Vanuatu national football team

Vanuatu

Association	Vanuatu Football Federation
confederacy	OFC
Head coach	Paul Munster (since 2019)
captain	Fenedy Masauvakalo
Record scorer	Richard Iwai (19)
Home stadium	Korman Stadium (Port Vila)
FIFA code	VAN
FIFA rank	163. (996 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international New Zealand 9-0 New Hebrides ( Nouméa , New Caledonia ; September 19, 1951 )   Vanuatu 2: 3 Papua New Guinea ( Honiara , Solomon Islands ; July 7, 1981 )
Biggest win Vanuatu 18-0 Kiribati ( Lautoka , Fiji ; July 7, 2003 )
Biggest defeat New Zealand 9-0 New Hebrides ( Nouméa , New Caledonia ; September 19, 1951 )
Successes in tournaments
Oceania Championship
Participation in the finals	9 ( first : 1973 )
Best results	4th place in 1973, 2000, 2002, 2008
(As of June 4, 2016)

The Vanuatu national football team is the selection team for the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu .

Vanuatu has been a member of the world football association FIFA and the regional association OFC since 1988 . Thus, you take part in the qualifying games for the soccer world championships as well as the OFC Nations Cup . So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer World Cup.

Even as the national team of the New Hebrides , as Vanuatu was called before its independence in 1980, they achieved fourth place in the 1973 OFC Cup of Nations. Fourth places were also achieved in 2000, 2002 and 2008.

The Vanuatus national team caused a sensation in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany when they defeated New Zealand 4-2. As a result, New Zealand was only third in the qualifying group behind Australia and the Solomon Islands and thus missed the playoff for participation in the World Cup.

Participation in soccer world championships

• 1930 to 1990 - Did not take part
• 1994 to 2018 - Not qualified

Participation in the OFC Nations Cup

• 1973 - fourth
• 1980 - preliminary round
• 1996 - Not qualified
• 1998 - preliminary round
• 2000 - fourth
• 2002 - fourth
• 2004 - sixth
• 2008 - fourth
• 2012 - preliminary round
• 2016 - preliminary round

Participation in the South Pacific and Pacific Games

Vanuatu or the New Hebrides took part in all events, but have never won the title.

• 1963 - quarter-finals
• 1966 - third
• 1969 - fifth
• 1971 - second
• 1975 - preliminary round
• 1979 - quarter-finals
• 1983 - preliminary round
• 1987 - fourth
• 1991 - fourth
• 1995 - fourth
• 2003 - third
• 2007 - third
• 2011 - preliminary round
• 2015 - preliminary round
• 2019 - preliminary round

Participation in the Melanesia Cup

Vanuatu took part in all previous events and was able to occupy each place at least once.

• 1988 - fourth (of 4 participants)
• 1989 - fifth (out of 5 participants)
• 1990 - winner
• 1992 - fourth (of 4 participants)
• 1994 - fifth (out of 5 participants)
• 1998 - second
• 2000 - third

Trainer

• P. Reichert (1973)
• Terry O'Donnell (1987-1993)
• Saby Natonga (1996)
• Alwyn Job (1998)
• Juan Carlos Buzzetti (2000-2004)
• Joe Szekeres (2004-2007)
• Robert Calvo (2007-2008)
• Willian Malas (2008)
• Saby Natonga (2011-2012)
• Percy Avock (2012-2015)
• Moise Poida (2015-2018)
• Etienne Mermer (2017)
• Paul Munster (2019–)

See also

• List of international matches for the Vanuatu national football team
• Vanuatu National Football Team (U-20 Men)
• Vanuatu National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• Vanuatu women's national soccer team

Web links

• Official site of the Vanuatu Football Federation (English)
• Vanuatu Football Federation at the OFC continental federation on oceaniafootball.com (English)
• Vanuatu Football Federation at FIFA
• List of national champions Vanuatus at rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .