The Samoa women's national under-17 football team is the second highest women's youth team of women's football in Samoa. It is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. The National Soccer Stadium (Samoa) in Apia is Samoa's home ground. It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.[1]

History

Samoa participated in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship in 2016 for the first time.[2] It wasn't a huge success as the team suffered three heavy defeats. However, they managed to score a goal by Sophia Aveau against Tonga. The game ended in a 4–1 defeat but Samoa's first and only goal so far was scored. Their biggest success in the tournament was in 2024 when they reached the final. They will take part in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup for the first time ever in 2025 in Morocco, the first FIFA tournament finals played by the country.

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 2008 Did not enter
Trinidad and Tobago 2010
Azerbaijan 2012
Costa Rica 2014
Jordan 2016 Did not qualify
Uruguay 2018
India 2022
Dominican Republic 2024 Did not enter
Morocco 2025 Qualified
Total 1/9 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFC

The OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 2010 Did not enter
New Zealand 2012
Cook Islands 2016 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 20
OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Samoa 2017 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 14
French Polynesia 2023 Withdrew
Fiji 2024 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 15 4
Total Runners-up 11 5 0 6 20 38

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Current technical staff

Position
Head Coach Guatemala Juan Chang Urrea
Assistant Coach Samoa Paul Ualesi
Technical Advisor Italy Valerio Raccuglia
Goalkeeper Coach United States Kristin Masunaga
Physio New Zealand Tom Eminson
Team Manager Samoa Tunufai Mano

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship[4][5]

Caps and goals correct after match against New Zealand on August 12, 2017.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Meripa Seumanutafa (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 23) 3 0 New Zealand Bucklands Beach
20 1GK Alana Tualaulelei (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 24) 1 0 United States Kaoi Soccer Club
2 2DF Angie Von Heiderbrandt (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 23) 5 0 Samoa Adidas
3 2DF Sina Sataraka (2002-12-08) 8 December 2002 (age 22) 3 1 United States Honolulu Bulls
4 2DF Michayla Chamberlain (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23) 1 0 New Zealand Three Kings United
7 2DF Alisa Tuatagaloa (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23) 3 0 New Zealand Three Kings United
12 2DF Helina Paulo (2002-01-06) 6 January 2002 (age 23) 3 0 Samoa Vaitele-uta
13 2DF Paepae Tuitama (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 (age 23) 2 0 Samoa Falesiu
18 2DF Andreya Hall (2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 23) 3 0 United States Fury
5 3MF Tiare Tuimavave (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 (age 23) 3 0 United States Surf Hawaii
6 3MF Faith Taeoalii (2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 (age 21) 2 0 United States Murray
8 3MF Zoe Rubby (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 23) 3 1 New Zealand Papatoetoe
10 3MF Nagem Uiagalelei (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 (age 23) 3 1 United States Hawaii Rush
15 3MF Vineta Faleaana (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 23) 4 0 Samoa Vailima Kiwi
9 4FW Madeleen Ah Ki (2002-09-30) 30 September 2002 (age 22) 6 1 Australia University of Queensland
11 4FW Kaylani Lautaimi (2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 (age 23) 3 0 United States Murray
14 4FW Mata Taliu (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 24) 1 0 Samoa Vailima Kiwi

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com "FIFA.com – Samoa: FIFA Goal Programme" Retrieved 15 August 2011
  2. ^ Samantha Goerling (9 January 2016). "A first for Samoan football". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Full Completement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". oceaniafootball.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Samoa: Official Team List" (PDF). oceaniafootball.com. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ^ Ulimasao Fata (1 August 2017). "Samoan team named for O.F.C. U16 women's Championships". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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