List of international matches for the Samoan national football team

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The list of the international matches of the Samoan national soccer team contains all the games of the Samoan national soccer team of men (until 1997 Western Samoa). Games, e.g. B. in the framework of the Oceania Cup, at the time when Western Samoa or the opponents have not yet belonged to FIFA, are not counted by FIFA. These games, however, are listed by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). FIFA does not count games as part of qualifying for the 1988 Olympic Games either, even if the opponents, e.g. B. New Zealand also competed with the senior national team.

Legend

This section serves as a legend for the following tables.

• A = away game
• H = home game
• * = Play on a neutral place
• WM = World Championship
• OM = Oceania Championship
• OS = Olympic Games
• n / a = after extension
• Red background color = defeat of the Samoas / Westsamoas team
• green background color = victory of the team Samoas / Westsamoas
• yellow background color = tie

List of international matches

No. (RSSSF)	No. (FIFA)	date	result	opponent	venue		occasion	Remarks
1		08/22/1979	1: 3	Wallis and Futuna	Suva ( FIJ )	*	South Pacific Games	First game against Wallis and Futuna
2		08/24/1979	0:12	Solomon Islands	Suva ( FIJ )	*	South Pacific Games	First game against the Solomon Islands
3		07/07/1981	1:13	Vanuatu	Honiara ( SLB )	*	South Pacific Mini Games 1981 (Solomon Islands)	First game against Vanuatu
4th		07/08/1981	0:13	Tahiti	Honiara ( SLB )	*	South Pacific Mini Games 1981	First game against Tahiti
5		07/09/1981	1: 4	Papua New Guinea	Honiara ( SLB )	*	South Pacific Mini Games 1981	First game against Papua New Guinea
6th		07/10/1981	0: 5	Solomon Islands	Honiara ( SLB )	A.	South Pacific Mini Games 1981
7th		07/11/1981	0: 4	Fiji	Honiara ( SLB )	*	South Pacific Mini Games 1981	First game against Fiji
8th		07/14/1981	0: 8	New Caledonia	Honiara ( SLB )	*	South Pacific Mini Games 1981	First game against New Caledonia
9		08/20/1983	3: 1	American Samoa	Apia	H	South Pacific Games	First game against American Samoa
10		08/22/1983	3: 3	Tonga	Apia	H	South Pacific Games	First game against Tonga
11		08/24/1983	1: 2	Wallis and Futuna	Apia	H	South Pacific Games
12		08/26/1983	0: 2	Tahiti	Apia	H	South Pacific Games Quarter Finals
13		1985	6: 1	Cook Islands	Cook Islands	A.	unknown tournament	First game against the Cook Islands
14th		1985	1: 7	New Caledonia	Cook Islands	*	unknown tournament
15th		1985	0: 8	Fiji	Cook Islands	*	unknown tournament
16		07/11/1987	0: 7	New Zealand	Apia	H	OS qualification	First game against New Zealand
17th		11/13/1987	0:12	New Zealand	Auckland ( NZL )	A.	OS qualification
18th		03/02/1988	0: 5	Chinese Taipei	Sydney ( AUS )	*	OS qualification loser playoff	First game against Taiwan
19th		July 1989	1: 3	New Caledonia	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	*	unknown tournament
20th	1	July 1989	0: 6	Papua New Guinea	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	*	unknown tournament	First game counted by FIFA
21st	2	July 1989	0:11	Fiji	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	*	unknown tournament
22nd	3	11/24/1994	3: 1	American Samoa	Apia	H	Polynesia Cup 1994
23	4th	11/25/1994	2: 2	Tonga	Apia	H	Polynesia Cup 1994
24	5	11/28/1994	0: 7	Tahiti	Apia	H	Polynesia Cup 1994
25th	6th	11/13/1996	2: 1	Cook Islands	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	*	World Cup qualification
26th	7th	11/15/1996	0: 1	Tonga	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	A.	World Cup qualification
27	8th	09/02/1998	1: 2	Cook Islands	Rarotonga ( COK )	A.	Polynesia Cup 1998
28	9	09/05/1998	1: 5	Tahiti	Rarotonga ( COK )	*	Polynesia Cup 1998
29	10	09/07/1998	2-0	Tonga	Rarotonga ( COK )	*	Polynesia Cup 1998
30th	11	09/08/1998	4-0	American Samoa	Rarotonga ( COK )	*	Polynesia Cup 1998
31	12	06/08/2000	4-0	Tonga	Papeete ( TAH )	*	Polynesia Cup 2000
32	13	06/10/2000	1: 2	Tahiti	Papeete ( TAH )	A.	Polynesia Cup 2000
33	14th	06/14/2000	6: 1	American Samoa	Papeete ( TAH )	*	Polynesia Cup 2000
34	15th	06/16/2000	2: 3	Cook Islands	Papeete ( TAH )	*	Polynesia Cup 2000
35	16	04/07/2001	0: 1	Tonga	Coffs Harbor ( AUS )	*	World Cup qualification
36	17th	04/09/2001	8-0	American Samoa	Coffs Harbor ( AUS )	*	World Cup qualification
37	18th	04/11/2001	1: 6	Fiji	Coffs Harbor ( AUS )	*	World Cup qualification
38	19th	04/16/2001	0:11	Australia	Coffs Harbor ( AUS )	A.	World Cup qualification	First game against Australia
39	20th	03/09/2002	2-0	Tonga	Apia	H	OM qualification
40	21st	03/14/2002	5-0	American Samoa	Apia	H	OM qualification
41	22nd	03/16/2002	1: 4	Papua New Guinea	Apia	H	OM qualification
42		03/18/2002	0: 5	New Caledonia	Apia	H	OM qualification
43	23	05/05/2004	0-0	Cook Islands	Auckland ( NZL )	*	OM qualification
44	24	05/10/2004	4-0	American Samoa	Apia	H	World Cup qualification
45	25th	05/15/2004	0: 3	Vanuatu	Apia	H	World Cup qualification
46	26th	05/17/2004	0: 4	Fiji	Apia	H	World Cup qualification
47	27	05/19/2004	1: 4	Papua New Guinea	Apia	H	World Cup qualification
	28	08/25/2007	0: 4	Vanuatu	Apia	H	South Pacific Games
	29	08/27/2007	7-0	American Samoa	Apia	H	South Pacific Games
	30th	08/29/2007	2: 1	Tonga	Apia	H	South Pacific Games
	31	09/03/2007	0: 3	Solomon Islands	Apia	H	South Pacific Games
	32	08/17/2011	0: 3	Fiji	Navua ( FIJ )	A.
	33	08/18/2011	1: 5	Fiji	Suva ( FIJ )	A.
	34	11/22/2011	3: 2	Cook Islands	Apia	H	OM qualification
	35	11/24/2011	1: 1	Tonga	Apia	H	OM qualification
	36	11/26/2011	1-0	American Samoa	Apia	H	OM qualification
	37	06/01/2012	1:10	Tahiti	Honiara ( SLB )	*	OM preliminary round
	38	06/03/2012	0: 5	Vanuatu	Honiara ( SLB )	*	OM preliminary round
	39	06/05/2012	0: 9	New Caledonia	Honiara ( SLB )	*	OM preliminary round
	40	08/31/2015	3: 2	American Samoa	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	*	World Cup qualification
	41	02.09.2015	0: 1	Cook Islands	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	*	World Cup qualification
	42	04.09.2015	3-0	Tonga	Nuku'alofa ( TGA )	A.	World Cup qualification	Samoa qualifies for the second round
	43	05/28/2016	0: 4	Tahiti	Port Moresby ( PNG )	*	World Cup qualification
	44	05/31/2016	0: 7	New Caledonia	Port Moresby ( PNG )	*	World Cup qualification
	45	06/04/2016	0: 8	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby ( PNG )	A.	World Cup qualification

