Vanuatu U17 | |
Fifa Trigramme: | VAN |
Association: | Vanuatu Football Federation |
Confederation: | OFC (Oceania) |
Coach: | Rocky Neveserveth |
Captain: | Julian Banga |
Most Caps: | Joseph Iaruel |
Top Scorer: | Sylvain Worworbu (11) |
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First Game: | 24 - 0 Vanuatu ![]() (Australia; January 24, 1989) |
Largest Win: | ![]() (Pago Pago, American Samoa; January 13, 2015) |
Largest Loss: | 24 - 0 Vanuatu ![]() (Australia; January 24, 1989) |
World Cup Apps: | 0 |
Regional Name: | OFC Under-17 Championship |
Regional Cup Apps: | 15 |
Regional Cup First: | 1989 |
Regional Cup Best: | Runners-up (2005) |
The Vanuatu national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.
The Vanuatu national under-17 football team has currently taken part in the tournament 15 times (1989, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 & 2023). Their best result was in 2005 when the team reached the final, but they lost it against Australia. During the 2015 Tournament, Sylvain Worworbu scored 11 goals. After this tournament, both top scorer Sylvain Worworbu and captain Joseph Iaruel got a scholarship for two years at St Peter's College. This was the first time that a Vanuatu player got a scholarship.
FIFA U-17 World Cup record | |||||||||||||||||||
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1989 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
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2007 | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
The OFC U-17 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
OFC U-17 Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | Did not participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
1986 | Did not participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
![]() | Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | -51 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | Did not participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
![]() | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 1 | ||||||||||
1995 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 3 | ||||||||||
![]() | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 3 | ||||||||||
1999 | Group Stage | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 9 | ||||||||||
& 2001 | Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 7 | ||||||||||
Group Stage | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 10 | |||||||||||
![]() | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 6 | ||||||||||
2007 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
![]() | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 0 | ||||||||||
![]() | 4th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | ||||||||||
& 2013 | 3rd place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | ||||||||||
& 2015 | 3rd place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 8 | +23 | 9 | ||||||||||
& 2017 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 1 | ||||||||||
& 2018 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | -18 | 0 | ||||||||||
2023 | Quarterfinals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 | ||||||||||
Total | Runners-up | 60 | 24 | 6 | 30 | 166 | 172 | -6 | 69 | ||||||||||
The following players were called up for the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship from 9 to 22 September 2018.
Caps and goals as of 15 September 2018 after the game against Solomon Islands.
The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship from 11 to 24 February 2017.
Caps and goals as of 17 February 2017 after the game against New Caledonia.
Caps and goals as of 27 January 2015.|-
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