American Samoa national association football team
| Nickname(s) | The Boys from the Territory |
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| Association | Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS) |
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) |
| Head coach | Larry Mana'o |
| Captain | Ramin Ott |
| Most caps | Nicky Salapu (16) |
| Top scorer | Ramin Ott (3) |
| Home stadium | Veterans Memorial Stadium |
| FIFA code | ASA |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 191  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 164 (October 2015) |
| Lowest | 205 (May 2006) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 227 (14 February 2016) |
| Highest | 191 (22 August 1983) |
| Lowest | 233 (5 September 2011) |
| First international | |
unofficial Western Samoa 3–1 American Samoa  (Apia, Western Samoa; August 20, 1983) FIFA recognised  Tonga 3–0 American Samoa (Rarotonga, Cook Islands; September 2, 1998) |
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| Biggest win | |
unofficial American Samoa 3–0 Wallis and Futuna  (Apia, Western Samoa; August 22, 1983) FIFA recognized American Samoa 2–0 Cook Islands  (Nuku'alofa, Tonga; September 4, 2015) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Australia 31–0 American Samoa (Coffs Harbour, Australia; April 11, 2001) (international record) |
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The American Samoa national football team (Samoan: Au soka Amerika Sāmoa) represents American Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation American Samoa, the governing body of the sport in the territory. American Samoa's home ground is Veterans Memorial Stadium in Pago Pago and their head coach is Larry Mana'o.
Regarded as one of the world's weakest teams, until November 2011 they were the joint lowest FIFA ranking of all countries registered for full internationals. The team holds the world record for the largest defeat in an international match, set after their 31–0 loss to Australia.
American Samoa achieved its first victory in a 3–0 win against Wallis and Futuna in the group stage of the 1983 South Pacific Games, when neither team was a member of FIFA.
On November 23, 2011, the team defeated Tonga 2–1 in the first round of OFC World Cup Qualification, with a long-range goal by Ramin Ott, and a chip over the keeper by Shalom Luani, helping them record their first official international victory after 30 consecutive defeats.
They followed this up with a 1–1 draw against Cook Islands, but failed to progress in their qualifying group, after losing to Samoa 1–0, the only goal being scored in the 89th minute.
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