American Samoa national football team results

The American Samoa national football team represents the American Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS), the governing body of the sport in the territory. It competes as a member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), which encompasses the countries of Oceania.

American Samoa is regarded as one of the weakest teams in the world. ^[1] From a total of 57 matches, they have won five (two against the Cook Islands, two against Tonga and one against Wallis and Futuna), drawn two and lost 50, scoring 34 goals and conceding 374. ^[2]

During their first qualifying campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in April 2001, American Samoa was involved in a match which set the record for the largest margin of victory in international football when they lost 31–0 to Australia. ^[3]

Key

Key to matches Att. = Match attendance (H) = Home ground (A) = Away ground (N) = Neutral ground

Key to record by opponent Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against

Results

American Samoa's score is shown first in each case.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	American Samoa scorers	Att.	Ref.
1	20 August 1983	Apia (N)	Western Samoa	1–3	1983 South Pacific Games	Unknown	—	[2] [4] [5]
2	22 August 1983	Apia (N)	Wallis and Futuna	3–0	1983 South Pacific Games	Unknown	—	[5] [2] [4]
3	24 August 1983	Apia (N)	Tonga	2–3	1983 South Pacific Games	Unknown	—	[5] [2] [4]
4	9 December 1987	Nouméa (N)	New Caledonia	0–10	1987 South Pacific Games		—	[2] [4] [6]
5	10 December 1987	Nouméa (N)	Vanuatu	0–7	1987 South Pacific Games		—	[2] [4] [6]
6	12 December 1987	Nouméa (N)	Wallis and Futuna	1–5	1987 South Pacific Games	Unknown	—	[2] [4] [6]
7	15 December 1987	Nouméa (N)	Papua New Guinea	0–20	1987 South Pacific Games		—	[2] [4] [6]
–	17 December 1987	Nouméa (N)	Tahiti	– [A]	1987 South Pacific Games		—	[6]
8	24 November 1994	Western Samoa (N)	Western Samoa	1–3	1994 Polynesia Cup [B]	Unknown	—	[2] [4] [7]
9	25 November 1994	Western Samoa (N)	Tahiti	1–2	1994 Polynesia Cup [B]	Unknown	—	[2] [4] [7]
10	28 November 1994	Western Samoa (N)	Tonga	1–2	1994 Polynesia Cup [B]	Unknown	—	[2] [4] [7]
11	2 September 1998	Rarotonga (N)	Tonga	0–3	1998 Polynesia Cup [C]		—	[2] [4] [8]
12	3 September 1998	Rarotonga (N)	Cook Islands	3–4	1998 Polynesia Cup [C]	Unknown	—	[2] [4] [8]
13	7 September 1998	Rarotonga (N)	Tahiti	0–12	1998 Polynesia Cup [C]		—	[2] [4] [8]
14	8 September 1998	Rarotonga (N)	Samoa	0–4	1998 Polynesia Cup [C]		—	[2] [4] [8]
15	6 June 2000	Paranuu Stadium, Papeete (N)	Tahiti	0–18	2000 Polynesia Cup [D]		—	[2] [4] [9] [10]
16	10 June 2000	Paranuu Stadium, Papeete (N)	Cook Islands	0–3	2000 Polynesia Cup [D]		—	[2] [4] [9] [10]
17	12 June 2000	Paranuu Stadium, Papeete (N)	Samoa	1–6	2000 Polynesia Cup [D]	Unknown	—	[2] [4] [9] [10]
18	14 June 2000	Paranuu Stadium, Papeete (N)	Tonga	1–2	2000 Polynesia Cup [D]	Unknown	—	[2] [4] [9] [10]
19	7 April 2001	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour (N)	Fiji	0–13	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification		500	[2] [4] [11]
20	9 April 2001	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour (N)	Samoa	0–8	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification		200	[2] [4] [11]
21	11 April 2001	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour (N)	Australia	0–31	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification		3,000	[2] [4] [11]
22	14 April 2001	International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour (N)	Tonga	0–5	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification		1,000	[2] [4] [11]
23	9 March 2002	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	New Caledonia	0–10	2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification		—	[2] [4] [12]
24	12 March 2002	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Tonga	2–7	2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification	Atualevao, Afu	—	[2] [4] [12]
25	14 March 2002	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Samoa	0–5	2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification		—	[2] [4] [12]
26	18 March 2002	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Papua New Guinea	0–7	2002 OFC Nations Cup qualification		—	[2] [4] [12]
27	10 May 2004	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Samoa	0–4	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [E]		500	[2] [4] [13]
28	12 May 2004	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Vanuatu	1–9	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [E]	Natia	400	[2] [4] [13]
29	15 May 2004	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Fiji	0–11	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [E]		300	[2] [4] [13]
30	17 May 2004	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Papua New Guinea	0–10	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [E]		150	[2] [4] [13]
31	25 August 2007	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Solomon Islands	1–12	2007 South Pacific Games [F]	Ott	1,000	[2] [14]
32	27 August 2007	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Samoa	0–7	2007 South Pacific Games [F]		2,800	[2] [14]
33	29 August 2007	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Vanuatu	0–15	2007 South Pacific Games [F]		200	[2] [14]
34	1 September 2007	Toleofoa Joseph Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia (N)	Tonga	0–4	2007 South Pacific Games [F]		200	[2] [14]
35	27 August 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa (N)	Tuvalu	0–4	2011 Pacific Games		—	[2] [15]
36	30 August 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa (N)	Solomon Islands	0–4	2011 Pacific Games		—	[2] [15]
37	1 September 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa (N)	Guam	0–2	2011 Pacific Games		—	[2] [15]
38	3 September 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa (N)	New Caledonia	0–8	2011 Pacific Games		—	[2] [15]
39	5 September 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa (N)	Vanuatu	0–8	2011 Pacific Games		—	[2] [15]
40	22 November 2011	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Tonga	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [G]	Ott, Luani	150	[2] [16]
41	24 November 2011	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Cook Islands	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [G]	Luani	300	[2] [16]
42	26 November 2011	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Samoa	0–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [G]		1,500	[2] [16]
43	27 August 2015	Prince Charles Park, Nadi (A)	Fiji	0–6	Friendly		—	[2] [17]
44	31 August 2015	Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nukuʻalofa (N)	Samoa	2–3	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [H]	Beauchamp (2)	200	[2] [18]
45	2 September 2015	Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nukuʻalofa (N)	Tonga	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [H]	J. Manao, Ott	200	[2] [18]
46	4 September 2015	Loto-Tonga Soka Centre (Field 1), Nukuʻalofa (N)	Cook Islands	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [H]	Mitchell, J. Manao	250	[2] [18]
47	8 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	New Caledonia	0–5	2019 Pacific Games		100	[2] [19]
48	10 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Fiji	0–9	2019 Pacific Games		250	[2] [19]
49	12 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Tuvalu	1–1	2019 Pacific Games	Pati	250	[2] [19]
50	15 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Solomon Islands	0–13	2019 Pacific Games		400	[2] [19]
51	18 July 2019	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Tahiti	1–8	2019 Pacific Games	Faamoana	140	[2] [19]
52	20 November 2023	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara (N)	Samoa	0–10	2023 Pacific Games		—	[2] [20]
53	23 November 2023	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara (N)	Solomon Islands	0–11	2023 Pacific Games		—	[2] [21]
54	27 November 2023	SIFF Academy Field, Honiara (N)	Northern Mariana Islands	0–4	2023 Pacific Games		—	[2] [22]
55	30 November 2023	SIFF Academy Field, Honiara (N)	Tonga	2–6	2023 Pacific Games	Vaitoelau, Silao	—	[2] [23]
56	6 September 2024	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Samoa	0–2	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification		600	[2] [24]
57	9 September 2024	National Soccer Stadium, Apia (N)	Cook Islands	2–1	Friendly	Mitchell, Stefanon	—	[2] [25]

