Northern Mariana Islands national football team
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Association | Northern Marianas Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | John A. Ravell Jeff “Ziggy” Korytoski |
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Home stadium | Oleai Sports Complex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIFA code | MNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elo ranking | 215 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Guam 2 - 1 Northern Marianas Islands (Koror, Palau; July 30, 1998) |
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Biggest win Northern Marianas Islands 13 - 0 Pohnphei (Koror, Palau; July 1998) |
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Biggest defeat Guam 9 - 0 Northern Marianas Islands (Hagåtña, Guam; April 1, 2007) |
The Northern Marianas Football Association is an international team from the Northern Mariana Islands. However it is not a member of FIFA, and is only an associate member of the OFC, and is therefore not eligible to enter either the World Cup or OFC Nations Cup. They participated as a guest team in the U-14 East Asian Football Federation Youth Festival in July 2006 in Beijing. The results - DPR Korea 0-6, Korea 0-16, China 0-11, Mongolia 0-5, Japan 0-12, Guam 0-6 and 0-12, Taiwan 0-13. Since December 2006, EAFF admits the Northern Mariana Islands as provisional member.
The first team mainly competes in Micronesia Games.
[edit] Selected internationals
Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | |
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Jun 12 1999 | Micronesia | Northern Marianas | Micronesia | 0 - 7 |
Aug 3 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Guam | 3 - 0 |
Aug 2 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Palau | 12 - 1 |
Jul 30 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Guam | 1 - 2 |
Jul 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Pohnpei | 13 - 0 |
Jul 1998 | Palau | Northern Marianas | Yap | 8 - 0 |