Association | Football Federation Samoa |
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Confederation | OFC (Oceania) |
Head coach | Scott Easthope |
Most caps | Desmond Fa'aiuaso (17) |
Top scorer | Desmond Fa'aiuaso (7) |
Home stadium | National Soccer Stadium (Samoa) |
FIFA code | SAM |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 189 1 (6 April 2017) |
Highest | 146 (December 2007) |
Lowest | 204 (November 2011) |
Elo ranking | |
Current | 206 (15 June 2016) |
First international | |
Wallis and Futuna 3–1 Western Samoa (Fiji; 22 August 1979) |
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Biggest win | |
Samoa 8–0 American Samoa (Coffs Harbour, Australia; 9 April 2001) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Tahiti 13–0 Western Samoa (Solomon Islands; July 13, 1981) |
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OFC Nations Cup | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 2012) |
Best result | Group stage, 2012 and 2016 |
The Samoa national association football team (Samoan: Sāmoa soka au) represents Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia. It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.
The following 23 players were called-up for the 2016 OFC Nations Cup.
Caps and goals updated as of 5 June 2016, after the game against Papua New Guinea.