Tuvaluan national soccer team

Tuvalu

Association	Tuvalu National Football Association
confederacy	OFC , CONIFA
Technical sponsor	Stingz
Head coach	Lopati Taupili
Record scorer	Alopua Petoa (8 goals)
Record player	Mau Penisula (14 games)
Home stadium	Tuvalu Sports Ground , Funafuti
FIFA code	TUV
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
31 games 7 wins 3 draws 21 losses
statistics
First international match Tahiti 18-0 Tuvalu ( Suva , Fiji ; August 30, 1979)
Biggest win Tuvalu 6-1 Chagos Archipelago ( London , England ; June 9, 2018)
Biggest defeat Tahiti 18-0 Tuvalu ( Suva , Fiji ; August 30, 1979)
(As of June 11, 2018)

The Tuvalu national football team is the selection team for the Pacific island state of Tuvalu .

Tuvalu is not a member of the world football association FIFA , so the country cannot qualify for football world championships. As an associated member of the regional association OFC , the team took part in the qualification for the Oceania Championship for the first time in 2007 . Since the qualification for the OFC Nations Cup (South Pacific Games 2007) also counted as a World Cup qualification, Tuvalu was the first non-FIFA member to - indirectly - take part in the qualification for the World Cup.

In September 2008, the Tuvaluan Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia and the President of the Tuvalu National Football Association , Tapugao Falefou, visited the FIFA headquarters in Zurich in the hope of attaining full membership of the organization. In 2011 the Dutch coach Foppe de Haan coached the national team, after which Leen Looijen took over the post. Bob Roosen currently holds the office.

The team scored four points at the 2011 Pacific Games , which is their best result to date.

International matches

→ Main article : List of the international matches of the Tuvaluan national soccer team

Current squad

Status: 2018

National team Tuvalus (2011)

No.	player	society	International matches	International goals
1	Katepu Iosua	FC Tofaga	8th	0
90	Roy Tanapa	Nauti FC	0	0
Defense
2	Kalamelu Seloto	Nauti FC	4th	0
3	Paolo Taitai Talapai	Tamanuku	5	0
4th	Meauke Tuilagi	FC Niutao	4th	0
6th	James Lepaio	FC Tofaga	9	1
8th	Etimoni Timuani	Lakena United	6th	0
11	Sueni Founuku	FC Tofaga	1	0
18th	Tausau Lopati	FC Manu Laeva	0	0
22nd	Vaiuli Nukualofa	FC Manu Laeva	0	0
24	Leiatu Uoli	FC Manu Laeva	2	0
midfield
5	Geoffrey Logoakina Maleko	Nauti FC	0	0
7th	Taufaiva Ionatana	Nauti FC	5	1
13	Afelee Valoa	Nauti FC	5	0
14th	Suega Tonise	FC Manu Laeva	0	0
19th	Paulo Lotonu	Nauti FC	5	1
25th	Folomanu Kulene	FC Tofaga	2	0
attack
9	Alopua Petoa	FC Tofaga	10	8th
10	Matti Hoffren Uaelesi	Lakena United	4th	1
12	Okilani Tinilau	FC Manu Laeva	3	0
15th	Sosene Junior Vailine	Nauti FC	3	0
16	Teoliga Fakailoga	FC Niutao	1	0
17th	Adelau Peletiso Kalena	FC Nanumaga	0	0

Participation in soccer world championships

• 1930 to 2006 - did not participate
• 2010 South Africa - participated in the qualification, but not qualified and eligible to play for the finals 
• 2014 Brazil - did not participate 
• 2018 Russia - did not participate 
• 2022 Qatar - did not participate 

Participation in the OFC Nations Cup

• 1973 to 2004 - did not participate
• 2008 - did not qualify
• 2012 - did not participate
• 2016 - did not participate
• 2020 - did not participate

Participation in the Pacific Games

• 1963 - 1975 - did not take part
• 1979 Fiji - consolation round for 5th place (result unknown) 
• 1983 - 1995 - did not take part
• 2003 Fiji - preliminary round 
• 2007 Samoa - preliminary round 
• 2011 New Caledonia - preliminary round 
• 2015 Papua New Guinea - did not participate 
• 2019 Samoa - preliminary round 

Trainer

• Kokea Malu (1979)
•  Tim Jerks (2003)
•  Toakai Puapua (2006-2010)
•  Foppe de Haan (2011)
•  Leen Looijen (2013)
•  Frank Bakermans (2016)
• Taukiei İtuaso (2016-2018)
• Lopati Taupili (2018-)

Web links

• Association's Facebook profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Leen Looijen national coach of Tuvalu. Tuvalu National Football Association, August 10, 2013
2. ^ Frank Bakermans van Brabantia is the bond coach van Tuvalu in Oceanië. In: Eindhoven's Dagblad . Wegener, August 12, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016 (Dutch). 
3. ^ Paul Driessen and our new head coach Frank Bakermans in Suva, Fiji. Facebook , August 14, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016 .