Samoa national football team

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Not to be confused with American Samoa national football team.
This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Samoa women's national football team.

Samoa
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Federation Samoa
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachScott Easthope
Most capsDesmond Fa'aiuaso (20)
Top scorerDesmond Fa'aiuaso (9)
Home stadiumNational Soccer Stadium
FIFA codeSAM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 181 Increase 5 (4 April 2024)[1]
Highest146 (December 2007)
Lowest204 (November 2011)
First international
 Solomon Islands 12–0 Western Samoa 
(Fiji; 31 August 1979)
Biggest win
 Samoa 8–0 American Samoa 
(Coffs Harbour, Australia; 9 April 2001)
Biggest defeat
 Tahiti 13–0 Western Samoa 
(Solomon Islands; 13 July 1981)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2012)
Best resultGroup stage, 2012 and 2016

The Samoa national association football team (Samoan: Sāmoa soka au) represents Samoa in men's international football and it 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.[3] It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.[4]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup
qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1994 Withdrew Withdrew
France 1998 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 2
South Korea Japan 2002 4 1 0 3 9 18
Germany 2006 4 1 0 3 5 11
South Africa 2010 4 2 0 2 9 8
Brazil 2014 6 2 1 3 6 27
Russia 2018 6 2 0 4 6 22
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total – 0/21 – – – – – – 26 9 1 16 37 88

Oceania Nations Cup record

OFC Nations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1973 and 1980 Did not enter
1996 to 2008 Did not qualify
Solomon Islands 2012 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 24
Papua New Guinea 2016 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 0 19
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled
Total Group stage 2/10 6 0 0 6 1 43

Pacific Games record

Pacific Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1963 to 1975 Did not enter
Fiji 1979 Group Stage 10th 3 0 0 3 3 19
Samoa 1983 Quarter-final 6th 4 1 1 2 7 8
1987 to 2003 Did not enter
Samoa 2007 Group Stage 5th 4 2 0 2 9 8
2011 to 2015 Did not enter
Samoa 2019 Group Stage 8th 4 1 0 3 3 22
Total 4/15 15 4 1 10 22 57

Results and Fixtures

See also: Samoa national football team results and Western Samoa national football team results

Recent results

Forthcoming fixtures

2021

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

All-time record against other nations

As of 18 July 2019[5]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 American Samoa 10 10 0 0 44 5 +39 100.00
 Australia 1 0 0 1 0 11 −11 0.00
 Chinese Taipei 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0.00
 Cook Islands 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 33.33
 Fiji 5 0 0 5 2 22 −20 0.00
 Guam 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 0.00
 New Caledonia 4 0 0 4 0 29 −29 0.00
 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 0 19 −19 0.00
 New Zealand U23 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0.00
 Papua New Guinea 5 0 0 5 3 26 −23 0.00
 Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0.00
 Tahiti 7 0 0 7 3 43 −40 0.00
 Tonga 11 6 3 2 21 9 +12 54.55
 Tuvalu 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0.00
 Vanuatu 5 0 0 5 1 36 −35 0.00
 Wallis and Futuna 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0.00
Total 65 18 4 43 87 251 −164 27.69
Source: 1979–97 results and 1998–present results

Includes results as Western Samoa.

Coaching staff

Position
Head coach New Zealand Scott Easthope
Assistant coach Samoa Phineas Young
Goalkeeping coach Samoa Joseph Kapisi
Teammanager Samoa Saolotoga Pula
Technical Adviser Samoa Yuta Sahara
Gear Manager Samoa Bevan Kapisi

Players

The following players were called up for the 2019 Pacific Games from 7–20 July in Apia, Samoa.[6]

Caps and goals correct after the game against Vanuatu on 18 July 2019.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Faalavelave Matagi (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 27) 7 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
35 1GK Zo (2001-02-25) 25 February 2001 (age 23) 0 0 Samoa Vaivase-Tai
3 2DF Tauati Tanoa'i (1998-04-19) 19 April 1998 (age 26) 3 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
4 2DF Kevin Daniells (1999-05-19) 19 May 1999 (age 24) 3 0 Australia Innisfall United
5 2DF Faitalia Hamilton-Pama (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 30) 6 1 New Zealand Central United
6 2DF Andrew Setefano (captain) (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 36) 15 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
16 2DF Harlen Russell (2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24) 2 0 New Zealand Glenfield Rovers
19 2DF Sean Atherton (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 24) 3 0 New Zealand Oratia United
20 2DF Lawrie Letutusa (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 30) 5 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
22 2DF Mattew Johnston (1987-11-05) 5 November 1987 (age 36) 0 0 New Zealand Mount Albert-Ponsonby
2 3MF Keone Kapisi (1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 30) 4 0 United States BYU Cougars
8 3MF George Konusi (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34) 4 0 New Zealand Manukau City
9 3MF Vaa Taualai (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 25) 2 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
12 3MF Mike Saofaiga (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 33) 10 0 Samoa Lepea
13 3MF Willie Sauiluma (2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 23) 4 0 Australia Goulburn Valley Suns
14 3MF Darren Talilai (1995-10-23) 23 October 1995 (age 28) 1 0 Samoa Vaitele Uta
18 3MF John Tumua Leo (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
21 3MF Ritchievoy Ueligitone (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 (age 29) 2 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
7 4FW Lapalapa Toni (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 30) 6 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
10 4FW Andrew Mobberley (1992-03-10) 10 March 1992 (age 32) 10 2 New Zealand Albany United
11 4FW Vito Laloata (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 27) 4 3 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
15 4FW Thomas Konusi (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 27) 2 0 New Zealand Mount Albert-Ponsonby
17 4FW Jarvis Filimalae (2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 (age 21) 2 0 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga

List of coaches

Kit sponsorship [7]

Kit lier Period
Germany Puma ????-????
Italy Lotto 2003
Germany Uhlsport 2005
Italy Lotto 2007-2013
United States Nike 2015-16
Germany Adidas 2017-

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ^ http://www.football-lineups.com/stadium/743/ "Football Lineups – Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex" Retrieved 15 August 2011
  4. ^ https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=sam/goalprogramme/index.html "FIFA.com – Samoa: FIFA Goal Programme" Retrieved 15 August 2011
  5. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Samoa". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  6. ^ Pauga, Angela Lafaialii (10 June 2019). "Pacific Games Squad announced". FFS. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ^ https://www.oldfootballshirts.com/pt/teams/s/samoa/old-samoa-football-shirts-t2673.html
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