Kiribati national football team

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Kiribati
Association	Kiribati Football Association
Confederation	NF-Board & OFC
Top scorer	Lawrence Nemeia (2 goals)
Home stadium	Bairiki National Stadium
FIFA code	KIR
Elo ranking	226
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
Papua New Guinea 13 - 0 Kiribati (Suva, Fiji; August 22, 1979)
Biggest win
-
Biggest defeat
Fiji 24 - 0 Kiribati (Suva, Fiji; August 24, 1979)

The Kiribati national football team is the national football team of Kiribati and is controlled by the Kiribati Football Association. Kiribati is not a member of FIFA but is an associate member of OFC, and is therefore not eligible to enter either the FIFA World Cup or OFC Nations Cup. It became a provisional member of the NF-Board on December 10, 2005.

Kiribati has played only seven games in its history, all of them in the South Pacific Games. The biggest wins for Fiji and Vanuatu have been against Kiribati, 24-0 and 18-0 respectively.

[edit] Selected Internationals

Date	Venue		Opponent	Score
Jul 7 2003	Fiji	Kiribati	Vanuatu	0 - 18
Jul 5 2003	Fiji	Kiribati	Fiji	0 - 12
Jul 3 2003	Fiji	Kiribati	Solomon Islands	0 - 7
Jun 30 2003	Fiji	Kiribati	Tuvalu	2 - 3
Sep 5 1979	Fiji	Kiribati	Tuvalu	?
Aug 30 1979	Fiji	Kiribati	Fiji	0 - 24
Aug 28 1979	Fiji	Kiribati	Papua New Guinea	0 - 13

[edit] South Pacific Games record

• 1963 - Did not enter
• 1966 - Did not enter
• 1969 - Did not enter
• 1971 - Did not enter
• 1975 - Did not enter
• 1979 - Round 1⁽¹⁾
• 1983 - Did not enter
• 1987 - Did not enter
• 1991 - Did not enter
• 1995 - Did not enter
• 2003 - Round 1
• 2007 - Did not enter

⁽¹⁾ Represented by a club team.

[edit] Last squad

• BAIKAWA Tebwaia
• BATIRI Nabaruru
• BEIARURU Naingimea
• BIINE Anene
• COLLINS David
• IOANE Betaia
• IOTIN Ruevita
• IOSEFA Pine
• ITIMAROROA Nabuaka
• JOHNNY Vincent
• KAIORAKE Tokabi
• KAIRORONGA Kiteon (GK)
• KOBUTI Ukenio
• KULENE Palamo
• NEEMIA Lawrence
• RABANA Ioram
• RAOREN Morete
• RATARO Teburae
• REKENIBAI Tiaon
• RITETI Eritara
• SINGH Brijwan
• TAROTU Tarariki (GK)
• TEKAIE Takaia
• TEKAIE Takinoa
• TOOMA Atantaake

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