Tahiti national football team records and statistics

This page details the Tahiti national football team records and statistics; the most capped players, the players with the most goals and Tahiti's match record by opponent.

Individual records

Player records

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Teaonui Tehau	44	30	2011–present
2	Angelo Tchen	34	1	2001–2018
3	Heimano Bourebare	30	1	2011–present
4	Steevy Chong Hue	28	8	2010–2016
	Xavier Samin		0	2001–2013
6	Alvin Tehau	26	9	2010–present
7	Jonathan Tehau	25	5	2011–2017
	Vincent Simon		1	2004–2016
9	Felix Tagawa	22	14	2000–2004
10	Stanley Atani	21	5	2010–2019

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Teaonui Tehau	30	44	0.68	2011–present
2	Felix Tagawa	14	22	0.64	2000–2004
3	Naea Bennett	12	16	0.75	1996–2010
4	Alvin Tehau	9	26	0.35	2010–present
5	Steevy Chong Hue	8	28	0.29	2010–2016
6	Lorenzo Tehau	7	20	0.35	2010–present
7	Tamatoa Tetauira	5	11	0.45	2016–present
	Hiro Poroiae		12	0.42	2007–2013
	Stanley Atani		21	0.24	2010–2019
	Jonathan Tehau		25	0.2	2011–2017

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1954	Did not exist									Did not exist
1958 to 1990	Did not enter									Did not enter
1994	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	5	8
1998										4	0	1	3	2	12
2002										4	3	0	1	14	6
2006										9	3	2	4	7	25
2010										4	1	1	2	2	6
2014										11	6	0	5	22	17
2018										7	3	2	2	14	7
2022										2	0	0	2	1	4
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total		0/22								45	17	7	21	67	85

FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA Confederations Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1992 to 1995 No OFC representative invited 1997 to 2009 Did not qualify 2013 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 1 24 2017 Did not qualify Total Group stage 1/10 3 0 0 3 1 24

OFC Nations Cup Main article: Tahiti at the OFC Nations Cup Oceania Cup / OFC Nations Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1973 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 7 4 1980 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 23 9 1996 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 3 12 1998 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 8 10 2000 Group stage 5th 2 0 0 2 2 5 2002 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 8 9 2004 Group stage 5th 5 1 1 3 2 24 2008 Did not qualify 2012 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 20 5 2016 Group stage 5th 3 1 2 0 7 3 2020 Cancelled 2024 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 5 8 Total 1 Title 10/11 42 20 6 16 85 89

Pacific Games Pacific Games record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA 1963 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 19 2 1966 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 14 3 1969 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 19 7 1971 Third place 3rd 4 2 1 1 41 5 1975 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 12 6 1979 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 33 2 1983 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 25 2 1987 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 9 4 1991 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 15 5 1995 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 35 2 2003 Fourth place 4th 6 3 0 3 25 7 2007 Group stage 6th 4 1 1 2 2 6 2011 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 28 9 2015 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 34 4 2019 Group stage 5th 5 3 0 2 19 6 Total 5 Titles 15/15 70 47 6 17 330 70

Polynesia Cup Polynesia Cup record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA 1994 Champions 1st 3 3 0 0 10 1 1998 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 27 1 2000 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 30 2 Total 3 Titles 3/3 11 11 0 0 67 4 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer Coupe de l'Outre-Mer record Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA 2008 Group stage 7th 3 0 0 3 0 3 2010 Group stage 6th 3 0 2 1 3 6 2012 Sixth place 6th 4 2 0 2 6 7 Total 0 Titles 3/3 10 2 2 6 9 16

Head-to-head record

The lists shown below detail the national football team of Tahiti's all-time international record against opposing nations.

The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia ^[1] and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The team consists of a selection of players from French Polynesia, not just Tahiti.

Tahiti played their first full match on 21 September 1952 when they recorded a 2–2 draw at home against New Zealand. Their first competitive match came almost 11 years later when they entered the South Pacific Games for the first time in 1963, finishing third. ^{[2] [3]}

The following tables show Tahiti's all-time international record, correct as of 21 March 2025 vs.   New Caledonia .

AFC

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Guam	2	2	0	0	26	0	+26	100.00
Northern Mariana Islands	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Total	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	100.00

Source: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

CAF

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Mayotte	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5	0.00
Total	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0.00

Source: ^{[2] [3] [6] [7]}

CONCACAF

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
French Guiana	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0.00
Guadeloupe	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	0.00
Martinique	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	33.33
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0.00
Total	7	1	1	5	6	12	−6	14.29

Source: ^{[2] [3] [6] [8] [9]}

CONMEBOL

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0	8	−8	0.00
Total	1	0	0	1	0	8	−8	0.00

Source: ^{[2] [3] [7]}

OFC

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
American Samoa	4	4	0	0	40	2	+38	100.00
Australia [a]	10	0	1	9	4	42	−38	0.00
Cook Islands	8	8	0	0	64	0	+64	100.00
Micronesia	1	1	0	0	17	0	+17	100.00
Fiji	35	18	10	7	63	39	+24	51.43
Kiribati	1	1	0	0	17	1	+16	100.00
New Caledonia	65	24	13	28	81	110	−29	36.92
New Zealand	17	2	2	13	13	52	−39	11.76
Niue	1	1	0	0	14	0	+14	100.00
Papua New Guinea	17	11	5	1	50	19	+31	64.71
Samoa [b]	9	9	0	0	47	4	+43	100.00
Solomon Islands	24	15	3	6	74	27	+47	62.50
Tonga	6	6	0	0	28	1	+27	100.00
Tuvalu	3	2	1	0	26	1	+25	66.67
Vanuatu [c]	26	18	3	5	64	28	+36	69.23
Wallis and Futuna	4	4	0	0	27	0	+27	100.00
Total	231	124	38	69	629	326	+303	53.68

Source: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [8] [9] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48]}
Notes:

1. Football Federation Australia were founder members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) before joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006. Matches against Australia prior to 2006 are included in the OFC section. ^{[10] [11]}
2. Includes results as Western Samoa.
3. Includes results as New Hebrides.

UEFA

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	10	−10	0.00
Total	1	0	0	1	0	10	−10	0.00

Source: ^{[2] [3] [7]}

Full Confederation record

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
AFC	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	100.00
CAF	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0.00
CONCACAF	7	1	1	5	6	12	−6	14.29
CONMEBOL	1	0	0	1	0	8	−8	0.00
OFC	231	124	38	69	629	326	+303	53.68
UEFA	1	0	0	1	0	10	−10	0.00
Total	245	128	39	78	668	365	+303	52.24

Source: ^{[2] [3]}

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