List of the international matches of the Tongan national football team

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The Tongan national soccer team's list of international matches includes all the matches of the Tongan men's national soccer team . Play as Tonga or the opponents, e.g. B. in the context of the Oceania Cups and Pacific Games, have not yet belonged to FIFA, will not be counted by FIFA.

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
• n / a = after extension
• i. E. = on penalties
• red background color = defeat of the Tongan team
• green background color = victory of the Tongan team
• yellow background color = tie

List of international matches

No. (RSSSF)	No. (FIFA)	date	result	opponent	venue		occasion	Remarks
1		09/02/1979	0: 8	Tahiti	Suva ( FIJ )	*	South Pacific Games	First game, first game against Tahiti
2		September 1979	3: 5	Tuvalu	Suva ( FIJ )	*	South Pacific Games	First game against Tuvalu
3		September 1983	0: 3	Wallis and Futuna	Apia ( WSM )	*	South Pacific Games	First game against Wallis and Futuna
4th		September 1983	3: 2	American Samoa	Apia ( WSM )	*	South Pacific Games	First game against Am. Samoa
5		September 1983	3: 3	Western Samoa	Apia ( WSM )	A.	South Pacific Games	First game against Western Samoa
6th		July 1989	2: 6	Solomon Islands	Tonga	H	unknown tournament	First game against the Solomon Islands
7th		July 1989	0: 7	Tahiti	Tonga	H	unknown tournament
8th		July 1989	1: 8	Vanuatu	Tonga	H	unknown tournament	First game against Vanuatu
9		December 6, 1993	0:11	New Caledonia	Vanuatu	*	South Pacific Mini Games 1993	First game against New Caledonia
10		December 8, 1993	0: 3	Vanuatu	Vanuatu	A.	South Pacific Mini Games 1993
11		12/10/1993	0-0	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu	*	South Pacific Mini Games 1993	First game against Papua New Guinea
12	1	11/24/1994	0: 1	Tahiti	Apia ( WSM )	*	Polynesia Cup 1994	First game to be counted by FIFA
13	2	11/25/1994	2: 2	Western Samoa	Apia ( WSM )	A.	Polynesia Cup 1994
14th	3	11/28/1994	2: 1	American Samoa	Apia ( WSM )	*	Polynesia Cup 1994
15th	4th	11/11/1996	2-0	Cook Islands	Nuku'alofa	H	World Cup qualification	First game against the Cook Islands
16	5	11/15/1996	1-0	Western Samoa	Nuku'alofa	H	World Cup qualification
17th	6th	02/15/1997	0: 4	Solomon Islands	Nuku'alofa	H	World Cup qualification
18th	7th	03/01/1997	0: 9	Solomon Islands	Honiara ( SLB )	A.	World Cup qualification
19th	8th	09/02/1998	3-0	American Samoa	Rarotonga ( COK )	*	Polynesia Cup 1998
20th	9	09/03/1998	0: 5	Tahiti	Rarotonga ( COK )	*	Polynesia Cup 1998
21st	10	09/05/1998	2: 2	Cook Islands	Rarotonga ( COK )	A.	Polynesia Cup 1998
22nd	11	09/07/1998	0: 2	Western Samoa	Rarotonga ( COK )	*	Polynesia Cup 1998
23	12	06/08/2000	0: 4	Western Samoa	Papeete ( TAH )	*	Polynesia Cup 2000
24	13	06/10/2000	1: 2	Cook Islands	Papeete ( TAH )	*	Polynesia Cup 2000
25th	14th	06/12/2000	1: 8	Tahiti	Papeete ( TAH )	A.	Polynesia Cup 2000
26th	15th	06/16/2000	2: 1	American Samoa	Papeete ( TAH )	*	Polynesia Cup 2000
27	16	04/07/2001	1-0	Samoa	Coffs Harbor ( AUS )	*	World Cup qualification
28	17th	04/09/2001	0:22	Australia	Coffs Harbor ( AUS )	A.	World Cup qualification	First game against Australia, biggest defeat
29	18th	04/14/2001	5-0	American Samoa	Coffs Harbor ( AUS )	*	World Cup qualification
30th	19th	04/16/2001	1: 8	Fiji	Coffs Harbor ( AUS )	*	World Cup qualification	First game against Fiji
31	20th	03/09/2002	0: 2	Samoa	Apia ( SAM )	A.	OM qualification
32	21st	03/12/2002	7: 2	American Samoa	Apia ( SAM )	*	OM qualification
33	22nd	03/14/2002	0: 5	Papua New Guinea	Apia ( SAM )	*	OM qualification
34		03/16/2002	0: 9	New Caledonia	Apia ( SAM )	*	OM qualification
35	23	07/01/2003	2: 2	Papua New Guinea	Suva ( FIJ )	*	South Pacific Games
36		07/03/2003	0: 4	New Caledonia	Suva ( FIJ )	*	South Pacific Games
37		07/05/2003	7-0	Micronesia	Suva ( FIJ )	*	South Pacific Games	First game against Micronesia, highest victory
38	24	07/07/2003	0: 4	Tahiti	Lautoka ( FIJ )	*	South Pacific Games
39	25th	05/10/2004	0: 6	Solomon Islands	Honiara ( SLB )	A.	OM qualification / World Cup qualification
40	26th	05/15/2004	2: 1	Cook Islands	Honiara ( SLB )	*	OM qualification / World Cup qualification
41	27	05/17/2004	0: 2	Tahiti	Honiara ( SLB )	*	OM qualification / World Cup qualification
42	28	05/19/2004	0: 8	New Caledonia	Honiara ( SLB )	*	OM qualification / World Cup qualification
	29	08/27/2007	0: 4	Solomon Islands	Apia ( SAM )	*	South Pacific Games
	30th	08/29/2007	1: 2	Samoa	Apia ( SAM )	A.	South Pacific Games
	31	09/01/2007	4-0	American Samoa	Apia ( SAM )	*	South Pacific Games
	32	09/03/2007	1: 4	Vanuatu	Apia ( SAM )	*	South Pacific Games
	33	06/11/2009	1: 1	Cook Islands	Veitongo	H
	34	06/13/2009	1: 2	Cook Islands	Veitongo	H
	35	11/22/2011	1: 2	American Samoa	Apia ( SAM )	*	OM qualification
	36	11/24/2011	1: 1	Western Samoa	Apia ( SAM )	A.	OM qualification
	37	11/26/2011	2: 1	Cook Islands	Apia ( SAM )	*	OM qualification
	38	08/19/2015	0: 5	Fiji	Ba ( FIJ )	A.
	39	08/31/2015	0: 3	Cook Islands	Nuku'alofa	H	World Cup qualification
	40	02.09.2015	1: 2	American Samoa	Nuku'alofa	H	World Cup qualification
	41	04.09.2015	0: 3	Samoa	Nuku'alofa	H	World Cup qualification

