Samoa women's national under-17 football team

Last updated

Samoa Women's U-17
Association Football Federation Samoa
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Schiltenwolf
Most caps Madeleen Ah Ki (6)
Top scorer Sophia Aveau
Sina Sataraka
Madeleen Ah Ki
Nagem Uiagalelei
Zoe Ruby (1)
Home stadium National Soccer Stadium
FIFA code SAM
Kit left arm Samoa11Home.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body Samoa11Home.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm Samoa11Home.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
First colours
Kit left arm Samoa11Home.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body Samoa11Away.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm Samoa11Home.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Second colours
First international
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11–0 Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 13 January 2016)
Biggest win
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 0–11 Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg
(Auckland, New Zealand; 17 June 2024)
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 0–11 Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg
(Auckland, New Zealand; 20 June 2024)
Biggest defeat
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11–0 Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 13 January 2016)
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2016 )
Best resultRunners-up (2024)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2025 )
Best resultTBD

The Samoa women's national under-17 football team is the second highest women's youth team of women's football in Samoa. It is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. The National Soccer Stadium (Samoa) in Apia is Samoa's home ground. It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project. [1]

Contents

History

Samoa participated in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship in 2016 for the first time. [2] It wasn't a huge success as the team suffered three heavy defeats. However, they managed to score a goal by Sophia Aveau against Tonga. The game ended in a 4–1 defeat but Samoa's first and only goal so far was scored. Their biggest success in the tournament was in 2024 when they reached the final. They will take part in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup for the first time ever in 2025 in Morocco.

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
YearRound Pld W D L GF GA
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2008 Did not enter
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 2010
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 2012
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 2014
Flag of Jordan.svg 2016 Did not qualify
Flag of Uruguay.svg 2018
Flag of India.svg 2022
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 2024 Did not enter
Flag of Morocco.svg 2025 Qualified
Total1/9000000

OFC

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 Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament
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 Group stage3003120
Flag of Samoa.svg 2017 [3] Group stage3102414
Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2023 Withdrew
Flag of Fiji.svg 2024 Runners-up5401154
Total3/6115062038

Current technical staff

Position
Head Coach Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Schiltenwolf
Assistant Coach Flag of Samoa.svg Paul Ualesi
Technical Advisor Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Raccuglia
Goalkeeper Coach Flag of the United States.svg Kristin Masunaga
Physio Flag of New Zealand.svg Tom Eminson
Team Manager Flag of Samoa.svg Tunufai Mano

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship [4] [5]

Caps and goals correct after match against New Zealand on August 12, 2017.

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Meripa Seumanutafa (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 22)30 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bucklands Beach
201 GK Alana Tualaulelei (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23)10 Flag of the United States.svg Kaoi Soccer Club

22 DF Angie Von Heiderbrandt (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 23)50 Flag of Samoa.svg Adidas
32 DF Sina Sataraka (2002-12-08) 8 December 2002 (age 21)31 Flag of the United States.svg Honolulu Bulls
42 DF Michayla Chamberlain (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23)10 Flag of New Zealand.svg Three Kings United
72 DF Alisa Tuatagaloa (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23)30 Flag of New Zealand.svg Three Kings United
122 DF Helina Paulo (2002-01-06) 6 January 2002 (age 22)30 Flag of Samoa.svg Vaitele-uta
132 DF Paepae Tuitama (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 (age 23)20 Flag of Samoa.svg Falesiu
182 DF Andreya Hall (2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 23)30 Flag of the United States.svg Fury

53 MF Tiare Tuimavave (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 23)30 Flag of the United States.svg Surf Hawaii
63 MF Faith Taeoalii (2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 20)20 Flag of the United States.svg Murray
83 MF Zoe Rubby (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 22)31 Flag of New Zealand.svg Papatoetoe
103 MF Nagem Uiagalelei (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23)31 Flag of the United States.svg Hawaii Rush
153 MF Vineta Faleaana (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 22)40 Flag of Samoa.svg Vailima Kiwi

94 FW Madeleen Ah Ki (2002-09-30) 30 September 2002 (age 22)61 Flag of Australia (converted).svg University of Queensland
114 FW Kaylani Lautaimi (2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 (age 23)30 Flag of the United States.svg Murray
144 FW Mata Taliu (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 23)10 Flag of Samoa.svg Vailima Kiwi

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oceania Football Confederation</span> International governing body for association football in Oceania

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team</span>

The Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA). Its nickname is the Lakatois, which is a Motuan sailing vessel. Their home ground is the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium, located in Port Moresby and their current manager is Peter Gunemba. Deslyn Siniu is the team's most capped player and top scorer.

