Vanuatu national under-17 football team

Vanuatu U17

Association

Vanuatu Football Federation

Confederation

OFC (Oceania)

Head coach

Etienne Mermer

Asst coach

Tiel Joses

Captain

Joseph Iaruel

Top scorer

Sylvain Worworbu (11)

FIFA code

VAN

First colours

Second colours

First international

1995

Biggest win

American Samoa 0 - 13 Vanuatu

(Pago Pago, American Samoa; January 13, 2015)

Biggest defeat

New Zealand 5 - 1 Vanuatu

(Auckland, New Zealand; January 10, 2011)

World Cup

Appearances

OFC U17 Championship

Appearances

7 (1995, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)

Best result

2nd Place (2005)

The Vanuatu national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.

History

The Vanuatu national under-17 football team took 7 times part on a tournament (1995, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015). The best result was in 2005 when the team reached the final but unfortunately they lost it against Australia. During the 2015 Tournament Sylvain Worworbu scored 11 goals. After this tournament topscorer Sylvain Worworbu and captain Joseph Iaruel got a scholarship for two years at St Peter's College. This is the first time that a Vanuatu player gets a scholarship.

Competition Record

OFC

The OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1993	Did not Qualify
1995	Third Place	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
1997	Did not Qualify
1999	Did not Qualify
2001	Did not Qualify
2003	Group Stage	5	3	1	1	17	7	+10	10
2005	Did not Qualify
2007	Did not Qualify
2009	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0
2011	Third Place	5	3	0	2	13	7	+6	9
2013	Third Place	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	8
2015	Third Place	6	4	0	2	31	8	+23	12
Total		25	13	3	9	74	36	+38	42

Qualification

5 teams 'pre-qualified' for the competition (before the Soloman Islands withdrawal), with the final team being decided through a preliminary round hosted by Samoa in late January 2013.

Fiji
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu (Host nation)
Cook Islands (preliminary round winner)

Final round

The draw for the final round of competition was held at the Headquarters of the Oceania Football Confederation on 13 February 2013. The teams will play each other once in a round robin tournament based on a league system, with the winner qualifying for the FIFA U-17 World Cup^[1]


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	5	5	0	0	23	3	+20	15
New Caledonia	5	3	0	2	10	7	+3	9
Vanuatu	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	8
Fiji	5	2	1	2	10	8	+2	7
Papua New Guinea	5	1	1	3	2	8	−6	4
Cook Islands	5	0	0	5	1	23	−22	0

All times are local time (UTC+11:00)

Papua New Guinea v Vanuatu

17 April 2013
15:30

Papua New Guinea	1 – 1	Vanuatu
Nicky Benjamin 68'	report	Jaison Thomas 78'

Chapuis stadium, Luganville
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

Vanuatu v Fiji

19 April 2013
12:30

Vanuatu	1 - 1	Fiji
Remy Kalsrap 83'	report	Iosefo Verevou 50'

Chapuis stadium, Luganville
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Vanuatu v New Zealand

21 April 2013
15:30

Vanuatu	1 – 2	New Zealand
Alex Saniel 22'	report	Stuart Holthusen 19' Elijah Neblett 79'

Chapuis stadium, Luganville
Attendance: 6,750
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)

Cook Islands v Vanuatu

23 April 2013
09:30

Cook Islands	1 – 3	Vanuatu
M. Wichman 87'	report	Alex Saniel 14' Ruben Frank 34' Etienne Naeiu 58'

Chapuis stadium, Luganville
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Albert Maru (Papua New Guinea)

New Caledonia v Vanuatu

25 April 2013
15:30

New Caledonia	1 – 3	Vanuatu
Jim Ouka 74'		Ruben Frank 22' Justin Koka 50' Jaison Thomas 58'

Chapuis stadium, Luganville
Attendance: 6,500

Squad for the 2015 OFC U-17 Championship

Caps and goals as of 12 January 2015.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ricky Dick	(1998-10-17) 17 October 1998	6	0	Teouma Academy
20	1GK	Andreas Duch	(1998-10-12) 12 October 1998	0	0	Teouma Academy

2	2DF	Joseph Iaruel (c)	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998	6	0	St Peter's College
3	2DF	Obed Nicky	(1998-10-24) 24 October 1998	6	1	Teouma Academy
4	2DF	Jeffrey Tasso	(1998-08-24) 24 August 1998	4	0	Teouma Academy
5	2DF	John John	(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998	6	0	Teouma Academy
12	2DF	Barnabe Taliban	(1998-11-04) 4 November 1998	3	0	Teouma Academy
16	2DF	Gregory Patrick	(1998-04-30) 30 April 1998	5	0	Teouma Academy

6	3MF	William Edison	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998	6	1	Teouma Academy
7	3MF	Frederick Massing	(1998-09-11) 11 September 1998	5	2	Teouma Academy
10	3MF	Ronaldo Wilkins	(1999-12-30) 30 December 1999	6	4	Shepherds United
11	3MF	Abednigo Sau	(1998-07-28) 28 July 1998	5	6	Teouma Academy
14	3MF	Max Uguna	(1998-05-21) 21 May 1998	5	2	Teouma Academy
15	3MF	Simeon Joshua	(1998-08-02) 2 August 1998	4	1	Teouma Academy
17	3MF	Jayson Timatua	(1998-12-27) 27 December 1998	1	0	Teouma Academy