Notes

1. ^
   A: The American Samoa-Tahiti match at the 1987 South Pacific Games was not played. The result of the match would not have affected which teams would compete for the medals. ^[6]
2. ^
   B: The 1994 Polynesia Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 1996 OFC Nations Cup.
3. ^
   C: The 1998 Polynesia Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 1998 OFC Nations Cup.
4. ^
   D: The 2000 Polynesia Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 2000 OFC Nations Cup.
5. ^
   E: The Oceanian qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 2004 OFC Nations Cup.
6. ^
   F: The men's football tournament at the 2007 South Pacific Games doubled as qualifiers for the 2008 OFC Nations Cup and the first round of qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
7. ^
   G: The Oceanian qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 2012 OFC Nations Cup.
8. ^
   H: The Oceanian qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup doubled as qualifiers for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.

Record by opponent

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	31	−31	0.00
Cook Islands	5	2	1	2	8	9	−1	40.00
Fiji	4	0	0	4	0	39	−39	0.00
Guam	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0.00
Northern Mariana Islands	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0.00
New Caledonia	4	0	0	4	0	33	−33	0.00
Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	0	37	−37	0.00
Samoa [a]	12	0	0	12	5	56	−51	0.00
Solomon Islands	4	0	0	4	1	40	−39	0.00
Tahiti	4	0	0	4	2	40	−38	0.00
Tonga	10	2	0	8	12	34	−22	20.00
Tuvalu	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	0.00
Vanuatu	4	0	0	4	1	39	−38	0.00
Wallis and Futuna	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	50.00
Total	57	5	2	50	34	374	−340	8.77

Source: Results
Notes:

1. Includes results as Western Samoa.

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