statistics

opponent

Continental Association	Games	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference
Asia ( AFC )	RSSSF only	01	00	00	01	00: 500
Australia / Oceania ( OFC )	FIFA + RSSSF	30th	10	02	18th	50: 940
	only FIFA	15th	06th	01	08th	22:460
	RSSSF only	17th	02	01	14th	16:10
	all	62	18th	04th	40	88: 248
other	RSSSF only	02	00	00	02	02: 500
Total	all	65	18th	04th	43	90: 258
↑ Incl. a game against Australia when Australia was still a member of the OFC and against countries that later joined the OFC. ↑ All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics

Occasions

occasion	Games	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference
Friendly matches	only FIFA	02	00	00	02	01: 800
OM qualifiers	FIFA + RSSSF	04th	02	01	01	08: 400
	only FIFA	03	02	01	00	05: 300
	RSSSF only	01	00	00	01	00: 500
	all	08th	04th	02	02	13:120
Oceania Championship	only FIFA	06th	00	00	06th	01: 430
World Cup qualifiers	FIFA + RSSSF	10	03	00	07th	16:310
	only FIFA	03	02	00	01	06: 300
	all	13	05	00	08th	22:340
Polynesia Cup	FIFA + RSSSF	11	05	01	05	26:230
South Pacific Games	only FIFA	04th	02	00	02	09: 800
	RSSSF only	06th	01	01	04th	08:230
	all	10	03	01	06th	17:310
South Pacific Mini Games	RSSSF only	06th	00	00	06th	02: 470
OS qualifiers	RSSSF only	03	00	00	03	00:240
other tournaments	FIFA + RSSSF	02	00	00	02	00-170
	RSSSF only	04th	01	00	03	08:190
	all	06th	01	00	05	08:360
Total	all	65	18th	04th	43	90: 258
↑ All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics ↑ a b c d All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics ↑ a b Incl. Games that also served as World Cup qualifiers

