Association | Football Federation Samoa | ||
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Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Martin Tamasese | ||
Captain | Willie Sauiluma | ||
Most caps | Willie Sauiluma (9) | ||
Top scorer | Falaniko Nanumea (7) | ||
Home stadium | National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | SAM | ||
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First international | |||
Solomon Islands 4 – 0 Western Samoa (New Zealand; April 14, 1997) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Tonga 0 – 9 Samoa (Nuku'alofa, Tonga; July 20, 2018) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Solomon Islands 12 – 0 Samoa (Pirae, Tahiti; February 18, 2017) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
OFC Under-17 Championship | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1997 ) | ||
Best result | Quarterfinals (2023) | ||
The Samoa national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Samoa and is controlled by Football Federation Samoa.
FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
1985 to 1995 | Did not participate | |||||||||
1997 to 2003 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2005 | Withdrew | |||||||||
2007 to 2011 | Did not participate | |||||||||
2013 to 2025 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2026 | To be determined | |||||||||
Total | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
The OFC U-17 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
OFC U-17 Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||||||||||
1983 to 1995 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||
1997 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||||
1999 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |||||||||||
& 2001 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |||||||||||
& & 2003 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||||||||||
2005 | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||||
2007 to 2011 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||
& 2013 | Preliminary Round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
& 2015 | Group Stage | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 | |||||||||||
& 2017 | Group Stage | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 27 | |||||||||||
& 2018 | Group Stage | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 12 | |||||||||||
2023 | Quarterfinals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
Total | Quarterfinals | 38 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 63 | 125 | |||||||||||
The following players have been called up for the squad for the 2023 OFC U-17 Championship from 11 to 28 January 2023.
The following players have been called up for the squad for the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship from 9 to 22 September 2018.
4 July 2016 2017 OFC U-17 Championship | Samoa | 3–0 | American Samoa | Apia, Samoa |
19:00 | Sauiluma 4' Tumua 68', 73' | Report | Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 500 [1] Referee: Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea) |
6 July 2016 2017 OFC U-17 Championship | Tonga | 1–1 | Samoa | Apia, Samoa |
19:00 | Kau 71' | Report | Mano 3' | Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 350 [2] Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia) |
8 July 2016 2017 OFC U-17 Championship | Cook Islands | 0–2 | Samoa | Apia, Samoa |
19:00 | Report | Savelio 90+1' Sauiluma 90+4' | Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 300 [3] Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti) |
12 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship | Samoa | 0–11 | New Zealand | Pirae, Tahiti |
16:00 | Report | Spragg 5', 20', 40', 90+4' Ebbinge 10' Sinclair 21' Palmer 67', 70', 90+3' Whyte 86' Mata 89' | Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 527 Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu) |
15 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship | Fiji | 3–0 | Samoa | Pirae, Tahiti |
19:00 | Matalau 9' Dau 17', 62' | Report | Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 800 Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu) |
18 February 2017 2017 OFC U-17 Championship | Solomon Islands | 12–0 | Samoa | Pirae, Tahiti |
16:00 | Mekawir 9', 19', 30' Toata 29' Kaoni 45+4', 67', 80', 88' Keana 53', 65' Allen 57', 79' | Report | Stadium: Stade Pater Attendance: 300 Referee: |
14 July 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage | Samoa | 3-0 | Cook Islands | Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
11:00 | Report | Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 100 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand) |
17 July 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage | American Samoa | 3-10 | Samoa | Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
11:00 | Report | Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 100 Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands) |
20 July 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage | Tonga | 0-9 | Samoa | Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
14:00 | Report | Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 200 Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand) |
10 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage | Samoa | 2-3 | Fiji | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
12:00 [note 1] |
| Report | Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Hamilton Siau (Solomon Islands) |
13 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage | Samoa | 1-1 | New Caledonia | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
15:00 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu) |
16 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage | Tahiti | 5-1 | Samoa | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
15:00 | Report |
| Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu) |
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