Vanuatu_women's_national_football_team
Vanuatu women's national football team
Women's national association football team representing Vanuatu
The Vanuatu women's national football team represents Vanuatu in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF). Vanuatu's home field is the Port Vila Municipal Stadium, located in the country's capital, Port Vila. The team is managed by Job Alwin.[2]
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| Association | Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Jean Robert Yelou | ||
| Captain | Elodie Samuel | ||
| Most caps | Serah Thompson (11) | ||
| Top scorer | Lavinia Taga (11) | ||
| Home stadium | Port Vila Municipal Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | VAN | ||
| |||
| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 122  5 (15 March 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 82 (December 2003 – June 2004) | ||
| Lowest | 122 (December 2021; August – December 2022; June – August 2023; March 2024) | ||
| First international | |||
 Tonga 3–2 Vanuatu  (Nausori, Fiji; 30 June 2003) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Kiribati 0–11 Vanuatu (Suva, Fiji; 10 July 2003) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 New Zealand 14–0 Vanuatu (Auckland, New Zealand; 29 September 2010) | |||
| OFC Women's Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2010) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2010, 2022) | ||
Vanuatu never qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup, but competed in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship, hosted by New Zealand during September–October 2010. The team also participated in the 2003 South Pacific Games football tournament. Vanuatu also competed in the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.
Currently, their FIFA ranking position is the 104th. Vanuatu's highest ever ranking was 82, in 2004 and their worst ranking was 148 in September 2015.[3]
Vanuatu's first match was played in Nausori, Fiji at the Ratu Cakobau Park on 30 June 2003, against Tonga, who also played its first match. Tonga won the match, despite losing 2–1 at the end of the first half. Five days later, Vanuatu achieved a draw with Papua New Guinea, by 2–2. The team's biggest win was accomplished against Kiribati by 11–0 another five days later. Lavinia Taga scored seven goals for Vanuatu. In the other games, Fiji, Guam and Tahiti defeated the Vanuatuans.
The team was expected to participate in the 2003 and 2007 OFC Women's Championships, but ultimately withdrew from both.[4]
After seven years of inactivity, Vanuatu returned to the international competition in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship in New Zealand. With only one goal, scored by midfielder Stephanie Tougen, the team finished last in the Group A table, after losing all of its games against the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Tahiti.
Vanuatu failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympics tournament, due to its poor performance in the qualifiers. Nevertheless, the team managed to achieve a second victory, with Samoa.
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
v 
Solomon Islands
| 18 November 2023 (2023-11-18) 2023 Pacific Games GS | Vanuatu | 0–1 | Solomon Islands | Honiara,Solomon Islands |
| 15:00 | Report | David  81' |
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Referee: Calvin-Kei Berg (New Zealand) |
v Vanuatu
| 21 November 2023 (2023-11-21) 2023 Pacific Games GS | Fiji | 3–2 | Vanuatu | Honiara,Solomon Islands |
| 15:00 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) |
v Vanuatu
| 28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 2023 Pacific Games Play-off | Tahiti | 1–2 | Vanuatu | Honiara,Solomon Islands |
| 16:00 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: SIFF Academy Fields 1 & 2 Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji) |
v Solomon Islands
| 1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 2023 Pacific Games Play-off | Vanuatu | 2–1 | Solomon Islands | Honiara,Solomon Islands |
| 13:00 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: SIFF Academy Fields 1 & 2 Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji) |
2024
v Vanuatu
| 7 February OFC Olympic Qualifying | Samoa | 1–0 | Vanuatu | Apia, Samoa |
| 17:00 UTC+13 |
|
Report | Stadium: FFS Football Stadium (Field 1) Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji) |
v Tonga
| 10 February OFC Olympic Qualifying | Vanuatu | 1–2 | Tonga | Apia, Samoa |
| 13:00 UTC+13 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: FFS Football Stadium (Field 1) Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands) |
v New Zealand
| 13 February OFC Olympic Qualifying | Vanuatu | 0–5 | New Zealand | Apia, Samoa |
| 16:00 UTC+13 | Report | Stadium: FFS Football Stadium (Field 2) Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji) |
- As of 8 October 2021
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cook Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| Fiji | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
 Guam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 |
 New Caledonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | −14 |
 Papua New Guinea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | −10 |
| Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 |
 Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 |
| Tahiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| Tonga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 |
| Total | 15 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 27 | 61 | −34 |
Current technical staff
- As of 7 October 2023
| Position | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Jean Robert Yelou |
| Assistant coach | Pauliena Manwo Cavilla Kalorib |
| Team Manager | Anne Tamata |
Managerial history
| Manager | Career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2003–2011 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 009.1 | |
| Florian Sam |
2012–2015 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 025.0 | |
| Job Alwin |
2015–2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | |
 Wu Kangzhen |
2017–2019 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 033.3 |
Current squad
- The following players were named to the squad for the 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament between 7 and 19 February 2024.[5]
Caps and goals as of 18 July 2019, after the game against Tahiti.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Rolingzel Worek | |||||
| 1GK | Amelia Ready | |||||
| 21 | 1GK | Vanissa Wilson | (1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 30) | 0 | 0 | ABM Galaxy |
| 3 | 2DF | Jesta Toka | (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 26) | 5 | 0 | Malampa |
| 12 | 3MF | Nettie Kalsau | (2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 23) | 4 | 0 | |
| 6 | 3MF | Jane Alatoa | (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 24) | 12 | 3 | Benben United |
| 7 | 3MF | Rita Solomon | (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 23) | 6 | 0 | |
| Limas Erikan | ||||||
| Nelly Kaltack | ||||||
| Noeline Erikan | ||||||
| Fervie Rina Siehi | ||||||
| Elmah Aiviji | ||||||
| Noella Metoriki | ||||||
| Diana Sine | ||||||
| Paulieana Jodine Manwo | ||||||
| Leimata Simon | ||||||
| Elina Aruvuha | ||||||
| Rebina Woka | ||||||
| Nellie Vuti | ||||||
| Valerie Viralolokwai | ||||||
| Angelina Inneth Poida | ||||||
| Anna Lop | ||||||
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Emilia Taravaki | (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 24) | 11 | 1 | Ifira Black Bird |
2023 Pacific Games GS |
| FW | Annie Rose Gere | (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 23) | 9 | 3 | Benben United |
2023 Pacific Games GS |
| FW | Cynthia Ngwele | (2001-09-21) 21 September 2001 (age 22) | 3 | 0 | |
2023 Pacific Games GS |
| Florida Willy | 2023 Pacific Games GS | |||||
| Elma Aiviji | 2023 Pacific Games GS | |||||
| Selena Poida | 2023 Pacific Games GS | |||||
| Rinneth Siri | 2023 Pacific Games GS | |||||
FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup | Qualification | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1991 |
Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 1995 | ||||||||||||||
 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 |
Withdrew | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||||||||
 2011 |
Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |||||||
 2015 |
Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 2019 |
Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
 2023 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 29 |
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics | Qualification | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1996 |
Ineligible | No qualifying process | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||||||||
 2004 |
Did not enter | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | ||||||||||||||
 2012 |
Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | |||||||
 2016 |
Did not enter | |||||||||||||
 2020 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
OFC Women's Nations Cup
| OFC Women's Nations Cup | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||||
| 1983 |
Did not enter | No qualification | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 |
Withdrew | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 |
Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| 2014 |
Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 |
Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2022 |
Group stage | 9th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | No qualification | |||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 2/12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Pacific Games
Pacific Mini Games
| Pacific Games | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 2017 | Second Place | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
| Total | Second Place | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
- Sport in Vanuatu
- Football in Vanuatu
- Women's football in Vanuatu
- Football in Vanuatu
- Vanuatu men's national football team
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- "Member Association – Vanuatu". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Vanuatu - Women's". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- "Oceania's Women's Championship 2003 (Australia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 September 2017.