Fiji women's national under-17 football team

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Fiji Women's U-17
Nickname(s)Bula Girls
AssociationFiji Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Top scorerCema Nasau (5)
Home stadiumANZ National Stadium
FIFA codeFIJ
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Cook Islands 0–3  Fiji
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 14 January 2016)
Biggest win
 Cook Islands 0–3  Fiji
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 14 January 2016)
 American Samoa 1–4  Fiji
(Apia, Samoa; 4 August 2017)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 11–0  Fiji
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 21 January 2016)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2016)
Best resultThird Place (2016, 2017)

The Fiji women's national under-17 football team is the second highest women's youth team of women's football in Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association.

History[]

Fiji participated twice so far in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship. This was in 2016 and 2017. The 2016 tournament was a big success for Fiji as they managed to reach third place out of nine teams participating. They managed to get a 3–0 win against the Cook Islands, a 3–2 win against Vanuatu and a 2–2 draw against Papua New Guinea. These results sent them to the semi-final where they lost by 11 goals to 0 against New Zealand. In the Third place match however they managed to get a 3–2 victory against New Caledonia. Aliza Hussein managed to score the first goal ever for Fiji against the Cook Islands. is the top goal scorer with five goals. In 2017, they also got Third Place.

OFC Competition History[]

The OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Zealand 2010 Did not Participate
New Zealand 2012 Did not Participate
Cook Islands 2016 Third Place 5 2 1 2 10 18 −8 7
Samoa 2017[1] Third Place 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 7
Total 9 4 2 3 18 23 -5 14

Current technical staff[]

Position
Head Coach Fiji
Assistant Coach Fiji
Assistant Coach Fiji
Physio Fiji
Team Manager Fiji
Head of Delegation Fiji

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship[2]

Caps and goals correct after match against New Caledonia on 15 August 2017.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK (2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 18) 4 0 Fiji Nasinu
20 1GK (2002-03-06) 6 March 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Fiji Ba

2 2DF (2001-05-30) 30 May 2001 (age 20) 4 0 Fiji Tavua
9 2DF (2001-12-19) 19 December 2001 (age 19) 0 0 Fiji Tailevu Naitasiri
10 2DF (2001-05-17) 17 May 2001 (age 20) 4 0 Fiji Nasinu
11 2DF (2001-08-05) 5 August 2001 (age 20) 3 0 Fiji Lautoka
14 2DF (2002-05-22) 22 May 2002 (age 19) 3 0 Fiji Ba
15 2DF (2001-03-22) 22 March 2001 (age 20) 4 1 Fiji Ba
18 2DF (2002-10-03) 3 October 2002 (age 18) 1 0 Fiji Labasa

6 3MF (2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 20) 1 0 Fiji Navua
7 3MF (2003-03-27) 27 March 2003 (age 18) 4 0 Fiji Rewa
8 3MF (2001-07-31) 31 July 2001 (age 20) 1 0 Fiji Navua
12 3MF Titilia Waqabaca (2001-05-18) 18 May 2001 (age 20) 4 0 Fiji Ba
16 3MF (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 20) 4 1 Fiji Tailevu Naitasiri
17 3MF (2003-12-16) 16 December 2003 (age 17) 4 1 Fiji Tailevu Naitasiri
19 3MF (2001-09-04) 4 September 2001 (age 20) 3 0 Fiji Tailevu Naitasiri

3 4FW (2001-05-30) 30 May 2001 (age 20) 3 1 Fiji Tailevu Naitasiri
4 4FW (2002-09-15) 15 September 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Fiji Ba
5 4FW (2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 20) 4 3 Fiji Tavua
13 4FW (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 19) 4 1 Fiji Rewa

References[]

  1. ^ "Full Completement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". oceaniafootball.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Fiji: Official Team List" (PDF). oceaniafootball.com. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

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