Fijian National Football Team / Olympic Games

Fiji
Matanitu ko Viti

OS record goal scorer:	Roy Krishna (1)
OS record players:	12 players (3 each)
Rank:	84
Balance sheet
3 OS games 0 wins 0 draws 3 defeats 1:23 goals
statistics
First OS game Fiji 0: 8 South Korea Salvador ( BRA ); 4th August 2016
Last OS game Germany 10: 0 Fiji Belo Horizonte ( BRA ); August 10, 2016
Biggest OS defeat Germany 10: 0 Fiji Belo Horizonte ( BRA ); August 10, 2016
successes
Olympic Games :
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2016 )
Best results	Qualification 2016
(As of August 10, 2016 )

The Fijian national soccer team qualified for the first time in 2015 for the Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro the following year . Previously, the Fijians, who first qualified for the 1992 Games, had always failed to qualify. In the first qualification, Fiji also benefited from the fact that New Zealand - which had failed against Fiji in qualifying in 2012 - had used an ineligible player in the semifinals against Vanuatu. This is the second time that a team from Fiji will take part in a major intercontinental tournament , following the U-20 team that qualified for the 2015 U-20 World Cup.

Results at Olympic Games

1988

For the first time, Fiji had reported a team for qualification and should initially compete against Western Samoa and New Zealand. After the group draw, the team was withdrawn.

1992

• The qualification took place in two stages, Fiji first had to compete in a tournament in Australia (the first 3 games) and then in Fiji (the last 3 games). The winner then played against the fifth in UEFA qualifying.
  • Australia U23 7-0 Fiji U23
  • New Zealand U23 - Fiji U23 4-0
  • Papua New Guinea U23 - Fiji U23 0-2
  • Fiji U23 0-3 Australia U23
  • Fiji U23 0-0 New Zealand U23
  • Fiji U-23 - Papua New Guinea U-23 1-1

Fiji eliminated as third group.

1996

• The qualification took place in two stages, with Fiji initially having to compete in a tournament in Adelaide / Australia . The winner then played against the second in the CONCACAF qualification.
  • January 13, 1996 Fiji U-23 - Solomon Islands U-23 4-0
  • January 15, 1996 New Zealand U-23 1-2 Fiji U-23
  • January 19, 1996 Australia U23 - Fiji U23 10-0
  • January 21, 1996 Fiji U-23 - Vanuatu U-23 4-0
  • January 21, 1996 Fiji U-23 1-3 New Zealand U-23
  • January 25, 1996 Solomon Islands U-23 - Fiji U-23 1-1
  • 29 January 1996 Fiji U-23 0-5 Australia U-23
  • January 31, 1996 Vanuatu U-23 - Fiji U-23 1-0

Fiji eliminated as third group.

2000

• The qualification took place in two stages, with Fiji first having to compete in a tournament in Auckland / New Zealand . The winner then played against the best runners-up in the Africa qualification.
  • Group stage:
    • December 11, 1999 Fiji U-23 - Western Samoa U-23 4-0
    • December 13, 1999 Fiji U-23 - Tonga U-23 9-0
    • December 15, 1999 Solomon Islands U-23 - Fiji U-23 2-0
  • Semifinals:
    • December 18, 1999 New Zealand U23 - Fiji U23 5-2

Fiji eliminated.

2004

• The qualification took place in two stages, with Fiji initially having to compete in a tournament in Sydney / Australia . The group winner then played against the winner of the other group in two games for the Olympic ticket.
  • January 16, 2004 Solomon Islands U-23 - Fiji U-23 1: 4
  • January 18, 2004 Fiji U-23 - Papua New Guinea U-23 4-1
  • January 20, 2004 Samoa U-23 0-4 Fiji U-23
  • January 22, 2004 Australia U23 - Fiji U23 6-0

Fiji eliminated second in the group.

2008

• The qualification took place at a tournament in Lautoka , Fiji , which was played in the free-for-all mode.
  • March 1, 2008 New Zealand U23 - Fiji U23 2-1
  • March 3, 2008 Fiji U-23 - Papua New Guinea U-23 7-1
  • March 5, 2008 Fiji U-23 - Cook Islands U-23 9-0
  • March 7, 2008 Vanuatu U23 0-2 Fiji U23
  • March 9, 2008 Solomon Islands U23 - Fiji U23 3-2

Fiji is third to miss the Beijing Olympics .

