Fiji women's national under-17 football team

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Fiji Women's U-17
Nickname(s) Bula Girls
Association Fiji Football Association
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Top scorer Cema Nasau (5)
Home stadium ANZ National Stadium
FIFA code FIJ
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First colours
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First international
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 0–3 Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 14 January 2016)
Biggest win
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 11–3 Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg
(Pirae, Tahiti; 14 September 2023)
Biggest defeat
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11–0 Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 21 January 2016)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2016 )
Best resultRunners-up (2023)

The Fiji women's national under-17 football team is the second highest women's youth team of women's football in Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association.

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History

Fiji participated twice so far in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship. This was in 2016 and 2017. The 2016 tournament was a big success for Fiji as they managed to reach third place out of nine teams participating. They managed to get a 3–0 win against the Cook Islands, a 3–2 win against Vanuatu and a 2–2 draw against Papua New Guinea. These results sent them to the semi-final where they lost by 11 goals to 0 against New Zealand. In the Third place match however they managed to get a 3–2 victory against New Caledonia. Aliza Hussein managed to score the first goal ever for Fiji against the Cook Islands. Cema Nassau is the top goal scorer with five goals. In 2017, they also got Third Place.

OFC Competition History

The OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Women's Championship
YearRound Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2010 Did not Participate
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2012
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg 2016 Third Place52121018
Flag of Samoa.svg 2017 [1] Semifinals421185
Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2023 Runners-up52121810
Flag of Fiji.svg 2024 Fifth place421164
Total4/6188464237

Current technical staff

Position
Head Coach Flag of Fiji.svg Marika Rodu
Assistant Coach Flag of Fiji.svg Annabel Rao
Assistant Coach Flag of Fiji.svg Laisani Mataele
Physio Flag of Fiji.svg Sarote Nakaora
Team Manager Flag of Fiji.svg Tulia Cawa
Head of Delegation Flag of Fiji.svg Susan Wise

Current squad

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References

  1. "Full Completement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". oceaniafootball.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.