Vanuatu national under-18 football team

Vanuatu U18
Association	Vanuatu Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Paul Munster
Captain	Jayson Bule
Top scorer	Armando Ravo (1)
FIFA code	VAN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	New Caledonia 3 - 1 Vanuatu ; (Port Vila, Vanuatu; August 15, 2019)
Biggest defeat
	New Caledonia 3 - 1 Vanuatu ; (Port Vila, Vanuatu; August 15, 2019)
OFC Youth Development Tournament
Appearances	1 (2019)
Best result	5th Place

The Vanuatu national under-18 football team is the national U-18 team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.

History edit

The Vanuatu national under-18 football team was founded in 2019 and invited for the OFC Youth Development Tournament 2019. This tournament, established by the Oceania Football Confederation and UEFA, was created so that the gap between the U-16 and U-19 could be make smaller.^[1]

15 August 2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament 2019	New Caledonia	3–1	Vanuatu	Port Vila, Vanuatu
17:00		[1]		Stadium: Korman Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sione Lelenga

The following players were called up for the OFC Youth Development Tournament 2019 from 15–23 August 2019, held in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Caps and goals updated as of 16 August 2019 after the game against New Caledonia U18.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	James Chilia	(2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Tupuji Imere
20	1GK	Jimson Shem	(2003-02-28) 28 February 2003 (age 21)	0	0
23	1GK	Brendon Tankon	(2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Mauriki

2	2DF	Junior Okao	(2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 21)	3	0
3	2DF	Joshua Tokio		3	0
4	2DF	Julian Ala	(2001-04-08) 8 April 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Sia-Raga
5	2DF	Francois Atel	(2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 22)	3	0	Ifira Black Bird
6	2DF	Alandro Sau	(2002-11-14) 14 November 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Sia-Raga
12	2DF	Austin Holi	(2003-05-26) 26 May 2003 (age 20)	3	0
15	2DF	Joel Botleng	(2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Siaraga LGV
17	2DF	Nicholas Kings	(2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 22)	3	0	Mauriki

7	3MF	Julian Banga	(2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 (age 22)	3	0
8	3MF	Chrislee Karu	(2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 21)	3	0
11	3MF	Pietro Takaro	(2002-04-07) 7 April 2002 (age 22)	2	0
13	3MF	William Tasau	(2002-05-22) 22 May 2002 (age 21)	3	0
14	3MF	Bebeto Rurueli	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 22)	0	0
16	3MF	Armando Ravo	(2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 21)	3	1	Malampa Revivors
19	3MF	Nimruken Klen	(2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 23)	2	0

9	4FW	Jonah Abel	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 21)	3	0
10	4FW	Jayson Bule	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Sia-Raga
18	4FW	Simione Iwai	(2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 21)	3	0

^ "OFC Youth Tournament set to kick-off". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
^ "New Caledonia vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.