statistics

opponent

Continental Association	Games	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference
Australia / Oceania ( OFC )	FIFA + RSSSF	29	09	03	17th	34: 112
	only FIFA	12	02	02	08th	13:270
	RSSSF only	11	01	02	08th	09:61 0
	all	52	12	07th	33	56: 194
OFC Associate Members	RSSSF only	01	00	00	01	03: 500
Other	RSSSF only	02	01	00	01	07: 300
Total	all	55	13	07th	35	66: 202
↑ Incl. the games against Australia when Australia was still a member of the OFC and against countries that joined the OFC later. ↑ 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	01	02	02: 800
OM qualifiers	FIFA + RSSSF	08th	02	00	05	09:290
	only FIFA	03	01	01	01	04: 400
	RSSSF only	01	00	00	01	00: 900
	all	13	03	01	09	13:470
World Cup qualifiers	FIFA + RSSSF	08th	04th	00	04th	10:430
	only FIFA	02	00	00	02	01: 500
	all	10	04th	00	06th	11:480
Polynesia Cup	FIFA + RSSSF	11	03	02	06th	13:280
South Pacific Games	FIFA + RSSSF	02	00	01	01	02: 600
	only FIFA	04th	01	00	03	06:100
	RSSSF only	07th	02	01	04th	16:250
	all	13	03	02	08th	24:410
South Pacific Mini Games	RSSSF only	03	00	01	02	00: 140
other tournaments	RSSSF only	03	00	00	03	03:210
Total	all	55	13	07th	35	66: 202
↑ a b c d All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics ↑ Incl. of the games that were also World Cup qualifiers

