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Vanuatu national under-20 football team

National football team

Summary

National football team

Field	Value
Name	Vanuatu U20
FIFA Trigramme	VAN
Association	Vanuatu Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Coach	VAN Francois Sakama
Captain	Bong Kalo
Most caps	Bong Kalo (13)
Top scorer	Jean Kaltak (9)
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First game	Tahiti Tahiti 2–1 New Hebrides New Hebrides
(Papeete, Tahiti; December 8, 1974)
Largest win	American Samoa American Samoa 0–15 Vanuatu Vanuatu
(Apia, Samoa; August 19, 1998)
Largest loss	Fiji Fiji 11–0 Vanuatu Vanuatu
(Suva, Fiji; October 1, 1994)
World cup apps	1 (first in 2017)
World cup best	Group Stage (2017)
Regional name	OFC U-19 Men's Championship
Regional cup apps	16 (1974, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
Regional cup best	Runners-up (2014, 2016)

(Papeete, Tahiti; December 8, 1974) (Apia, Samoa; August 19, 1998) (Suva, Fiji; October 1, 1994) The Vanuatu national under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation. It was known as the New Hebrides national under-20 football team until 1980, when the New Hebrides gained their independence and renamed their country to Vanuatu.

History

The Vanuatu national under-20 football team took part in the OFC U-20 Championship tournament 14 times (1974, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016). In 2014, the team got the best result with a second place as they finished behind Fiji. Two years later, they would qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup after defeating the Solomon Islands in the semifinals to book a spot and compete at their first ever FIFA tournament.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record	Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF
1977–2015	Did not qualify
KOR 2017	Group stage	24th	3	0	0	3	4	13
2019–2025	Did not qualify
AZEUZB 2027	To be determined

OFC

The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

OFC U-19 Men's Championship	Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF
TAH 1974	Third place	3	0	1	2	3	7
AUS 1978	Did not enter
FIJ 1980	Did not enter
PNG 1982
AUS 1985
NZL 1986
FIJ 1988	Group stage	2	0	0	2	2	8
FIJ 1990	Third place	4	2	0	2	4	10
TAH 1992	Fourth place	4	1	1	2	4	9
FIJ 1994	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	6	6
TAH 1997	Did not compete
SAM 1998	Group stage	3	1	0	2	15	9
NCL COK 2001	5	4	0	1	23	4
VAN FIJ 2002	2	0	1	1	2	4
SOL 2005	Third place	5	3	0	2	12	15
NZL 2007	Group stage	6	1	2	3	8	17
TAH 2008	Did not enter
NZL 2011	Third place	5	4	0	1	19	5
FIJ 2013	Third place	4	2	0	2	12	7
FIJ 2014	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	11	4
TON VAN 2016	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	7	7
COK TAH 2018	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	11
TAH 2022	3	0	0	3	0	7
VAN SAM 2024	3	0	0	3	1	8

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach
Team Manager
High Performance Coach
Assistant coach 1
Assistant coach 2
Team Manager
Goalkeeper coach & Kit Manager
Doctor
Physio

Vanuatu at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup before a match against Mexico at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium in Daejeon, South Korea.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship from 7 to 20 September 2022. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

:Caps and goals as of 20 September 2022 after the game against Tahiti.

Fixtures and results

2014

Alex Saniel Kersom Kalsong Kerry Iawak Jale Dreloa Papalau Awele Tony Kaltak

2016

Kalo Thomas Kalo Thomas Massing Report (NZ Football) Dyer Bevan Imrie

2017

Azariah Soromon Jordan Chan Muhaimin Suhaimi Wilkins Cisneros Álvarez Córdova Peñaranda Faríñez Hurtado Sosa Reese Iyoha

2018

Tasip
Dau
Vodowaqa
Sami
Gope-Fenepej
Bako
Rawor
Richard
Wawia
Longue
Peli
Taroga

List of coaches

VAN Moise Poida (2011–2013)
VAN Etienne Mermer (2014–2016)
NZL Declan Edge (2016)
CAN Dejan Gluščević (2017)
NIR Paul Munster (2019)
VAN Kaison Maki (2019-2022)
VAN Francois Sakama (2022-)

References

http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/172dac4f-e000-45e9-96e4-66e1b62f8cd0/language/en-US/Default.aspx
http://olefootballacademy.co.nz/declan-edge/
http://www.vff.vu

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Vanuatu's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Total

References

(13 September 2016). "History-making Vanuatu join New Zealand on world stage". FIFA.

Wikipedia Source

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