American Samoan football clubs in international competitions

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American Samoan soccer clubs have entered association football competitions (OFC Champions League).

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The Oceania Club Championship began in 1987, but there was no American Samoan representative during that inaugural season as reigning champions Konica Machine entered in 1999. Currently, American Samoan clubs have only played in the OFC Champions League.

CompetitionWho qualifiesNotes
OFC Champions League qualifying stageFFAS Senior League 1st

Full Oceania record for American Samoan clubs

SeasonClubProgressScoreOpponentsVenue(s)
1987 None entered
1999 Konica Machine Group stageN/A Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Malaita Eagles, Flag of Australia (converted).svg South Melbourne
2001 PanSa Group stageN/A Flag of French Polynesia.svg A.S. Vénus, Flag of Vanuatu.svg Tafea, Flag of Samoa.svg Titavi, Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga
2005 PanSa Preliminary roundw/o Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
2006 None entered
2007 None entered
2007–08 None entered
2008–09 None entered
2009–10 None entered
2010–11 None entered
2011–12 None entered
2012–13 Pago Youth Preliminary roundN/A Flag of Samoa.svg Kiwi, Flag of Tonga.svg Lotohaʻapai United, Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga
2013–14 Pago Youth Preliminary roundN/A Flag of Samoa.svg Kiwi, Flag of Tonga.svg Lotohaʻapai United, Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga
2014–15 SKBC Preliminary roundN/A Flag of Tonga.svg Lotohaʻapai United, Flag of Samoa.svg Lupe o le Soaga, Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Puaikura
2016 Utulei Youth Preliminary roundN/A Flag of Samoa.svg Kiwi, Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga, Flag of Tonga.svg Veitongo
2017 Utulei Youth Qualifying stageN/A Flag of Samoa.svg Lupe o le Soaga, Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Puaikura, Flag of Tonga.svg Veitongo
2018 Pago Youth Qualifying stageN/A Flag of Samoa.svg Lupe o le Soaga, Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga, Flag of Tonga.svg Veitongo
2019 Pago Youth Qualifying stageN/A Flag of Samoa.svg Kiwi, Flag of Tonga.svg Lotohaʻapai United, Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga
2020 Pago Youth Qualifying stageWithdrew
2021 Pago Youth Qualifying stageCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Performance record and ranking of FFAS Senior League clubs in OFC Champions League

RankClubBest Result 99 01 05 12–13 13–14 14–15 16 17 18 19
1 PanSa GSAGSPRAAAAAAA
2 Konica Machine GSGSAAAAAAAAA
3 Pago Youth PR x2AAAPRPRAAAQSQS
4 Utulei Youth PRAAAAAPRQSAAA
5 SKC PRAAAAPRAAAAA

Performance summary

The OFC Champions League (previously known as the Oceania Club Championship) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) since 1987 for the most successful football clubs in Oceania.

As of the end of the 2019 OFC Champions League season, American Samoan clubs have entered the group stage twice and the preliminary round five times leaving no club advancing from these stages. The first representative for American Samoa in the Oceania Club Championship was Konica Machine in 1999 starting from the group stage and did not advance. [1]

Early years: 1987–2005

The 1987 competition brought no American Samoan team to play in that tournament. As champions of the ASFA Soccer League in 1999, Konica Machine became the first American Samoan representative in the Oceania Club Championship. They played their first Oceania match against Malaita Eagles resulting in a 14–2 loss. Two days later, they found them eliminated by Australian club South Melbourne in a 10–0 loss.

Lack of group stage entrants: 2005–present

Since the 2006 Oceania Club Championship, no American Samoan representatives entered for seven consecutive tournaments until Pago Youth qualified for the preliminary round of the 2012–13 OFC Champions League. In the 2017 edition, a new qualifying stage was formed as Utulei Youth was the first American Samoan team to qualify for the qualifying stage, as Pago Youth entered back-to-back qualifying stages. On 17 December 2019, the OFC announced that Pago Youth had withdrawn from the qualifying stage due to concerns about the measles outbreak in the Pacific. [2] The next tournament of the 2021 edition was also unavailable for a qualifying spot with the tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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References

  1. ↑ "OFC Club Championship 1999, Nadi/Lautoka, Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 5 July 2005.
  2. ↑ "Champions League qualifying confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 December 2019.
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