The OFC U-16 Women's Championship an Oceanic association football tournament held to determine the team that will appear in the Women's U-17 World Cup. The competition is organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and was first held in 2010.

The 2012 OFC Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the OFC Nations Cup organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The group stage of the tournament also doubled as the second round of the OFC qualification tournament for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The four semi-finalists advanced to the final round of OFC qualifying, where they would compete for the OFC spot in the inter-confederation play-offs. The qualifying tournament was to be the football competition at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia. However, in June 2011 the format was amended, and the Pacific Games were no longer part of the qualification process. The new structure saw four of the lowest ranked entrants play a single round-robin tournament from 22 to 26 November 2011 in Samoa. The winner of this qualifying stage joined the other seven teams that received a bye to the Nations Cup proper.

The Cook Islands women's national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association. With a population of around 24,000 people it remains one of the smallest FIFA teams.

The Tonga women's national under-20 football team is the highest women's youth team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.

The 2016 OFC Nations Cup was the tenth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Oceania organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament was played between 28 May and 11 June 2016 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The winner qualified for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

The Papua New Guinea U-20 women's national soccer team is the national under-20 women's soccer team of Papua New Guinea in international women's football. They are controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. They are the only team besides New Zealand who have competed in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, they did this when they hosted the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup with the national team finished bottom of their group.

The 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in New Zealand between 11–24 July 2017.

The 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Samoa between 4 and 18 August 2017.

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

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.

The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup was the 11th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup, the quadrennial international football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's national teams of the Oceanian region. The tournament was held in New Caledonia between 18 November – 1 December 2018.

The Fiji women's national under-20 football team is the second highest women's youth team of women's football in Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association.

The New Caledonia women's national under-17 football team is the second highest women's youth team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football.

The 2018 OFC U-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The qualifying stage was held in the Cook Islands between 26 May – 1 June 2018, and the final tournament was held in Tahiti between 5–18 August 2018.

The 2018 OFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The qualifying stage was held in Tonga between 14 and 20 July 2018, and the final tournament was held in the Solomon Islands between 9–22 September 2018.

The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification tournament was a football competition that took place from 24 to 30 August 2018 in Lautoka, Fiji to determine the final women's national team which joined the seven automatically qualified teams in the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup final tournament in New Caledonia.

Alma Mana'o is an American Samoan women's footballer based in King County, Washington. She holds the record for the most caps for the American Samoa women's football team. In 2018, Mana'o led the American Samoa team as co-captain in the Oceania Football Confederation Women's Nations Cup qualification tournament in Fiji, the first time in 20 years that the American Samoa women's team was involved in the qualification stages for the World Cup. During her college career, she played as a midfielder for Queens College in New York, and for 2014 NWAC champions Everett Community College in Washington. In 2022, Mana'o helped the Snohomish County FC Steelheads Women win the Northwest Premier League Indoor Championship.

Gabriel Taumua is an American Samoan association footballer who plays for Pago Youth FC of the FFAS Senior League. Taumua has been described by Football in Oceania as, "the biggest talent in American Samoa".

References

  1. FIFA.com "FIFA.com – Samoa: FIFA Goal Programme" Retrieved 15 August 2011
  2. Samantha Goerling (9 January 2016). "A first for Samoan football". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. "Full Completement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". oceaniafootball.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. "Samoa: Official Team List" (PDF). oceaniafootball.com. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. Ulimasao Fata (1 August 2017). "Samoan team named for O.F.C. U16 women's Championships". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2022.