Vanuatu women's national football team

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Vanuatu

Association	Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF)
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Jean Robert Yelou
Captain
Most caps	(11)
Top scorer	(11)
Home stadium	Port Vila Municipal Stadium
FIFA code	VAN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	120 (20 August 2021)[1]
Highest	82 (2004)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
Tonga 3–2 Vanuatu  (Nausori, Fiji; 30 June 2003)
Biggest win
Kiribati 0–11 Vanuatu  (Suva, Fiji; 10 July 2003)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 14–0 Vanuatu  (Auckland, New Zealand; 29 September 2010)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2010)
Best result	Group stage, 2010

The Vanuatu women's national football team represents Vanuatu in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF). Vanuatu's home field is the Port Vila Municipal Stadium, located in the country's capital, Port Vila. The team is managed by .^[2]

Vanuatu never qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup, but competed in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship, hosted by New Zealand during September–October 2010. The team also participated in the .

Currently, their FIFA ranking position is the 104th. Vanuatu's highest ever ranking was 82, in 2004 and their worst ranking was 148 in September 2015.^[3]

History[]

Vanuatu's first match was played in Nausori, Fiji at the Ratu Cakobau Park on 30 June 2003, against Tonga, who also played its first match. Tonga won the match, despite losing 2–1 at the end of the first half. Five days later, Vanuatu achieved a draw with Papua New Guinea, by 2–2. The team's biggest win was accomplished against Kiribati by 11–0 another five days later. scored seven goals for Vanuatu. In the other games, Fiji, Guam and Tahiti defeated the Vanuatuans.

The team was expected to participate in the 2003 and 2007 OFC Women's Championships, but ultimately withdrew from both.^[4]

After seven years of inactivity, Vanuatu returned to the international competition in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship in New Zealand. With only one goal, scored by midfielder Stephanie Tougen, the team finished last in the Group A table, after losing all of its games against the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Tahiti.

Vanuatu failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics tournament, due to its poor performance in the qualifiers. Nevertheless, the team managed to achieve a second victory, with Samoa.

Records[]

FIFA 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
1991	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
1995									–	–	–	–	–	–
1999									–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Withdrew								–	–	–	–	–	–
2007									–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	1	21
2015	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	Did not qualify								3	2	0	1	3	5
2023	To be determined								To be determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	0	4	4	26

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games record									Olympic Games qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Ineligible								No Qualifying Process
2000
2004	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2008									–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Did not qualify								4	1	0	3	8	20
2016	Did not enter								–	–	–	–	–	–
2020	To Be Determined
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	0	3	8	20

OFC Nations Cup record[]

OFC Nations Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983	Did not enter
1986
1989
1991
1994
1998
2003	Withdrew
2007
2010	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	1	21
2014	Did not enter
2018	Did not qualify
2022	To Be Determined
Total	Group stage	1/10	3	0	0	3	1	21

Pacific Games[]

Pacific Games record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
	Group stage	6th	6	1	1	4	17	12
2007	Did not enter
2011
2015
	To Be Determined
Total	Group stage	1/4	6	1	1	5	17	12

Record against other nations[]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Cook Islands	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Fiji	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Guam	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Kiribati	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11
New Caledonia	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
New Zealand	1	0	0	1	0	14	−14
Papua New Guinea	2	0	1	1	3	13	−10
Samoa	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Singapore	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Solomon Islands	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Tahiti	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
Tonga	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4
Total	15	2	1	13	27	61	−34

Results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Lose

2003[]

2010[]

2011[]

2012[]

2017[]

2019[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2 friendly games against Singapore and Fiji and for the 2019 Pacific Games from 7–20 July in Apia, Samoa.

Caps and goals as of 18 July 2019 after the game against Tahiti

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK		(2000-06-06) 6 June 2000 (age 21)	9	0
21	1GK		(1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 28)	0	0	ABM Galaxy
	1GK		(2002-03-08) 8 March 2002 (age 19)	0	0
3	2DF		(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 24)	5	0
4	2DF		(2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 21)	2	0
15	2DF		(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 (age 22)	5	0	Ifira Black Bird
16	2DF		(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 24)	0	0
17	2DF		(1998-04-13) 13 April 1998 (age 23)	11	0
18	2DF		(1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 22)	7	0
19	2DF		(1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 28)	16	0	Ifira Black Bird
2	3MF		(1999-03-04) 4 March 1999 (age 22)	0	0
5	3MF		(1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 29)	6	0
6	3MF		(1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 22)	12	3
7	3MF		(2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 20)	6	0
8	3MF		(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 22)	11	1	Ifira Black Bird
11	3MF		(1998-10-25) 25 October 1998 (age 22)	9	0
12	3MF		(2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 20)	4	0
23	3MF		(2002-05-30) 30 May 2002 (age 19)	4	0
	3MF		(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 25)	7	0
9	4FW		(2001-09-21) 21 September 2001 (age 19)	3	0
10	4FW		(2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 20)	9	3
13	4FW		(1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 25)	9	2
14	4FW		(1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 25)	5	1
20	4FW		(1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 29)	1	0

Manager history[]

Manager	Career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	Competitions
Unknown	2003–2011	11	1	1	9	009.1
	2012–2015	4	1	0	3	025.0
	2015–2016	0	0	0	0	!—
	2017–	3	1	2	0	033.3

See also[]

• Vanuatu national football team

References[]