Popua

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Full name Popua FC
League Tonga Major League
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Popua is a football club from Tonga, currently playing in the Tonga Major League, the highest level of association football competition in Tonga. [1]

Tonga country in Oceania

Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian country and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited. The total surface area is about 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) scattered over 700,000 square kilometres (270,000 sq mi) of the southern Pacific Ocean. The sovereign state has a population of 100,651 people, of whom 70% reside on the main island of Tongatapu.

Tonga Major League is the top football division of the Tonga Football Association in Tonga. The 2015 season's champion was Veitongo FC. Teams are relegated to the Tonga Division 1.

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History

The first record of Popua playing in the Tongan football league system is in 2013, where they finished fourth and last in the Major League Premier Division. [1] They achieved only one point, a 0–0 draw against Marist Prems [1] and lost their other three games, 1–6 to Marist Prems, 2–10 to Ha'amoko United Youth [1] and 0–20 to Lotoha'apai United. [1]

The 2013 season of the Tonga Major League was the 34th season of top flight association football competition in Tonga. Lotohaʻapai United won the championship for the fourteenth time, and their third consecutive title.

Marist Prems is a football club from Tonga, currently playing in the Tonga Major League, the highest level of association football competition in Tonga.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tonga – 2013 at RSSSF
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