FFAS Senior League

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FFAS Senior League
Founded1976
CountryAmerican Samoa
Confederation OFC
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s) FFAS President's Cup
International cup(s) OFC Champions League
Current champions Ilaoa and To'omata
(2022)
Most championships Pago Youth
(8 titles)
Current: 2023

FFAS Senior League is the top division of the Football Federation American Samoa in American Samoa and is played on an amateur basis.

Contents

In 2009, the last two rounds of the league and the play-offs were cancelled because the only available pitch in Pago Pago was badly damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami. [1] During the 2010 season, all matches were held at the Kananafou Theological Seminary College Sports Field as the stadium usually used in Pago Pago was still undergoing repairs. [1]

Clubs

These are the teams for the 2017 season.

Winners

Past winners of the league are: [2]

SeasonWinner
Tafuna Jets
1977–80
Unknown
Pago Eagles
Pago Eagles
Nuu'uli
1984–91
Unknown
Nuu'uli
1993–96
Unknown
Pago Eagles
1998
Unknown
Konica Machine
PanSa and Wild Wild West (Shared)
PanSa
PanSa
Manumea
2004
Unknown
PanSa
2006
Unknown
Konica FC
Pago Youth
Black Roses
Pago Youth
Pago Youth
Pago Youth
FC SKBC
Utulei Youth
Utulei Youth
Pago Youth
Pago Youth
Pago Youth
Pago Youth
2020
Not held because of Covid-19 pandemic
Vaiala Tongan
Ilaoa and To'omata
Royal Puma

Performances

ClubWinnersWinning Years
8
2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
4
2000 , 2001, 2002, 2005
3
1981, 1982, 1997
2
1983, 1992
2
2014, 2015
1
2021
1
2013
1
2009
1
2007
1
2003
1
2000
1
1999
1
1976
1
2022
1
2023

Title Shared.

Top goalscorers

SeasonPlayerTeamGoalsRef.
2021 Flag of American Samoa.svg Petu PouliVaiala Tongan30 [3]
2022 Flag of American Samoa.svg Tino VaifaleIloao and To'omata31 [4]

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References

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  2. "American Samoa – List of Champions". RSSSF . Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  3. "FFAS National League Senior Men 2021". Fiji Football Association. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. "FFAS National League Senior Men 2022". Fiji Football Association. Retrieved 7 December 2023.