Tahiti national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Toa Aito (Les guerriers de fer / Iron Warriors) |
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| Association | Tahitian Football Federation |
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) |
| Head coach | Ludovic Graugnard |
| Captain | Nicolas Vallar |
| Most caps | Angelo Tchen (30) |
| Top scorer | Félix Tagawa (14) |
| Home stadium | Stade Hamuta |
| FIFA code | TAH |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 152  3 (6 April 2017)
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| Highest | 111 (August 2002) |
| Lowest | 196 (April–May 2016) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 132 (26 March 2017) |
| Highest | 45 (September 1983) |
| Lowest | 156 (September 2010) |
| First international | |
 French Polynesia 2–2 New Zealand  (Papeete, Tahiti; 21 September 1952) |
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| Biggest win | |
Tahiti 30–0 Cook Islands  (Papeete, Tahiti; 2 September 1971) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
New Zealand 10–0 Tahiti  (Adelaide, Australia; 4 June 2004)  Spain 10–0 Tahiti (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 20 June 2013) |
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| OFC Nations Cup | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1973) |
| Best result | Winners, 2012 |
| Confederations Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2013) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2013 |
The Tahiti national football team is the French national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. The team consists of a selection of players from French Polynesia, not just Tahiti, and has competed in the Oceania Football Confederation since 1990.
Tahiti is traditionally one of the stronger footballing nations of the Pacific Islands, with the second best record at the football section of the South Pacific Games, with five victories. They were runners-up in the first three instalments of the Nations Cup (1973, 1980, and 1996). The nation went through a period of less success, but showed promise when it qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt. This success was followed up with the title of 2012 OFC Nations Cup, becoming the first team other than Australia and New Zealand to win the competition.
Tahiti played its first full match on 21 September 1952, at home against New Zealand, and drew 2–2. Seven days later the two teams played again and New Zealand won 5–3. On 30 September they played each other for a third time, and Tahiti gained its first victory, by 2–0. However, it is unknown whether this was a full international.
In September 1953, Tahiti played three matches in New Caledonia against its national side, losing the first 5–0 and the later two 4–1. They then travelled to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) and beat its national side 4–2 twice. In 1989, under the leadership of Napoleon Spitz, the official federation was created.
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