Fiji women's national under-20 football team explained

Fiji women's U20
Nickname:Bula Girls
Association:Fiji Football Association
Confederation:OFC (Oceania)
Coach: Saroj Kumar
Most Caps:8 players with 5 caps
Top Scorer:Luisa Tamanitoakula (7)
Home Stadium:ANZ National Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:FIJ
Fifa Rank:123 7
Fifa Max:69
Fifa Max Date:2003
Fifa Min:133
Fifa Min Date:2014
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First Game: 0 – 0
(Nuku'alofa, Tonga; April 23, 2002)
Largest Win: 0 – 4
(Auckland, New Zealand; July 11, 2017)
Largest Loss: 8 – 0
(Nuku'alofa, Tonga; April 27, 2002) and 1 – 9
(Auckland, New Zealand; July 14, 2017)
U20wwc Apps:1
U20wwc First:2024
Regional Name:OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Regional Cup Apps:5
Regional Cup First:2002
Regional Cup Best:Second Place (2017, 2023)

The Fiji women's national under-20 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 five times at the OFC U-19 Women's Championship so far. In 2002, 2006 and 2019 they were eliminated in the group stages. At their third participation, in 2017, they became second.

In 2002 Fiji drew their first ever game at this level, a 0–0 against American Samoa. They fought for their first win but it wasn't meant to be after two losses: a 2–1 against Samoa and an 8–0 against New Zealand.

In 2006 Fiji were again searching for their first win ever. They had to wait for their final group game, but they got it in the end. After two defeats against again Samoa (3-0) and a heavy 6–1 against Papua New Guinea they won by 3 goals to nil against New Caledonia. Savaia Ratu was the top scorer of the tournament with two goals.

After reaching the goal of winning their first game there was more to celebrate nine years later, in 2017. Fiji became second after three wins, a draw and only one loss against football giants New Zealand. Fiji managed to get the victory's against Tonga (4-0), Papua New Guinea (3-2) and again New Caledonia (2-1). Fiji managed to score a lot of goals with Luisa Tamanitoakula scoring seven goals and Cema Nasau who scored four goals. Although Fiji scored a total of 12 goals, they still had a negative goal scoring tally with conceding 14 goals. Most of those goals were against New Zealand, after that ended in 9–1 loss.

In 2023, they finished second again after losing 0–7 to New Zealand. Eventually, after the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Fiji took the new second spot as OFC representative, which will mark their first time in a World Cup.

Competitive Record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
YearResultPosition
2002Did not qualify
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2022
2024Qualified
2026To be determined
Total1/12

OFC Championship Record

OFC U-20 Women's Championship
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2002Group stage3012110-9
2004Did not Participate
2006Group stage310249-5
2010Did not Participate
2012
2014
2015
2017Second Place53111214-2
2019[1] Group stage320142+2
2023Second Place5302611-5
Total5/10199282746-19

Current technical staff

Position
Director Susan Wise
Head Coach Saroj Kumar
Assistant Coach Sunil Kumar
Assistant Coach Alisi Uluibatiki
Goalkeeper Coach Lice Waqaliti
Physio Titilia Tuwai
Team Manager Merewai Turaganikeli

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship from 30 August–12 September in Avarua, the Cook Islands.

Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2019, after the game against Vanuatu.

2017 squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

Caps and goals correct after match against New Caledonia on July 24, 2017.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Draw for U-16 & U-19 Women's Championships complete. oceaniafootball . 18 April 2019 . 19 August 2019.