Tongan national football team
Association | Tonga Football Association | ||
confederacy | OFC | ||
Head coach | Timote Moleni (since 2015) | ||
Record scorer | Mark Uhatahi (3) | ||
Record player | Lafaele Moala (16) | ||
Home stadium | Teufaiva Sport Stadium , Nukuʻalofa | ||
FIFA code | TGA | ||
FIFA rank | 203. (862 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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First international Tahiti 8-0 Tonga ( Fiji ; August 29, 1979 )
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Biggest win Tonga 7-0 Micronesia ( Fiji ; July 5, 2003 )
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Biggest defeat Australia 22-0 Tonga ( Coffs Harbor , Australia ; April 9, 2001 )
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(As of September 4, 2015) |
The Tonga national soccer team is the selection team of the Pacific island state of Tonga . They are one of the most unsuccessful teams in the world.
Tonga is a member of the world football association FIFA and the regional association OFC . So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for a football World Cup or the OFC Nations Cup .
Participation in soccer world championships
Participation in the OFC Nations Cup
Participation in the South Pacific and Pacific Games
- 1963 - 1975 - did not take part
- 1979 - preliminary round
- 1983 - preliminary round
- 1987 - 1995 - did not participate
- 2003 - preliminary round
- 2007 - preliminary round
- 2011 - 2015 - not participated
- 2019 - preliminary round
Participation in the Polynesia Cup
Trainer
- Rudi Gutendorf (1981)
- Umberto Mottini (1997-1998)
- Gary Phillips (2001-2002)
- Heinave Kaifa (2002-2003)
- Milan Janković (2003-2005)
- Ben Perry (2005-2006)
- Reece Mclaughlin (2006-2007)
- Jacob Swanson (2007-2011)
- Chris Williams (2011-2013)
- Jack Hellon (2013-2015)
- Timote Moleni (2015–)
Web links
- Tonga Football Association - Official Homepage
- Tonga Football Association at OFC Continental Association
- Tonga Football Association at FIFA
- Results of the national team at rsssf.com
See also
- List of the international matches of the Tongan national football team
- Tongan women's national soccer team
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .