Samoa national football team
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| Association | Football Federation Samoa | ||
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| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Phineas Young | ||
| Most caps | Desmond Fa'aiuaso (14) | ||
| Top scorer | Desmond Fa'aiuaso (7) | ||
| Home stadium | National Soccer Stadium (Samoa) | ||
| FIFA code | SAM | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 164  2 (5 November 2015) |
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| Highest | 146 (December 2007) | ||
| Lowest | 204 (November 2011) | ||
| First international | |||
 Wallis and Futuna 3–1 Western Samoa  (Fiji; 22 August 1979) |
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| OFC Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2012) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 2012 | ||
The Samoa national association football team (Samoan: Sāmoa soka au) represents Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia.[1] It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.[2]
Contents
World Cup record
Oceania Nations Cup record
| OFC Nations Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1973 and 1980 | Did not enter | |||||||
| 1996 to 2008 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2012 |
Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| Total | Group stage | 1/9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
South Pacific Games record
- 1963 to 1975 – Did not enter
- 1979 – Round 1
- 1983 – Quarter-final
- 1987 to 2003 – Did not enter
- 2007 – Round 1
- 2011 – Did not enter
Results and Fixtures
2015
| 31 August 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round | Samoa |
3–2 |  American Samoa |
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nuku'alofa |
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| 15:30 UTC+13 | Fa'aiuaso  4'Hamilton-Pama 18'Mobberly 26' |
Beauchamp 38', 86' |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands) |
| 2 September 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round | Cook Islands  |
1–0 | Samoa |
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nuku'alofa |
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| 13:00 UTC+13 | Saghabi 39' |
Attendance: 150 Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu) |
| 4 September 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round | Tonga  |
0–3 | Samoa |
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 2), Nuku'alofa |
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| 15:00 UTC+13 | Mobberly 9' Hall 22', 77' |
Attendance: 250 Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji) |
Current Technical Staff
| Position | |
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| Head coach | Phineas Young |
| Goalkeeping coach | Joseph Kapisi |
| Teammanager | Saolotoga Pula |
| Technical Adviser | Yuta Sahara |
| Gear Manager | Bevan Kapisi |
Current Squad
Players selected to compete in the First Round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against American Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands.
Caps and goals updated as of 5 September 2015.
List of coaches
- Terry Epa
Víctor Fernández- Malo Vaga (2002)
David Brand (2002/2005)- Falevi Umutaua (2007)
- Tunoa Lui (2011)
- Malo Vaga (2012–2014)
- Phineas Young (2014–Present)
References
- ↑ http://www.football-lineups.com/stadium/743/ "Football Lineups – Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex" Retrieved 15 August 2011
- ↑ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=sam/goalprogramme/index.html "FIFA.com – Samoa: FIFA Goal Programme" Retrieved 15 August 2011
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