Samoa women's national under-17 football team

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

Samoa Women's U-17
AssociationFootball Federation Samoa
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coach Guillermo Schiltenwolf
Most capsMadeleen Ah Ki (6)
Top scorerSophia Aveau, Sina Sataraka, Madeleen Ah Ki, Nagem Uiagalelei, Zoe Ruby (1)
Home stadiumNational Soccer Stadium
FIFA codeSAM
First colours
Second colours
First international
 New Zealand 11–0  Samoa
(Matavera, Cook Islands; January 13, 2016)
Biggest win
 Samoa 4–0  Tahiti
(Apia, Samoa; August 8, 2017)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 11–0  Samoa
(Matavera, Cook Islands; January 13, 2016)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2016)
Best resultGroup Stage (2016, 2017)

History

Samoa only participated once in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, that was in 2016. 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.

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 Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2010Did not Participate
2012Did not Participate
2016Group Stage3003120-190
2017[2] Group Stage3102414-103
Total6105534-293

Current technical staff
Position
Head Coach Guillermo Schiltenwolf
Assistant Coach Paul Ualesi
Technical Advisor Valerio Raccuglia
Goalkeeper Coach Kristin Masunaga
Physio Tom Eminson
Team Manager Tunufai Mano

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship[3]

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[4] (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 3 0 Bucklands Beach
20 1GK Alana Tualaulelei (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 1 0 Kaoi Soccer Club
2 2DF Angie Von Heiderbrandt (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 5 0 Adidas
3 2DF Sina Sataraka (2002-12-08) 8 December 2002 3 1 Honolulu Bulls
4 2DF Michayla Chamberlain (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 1 0 Three Kings United
7 2DF Alisa Tuatagaloa (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 3 0 Three Kings United
12 2DF Helina Paulo (2002-01-06) 6 January 2002 3 0 Vaitele-uta
13 2DF Paepae Tuitama (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 2 0 Falesiu
18 2DF Andreya Hall (2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 3 0 Fury
5 3MF Tiare Tuimavave (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001 3 0 Surf Hawaii
6 3MF Faith Taeoalii (2003-12-18) 18 December 2003 2 0 Murray
8 3MF Zoe Rubby (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 3 1 Papatoetoe
10 3MF Nagem Uiagalelei (2001-03-24) 24 March 2001 3 1 Hawaii Rush
15 3MF Vineta Faleaana (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 4 0 Vailima Kiwi
9 4FW Madeleen Ah Ki (2002-09-30) 30 September 2002 6 1 University of Queensland
11 4FW Kaylani Lautaimi (2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 3 0 Murray
14 4FW Mata Taliu (2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 1 0 Vailima Kiwi

References
  1. https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=sam/goalprogramme/index.html "FIFA.com – Samoa: FIFA Goal Programme" Retrieved 15 August 2011
  2. "Full Completement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". oceaniafootball.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  3. "Samoa: Official Team List" (PDF). oceaniafootball.com. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. "Seumanutafa thriving on home soil". oceaniafootball.com. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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