Fiji national under-17 football team
Appearance
Nickname(s) | Bula Boys | ||
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Association | Fiji Football Association | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | Sunil Kumar | ||
Captain | Patrick Joseph | ||
Most caps | Iosefo Verevou (8) | ||
Top scorer | Osea Vakatalesau, Iosefo Verevou (6) | ||
FIFA code | FIJ | ||
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First international | |||
New Caledonia 4 - 3 Fiji (Auckland, New Zealand; December 3, 1983) | |||
Biggest win | |||
American Samoa 0 - 9 Fiji (Auckland, New Zealand; January 8, 2011) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Fiji 0 - 6 New Zealand (Apia, Samoa; January 13, 2015) New Zealand 7–1 Fiji (Pīraʻe, Tahiti; 31 July 2024) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in [[2025 FIFA World Cup|2025]]) | ||
OFC Under-17 Championship | |||
Appearances | 18 (first in 1983) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (1999) |
The Fiji national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association.
Competition Record
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
FIFA U-17 World Cup record | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
1985 to 2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2009 | Did not participate | |||||||||
2011 to 2023 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
2025 | Qualified | |||||||||
Total | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OFC U-17 Championship record
The OFC U-17 Championship 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-17 World Cup.
OFC U-17 Championship | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1983 | Fifth place | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 2 |
1986 | Fifth place | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 2 |
1989 | Fourth place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 2 |
1991 | Third place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | -17 | 0 |
1993 | Fourth place | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 1 |
1995 | Group stage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
1997 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
1999 | Runners-up | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 12 |
& 2001 | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 3 |
&& 2003 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 | |
2005 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
2007 | Third place | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
2009 | Did not participate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2011 | Group stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 3 |
& 2013 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 |
& 2015 | Group stage | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 7 |
& 2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 | |
& 2018 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 6 |
2023 | Fourth place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 |
Total | Runners-up | 75 | 24 | 12 | 39 | 153 | 179 | -26 | 82 |
Current Technical Staff
Position | |
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Head coach | Sunil Kumar |
Assistant coach | Anginesh Prasad |
Goalkeeper coach | Xavier Henneuse |
Physiotherapist | Varoon Karan |
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the 2023 OFC U-17 Championship matches.[1]
- Match dates: 11 – 28 January 2023
Fixtures & Results
2023
12 January 2023 2023 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage | Fiji | 3–0 | Samoa | Suva, Fiji |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: HFC Bank Stadium Attendance: 320 Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand) |
18 January 2023 2023 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage | Tonga | 0–3 | Fiji | Suva, Fiji |
19:00 | Report |
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Stadium: HFC Bank Stadium Attendance: 275 Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands) |
22 January 2023 2023 OFC U-17 Championship Group Stage | Fiji | 3–0 | Cook Islands | Suva, Fiji |
16:00 |
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Report | Stadium: HFC Bank Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea) |
25 January 2023 2023 OFC U-17 Championship Semi-Final | Fiji | 1–4 | New Zealand | Suva, Fiji |
19:00 |
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Report | Stadium: HFC Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands) |
28 January 2023 2023 OFC U-17 Championship Third place | Tahiti | 3–0 | Fiji | Suva, Fiji |
16:00 |
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Report | Stadium: HFC Bank Stadium Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand) |
List of coaches
- Hussain Sahib (2010–2011)
- Kamal Swamy (2012–2015)
- Yogendra Dutt (2014–2015)
- Shalen Lal (2016–2017)
- Rupeni Luvu (2017–2019)
- Sunil Kumar (2019–present)
Notes
References
- ^ "Provisional squads named for OFC U-17 Championship 2023". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.