Kiwi FC is a Samoan football club based in Apia. It currently plays in the Samoa National League. The team has won the most titles of any Samoan football team (9 in total) - 7 leagues and 2 cups.
Full name | Vailima Kiwi FC | ||
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Nickname(s) | Kiwi | ||
Founded | 1977 | ||
Ground | National Soccer Stadium (Samoa) | ||
Capacity | 3,500 | ||
Manager | Martin Tamasese | ||
League | Samoa National League | ||
2021 | 4th | ||
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Honours
edit- Samoa National League: 7
- 1984, 1985, 1997, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2018
- Samoa Cup: 2
- 2010, 2014
OFC Champions League records
edit1999 - 8th Place
Group Stage
Kiwi FC 0-13 Nadi FC
Kiwi FC 1-14 AS Vénus
2012-13 - 11th Place
Preliminary Round
Kiwi FC 5-1 Pago Youth
Kiwi FC 1-2 Tupapa Maraerenga
Kiwi FC 1-2 Lotoha'apai United
2013-14 - 12th Place
Preliminary Round
Kiwi FC 5-1 Pago Youth
Kiwi FC 4-2 Lotoha'apai United
Kiwi FC 3-0 Tupapa Maraerenga
Group Stage
Kiwi FC 0-2 Waitakere United
Kiwi FC 0-8 Pirae
Kiwi FC 0-8 Solomon Warriors
2016 - 12th Place
Preliminary Round
Kiwi FC 6-2 Utulei Youth
Kiwi FC 2-1 Tupapa Maraerenga
Kiwi FC 7-1 Veitongo
Group Stage
Kiwi FC 0-2 Magenta
Kiwi FC 3-4 Nadi
Kiwi FC 0-7 Tefana
The team returned to the league in 2019 after a two-year absence.[1] They came second in the 2019 OFC Champions League qualifying stage,[2][3] but was eliminated in the group stage.[4]
Current squad
editSquad for 2020 - 21 Samoan National League [5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
editReferences
edit- ^ "Samoa's Kiwi FC returns to the scene". Loop Samoa. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ Thomas Airey (8 February 2019). "Kiwi FC back into training having advanced in Champions League". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Sport: Tupapa, Kiwi FC advance in OFC Champions League". RNZ. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Sport: OFC Champions League holders advance to knockout stage". RNZ. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/vailimakiwifc/ [user-generated source]