The Samoa national under-20 association football team (Samoan: Sāmoa soka au) represents Samoa in under-20 competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's U20 home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia.[1] It was known as the Western Samoa national under-20 football team until 1997, following the renaming of the country. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.[2] The 2022 squad consisted of 18 non-Samoan based players out of a squad of 26, this was made possible through extensive worldwide scouting, no other country in the OFC region has seen this amount of off shore players in an U20 squad.
| Association | Football Federation Samoa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | 
Matt Calcott | ||
| Captain | Kyah Cahill | ||
| Most caps | Samuelu Malo (6) | ||
| Top scorer | Pago Tunupopo Samuelu Malo (4) | ||
| FIFA code | SAM | ||
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| First international | |||
 Western Samoa 0–5 Papua New Guinea  (Suva, Fiji; September 3, 1988) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 American Samoa 0–5 Samoa (Nukuʻalofa, Tonga; June 21, 2016) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| New Zealand 16–0 Western Samoa (Suva, Fiji; September 5, 1988) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| OFC U-20 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 9 (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2018) | ||
| Best result | Quarter Final (2022) | ||
Competitive record edit
OFC edit
The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament 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-20 World Cup.
| OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| as Western Samoa
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 1974 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 1978
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 1980
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| 1982
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 1985
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| 1986
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| 1988 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31 | |
| 1990 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 1992
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| 1994 |
Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1997 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| as Samoa
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| 1998 |
Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
  2001 |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 22 | ||
 2002 |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||
 2005 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | ||
| 2007 |
Seventh Place | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 33 | |
| 2008 |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 2011
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| 2013
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| 2014
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 2016 |
Preliminary Round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2018 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2022 |
Quarter-finals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Total | Group stage | 35 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 35 | 151 | |
Current technical staff edit
| Position | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Matt Calcott
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| Assistant coach | Alastair McLae
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| Team manager | Gareth Winder
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| Goal Keeper Coach | Horst Petana
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| Coach | Paul Lomitusi
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| Physio | Ethan Horne
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| International Scout | Alastair McLae
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| International Scout |  Russ Gurr
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Current squad edit
The following players were called up for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship from 7 to 20 September 2022. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.
- Caps and goals as of 19 September 2022 after the game against Fiji.
Results and fixtures edit
2016 edit
| 21 June 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship | American Samoa | 0–5 | Samoa | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga |
| 15:00 | Report | Mariner  12'Malo 30'Hunt 48'Tunupopo 64', 75' |
Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre Attendance: 250[3] Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands) |
| 24 June 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship | Samoa | 0–1 | Cook Islands | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga |
| 15:00 | Report | D. Tiputoa 85' |
Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre Attendance: 200[4] Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand) |
| 27 June 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship | Samoa | 3–3 | Tonga | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga |
| 15:00 | Tunupopo 66', 70' Malo 80' |
Report | Polovili 10', 40', 73' |
Stadium: Loto-Tonga Soka Centre Attendance: 300[5] Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand) |
2018 edit
| 26 May 2018 2018 OFC U-19 Championship Preliminary stage | American Samoa | 0–3 | Samoa | Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
| 13:30 | Report |
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Stadium: CIFA Academy Field Attendance: 100 Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu) |
| 29 May 2018 2018 OFC U-19 Championship Preliminary stage | Cook Islands | 0–1 | Samoa | Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
| 16:30 | Report |
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Stadium: CIFA Academy Field Attendance: 250 Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti) |
| 1 June 2018 2018 OFC U-19 Championship Preliminary stage | Samoa | 1–1 | Tonga | Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
| 13:30 |
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Report |
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Stadium: CIFA Academy Field Attendance: 125 Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand) |
References edit
- ^ http://www.football-lineups.com/stadium/743/ "Football Lineups – Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex" Retrieved 15 August 2011
- ^ FIFA.com "FIFA.com – Samoa: FIFA Goal Programme" Retrieved 15 August 2011
- ^ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: American Samoa - Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016.
- ^ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa - Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2016.
- ^ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa - Tonga" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016.