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 ()

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 5th Place 4 0 2 2 2 8 -6 2
Australia 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 4th Place 3 0 1 2 2 11 -9 1
Vanuatu Group stage 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
New Zealand 4th Place 5 2 0 3 5 13 -8 6
Fiji 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
Goalkeeper coach France
Physiotherapist Fiji


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 (2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 18) 5 0 Fiji Ba
20 1GK 0 0 Fiji
2 2DF (2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 19) 5 1 Fiji Ba
3 2DF (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 19) 4 0 Fiji Rewa
4 2DF (2002-05-12) 12 May 2002 (age 19) 5 0 Fiji Ba
5 2DF (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 19) 4 0 Fiji Tavua
18 2DF (2003-07-22) 22 July 2003 (age 18) 2 0 Fiji Ba
19 2DF (2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Fiji Labasa
6 3MF (2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 18) 5 0 Fiji Navua
7 3MF (2003-06-02) 2 June 2003 (age 18) 4 0 Fiji Labasa
8 3MF (2002-01-30) 30 January 2002 (age 19) 4 0 Fiji Nadi
9 3MF (2002-11-16) 16 November 2002 (age 18) 4 2 Fiji Nadi
12 3MF (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 18) 3 0 Fiji Labasa
14 3MF (2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 (age 19) 4 0 Fiji Ba
15 3MF 0 0 Fiji
17 3MF 0 0 Fiji Ba
10 4FW (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 18) 5 2 Fiji Rewa
11 4FW (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 19) 5 1 Fiji Lautoka
13 4FW (2002-07-26) 26 July 2002 (age 19) 5 0 Fiji Seaqaqa
16 4FW (2002-02-08) 8 February 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Fiji Dreketi

|- class="nat-fs-player" | 20 |1GK ! scope="row" | |style="text-align:left"| (2002-05-21) 21 May 2002 (age 19) | 0 | 0 |style="text-align:left"|Fiji Labasa |- class="nat-fs-player" | 17 |2DF ! scope="row" | |style="text-align:left"| (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 19) | 1 | 0 |style="text-align:left"|Fiji Nadi |- class="nat-fs-player" | 15 |3MF ! scope="row" | |style="text-align:left"| (2002-06-27) 27 June 2002 (age 19) | 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 (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Fiji
20 1GK (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Fiji Labasa
2 2DF Kishan Sami (2000-03-13) 13 March 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Fiji Ba
3 2DF (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Fiji Tavua
4 2DF (2000-05-06) 6 May 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Fiji Ba
12 2DF (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Fiji Navua
17 2DF (2000-12-09) 9 December 2000 (age 20) 3 0 Fiji Ba
18 2DF (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Fiji
19 2DF (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 20) 3 0 Fiji Ba
6 3MF (2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Fiji Rewa
8 3MF (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Fiji Ba
9 3MF (2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 19) 2 0 Fiji Rakiraki
10 3MF (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Fiji Rewa
11 3MF (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Fiji Navua
13 3MF (2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Fiji Tavua
14 3MF (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Fiji Lautoka
5 4FW (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Fiji Ba
7 4FW (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 20) 2 1 Fiji Lautoka
15 4FW (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Fiji Labasa
16 4FW Ratu Dau (2000-05-06) 6 May 2000 (age 21) 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]
  • Goal 7', 18'
 Report
  • Goal 45+2'
  • Goal 63', 79' (pen.)
 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Solomon Islands (Solomon Islands)
13 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage Fiji  0–3  Tahiti Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00 Report
  • Goal 36', 56'
  • Goal 47'
 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Solomon Islands ([1])
16 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage Fiji  1–0  New Caledonia Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00
  • Goal 45'
 Report Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Referee: Papua New Guinea (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
  • Goal 1', 29'
  • Le'ai Goal 90+1'
 Report
  • Goal 45+3'
 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 8.000
Referee: Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
22 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Third place Fiji  1–2  Tahiti Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00
  • Goal 89'
 Report
  • Goal 28'
  • Goal 78'
 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 1.500
Referee: Tonga Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

List of coaches[]

  • Fiji (2010-2011)
  • Fiji (2012-2015)
  • Fiji Yogendra Dutt (2014-2015)
  • Fiji Shalen Lal (2016-)

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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