Samoan national football team

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Samoa
Samoan Football Association logo
Association Football Federation Samoa
confederacy OFC
Technical sponsor adidas
Head coach New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Easthope (2016-)
Home stadium Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Stadium
National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)
FIFA code SAM
FIFA rank 194. (894 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
Balance sheet
59 games
16 wins
4 draws
39 losses
statistics
First international game Wallis & Futuna 3-1 Western Samoa ( Fiji ; August 1979 )
Wallis FutunaWallis and Futuna SamoaSamoa
Biggest win Samoa 8-0 American Samoa ( Coffs Harbor , Australia ; April 9, 2001 )
SamoaSamoa Samoa AmericanAmerican Samoa
Biggest defeat Tahiti 13-0 Western Samoa ( Solomon Islands ; July 13, 1981 )
TahitiTahiti SamoaSamoa
Successes in tournaments
Oceania Championship
Participation in the finals 2 ( first : 2012 )
Best results Preliminary round 2012, preliminary round 2016
(As of June 19, 2016)

The Samoan national soccer team is the selection team of the Pacific island nation of Samoa . They are one of the most unsuccessful teams in the world.

The Samoan association has been a member of the OFC regional association since 1984 and of the world football association FIFA since 1986 .

The first games not recognized by FIFA took place in August 1979 as Western Samoa as part of the South Pacific Games. FIFA names July 1, 1989 as the date for the first two official matches.

So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer World Cup . In 2011 he qualified for the OFC Nations Cup for the first time . The team was eliminated after three defeats in the preliminary round.

Samoa at the World Cup

For the first time, Samoa took part in qualifying for the World Cup in 1998 in a preliminary round for a FIFA world tournament. In the Polynesian group, the selection took second place in the table behind Tonga and ahead of the Cook Islands . The team lost the decisive final group game against Tonga 1: 2. This cut meant the end of the Samoans' first appearance at a FIFA tournament.

In the first round of qualifying for the 2002 World Cup , Samoa had to play in a group of five against Australia , Fiji , Tonga and American Samoa . After losing the first group game against Tonga with 0: 1, the team won against American Samoa with 8: 0. Two days later the team lost to Fiji 6-1, the last group game against Australia ended 0:11. This placed Samoa fourth in the table, which resulted in the early elimination.

In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , the Samoan selection had to compete in group two against Vanuatu , Fiji, Papua New Guinea and American Samoa. After four games, Samoa finished fourth in the table, which also meant elimination.

In group B of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , Samoa only narrowly missed the second round. Against the teams from the Solomon Islands , Vanuatu, Tonga and American Samoa, the Samoan team was able to win twice, but also lost two games and finished third in the table with six points and 9: 8 goals.

In the qualification for the Soccer Oceania Cup 2012, which was considered to be the qualification for the Soccer World Cup 2014 , Samoa was able to prevail against American Samoa , Tonga and the Cook Islands and qualify for the first time for the final round of the Oceania Cup. There Samoa met in June 2012 in Fiji to Vanuatu , New Caledonia and Tahiti . The Samoan team lost all three games and were eliminated as the bottom of the group.

Participation in soccer world championships

  • 1930 to 1962 - did not take part (no separate state)
  • 1966 - did not take part (no national association yet)
  • 1970 to 1986 - did not participate (not a FIFA member)
  • 1990 - did not participate
  • 1994 - withdrawn
  • 1998 to 2018 - not qualified

Participation in the OFC Nations Cup

  • 1973 - did not participate
  • 1980 - did not participate
  • 1996 to 2008 - not qualified
  • 2012 - preliminary round
  • 2016 - preliminary round

Participation in the South Pacific and Pacific Games

Samoa and Western Samoa have so far only participated sporadically. Except for 1979, Samoa only ever participated as a host.

  • 1963 - 1975 - did not take part
  • 1979 - consolation round for 5th place (result not known)
  • 1983 - quarter-finals as hosts
  • 1987 - 2003 - did not take part
  • 2007 - preliminary round as hosts
  • 2011 - 2015 - not participated
  • 2019 - preliminary round

Participation in the Polynesia Cup

National team

Record national player Samoas is Rhys Wetherow .

The squad for the 2010 Soccer World Cup Oceania qualification under coach Falevi Umutaua included the following players: Goal: Pasi Schwalger , Filipo Uli, Defense: Chris Cahill, Damien Fonoti, Sakaria Fuimaono, Voa Sauaga, midfield: Filipo Bureta, Fereti Gosche, Joseph Hoeflich, Bevan Kapisi, Horst Petana, Jererell Sale, Keith Tasi Stanfield, Lionel Taylor, Penitito Tumua, Edwin Tyrell, Fauivi Ugapo, Sapati Umutaua, attack: Desmond Faaisuaso, Max Tom Hoeflich, Junior Michael.

Trainer

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ FIFA has only 39 games (14 wins, 3 draws and 22 defeats)
  3. ↑ In the rsssf.com statistics, the day of these games is unknown.
  4. ↑ http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/samoa-team/
  5. ↑ a brother of Tim Cahill , who plays for the Australian national team; both have Samoan and Australian citizenship