Samoa national under-20 football team
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The Samoa national under-20 association football team (Samoan: Sāmoa soka au) represents Samoa in under-20 competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's U20 home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia.[1] It was known as the Western Samoa national under-20 football team until 1997, following the renaming of the country. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.[2] The 2022 squad consisted of 18 non-Samoan based players out of a squad of 26, this was made possible through extensive worldwide scouting, no other country in the OFC region has seen this amount of off shore players in an U20 squad.
Association | Football Federation Samoa | ||
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Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Matt Calcott | ||
Captain | Kyah Cahill | ||
Most caps | Samuelu Malo (6) | ||
Top scorer | Pago Tunupopo Samuelu Malo (4) | ||
FIFA code | SAM | ||
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First international | |||
Western Samoa 0–5 Papua New Guinea (Suva, Fiji; September 3, 1988) | |||
Biggest win | |||
American Samoa 0–5 Samoa (Nukuʻalofa, Tonga; June 21, 2016) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
New Zealand 16–0 Western Samoa (Suva, Fiji; September 5, 1988) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
OFC U-20 Championship | |||
Appearances | 9 (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2018) | ||
Best result | Quarter Final (2022) | ||
Current season |