Lupe o le Soaga SC

Lupe o le Soaga

Full name	Lupe o le Soaga Soccer Club
Ground	Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium [1]
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Tafilipepe Fineaso Aimaasu
Manager	Paul Ualesi
League	Samoa National League
2025	2nd
Home colours Away colours

Lupe o le Soaga Soccer Club is a Samoan professional football club based in Tuanaimato. It currently plays in the Samoa National League.

History

Lupe o le Soaga was founded in 2011. ^[2] The team played in the First Division, the second tier of the Samoa National League during the 2011–12 season where they finished runners-up to Vaimoso. ^[3] They were promoted to the national league in 2012, ^[2] and won the 2012-13 Samoa National League, losing only once throughout the whole season. ^[4] They also won the Samoa Cup, defeating Kiwi 2–1 in the final. ^[4] Kiwi took the lead, but Lupe equalised with a penalty. ^[5] An additional twenty minutes extra time was played and in the second half of extra time Lupe scored the winner. ^[5] The Lupe ole Soaga women's team were runner's-up in the 2012–13 women's cup final. ^[5]

In the 2020 edition of the OFC Champions League they became the first team coming from the qualifying stage to win a group stage match. ^[6]

In 2020 it was the top-ranked team in the national league. ^{[7] [8]}

The team won all three of its matches in the 2023 OFC Champions League qualifying stage, qualifying for the 2023 OFC Champions League. ^[9] Injuries caused the cancellation of their last pool game, ^[10] and they were withdrawn from the competition. ^{[11] [12]}

Titles

• Samoa National League
  • Champions (7): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Samoa Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012–13

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach	Paul Ualesi
Assistant coach	Venico Ah Colt
Manager	La'i Tautiaga
Assistant manager	Mataio Toetu
Goalkeeper coach	Kareti Soafa
Gear Manager	Victor Lapalapa
Assistant Gear Manager	Maiseli Faasalele
Trainer	Soliai Letutusa

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 OFC Champions League Premiliminary Stage

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SAM Mataio Toetu 2 FW   SAM Albert Bell 3 DF   SAM Suivai Ataga 4 DF   SAM Ritchievoy Ueligitone 5 DF   SAM Tauati Tanoa'i 6 DF   SAM Andrew Setefano 7 FW   SAM Lawrie Letutusa 9 FW   SAM Vaa Taualai 10 MF   SAM Jarvis Filimalae

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF   ENG Matthew Chant 12 DF   SAM John Teo 13 MF   SAM Michael Tumua Leo 14 DF   SAM Osa Savelio 16 MF   SAM Soliai Letutusa 17 DF   SAM Isaako Sione 18 MF   SAM Lapalapa Toni 20 GK   NZL Zane Green 21 MF   SAM Bitner Tafili

Continental record

OFC Men's Champions League results

Season	Round	Club		Home	Away	Aggregate

References

1. Which stadiums are home to the most champions? at The Knowledge, Guardian Newspapers
2. "OFC Champions League Club Profile: Lupe Ole Soaga SC (Samoa)". OFC. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
3. Samoa – 2011 at RSSSF.
4. Samoa 2013 at RSSSF
5. National League closer to an end Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine at footballsamoa.ws
6. "Lupe make history in Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. Mar 6, 2020.
7. Vaelei Von Dincklage (19 September 2020). "Lupe Soaga work to keep top ranking". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
8. Vaelei Von Dincklage (1 December 2020). "Lupe defeats Vaipuna to win Premier League". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
9. "Tupapa Maraerenga bundles out of OFC Champions League". Cook Islands News. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
10. Shalveen Chand (20 May 2023). "Samoan champs sit out last Champions League match". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
11. "Samoan team facing disciplinary body". Loop Samoa. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
12. "Samoan club to face OFC disciplinary committee after pulling out of Auckland City game". Stuff. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.