Association | Tonga Football Association | ||
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Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Lafaele Moala | ||
Captain | Ofaloto Kite | ||
Most caps | Hemaloto Polovili Mikaele Pahulu Soakai Vea (7) | ||
Top scorer | Hemaloto Polovili (4) | ||
FIFA code | TGA | ||
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First international | |||
Samoa 4–0 Tonga (Fiji; 1 May 1999) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Tonga 7–0 Papua New Guinea (Nuku'alofa, Tonga; 19 April 2024) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Tonga 0–26 Australia (Nouméa, New Caledonia; 11 April 2005) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
OFC Under-17 Championship | |||
Appearances | 10 (first in 1999 ) | ||
Best result | Quarterfinals (2023) | ||
The Tonga national under-17 football team represents Tonga in international under-17 or youth football competitions and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.
FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
1985 to 1997 | Did not participate | |||||||||
1999 to 2005 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2007 to 2009 | Did not participate | |||||||||
2011 to 2023 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2025 | 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 | Qualification record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1983 | Did not enter | No qualification | ||||||||||||
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1989 | ||||||||||||||
1991 | ||||||||||||||
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1995 | ||||||||||||||
1997 | ||||||||||||||
1999 | Group stage | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
2001 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||
2003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 54 | ||||||||
2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 61 | ||||||||
2007 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||
2009 | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Group stage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 46 | |||||||
2013 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
2015 | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | No qualification | ||||||
2017 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
2023 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | No qualification | ||||||
2024 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | |||||||
Total | Quarter-finals | 27 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 244 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 36 | |
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4 July 2016 2017 OFC U-17 Championship | Tonga | 2–3 | Cook Islands | Apia, Samoa |
16:30 | Faivailo 45' Tokotaha 90+1' (pen.) | Report | Tomasi 19' (o.g.) Tiputoa 20' Ngametua 89' | Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 200 [1] Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti) |
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 | American Samoa | 0–2 | Tonga | Apia, Samoa |
16:30 | Report | Kau 11' Kite 32' | Stadium: J.S. Blatter Stadium Attendance: 200 [3] Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu) |
14 July 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage | American Samoa | 2-2 | Tonga | Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
14:15 |
| Report | Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 300 Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu) |
17 July 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Preliminary stage | Tonga | 0-0 | Cook Islands | Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
14:00 | Report | Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Center Attendance: 200 Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu) |
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) |
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