2002 (age 21) | 4 | 0 |style="text-align:left"|Fiji Nasinu

2017 Squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship from 11 to 24 February 2017.

Caps and goals as of 18 February 2017 after the game against New Zealand.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mohammed Alam (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 (age 24) 3 0 Fiji Seqaqa
20 1GK Asaeli Batikasa (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 23) 1 0 Fiji Labasa
2 2DF Kishan Sami (2000-03-13) 13 March 2000 (age 24) 2 0 Fiji Ba
3 2DF Paula Tuinaserau (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 24) 2 0 Fiji Tavua
4 2DF Simione Nabenu (2000-05-06) 6 May 2000 (age 24) 3 0 Fiji Ba
12 2DF Kemueli Uluikavoro (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24) 2 0 Fiji Navua
17 2DF Jone Sukulu (2000-12-09) 9 December 2000 (age 23) 3 0 Fiji Ba
18 2DF Romit Narayan (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Fiji Sigatoka
19 2DF Mohammed Jamil (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 23) 3 0 Fiji Ba
6 3MF Mohammed Naizal (2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 24) 3 0 Fiji Rewa
8 3MF Shaneel Narayan (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 24) 3 0 Fiji Ba
9 3MF Shaneel Gounder (2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 22) 2 0 Fiji Rakiraki
10 3MF Navau Tikoruku (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24) 3 0 Fiji Rewa
11 3MF Fardean Hussein (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23) 0 0 Fiji Navua
13 3MF Waisake Soga (2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 24) 1 0 Fiji Tavua
14 3MF Shivam Naidu (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 24) 3 0 Fiji Lautoka
5 4FW Jovilisi Muloca (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Fiji Ba
7 4FW Semi Matalau (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 23) 2 1 Fiji Lautoka
15 4FW Iliesa Rakuka (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 24) 3 0 Fiji Labasa
16 4FW Ratu Dau (2000-05-06) 6 May 2000 (age 24) 2 3 Fiji Ba

Fixtures & Results

2018

10 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage Samoa  2–3  Fiji Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
12:00[note 1]
  • Mano 7', 18'
 Report
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Solomon Islands Hamilton Siau (Solomon Islands)
13 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage Fiji  0–3  Tahiti Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00 Report
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Solomon Islands George Time ([1])
16 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage Fiji  1–0  New Caledonia Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00
Report Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Referee: Papua New Guinea David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
19 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Semi-Final Solomon Islands  3–1  Fiji Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00
Report
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Papua New Guinea David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
22 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Third place Fiji  1–2  Tahiti Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00
Report
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 1.500
Referee: Tonga Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

List of coaches

Notes

  1. ^ Kick-off of the match between Samoa and Fiji was delayed from 10:00 to 12:00 due to Samoa's disrupted flight schedule.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Change to Group B kick-off time". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 September 2018.

External links

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