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

174

Highest FIFA ranking

111 (August 2002)

Lowest FIFA ranking

181 (June 2007)

Elo ranking

147





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.

1 World Cup record
2 Oceania Nations Cup record
3 South Pacific Games record
4 Notable players
5 Current squad

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1990 - Did not enter
1994 to 2010 - 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
2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] South Pacific Games record

1963 - Third place
1966 - First place
1969 - Second place
1971 - Third place
1975 - First place
1979 - First place
1983 - First place
1987 - Second place
1991 - Round 1
1995 - First place
2003 - Fourth place
2007 - Round 1

[edit] Notable players

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

[edit] Current squad

The following players have been named for the South Pacific Games in Samoa, August 2007. Players are sorted by shirt number.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Jonathan Torohia		1	0	AS Manu-Ura
2	DF	Mervin Teraimaru		2	0
3	DF	Jean-Yves Li Waut	2 July 1978	11	0	AS Manu-Ura
4	DF	Freddy Tauimara		2	0
5	DF	Stéphane Gelima		2	0
6	MF	Samuel Garcia	2 October 1975	21	2	AS Vénus Mahina
7	MF	Billy Mataitai	20 July 1983	10	0	AS Manu-Ura
8	MF	Jérome Tetavahi		4	0
9	FW	Raimana Li Fung Kee		2	0
10	FW	Raimoana Bennett	15 February 1980	9	0	AS Pirae
11	MF	Auguste Washetine		4	0	AS Manu-Ura
12	DF	Hiro Poroiae		3	0	AS Manu-Ura
13	FW	Temarii Tinorua		4	1
14	FW	Taufa Neuffer	30 August 1978	10	0	AS Tefana
15	MF	Farahia Teuira	29 August 1972	16	0	AS Vaiete
18	MF	Axel Williams		4	1
19	DF	Axel Temataua	29 August 1980	9	3	AS Manu-Ura
20	MF	Teva Zaveroni	10 October 1975	19	2	AS Pirae
21	DF	Angelo Tchen	8 March 1982	21	1	AS Tefana
22	GK	Daniel Tapeta	25 October 1974	14	0	AS Manu-Ura
23	GK	Xavier Samin	1 January 1978	10	0	AS Tefana