Jump to content

Tofaga FC: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard
No edit summary
 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Draft topics|biography|sports|oceania}}
{{AfC topic|org}}
{{AfC submission|||ts=20240316091619|u=MozzazzoM|ns=118}}
{{AFC submission|d|nn|u=MozzazzoM|ns=118|decliner=Tails Wx|declinets=20231104174241|ts=20231103072016}} <!-- Do not remove this line! -->
{{AFC submission|d|v|u=MozzazzoM|ns=118|decliner=Idoghor Melody|declinets=20231029082801|small=yes|ts=20231029044112}} <!-- Do not remove this line! -->



{{Infobox football club
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Tofaga FC
| clubname = Tofaga FC
Line 47: Line 39:
| socks2 = FEFEFE
| socks2 = FEFEFE
}}
}}
'''Tofaga FC''' is a [[Tuvalu]] football club from [[Vaitupu]], playing in the [[Tuvalu A-Division]], which consists of 8 clubs:
'''Tofaga FC''' is a [[Tuvalu]] football club from [[Vaitupu]], playing in the [[Tuvalu A-Division]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Club || Island
|-
| [[Lakena United]] || [[Nanumea]]
|-
| [[FC Manu Laeva|Manu Laeva]] || [[Nukulaelae]]
|-
| [[F.C. Nanumaga|Nanumaga]]|| [[Nanumanga]]
|-
| [[Nauti FC|Nauti]] || [[Funafuti]]
|-
| [[Tamanuku]] || [[Nukufetau]]
|-
| Tofaga FC || [[Vaitupu]]
|-
| [[Nui F.C.|Nui]]||[[Nui (atoll)|Nui]]
|-
| [[FC Niutao|Niutao]] || [[Niutao]]
|}


The team's home ground is the [[Tuvalu Sports Ground]],<ref name="TSG">{{cite web|title= Tuvalu - Stadiums|url= https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/tuvalu-stadiums.html|publisher= Prepared and maintained by Carlos Santos for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|page=|date=9 December 2021|access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> on [[Funafuti]], which is the only football field in [[Tuvalu]]. Tofaga plays on an amateur level, as do all the teams in Tuvalu. They also have a reserve squad and a women's team.
The team's home ground is the [[Tuvalu Sports Ground]],<ref name="TSG">{{cite web|title= Tuvalu - Stadiums|url= https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/tuvalu-stadiums.html|publisher= Prepared and maintained by Carlos Santos for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|page=|date=9 December 2021|access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> on [[Funafuti]], which is the only football field in [[Tuvalu]]. Tofaga plays on an amateur level, as do all the teams in Tuvalu. They also have a reserve squad and a women's team.
Line 115: Line 88:
{{Tuvalu A-Division}}
{{Tuvalu A-Division}}


[[:Category:Vaitupu]]
[[Category:Vaitupu]]
[[:Category:Football clubs in Tuvalu]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Tuvalu]]
[[:Category:Football in Tuvalu]]
[[Category:Football in Tuvalu]]

Latest revision as of 22:24, 30 May 2024

Tofaga FC
Tofaga
Full nameTofaga Football Club
GroundTuvalu Sports Ground,
Funafuti, Tuvalu
Capacity1,500
LeagueTuvalu A-Division
20211st[1]

Tofaga FC is a Tuvalu football club from Vaitupu, playing in the Tuvalu A-Division.

The team's home ground is the Tuvalu Sports Ground,[2] on Funafuti, which is the only football field in Tuvalu. Tofaga plays on an amateur level, as do all the teams in Tuvalu. They also have a reserve squad and a women's team.

History

[edit]

The team was originally name Vatokami and was founded in the 1970s. In the 1990s, Paulson Panapa and Tapugao Falefou were the team’s well-known players. In 1997 the team won its first prize, the Benson and Hedges Cup.[3] The team won the Independence Cup (held to recognise the independence of Tuvalu) in 1998.[3]

In 2005, the team changed its name to Tofaga.[4]

Toakai Puapua was coach from 2006 to 2008. He was also the football coach of Tuvalu during the 2007 South Pacific Games.[5]

Tofaga won the NBT Cup and the Independence Cup in 2006. After that, the club regularly won cups; the NBT Cup in 2007, 2008 and 2011, and three prizes in 2010 (Tuvalu Games, Independence Cup and Christmas Cup). Tofaga won the Independence Cup 5 times, and the team has also won the NBT Cup 9 times, and was the runner-up 4 times.[3]

Tofaga’s only win of the Tuvalu A-Division competition was in 2021,[3] although its players, including Alopua Petoa[6] and James Lepaio,[7] were topscorers in the Tuvalu A-Division competition, in 2011, 2012, 2019 & 2021, and Alopua Petoa is the topscorer with the Tuvalu national football team with 11 goals in his international career.[8][9][10]

Tofaga was the runner-up in the 2023 Tuvalu A-Division competition.[11] Tofaga won the NBT Cup in 2023, beating Vaoloa 2-1.[11] The team included Etimoni Timuani (defender), James Lepaio (midfielder) and Alopua Petoa (striker).[12]

Honours

[edit]
Tofaga A, winners of the Tuvalu Games competition 2012
The players celebrating being champions of the 2010 Christmas Cup

League

[edit]

The Tofaga reserve team has been the B-Team Champions 5 times: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013 & 2021.[1]

Cup

[edit]
  • Tuvalu Games
    • Winners (3): 2010, 2012, 2013[3]
    • Runners-up (2): 2009, 2011[3]
  • Independence Cup
    • Winners (5): 1998, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013[3]
    • Runners-up (2): 2008, 2009[3]
  • NBT Cup
    • Winners (9): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023[3]
    • Runners-up (4): 2009, 2013, 2018, 2020[3]
  • Christmas Cup
    • Winners (2): 2010, 2019[3]
    • Runners-up (2): 2012, 2013[3]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Tuvalu - List of Champions". Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Tuvalu - Stadiums". Prepared and maintained by Carlos Santos for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Tuvalu - List of Cup Winners". Prepared and maintained by Carlos Santos for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Alopua Petoa - Oceania NÃO FIFA article".
  5. ^ "Super sub Sekifu leaves Tahiti red-faced". Football Federation of American Samoa. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Alopua Petoa". National Football Teams.
  7. ^ James Lepaio at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ^ "Alopua PETOA". footballdatabase.eu 2007-2023. 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Interview with Alopua Petoa". Oceania No FIFA. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Alopua Petoa - Algemeen Dagblad article". DPG Media B.V. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Tuvalu - Tuvalu 2023". Prepared and maintained by Carlos Santos and Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  12. ^ "FC Tofaga Tuvalu A-Division (1. League) / 2nd Rank". National Football Teams. 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Tofaga_FC&oldid=1226481737"