Samoa national under-17 football team

Samoa U17
Association	Football Federation Samoa
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach
Captain	Willie Sauiluma
Most caps	Willie Sauiluma (9)
Top scorer	(7)
Home stadium	National Stadium
FIFA code	SAM
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Solomon Islands 4 – 0 Western Samoa ; (New Zealand; April 14, 1997)
Biggest win
	Tonga 0 – 9 Samoa ; (Nuku'alofa, Tonga; July 20, 2018)
Biggest defeat
	Solomon Islands 12 – 0 Samoa ; (Pirae, Tahiti; February 18, 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	0
OFC Under-17 Championship
Appearances	8 (first in )
Best result	Group Stage, 6 times
	Current season

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

History[]

Competition Record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1985 to 1995	Did not Participate
1997 to 2003	Did not Qualify
2005	Withdrew
2007 to 2011	Did not Participate
2013 to 2019	Did not Qualify
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
1983 to	Did not Participate
	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0
	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	4	13	−9	3
& 2001	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	5	17	−12	3
&& 2003	Group Stage	4	1	0	3	3	10	−7	3
2005	Withdrew
2007 to 2011	Did not Participate
& 2013	Preliminary Round	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
& 2015	Group Stage	5	1	0	4	7	22	−15	3
& 2017	Group Stage	6	2	1	3	6	27	−21	7
& 2018	Group Stage	6	3	1	2	26	12	+14	10
Total	Group Stage	35	10	3	22	57	118	-61	33

Current squad[]

The following players have been called up for the squad for the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship from 9 to 22 September 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(2003-08-10) 10 August 2003 (age 18)	5	0	Kiwi
21	1GK		(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 19)	1	0

2	2DF		(2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 19)	5	0
3	2DF		(2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Ellerslie AFC
4	2DF		(2002-07-19) 19 July 2002 (age 19)	6	0	Kiwi
5	2DF		(2003-05-01) 1 May 2003 (age 18)	6	3	Havelock North Wanderers
12	2DF		(2002-12-29) 29 December 2002 (age 19)	5	0	Moaula United
15	2DF		(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 20)	5	0
18	2DF		(2002-12-04) 4 December 2002 (age 19)	3	0

	3MF		(2002-05-07) May 7, 2002 (age 19)	3	0	Moaula United
6	3MF		(2002-03-04) March 4, 2002 (age 20)	6	3
8	3MF		(2003-11-05) 5 November 2003 (age 18)	2	0	Lupe o le Soaga
9	3MF		(2002-01-17) January 17, 2002 (age 20)	10	7	Kiwi
10	3MF		(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 19)	6	2
13	3MF		(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Ellerslie AFC
14	3MF		(2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 20)	5	0	Lupe o le Soaga
19	3MF		(2003-04-18) April 18, 2003 (age 18)	1	0

7	4FW		(2002-01-15) January 15, 2002 (age 20)	11	5	Kiwi
11	4FW	Jarvis Filimalae	(2003-04-20) April 20, 2003 (age 18)	6	7	Kiwi
16	4FW		(2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 19)	2	0
17	4FW		(2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Vaivase-Tai

Results and Fixtures[]

2016[]

4 July 2016 (2016-07-04) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	Samoa	3–0	American Samoa	Apia, Samoa
19:00	Sauiluma 4' 68', 73'	Report		Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 500^[1] Referee: (Papua New Guinea)

6 July 2016 (2016-07-06) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	Tonga	1–1	Samoa	Apia, Samoa
19:00	71'	Report	3'	Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 350^[2] Referee: (New Caledonia)

8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	Cook Islands	0–2	Samoa	Apia, Samoa
19:00		Report	90+1' Sauiluma 90+4'	Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 300^[3] Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

2017[]

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	Samoa	0–11	New Zealand	Pirae, Tahiti
16:00		Report	5', 20', 40', 90+4' 10' 21' Palmer 67', 70', 90+3' Whyte 86' Mata 89'	Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 527 Referee: (Vanuatu)

15 February 2017 (2017-02-15) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	Fiji	3–0	Samoa	Pirae, Tahiti
19:00	9' Dau 17', 62'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 800 Referee: (Vanuatu)

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 2017 OFC U-17 Championship	Solomon Islands	12–0	Samoa	Pirae, Tahiti
16:00	Mekawir 9', 19', 30' 29' 45+4', 67', 80', 88' 53', 65' 57', 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 300 Referee:

2018[]

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage	Samoa	3-0	Cook Islands	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
11:00	Filimalae 37', 75' 45'	Report		Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 100 Referee: (New Zealand)

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage	American Samoa	3-10	Samoa	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
11:00	Taumua 41' (pen.), 45' 70' (pen.)	Report	3', 8' 14', 74' 22', 44' 77' (pen.) 90' Filimalae 90', 90+6'	Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 100 Referee: (Solomon Islands)

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage	Tonga	0-9	Samoa	Nuku'alofa, Tonga
14:00		Report	8' (pen.), 30', 37', 45+1', 75' 22' 23' Filimalae 39' 52'	Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 200 Referee: (New Zealand)

10 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Samoa	2-3	Fiji	Honiara, Solomon Islands
12:00^{[note 1]}	7', 18'	Report	45+2' 63', 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: (Solomon Islands)

13 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Samoa	1-1	New Caledonia	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00	Filimalae 44'	Report	23'	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: (Vanuatu)

16 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage	Tahiti	5-1	Samoa	Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00	11' 45+4' (pen.), 50' 45+6', 55'	Report	Filimalae 2'	Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Referee: (Vanuatu)

List Of Coaches[]

Malo Vaga (2013)
Desmond Fa'aiuaso (2015–2017)
(2018–)

Notes[]

^ Kick-off of the match between Samoa and Fiji was delayed from 10:00 to 12:00 due to Samoa's disrupted flight schedule.^[4]

References[]

^ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa – American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-09.
^ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Tonga – Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
^ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Cook Islands – Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Change to Group B kick-off time". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 September 2018.

External links[]

Samoa Football Federation official website

[5] Kick-off of the match between Samoa and Fiji was delayed from 10:00 to 12:00 due to Samoa's disrupted flight schedule.^[4]

[1] "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa – American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-09.

[2] "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Tonga – Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-19.

[3] "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Cook Islands – Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Change to Group B kick-off time". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 September 2018.

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Australian rules Badminton Basketball Cricket M W Football M M U-23 M U-20 M U-17 W W U-20 W U-17 Futsal Netball Rugby league M W Rugby union M M U-20 W M7 W7 Softball Volleyball U-18
Olympics Paralympics Commonwealth Games

v t National under-17 football teams of Oceania (OFC)
American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji ¹ New Caledonia New Zealand ¹ Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu¹ Vanuatu
¹ Associate member - Not a member of FIFA