Fiji women's national under-17 football team explained

Fiji Women's U-17
Nickname:Bula Girls
Association:Fiji Football Association
Confederation:OFC (Oceania)
Top Scorer:Cema Nasau (5)
Home Stadium:ANZ National Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:FIJ
First Game: 0–3
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 14 January 2016)
Largest Win: 11–3
(Pirae, Tahiti; 14 September 2023)
Largest Loss: 11–0
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 21 January 2016)
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World Cup Apps:0
Regional Name:OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Regional Cup Apps:3
Regional Cup First:2016
Regional Cup Best:Runners-up (2023)
Type:women

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.

History

Fiji participated twice so far in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship. This was in 2016 and 2017. The 2016 tournament was a big success for Fiji as they managed to reach third place out of nine teams participating. They managed to get a 3–0 win against the Cook Islands, a 3–2 win against Vanuatu and a 2–2 draw against Papua New Guinea. These results sent them to the semi-final where they lost by 11 goals to 0 against New Zealand. In the Third place match however they managed to get a 3–2 victory against New Caledonia. Aliza Hussein managed to score the first goal ever for Fiji against the Cook Islands. Cema Nassau is the top goal scorer with five goals. In 2017, they also got Third Place.

OFC Competition History

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 U-17 Women's Championship
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2010Did not Participate
2012
2016Third Place52121018
2017[1] Semifinals421185
2023Runners-up52121810
Total3/5146353633

Current technical staff

Position
Head Coach Marika Rodu
Assistant Coach Annabel Rao
Assistant Coach Laisani Mataele
Physio Sarote Nakaora
Team Manager Tulia Cawa
Head of Delegation Susan Wise

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Full Completement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship . oceaniafootball.com . 29 June 2017 . 23 July 2017.