Venues

occasion	Games	number	Victories	draw	Defeats	Goal difference
Away games
	FIFA + RSSSF	07th	00	02	05	05:510
	only FIFA	03	00	01	02	02: 800
	RSSSF only	02	00	01	01	03: 600
	all	12	00	04th	08th	10:650
Home games
	FIFA + RSSSF	04th	02	00	02	03: 700
	only FIFA	04th	00	01	03	03: 800
	RSSSF only	03	00	00	03	03:210
	all	11	02	01	08th	09:360
Play in a neutral place	FIFA + RSSSF	18th	07th	01	10	26:480
	only FIFA	05	02	00	03	08: 110
	RSSSF only	09	02	01	06th	13:420
	all	32	11	02	19th	47: 101
Total	all	55	13	07th	35	66: 202
↑ a b c All games after the last update of the RSSSF statistics

International match records

country		Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Important games
American Samoa	FIFA + RSSSF	5	5	0	0	19: 4	OM qualification 2002; World Cup qualification 2002
	only FIFA	3	1	0	2	6: 4	OM qualification 2012; OM qualification 2016 / World Cup qualification 2018
	RSSSF only	1	1	0	0	3: 2
	all	9	7th	0	2	28:10
Australia	FIFA + RSSSF	1	0	0	1	0:22	World Cup qualification 2002
Cook Islands
	FIFA + RSSSF	4th	2	1	1	7: 5	OM qualification 2004 / World Cup qualification 2006
	only FIFA	4th	1	1	2	4: 7	OM qualification 2012 / World Cup qualification 2014; OM qualification 2016 / World Cup qualification 2018
	all	8th	3	2	3	11:12
Fiji	FIFA + RSSSF	1	0	0	1	1: 8	World Cup qualification 2002
	only FIFA	1	0	0	1	0: 5
	all	2	0	0	2	1:13
Micronesia	RSSSF only	1	1	0	0	7-0
New Caledonia	FIFA + RSSSF	1	0	0	1	0: 8	OM qualification 2004 / World Cup qualification 2006
	RSSSF only	3	0	0	3	0:24	OM qualification 2002
	all	4th	0	0	4th	0:32
Papua New Guinea	FIFA + RSSSF	2	0	1	1	2: 7	OM qualification 2002
	RSSSF only	1	0	1	0	0-0
	all	3	0	2	1	2: 7
Solomon Islands	FIFA + RSSSF	3	0	0	3	0:19	Oceania Championship 2004 / World Cup qualification 2006, World Cup qualification 1998
	only FIFA	1	0	0	1	0: 4
	RSSSF only	1	0	0	1	2: 6
	all	5	0	0	5	2:29
Samoa (Western Samoa)	FIFA + RSSSF	7th	2	1	4th	4:13	OM qualification 2002, 2016; World Cup qualification 1998, 2002
	only FIFA	2	0	1	1	2: 3	OM qualification 2012 / World Cup qualification 2014
	RSSSF only	1	0	1	0	3: 3
	all	10	2	3	5	9:19
Tahiti	FIFA + RSSSF	5	0	0	5	1:20	OM qualification 2004 / World Cup qualification 2006
	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	0:15
	all	7th	0	0	7th	1:35
Tuvalu	RSSSF only	1	0	0	1	3: 5
Vanuatu	only FIFA	1	0	0	1	1: 4
	RSSSF only	2	0	0	2	1:11
	all	3	0	0	3	2:15
Wallis and Futuna	RSSSF only	1	1	0	3	0: 3
Total	all	55	13	07th	35	66: 202
↑ a b c d e f 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. ↑ Status uncertain

Web links

• Tonga - List of International Matches (as of May 19, 2004, last updated on October 30, 2005)
• FIFA international match statistics for Tonga