The Easter Island official football team, also known as Rapa Nui, is an association football team from Chile which represents the territory of Easter Island in association football. Their home games are played at the Estadio de Hanga Roa, which has a capacity of approximately 2,500 people. The national team participated in the 2009 Copa Chile under the name CF Rapa Nui.[1]
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| Association | Asociación de Fútbol de Isla de Pascua (AFIPA) | ||
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| Confederation | World Unity Football Alliance COSANFF | ||
| Top scorer | Francisco Federico Pate Tuki (4) | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio de Hanga Roa | ||
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| First international | |||
 Juan Fernández Islands 3–5 Easter Island  (San Juan Bautista, Juan Fernández Islands; September 1996) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Easter Island 16–0 Juan Fernández Islands (Hanga Roa, Easter Island; 28 September 2000) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Easter Island 0–5 Falkland Islands  (Hanga Roa, Easter Island; 7 November 2012) | |||
Asociación de Fútbol de Isla de Pascua
editThe Asociación de Fútbol de Isla de Pascua (AFIPA) is the Easter Island football association.[2][3][4]
History
editThe team played two unofficial games against a team from the Juan Fernández Islands in 1996 and 2000,[5] before playing its first official match on 5 August 2009, in the first round of the Copa Chile 2009; CF Rapa Nui lost 4–0 against Colo-Colo.[6]
For its game against Colo-Colo the team was coached by former Chilean international Miguel Angel Gamboa, who spent several weeks honing the skills of the local players, as well as teaching them the basics of heading, shooting, and positioning.[5]
In 2018, the team has competed at the "Festival des Îles" in Tahiti, finishing in 3rd position in the group (of five teams), with two wins, one loss and one draw.[7]
Complete international
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Competitive record
editNational Soccer Championship of Native Peoples
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
  2012
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Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
 2013
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Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
 2015
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Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
| Total | 1 Title | 3/3 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 18 |
ConIFA South America Football Cup record
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 2022
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Did not participate | |||||||
| Total | – | 0/1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
References
edit- ^ "Cuarta Fase Copa Chile 2009/ Verano 2010". Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Easter Island: Amateur football at its purest". fifa.com.
- ^ "DT de Isla de Pascua: "Acá el técnico soy yo. Se llama Héctor Osorio"". emol.com. 4 August 2009.
- ^ "Rapa Nui está lista para recibir el partido del siglo". latercera.com. 5 August 2009.
- ^ a b "Island's match of the century". FIFA. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ^ Gideon Long (5 August 2009). "Easter Island has football debut". BBC News. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ "Festival des Îles 2018 - Group A Results". Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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