8	4FW	Jonathan Spokeyjack	(1998-11-13) 13 November 1998	2	0	Teouma Academy
9	4FW	Sylvain Worworbu	(1998-08-17) 17 August 1998	5	11	St Peter's College
13	4FW	Xavier Johnny	(1998-09-25) 25 September 1998	4	1	Teouma Academy
18	4FW	Derek Bule	(1998-03-16) 16 March 1998	1	0	Teouma Academy

Squad for 2013 OFC Under 17 Tournament

Caps and goals as of 11 April 2013.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Charlie Waivui	(1996-02-08) 8 February 1996	5	0	Tafea U20
20	1GK	Samuel Loli	(1996-01-10) 10 January 1996	0	0	Sia-Raga

3	2DF	Goshen Donna(c)	(1997-07-07) 7 July 1997	4	0	Amicale
2	2DF	Jaison Thomas	(1997-01-20) 20 January 1997	5	2	Phnom Penh Crown
4	2DF	Elie Melte Rossi	(1996-01-09) 9 January 1996	4	0	Yatel
5	2DF	Remy Kalsrap	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996	4	1	Erakor Golden Star
6	2DF	Douglas Patrick	(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996	1	0	Torba
15	2DF	Andrew Vanva	(1996-09-15) 15 September 1996	1	0	Torba
17	2DF	Kerry Iawak	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996	2	0	Tafea

7	3MF	Etienne Naieu	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996	1	1	Amicale
8	3MF	Alphonse Toa	(1996-03-21) 21 March 1996	5	0	Yatel
10	3MF	Bong Kalo	(1997-01-18) 18 January 1997	5	0	Tafea
12	3MF	Jacky Ruben	(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996	3	0	Erakor Golden Star
13	3MF	Justin Koka	(1997-05-05) 5 May 1997	5	1	Amicale
14	3MF	Andre Bule	(1996-08-29) 29 August 1996	5	0	Yatel
18	3MF	Renold Iwai	(1996-05-31) 31 May 1996	3	0	Varona
21	3MF	Donald Napat	(1997-08-13) 13 August 1997	1	0	Tafea

9	4FW	Gregory Rouard	(1996-07-21) 21 July 1996	4	0	Erakor Golden Star
11	4FW	Alex Saniel	(1996-11-08) 8 November 1996	5	2	Spirit 08
16	4FW	Frank Ruben	(1996-10-07) 7 October 1996	5	2	Amicale
22	4FW	Joe Flosse Nako	(1997-09-09) 9 September 1997	0	0	Teouma Academy

Current squad

Caps and goals as of 20 January 2011.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Seiloni Iaruel	(1995-04-17) 17 April 1995	5	0	Tafea
16	1GK	Julian Kalotang	(1994-04-10) 10 April 1994	0	0	Tafea

2	2DF	Raoul Coulon	(1995-12-03) 3 December 1995	5	0	Tupuji Imere
3	2DF	Jais Malsarani	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994	5	0	Tafea
4	2DF	Chanel Obed	(1995-09-03) 3 September 1995	4	0	Amicale
5	2DF	Jelene Waiwai	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995	5	0	Spirit 08
7	2DF	Yoan Ben	(1995-12-10) 10 December 1995	0	0	Unattached
15	2DF	Xavier Massing	(1994-08-20) 20 August 1994	0	0	Amicale

8	3MF	Barry Mansale	(1995-11-01) 1 November 1995	5	0	Amicale
9	3MF	Santino Mermer	(1995-05-28) 28 May 1995	5	2	Shepherds United
10	3MF	Abraham Roquara (c)	(1994-07-20) 20 July 1994	5	2	Erakor Golden Star
12	3MF	Steve Lolten	(1994-01-07) 7 January 1994	5	0	Unattached
13	3MF	Steve Sallas	(1994-04-21) 21 April 1994	2	0	Unattached
14	3MF	Daniel Tenene	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994	2	1	Unattached
17	3MF	Michel Coulon	(1995-12-03) 3 December 1995	5	1	Tupuji Imere
18	3MF	George Mahit	(1995-08-13) 13 August 1995	4	1	Unattached

11	4FW	Jean Kaltak	(1994-08-19) 19 August 1994	5	5	Erakor Golden Star
19	4FW	Tony Kaltak	(1996-11-05) 5 November 1996	5	3	Erakor Golden Star
20	4FW	Andre Kalselik	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995	1	0	Unattached
6	4FW	Romain Carlot	(1994-07-30) 30 July 1994	2	0	Unattached

References

↑ "Path to World Cup laid out for U-17s". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 February 2013.

External links

Vanuatu Football Federation official website

Football in Vanuatu

Vanuatu Football Federation

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-19 U-17 U-15

Women	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Premia Divisen TVL League U-20

Futsal	Wantok Futsal Competition

Domestic cups

Men	Vanuatu Cup

International	Wantok Cup Melanesia Cup (defunct)

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

OFC U-17 Championship

Tournaments	New Zealand 1983 Taiwan 1986 Australia 1989 New Zealand 1991 New Zealand 1993 Vanuatu 1995 New Zealand 1997 Fiji 1999 Samoa/Cook Islands 2001 American Samoa 2003 New Caledonia 2005 Tahiti 2007 New Zealand 2009 New Zealand 2011 Vanuatu 2013 American Samoa/Samoa 2015

Squads	1983 1986 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup

Tournaments	China 1985 Canada 1987 Scotland 1989 Italy 1991 Japan 1993 Ecuador 1995 Egypt 1997 New Zealand 1999 Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Finland 2003 Peru 2005 South Korea 2007 Nigeria 2009 Mexico 2011 United Arab Emirates 2013 Chile 2015 India 2017

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013

Team appearances

International association football

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also International women's football