Samoa women's national under-17 football team explained

Type:women
Samoa Women's U-17
Association:Football Federation Samoa
Confederation:OFC (Oceania)
Most Caps:Madeleen Ah Ki (6)
Top Scorer:Sophia Aveau
Sina Sataraka
Madeleen Ah Ki
Nagem Uiagalelei
Zoe Ruby (1)
Home Stadium:National Soccer Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:SAM
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First Game: 11–0
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 13 January 2016)
Largest Loss: 11–0
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 13 January 2016)
World Cup Apps:0
Regional Name:OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Regional Cup Apps:2
Regional Cup First:2016
Regional Cup Best:Group stage (2016, 2017)

The Samoa women's national under-17 football team is the second highest women's youth team of women's football in Samoa and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is the National Soccer Stadium (Samoa) in Apia. It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.[1]

History

Samoa participated for the first time in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship in 2016.[2] It wasn't a huge success as the team suffered three heavy defeats. However, they managed to score a goal by Sophia Aveau against Tonga. The game ended in a 4–1 defeat but Samoa's first and only goal so far was scored.

OFC

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 Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament
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2010Did not Participate
2012
2016Group stage3003120
2017[3] Group stage3102414
2023Withdrew
Total2/56105534

Current technical staff

Position
Head Coach Guillermo Schiltenwolf
Assistant Coach Paul Ualesi
Technical Advisor Valerio Raccuglia
Goalkeeper Coach Kristin Masunaga
Physio Tom Eminson
Team Manager Tunufai Mano

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship[4] [5]

Caps and goals correct after match against New Zealand on August 12, 2017.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070916170947/http://fifa.com/associations/association=sam/goalprogramme/index.html FIFA.com
  2. Web site: A first for Samoan football . Samoa Observer . 9 January 2016 . Samantha Goerling . 15 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Full Completement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship . oceaniafootball.com . 29 June 2017 . 23 July 2017.
  4. Web site: Samoa: Official Team List . oceaniafootball.com . 31 July 2017 . 4 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Samoan team named for O.F.C. U16 women’s Championships . Samoa Observer . Ulimasao Fata . 1 August 2017 . 15 July 2022.