Tonga national football team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tonga

Association

Tonga Football Association

Confederation

OFC (Oceania)

Head coach

Milan Jankovic

Home stadium

Teufaiva Sport Stadium

FIFA code

TGA

FIFA ranking

190

Highest FIFA ranking

163 (October 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

191 (September 2006)

Elo ranking

199





First kit





Second kit

First international

Tahiti 8 - 0 Tonga

(Fiji; August 29, 1979)

Biggest win

Tonga 7 - 0 Micronesia

(Fiji; July 5, 2003)

Biggest defeat

Australia 22 - 0 Tonga

(Coffs Harbour, Australia; April 9, 2001)

The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.

[edit] Information

Football in Tonga

Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993 over Samoa and the Cook Islands. Although local players have not yet made their mark on big leagues abroad, the Chief Executive of the Tonga Football Association, Ahongalu Fusimalohi, was appointed to the FIFA Executive Committee in 2002. The Tonga association is the only sports organisation on the island that employs full-time administrative staff.

The second Goal project

Tonga's second Goal project will develop and improve the national football academy and the associations headquarters in Atele, Tonganapu, which was built in the country's first Goal project. This development work will ensure that all of the Tonga Football Associations needs are fully satisfied. Local matches will be held at the football academy, while the administration's requirements, including the needs of players, officials and spectators, will also be covered. The football school will be transformed into a House of Football.