Samoa national football team 1223375 223121752 2008-07-02T17:48:06Z 201.218.237.162 {{Infobox National football team | Name = Samoa | Badge = Samoa_FA.gif| Nickname = | Association = [[Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation|Samoa Football<br>Soccer Federation]] | Confederation = [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] ([[Oceania]]) | Most caps = | Top scorer = | Home Stadium = [[National Soccer Stadium (Samoa)|Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium]] | FIFA Trigramme = SAM | FIFA Rank = 157 | 1st ranking date = November 1996| FIFA max = 146 | FIFA max date = December 2007| FIFA min = 191 | FIFA min date = May 2007, July 2007| Elo Rank = 204| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=0000FF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=0000FF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FF0000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=0000FF|socks2=FFFFFF| First game = {{fb|Wallis and Futuna}} 3 - 1 Western Samoa {{Flagicon|Samoa}} <br/>([[Fiji]]; [[August 22]], [[1979]]) | Largest win = {{Flagicon|Samoa}} Samoa 8 - 0 {{fb-rt|American Samoa}} <br/>([[Coffs Harbour, New South Wales|Coffs Harbour]], [[Australia]]; [[April 9]], [[2001]]) | Largest loss = {{Flagicon|France}} [[Tahiti national football team|Tahiti]] 13 - 0 Western Samoa {{Flagicon|Samoa}} <br/>([[Solomon Islands]]; [[July 13]], [[1981]]) | World cup apps = | World cup first = - | World cup best = - | Regional name = [[OFC Nations Cup]] | Regional cup apps = | Regional cup first = - | Regional cup best = - }} The '''Samoa national football team''' is the national team of [[Samoa]] and is controlled by the [[Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation]]. It was known as the ''Western Samoa national football team'' until [[1997]]. It is among the weakest teams of the [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] and is a part of the [[FIFA]] Goal project. The team's key striker is [[Tama Fasavalu]] (see below). ==World Cup record== *[[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] to [[Football World Cup 1990|1990]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] - ''Withdrew'' *[[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] to [[Football World Cup 2010|2010]] - ''Did not qualify'' ==Oceania Nations Cup record== *[[Oceania Nations Cup 1973|1973]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Oceania Nations Cup 1980|1980]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Oceania Nations Cup 1996|1996]] to [[Oceania Nations Cup 2008|2008]] - ''Did not qualify'' ==South Pacific Games record== *[[Football at the 1963 South Pacific Games|1963]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games|1966]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games|1969]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games|1971]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 1975 South Pacific Games|1975]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games|1979]] - Round 1 *[[Football at the 1983 South Pacific Games|1983]] - Quarter-final *[[Football at the 1987 South Pacific Games|1987]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 1991 South Pacific Games|1991]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 1995 South Pacific Games|1995]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 2003 South Pacific Games|2003]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[Football at the 2007 South Pacific Games|2007]] - Round 1 ==Current squad== The following players have been named for the South Pacific Games in Samoa, August 2007. Players are sorted by shirt number.<br /> {{nat fs g start}} {{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Pasi Schwalger]]|age=[[16 October]] [[1982]]|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Fawkner Blues]]|clubnat=AUS}} {{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Voa Sauaga]]|age=|caps=2|goals=0|club=Otahuhu United|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Damien Fonoti]]|age=|caps=4|goals=1|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Chris Cahill (Samoan footballer)|Chris Cahill]]|age=[[25 December]] [[1984]]|caps=3|goals=2|club=[[St George Saints]]|clubnat=AUS}} {{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Jerrell Sale]]|age=|caps=1|goals=0|club=Gruz Azull|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=[[Fauivi Ugapo]]|age=|caps=4|goals=0|club=Gold Star Sogi|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name=[[Fereti Gosche]]|age=|caps=2|goals=0|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Joseph Hoeflich]]|age=[[12 April]] [[1984]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=Kiwi FC|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=MF|name=[[Max Tom Hoeflich]]|age=|caps=1|goals=0|club=Kiwi FC|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Desmond Fa'aisuaso]]|age=[[24 February]] [[1984]]|caps=9|goals=7|club=Lepea|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=MF|name=[[Junior Michael]]|age=[[15 April]] [[1971]]|caps=13|goals=5|club=Gruz Azull|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=DF|name=[[Filipo Bureta]]|age=[[5 March]] [[1983]]|caps=8|goals=0|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=MF|name=[[Lionel Taylor (Samoan footballer)|Lionel Taylor]]|age=[[22 January]] [[1984]]|caps=6|goals=1|club=Kiwi FC|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Bevan Kapisi]]|age=|caps=4|goals=0|club=Otahuhu United|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Edwin Tyrell]]|age=[[30 June]] [[1977]]|caps=7|goals=0|club=Gold Star Sogi|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=FW|name=[[Penitito Tumua]]|age=[[12 December]] [[1983]]|caps=7|goals=2|club=Gruz Azull|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=24|pos=FW|name=[[Alejandro Guerrero Sauaga|Alejandro Guerrero]]|age=[[6 November]] [[1983]]|caps=6|goals=5|club=Kiwi FC|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name=[[Horst Petana]]|age=|caps=2|goals=0|club=Vaivase-tai|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=DF|name=[[Sakaria Fuimaono]]|age=[[2 January]] [[1984]]|caps=6|goals=0|club=Lepea|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=|name=[[Sapati Umutaua]]|age=|caps=0|goals=0|club=Kiwi FC|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=GK|name=[[Filipo Uli]]|age=|caps=1|goals=0|club=Vaivase-tai|clubnat=SAM}} {{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=|name=[[Keith Tasi Stanfield]]|age=|caps=0|goals=0|club=|clubnat=}} {{nat fs end}} {{fb start}} {{International Football}} {{OFC teams}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Oceanian national football teams]] [[Category:Football (soccer) in Samoa]] {{Samoa-stub}} {{national-footy-team-stub}} [[de:Samoanische Fußballnationalmannschaft]] [[es:Selección de fútbol de Samoa]] [[fr:Équipe des Samoa de football]] [[ko:사모아 축구 국가대표팀]] [[it:Nazionale di calcio di Samoa]] [[he:נבחרת סמואה בכדורגל]] [[lt:Samoa vyrų futbolo rinktinė]] [[nl:Samoaans voetbalelftal]] [[ja:サッカーサモア代表]] [[pl:Reprezentacja Samoa w piłce nożnej]] [[sv:Samoas fotbollslandslag]] [[tr:Samoa Millî Futbol Takımı]] [[vi:Đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia Samoa]] [[zh:薩摩亞國家足球隊]]