Samoa national football team
Association | Football Federation Samoa | ||
---|---|---|---|
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Scott Easthope | ||
Most caps | Desmond Fa'aiuaso (17) | ||
Top scorer | Desmond Fa'aiuaso (7) | ||
Home stadium | National Soccer Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SAM | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current |
196 | ||
Highest | 146 (December 2007) | ||
Lowest | 204 (November 2011) | ||
Elo ranking | |||
Current |
220 | ||
First international | |||
(Fiji; 31 August 1979) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Coffs Harbour, Australia; 9 April 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Solomon Islands; 13 July 1981) | |||
OFC Nations Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2012) | ||
Best result | Group stage, 2012 and 2016 |
The Samoa national association football team (Samoan: Sāmoa soka au) represents Samoa in association football and 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.[1] It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.[2]
World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||
Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 27 | ||||||||||
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 22 | ||||||||||
To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | – | 0/21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 37 | 88 |
Oceania Nations Cup record
OFC Nations Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1973 and 1980 | Did not enter | |||||||
1996 to 2008 | Did not qualify | |||||||
Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |
Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | |
Total | Group stage | 2/10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 43 |
South Pacific Games record
All-time record against other nations
As of 30 July 2017[3]
Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record
Opponent |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | +39 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | −11 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | −29 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | −19 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | −17 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 | |
7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 43 | −40 | |
10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 | −24 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | |
Total | 61 | 17 | 4 | 40 | 84 | 229 | −145 |
Results and Fixtures
2015
31 August 2015 2018 World Cup Q | Samoa | 3–2 | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga | |
15:30 UTC+13 | Fa'aiuaso Hamilton-Pama Mobberley |
Report (FIFA) | Beauchamp |
Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre Attendance: 200 Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands) |
2 September 2015 2018 World Cup Qualifier | Cook Islands | 1–0 | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga | |
13:00 UTC+13 | Saghabi |
Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre Attendance: 150 Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu) |
4 September 2015 2018 World Cup Qualifier | Tonga | 0–3 | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga | |
13:00 UTC+13 | Report (FIFA) | Mobberley Hall |
Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre Attendance: 250 Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti) |
2016
29 May 2016 2016 OFC Nations Cup | Tahiti | 4–0 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |
19:00 UTC+10 | T. Tehau Chong Hue A. Tehau |
Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium Attendance: 4,720 Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji) |
1 June 2016 2016 OFC Nations Cup | New Caledonia | 7–0 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |
19:00 UTC+10 | R. Kayara K. Nemia C. Zeoula J. Wadriako J. Cexome J. Dahite |
Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium Attendance: 2,015 Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu) |
5 June 2016 2016 OFC Nations Cup | Papua New Guinea | 8–0 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |
16:00 UTC+10 | Foster Gunemba Dabinyaba Upaiga |
Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Sir John Guise Stadium Attendance: 2,678 Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu) |
Current Technical Staff
Position | |
---|---|
Head coach | |
Assistant coach | |
Goalkeeping coach | |
Teammanager | |
Technical Adviser | |
Gear Manager |
Current squad
The following 23 players were called-up for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.[4]
Caps and goals updated as of 5 June 2016, after the game against Papua New Guinea.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Faalavelave Matagi | 13 March 1997 | 3 | 0 | |
22 | GK | Charlie Tapelu | 22 July 1993 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | GK | Ted Sikovi | 26 May 1983 | 1 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Johnny Hall | 16 February 1991 | 6 | 2 | |
3 | DF | Kaipo Tagaloa | 24 March 1993 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Filipo Bureta | 5 March 1983 | 14 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Jarrell Sale | 16 September 1984 | 13 | 0 | |
16 | DF | Marcus Alimonti | 4 July 1997 | 2 | 0 | |
18 | DF | Henry Pupi | 23 January 1993 | 4 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Ryan Martin | 4 September 1993 | 2 | 0 | Unattached |
7 | MF | Andrew Mobberley | 10 March 1992 | 6 | 2 | |
8 | MF | Cameron Martin | 15 September 1994 | 0 | 0 | Unattached |
9 | MF | Paulo Scanlan | 9 August 1996 | 3 | 0 | |
13 | MF | Lionel Taylor | 22 January 1984 | 15 | 1 | |
14 | MF | Keone Kapisi | 19 April 1994 | 2 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Joseph Dan-Tyrell | 24 May 1994 | 6 | 0 | |
20 | MF | Silao Malo | 30 December 1990 | 11 | 2 | |
21 | MF | Samuelu Malo | 4 April 1999 | 2 | 0 | |
10 | FW | Desmond Fa'aiuaso | 24 February 1984 | 17 | 7 | |
12 | FW | Mike Saofaiga | 12 January 1991 | 8 | 0 | |
15 | FW | Luki Gosche | 13 January 1986 | 3 | 2 | |
19 | FW | Lapalapa Toni | 7 April 1994 | 4 | 0 |
List of coaches
Terry Epa Vic Fernandez (2001–2002) Malo Vaga (2002) David Brand (2002/2005) Rudi Gutendorf (2003) Falevi Umutaua (2007) Tunoa Lui (2011) Malo Vaga (2012–2014) Phineas Young (2014–2016) Scott Easthope (2016–Present)
References
- ↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/stadium/743/ "Football Lineups – Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex" Retrieved 15 August 2011
- ↑ https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=sam/goalprogramme/index.html "FIFA.com – Samoa: FIFA Goal Programme" Retrieved 15 August 2011
- ↑ "World Football Elo Ratings: Samoa". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ "Nations Cup Team List". Oceania Football Confederation. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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