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| Full name | Lupe o le Soaga Soccer Club | ||
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| Ground | Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium [1] | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Chairman | Tafilipepe Fineaso Aimaasu | ||
| Manager | Paul Ualesi | ||
| League | Samoa National League | ||
| 2021 | Champions | ||
Lupe o le Soaga Soccer Club is a Samoan professional football club based in Tuanaimato. It currently plays in the Samoa National League.
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 [9] Injuries caused the cancellation of their last pool game, [10] and they were withdrawn from the competition.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]
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| 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 |
Squad for the 2020 OFC Champions League Premiliminary Stage
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