Vanuatu National Football Team (U-20 Men)

Vanuatu

Association	Vanuatu Football Federation
confederacy	OFC
Head coach	Dejan Gluščević
Assistant coach	Anthony Pisano
captain	Bong Kalo
Record scorer	Jean Kaltack , Bong Kalo (9)
Record player	Bong Kalo (15)
FIFA code	VAN
First jersey Second jersey
statistics
First international Tahiti 2-1 New Hebrides ( Papeete , French Polynesia ; December 8, 1974 )
Biggest win American Samoa 0:15 Vanuatu ( Apia , Samoa ; Aug 19, 1998 )
Biggest defeat Fiji 11-0 Vanuatu ( Suva , Fiji ; October 1, 1994 )
(As of May 26, 2017)

The Vanuatu U-20 national football team is a selection team of Vanuatu football players , which is subject to the Vanuatu Football Federation .

history

The U-20 team played their first international match on December 8, 1974 against Tahiti , which they lost 2-1, at that time still formed as the New Hebrides Condominium . The team plays mainly on the continental level, especially in the U-20 Oceania Championship , which takes place every two years . They have already participated in this 14 times. Her biggest achievement was second place in 2014 . At the 2016 tournament they were able to secure their first participation in a U-20 World Cup in their own country by moving into the final, which was lost to New Zealand ( South Korea 2017 ). There the team met Germany , Mexico and Venezuela in the preliminary round . The team lost all three group games, but attracted attention with two goals and narrow defeats against Mexico and Germany.

Tournament balance sheets at U-20 world championships

U-20 World Championship
year	Participation until	Played	Won	draw	Lost	Gates	Goals conceded	Goal difference	Points
1977 - 2015	not qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Preliminary round	3	0	0	3	4th	13	−9	0
Total	1/21	3	0	0	3	4th	13	−9	0

Tournament balances at U-20 Oceania Championships

U-20 Oceania Championship
year	Participation until	Played	Won	draw	Lost	Gates	Goals conceded	Goal difference	Points
1974	3rd place	3	0	1	2	3	7th	−4	1
1978
1980
1982
1985
1987
1988	Preliminary round	2	0	0	2	2	8th	−6	0
1990	3rd place	4th	2	0	2	4th	10	−6	4th
1992	4th Place	4th	1	1	2	4th	9	−5	3
1994	4th Place	4th	2	0	2	6th	6th	0	6th
1997
1998	Preliminary round	3	1	0	2	15th	9	+6	3
& 2001	Preliminary round	5	4th	0	1	23	4th	+19	12
& 2002	Preliminary round	2	0	1	1	2	4th	−2	1
2005	3rd place	5	3	0	2	12	15th	−1	9
2007	Preliminary round	6th	1	2	3	8th	17th	−9	5
2008
2011	3rd place	5	4th	0	1	19th	5	+14	12
2013	3rd place	4th	2	0	2	12	7th	+5	6th
2014	2nd place	5	3	2	0	11	4th	+7	11
& 2016	2nd place	5	4th	0	1	7th	7th	0	12
Total	14th	57	27	7th	23	128	112	+16	85

Current squad

The following players have been nominated for the 2017 U-20 World Cup from May 20th to June 11th. Players in italics have already played for the senior national team.

Status of the games and goals after the last game on May 26, 2017 against Germany .

No.	Item	player	Calls	Gates	society
1	TW	Daniel Alick	1	0	ABM Galaxy
12	TW	Dick Taiwia	2	0	Ifira Black Bird FC
21st	TW	Andreas Duch	2	0	Tafea FC
2	FROM	Selwyn Vatu	7th	0	Shepherds United
3	FROM	Lency Philip	3	0	Santos FC
4th	FROM	Jason Thomas	14th	1	Erakor Golden Star
5	FROM	Joseph Iaruel	6th	0	Amicale FC
13	FROM	Denly Ben	2	0	Santos FC
14th	FROM	Reginold Ravo	2	0	Shepherds United
15th	FROM	Gregory Patrick	8th	0	Torba United FC
6th	MF	Claude Aru	8th	0	Malampa Revivors FC
8th	MF	Jayson Timatua	7th	0	Shepherds United
9	MF	Ronaldo Wilkins	10	3	Sia-Raga FC
10	MF	Bong Kalo ( )	15th	9	Tafea FC
11	MF	Godine Tenene	8th	2	Spirit 08 FC
16	MF	Frederick Massing	7th	1	United Malampa FC
17th	MF	John Well Wohale	5	0	Vaum United FC
7th	ST	Bethuel Ollie	5	0	Vaum United FC
18th	ST	Johnathan Spokeyjack	6th	0	Shepherds United
19th	ST	Abednigo sow	7th	0	Sia-Raga FC
20th	ST	Azariah Soromon	3	0	Tupuji Imere FC

Coaching team

position
Trainer	Dejan Gluščević
Assistant coach	Anthony Pisano
Team manager	Lorense Sisi
Goalkeeping coach	Obed Jimmy
Physiotherapist	Albert Kaipam
Media officer	Harry Atisson

Former trainers

• Moise Poida (2011-2013)
• Etienne Mermer (2014-2016)
• Declan Edge (2016)
• Etienne Mermer (2016-2017)

Web links

• Official website of the Football Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ VAN 2-1 SOL. (No longer available online.) OFC September 13, 2016, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Eight teams leave with their heads held high. In: fifa.com. FIFA , May 29, 2017, accessed June 7, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Vanuatu U20 footballers the 'benchmark' for the future. In: Vanuatu Daily Post. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .