Tonga national football team

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Tonga

Association

Tonga Football Association

Confederation

OFC (Oceania)

Head coach

Kilife Uele

Most caps

Kilifi Uele

Top scorer

Unaloto Ki-Atenoa Feao - 5 goals

Home stadium

Teufaiva Sport Stadium

FIFA code

TGA

FIFA ranking

180

Highest FIFA ranking

163 (October 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

192 (July 2007)

Elo ranking

206





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.

1 Information
- 1.1 Football in Tonga
- 1.2 The second Goal project
2 World Cup Record
3 Oceania Nations Cup record
4 South Pacific Games record
5 Current squad

[edit] Information

[edit] 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 organization on the island that employs full-time administrative staff.

[edit] 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.

[edit] World Cup Record

1930 to 1994 - Did not enter
1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Oceania Nations Cup record

1973 - Did not enter
1980 - Did not enter
1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify

[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
1983 - Round 1
1987 - Did not enter
1991 - Did not enter
1995 - Did not enter
2003 - Round 1
2007 - Round 1

[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	Kavakava Manumua	30 October 1982	5	0	Lotoha'apai FC
2	DF	Sione Ongoi Uhatahi		2	0
3	DF	Kava Huihauhau	8 August 1982	10	0
4	DF	Folio Moeaki	9 May 1982	7	0
5	DF	Matana Paongo		2	0
6	MF	Pio Palu		4	2
7	MF	Sione Vea Tahitua		4	0
8	MF	Kamaliele Papani	8 April 1984	10	0	Lotoha'apai FC
9	FW	Ilalio Leakona		2	0
10	FW	Unaloto Ki-Atenoa Feao	16 January 1982	11	5
11	FW	Malakai Savieti		4	1
12	MF	Lafaela Moala	22 July 1982	9	1
13	MF	Mark Uhatahi	24 March 1983	9	3	Lotoha'apai FC
14	MF	Kaisani Uhatahi	22 April 1975	4	1	Lotoha'apai FC
15	MF	Tevita Takai	10 May 1981	1	0
16	MF	Sione Tovo		3	0
17	DF	Semisi Tuifangaloka		4	0
18	DF	Kaliopasi Uele		1	0
19	DF	Lisaniasi Kainga		2	0
20	GK	Kaneti Falela		0	0
21	GK	Kinikini Kau		1	0