Fiji national futsal team

Last updated

Fiji
Nickname(s)Bula Boys
Association Fiji Football Association
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
FIFA code FIJ
FIFA ranking 117 [1]
Kit left arm blackshoulders.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm blackshoulders.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Home colours
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Away colours
First international
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0–5 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
(Port Vila, Vanuatu, 3 August 1996)
Biggest win
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 22–3 Kiribati  Flag of Kiribati.svg
(Suva, Fiji, 18 May 2011)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11–1 Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg
(Port Vila, Vanuatu, 6 August 1996)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC Futsal Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1996 )
Best result2nd place (1999, 2009, 2010)

The Fiji national futsal team was formed by the Fiji Football Association, the governing body of futsal in Fiji and represents the country in international futsal competitions. The current coach is Jerry Sam, a former head coach of Solomon Islands Futsal team. He led them to their first world cup. Sam was announced as head coach in 2022.

Contents

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup record

FIFA World Cup Record
YearRoundPldWDLGSGA
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter------
Hong Kong 1992 Did not enter------
Spain 1996 Did not qualify------
Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify------
Taiwan 2004 Did not qualify------
Brazil 2008 Did not qualify------
Thailand 2012 Did not qualify------
Colombia 2016 Did not qualify------
Lithuania 2021 Did not qualify------
Uzbekistan 2024 Did not qualify------
Total0/10------

Oceanian Futsal Championship record

Oceanian Futsal Championship Record
YearRoundPldWDLGSGA
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1992 Did not enter
Flag of Vanuatu.svg 1996 Third place62132631
Flag of Vanuatu.svg 1999 Runners-up64112715
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2004 Fourth place52031111
Flag of Fiji.svg 2008 Fifth place63033131
Flag of Fiji.svg 2009 Runners-up4202915
Flag of Fiji.svg 2010 Runners-up64022416
Flag of Fiji.svg 2011 Group stage42113618
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2013 Did not enter
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg 2014
Flag of Fiji.svg 2016 Group stage5005527
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg 2019 53022323
Flag of Fiji.svg 2022 Sixth place52122615
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2023 Fourth place52031920
Total11/145726427237222

Current squad

The team comprises players from six districts and all players named are of Indo-Fijian ethnicity. Six southern, two western and four northern division players have made the team.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Vermes</span> American soccer player and coach

Peter Joseph Vermes is an American professional soccer coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran</span> Governing body of association football in Iran

The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran is the governing body for football in Iran. It was founded in 1920, and has been a member of FIFA since 1948. It is also a member of the Asian Football Confederation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samoa national rugby league team</span> Rugby league team that represents Samoa in rugby league football

The Samoa national rugby league team represents Samoa in rugby league football and has participated in international competition since 1986. Known as Western Samoa before 1997, the team is administered by Rugby League Samoa and are nicknamed Toa Samoa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mangere United</span> Football club

Mangere United is a community football club football (soccer) club in Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand. They are currently a member of the Auckland Football Federation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ali Asghar Modir Roosta</span> Iranian footballer and coach

Ali Asghar Modirrousta is a retired Iranian football striker and now coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vahid Shamsaei</span> Iranian futsal player and coach

Vahid Shamsaei is an Iranian professional futsal coach and former player. He was a Pivot and he scored 392 goals in international matches. He is currently head coach of Iran national futsal team. Shamsaei has been named AFC Futsal Player of the Year on three occasions. He has also won eight AFC Futsal Championships with Iran. Shamsaei is regarded as the Ali Daei of futsal by the Asian Football Confederation.

The Portugal national futsal team represents Portugal in international men's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation. They are the reigning FIFA Futsal World Cup champions, the current and back-to-back winners of the UEFA Futsal Championship, and the first team to win the Futsal Finalissima.

The Spain national futsal team represents Spain in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in the World, seven times champions in the UEFA Futsal Championship, and the two times consecutive champions of the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mohammad Mayeli Kohan</span> Iranian footballer

Mohammad Mayeli Kohan is a retired Iranian football player and a current coach. He recently managed Malavan in Azadegan League.

The Wales national Under 20 rugby team is for Welsh rugby union players aged 20 or under on 1 January of the year during which they are selected.

The Turkey national futsal team represents Turkey in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, which founded the national team in 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Krishna</span> Fijian footballer (born 1987)

Roy Krishna is a Fijian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Odisha and the Fiji national team, which he captains. He is the most-capped and highest-scoring Fijian footballer of all time. In 2022, he became the first player to have ever reached 50 caps for the Fiji national team.

The United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team represents United Arab Emirates in beach soccer. They are one of the most successful Asian national teams, having won twice the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup. At the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, however, they have never got past the group stage Until 2024. The UAE team has participated in every edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, which was founded after the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was hosted in the United Arab Emirates and which is played only in the UAE,They will host it once again as for the second time in 2023.

The Solomon Islands national futsal team, nicknamed Kurukuru, represents the Solomon Islands in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Solomon Islands Football Federation. It is one of the strongest teams in Oceania, but fares poorly in competitions outside the region.

The Japan women's national futsal team represents Japan in international women's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. They are one of the strongest teams in Asia and the champions of the 2007, 2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vietnam national futsal team</span>

The Vietnam national futsal team represents Vietnam in international futsal and is governed by Vietnam Football Federation. They played two World Cup editions in 2016 and 2021 and reached to the knockouts in both.

The Tajikistan national futsal team represents Tajikistan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Tajikistan Football Federation, the governing body for futsal in Tajikistan.

Babak Masoumi was an Iranian professional futsal player and coach who captained the Iran national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ali Sanei</span> Iranian futsal player

Ali Saneei Arani is an Iranian professional futsal coach and former player. He is currently head coach of Iran national under-20 futsal team. He was the head coach of Iran national futsal team from 2011 to 2012. During his term as the head coach Iran did not perform well, resulting in the loss of Asian title in 2012, an early exit from the Futsal World Cup 2012 held in Thailand, and a drop in the world ranking from 4th place to 7th. He was sacked in Nov. 2012 just after the World Cup.

The Philippines women's national futsal team represents the Philippines in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Philippine Futsal Committee of the Philippine Football Federation.

References