Tahiti national football team

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Tahiti
Association	Fédération Tahitienne de Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Gerard Kautai
Top scorer	Felix Tagawa
Home stadium	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui
FIFA code	TAH
FIFA ranking	173
Highest FIFA ranking	111 (August 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking	174 (November 2006)
Elo ranking	131
First kit 　 Second kit
First international French Polynesia 2 - 2 New Zealand (Papeete, Tahiti; September 21, 1952)
Biggest win Tahiti 30 - 0 Cook Islands (Papeete, Tahiti; September 2, 1971)
Biggest defeat New Zealand 10 - 0 Tahiti (Adelaide, Australia; June 4, 2004)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1973)
Best result	Second place, 1973, 1980, 1996

The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. They finished second in the OFC Nations Cup in its first three installments, 1973, 1980, and 1996.

With the recent move of Australia to AFC,Tahiti will be keen to establish themselves as the second best team behind New Zealand, but face competition from Fiji and The Solomon Islands.

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Oceania Nations Cup record

• 1973 - Second place
• 1980 - Second place
• 1996 - Second place
• 1998 - Fourth place
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2002 - Third place
• 2004 - Fifth place

[edit] Notable players

• Reynald Temarii
• Harold Amaru
• Jean Loup Rousseau
• Naea Bennett
• Felix Tagawa
• Marama Vahirua

Football in French Polynesia v • d • e
Federation | National Team | Division Fédérale | Coupe du Tahiti | Coupe des Champions Pacific French Territories Cup | Outremer Champions Cup
International football v • d • e
FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes
Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
National football teams of Oceania (OFC) v • d • e
American Samoa | Cook Islands | Fiji | Micronesia† | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Niue† | Northern Mariana Islands† | Palau† | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tahiti | Tonga | Tuvalu† | Vanuatu †Associate Member Australia ceased to be a member of OFC from 1 January 2006 when they joined AFC.