2012

• The qualification took place in Taupo / New Zealand after Fiji, which was originally supposed to host the qualification, was withdrawn in January 2012.

• • Group stage:
    • March 16, 2012 Solomon Islands U23 - Fiji U23 0-2
    • March 18, 2012 American Samoa U23 - Fiji U23 1: 7
    • March 21, 2012 Fiji U-23 - Vanuatu 2-1
  • Knockout round:
    • March 23, 2012 Semifinals Fiji U-23 - Papua New Guinea U-23 3-0
    • March 25, 2012 Final Fiji U23 - New Zealand U23 0-1

Fiji did not qualify for the London Olympics.

2016

• The qualification took place via the 2015 Pacific Games / Football in Port Moresby / Papua New Guinea :
  • Group stage:
    • 3rd July 2015 Fiji U-23 1-1 Vanuatu U-23
    • July 5, 2015 Micronesia U-23 - Fiji U-23 0:38
    • 7 July 2015 Tahiti U-23 0-0 Fiji U-23
  • Final round for the Olympic qualification:
    • July 10, 2015 Semi-finals: Fiji U-23 - Papua New Guinea U-23 3-1
    • July 12, 2015 Final: Fiji U23 - Vanuatu U-23 0-0, 4-3 on pens

Fiji is now qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . In the subsequent final round of the Pacific Games, Fiji was only fourth.

Squad for 2016

Eligible to play are players born after January 1st, 1993 and three older players. Goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau and Roy Krishna and Alvin Singh were nominated as older players . Nickel Chand , Jale Dreloa , Setareki Hughes , Praneel Naidu , Kolinio Sivoki , Iosefo Verevou (2 goals), Saula Waqa (1 goal) and Ratu Waranaivalu were also in the squad that took part in the 2015 U-20 World Cup, where the Fijians met Germany among others and lost 8-1. Shaneel Naidu was also part of the squad, but was not used.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Simione Tamanisau	06/05/1982	Rewa FC	31	00	3 (2016)
18th	Shaneel Naidu	03/28/1995	Dreketi FC	00	00
Defense
2	Praneel Naidu	01/29/1990	Ba FC	00	00	3 (2016)
3	Filipe Baravilala	11/25/1994	Suva FC	00	00	3 (2016)
4th	Jale Dreloa	04/21/1995	Suva FC	04th	00	3 (2016)
11	Alvin Singh	06/09/1988	Ba FC	20th	01	3 (2016)
17th	Kolinio Sivoki	03/10/1995	Lautoka FC	01	00
midfield
5	Tony Tuivuna	03/20/1995	Nadi FC	0?	0?	2 (2016)
7th	Nickel Chand	07/28/1995	Suva FC	02	00	3 (2016)
10	Ratu Nakalevu	03/07/1994	Rewa FC	00	00	3 (2016)
12	Ratu Waranaivalu	09/16/1995	Rewa FC	01	00	3 (2016)
16	Joseph Turagabeci	11/19/1994	Suva FC	0?	0?	1 (2016)
attack
6th	Anish Khem	08/27/1993	Nadi FC	00	00	3 (2016)
8th	Setareki Hughes	06/08/1995	Rewa FC	03	00	3 (2016)
9	Roy Krishna	08/30/1987	Wellington Phoenix	24	16	3 (2016)
13	Iosefo Verevou	01/05/1996	Rewa FC	05	00	3 (2016)
14th	Samuela Nabenia	02/09/1995	Ba FC	02	00	2 (2016)
15th	Saula Waqa	12/10/1995	Ba FC	00	00	1 (2016)

Games

• 4th August 2016: Fiji - South Korea in Salvador 0: 8 (0: 1)
• August 7, 2016: Fiji - Mexico in Salvador 1: 5 (1: 0)
• August 10, 2016: Germany - Fiji in Belo Horizonte 10: 0 (6: 0)

Web links

• Football Tournament of the Olympic Games - Overview (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ oceaniafootball.com: "Taupo confirmed as host" ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ The Vanuatu team had reached the final because New Zealand had used an ineligible player in the 3-0 semi-final win against Vanuatu and the game was then rated 3-0 for Vanuatu.
3. ↑ Numbers according to the squad list