Venues

occasion	Games	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference
Away games
	FIFA + RSSSF	05	00	00	05	02:240
	only FIFA	03	01	00	02	004: 800
	RSSSF only	03	01	00	02	06:180
	all	11	02	00	09	12:500
Home games
	FIFA + RSSSF	10	04th	01	05	18:250
	only FIFA	07th	04th	01	02	14:110
	RSSSF only	06th	01	01	04th	07:200
	all	23	09	03	11	39:560
Play in a neutral place	FIFA + RSSSF	15th	06th	01	08th	30:450
	only FIFA	05	04th	00	04th	04:270
	RSSSF only	11	00	00	11	05:800
	all	31	07th	01	23	39: 152
Total	all	65	18th	04th	43	90: 258
↑ a b c All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics ^ All games in Apia

International match records

country		Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Important games
American Samoa	FIFA + RSSSF	6th	6th	0	0	30: 2	World Cup qualification 2002, 2006; OM qualification 2002
	only FIFA	3	3	0	0	11: 2	OM qualification 2012 / World Cup qualification 2014; OM qualification 2016 / World Cup qualification 2018
	RSSSF only	1	1	0	0	3: 1
	all	10	10	0	0	44: 5
Australia	FIFA + RSSSF	1	0	0	1	0:11	World Cup qualification 2002
Chinese Taipei	RSSSF only	1	0	0	1	0: 5	OS qualification 1988
Cook Islands
	FIFA + RSSSF	4th	1	1	2	5: 6	OM qualification 2004
	only FIFA	2	1	0	1	3: 3	OM qualification 2012; OM qualification 2016 / World Cup qualification 2018
	RSSSF only	1	1	0	0	6: 1
	all	7th	3	1	3	14:10
Fiji	FIFA + RSSSF	3	0	0	3	1:21	OM qualification 2004 / World Cup qualification 2006; World Cup qualification 2002
	only FIFA	2	0	0	2	1: 8
	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	0:12
	all	7th	0	0	7th	2:41
New Caledonia	only FIFA	2	0	0	2	0:16	OM preliminary round 2012, 2016 / World Cup qualification 2014
	RSSSF only	4th	0	0	4th	2:23	OM qualification 2002
	all	6th	0	0	6th	2:39
New Zealand	RSSSF / NZF only	2	0	0	2	0:19	OS qualification 1988
Papua New Guinea	FIFA + RSSSF	4th	0	0	4th	2:22	World Cup qualification 2004; OM preliminary round 2016, OM qualification 2002
	RSSSF only	1	0	0	1	1: 4
	all	5	0	0	5	3:26
Solomon Islands	only FIFA	1	0	0	1	0: 3
	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	0:17
	all	3	0	0	3	0:20
Tahiti	FIFA + RSSSF	4th	0	0	4th	2:18
	only FIFA	1	0	0	1	1:10	OM preliminary round 2012, 2016 / World Cup qualification 2014
	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	0:15
	all	7th	0	0	7th	3:43
Tonga	FIFA + RSSSF	6th	3	1	2	10: 4	World Cup qualification 1998, 2002; OM qualification 2002
	only FIFA	3	2	1	0	6: 2	OM qualification 2012; OM qualification 2016 / World Cup qualification 2018
	RSSSF only	1	0	1	0	3: 3
	all	10	5	3	2	19: 9
Vanuatu	FIFA + RSSSF	1	0	0	1	0: 3	World Cup qualification 2006
	only FIFA	2	0	0	2	0: 9	OM preliminary round 2012 / World Cup qualification 2014
	RSSSF only	1	0	0	1	1:13
	all	4th	0	0	4th	1:25
Wallis and Futuna	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	2: 5
Total	all	65	18th	04th	43	90: 258
↑ a b c d e f g h All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics Legend: green background = positive balance sheet (number of wins higher than that of defeats) yellow background = balance balanced red background = negative balance (number of defeats higher than that of victories)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ [2]
3. ↑ [3]

Web links

• (Western) Samoa - List of International Matches (as of May 19, 2004, last updated on October 10, 2005)
• FIFA international match statistics for the Samoas