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Samoa women's national football team

Samoa women's national football team

Women's national association football team representing Samoa

The Samoa women's national football team represents Samoa in international women's football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa.

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History

The team contested the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia,[2] winning silver.[3]

The team topped Group A in the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup after defeating both Tonga and the Cook Islands.[4]

Coaching staff

Current technical staff

As of 7 October 2023
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Manager history

  • Juan Chang Urrea(2023-)
  • Barbados [[Paul Ifill]

Results and fixtures

See also: 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2023

18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 2023 Pacific Games GS Tahiti  2–3  Samoa Honiara,Solomon Islands
12:00
  • Samin 33'
  • Teore 82'
 Report
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
24 November 2023 (2023-11-24) 2023 Pacific Games GS Samoa  4–1  Tonga Honiara,Solomon Islands
12:00
  • Dowsing 4'
  • Dade 18', 52'
  • Stewart 68'
 Report
  • Polivili 35' (pen.)
 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
27 November 2023 (2023-11-27) 2023 Pacific Games SF Papua New Guinea  5–1  Samoa Honiara,Solomon Islands
12:00
Report
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Referee: Bernard Mutukera (Solomon Islands)
1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 2023 Pacific Games 3rd place Samoa  1–3  New Caledonia Honiara,Solomon Islands
12:00
  • Taeoalii 79'
 Report
  • Palene 83', 88'
  • Wenessia 90'
 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

2024

7 February 2024 (2024-02-07) 2024 Summer Olympic Qualification Papua New Guinea  1-1  Solomon Islands Apia, Samoa
17:00 UTC+13
  • Kalapai 69'
 Report
  • Solosaia 30'
 Stadium: FFS football stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) 2024 Summer Olympic Qualification American Samoa  1–7  Solomon Islands Apia, Samoa
12:00 UTC+13
  • Waetin 88'
 Report
  • Solosaia 14', 29', 35', 72', 74'
  • Gogoni 58'
  • David 82'
 Stadium: FFS Football Stadium (Field 2)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
13 February 2024 (2024-02-13) OFC Olympic Qualifying Tonga  0–2  Samoa Apia, Samoa
16:00 Report
Stadium: FFS Football Stadium (Field 1)
Attendance: 500
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
16 February 2024 (2024-02-16) OFC Olympic Qualifying Solomon Islands  2–0  Samoa Apia
13:00
Report Stadium: FFS Football Stadium (Field 1)
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Players

A player is eligible to represent Samoa if they have a Samoan parent or grandparent.[5] In 2021 Samoa held trials in Auckland, New Zealand to identify players from the diaspora who could represent it.[6] It also identified potential players in the United States and Europe.[7] In 2022 the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in Samoa-based players being excluded in favour of diaspora players.[8]

Current squad

Caps and goals updated as of 1 August 2022, after the match against  Solomon Islands.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

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Competitive record

OFC Women's Nations Cup

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*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pacific Games

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Soli Wilson (8 June 2019). "Football Pacific Games squad announced". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Samoan Women's Football takes silver medal second to great footballers to PNG". Football Federation Samoa. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. [4]
    Karalaini Tavi (20 July 2022). "Samoa tops Group A after win over Cook Islands". FBC News. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. [5]
    Jax Tran Van (13 August 2021). "Samoa to keep drawing on the diaspora". Pasifika Sisters. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. [6]
    Richard Ewart (11 August 2021). "Samoa women's soccer coach convinced there is unearthed talent in the diaspora". ABC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. [7]
    "New Samoa women's football coach dreaming of World Cup debut". RNZ. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  8. [8]
    Richard Ewart (3 June 2022). "Stranded home based players unlikely to feature in Samoa's OFC Nations Cup quest". ABC. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. [9]
    WOMEN’S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT PREVIEW – SAMOA


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