Vanuatu national under-20 football team

Vanuatu U20
Association	Vanuatu Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Vanuatu Francois Sakama
Captain	Bong Kalo
Most caps	Bong Kalo (13)
Top scorer	Jean Kaltak (9)
FIFA code	VAN
File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg First colours	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Second colours
First international
	French Polynesia Tahiti 2–1 New Hebrides New Hebrides; (Papeete, Tahiti; December 8, 1974)
Biggest win
	American Samoa American Samoa 0–15 Vanuatu Vanuatu; (Apia, Samoa; August 19, 1998)
Biggest defeat
	Fiji Fiji 11–0 Vanuatu Vanuatu; (Suva, Fiji; October 1, 1994)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group Stage (2017)
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances	16 (1974, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
Best result	Runners-up (2014, 2016)

The Vanuatu national under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation. It was known as the New Hebrides national under-20 football team until 1980, when the New Hebrides gained their independence and renamed their country to Vanuatu.

History

The Vanuatu national under-20 football team took part in the OFC U-20 Championship tournament 14 times (1974, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016). In 2014, the team got the best result with a second place as they finished behind Fiji. Two years later, they would qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup after defeating the Solomon Islands in the semifinals to book a spot and compete at their first ever FIFA tournament.^[1]

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977–2015	Did not qualify
South Korea 2017	Group stage	24th	3	0	0	3	4	13
2019–2025	Did not qualify
Total	Group stage	1/24	3	0	0	3	4	13

OFC

The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament 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-20 World Cup.

OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
as File:Flag of New Hebrides.svg New Hebrides
French Polynesia 1974	Third place	3	0	1	2	3	7
Australia 1978	Did not enter
as File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu
Fiji 1980	Did not enter
Papua New Guinea 1982
Australia 1985
New Zealand 1986
Fiji 1988	Group stage	2	0	0	2	2	8
Fiji 1990	Third place	4	2	0	2	4	10
French Polynesia 1992	Fourth place	4	1	1	2	4	9
Fiji 1994	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	6	6
French Polynesia 1997	Did not compete
Samoa 1998	Group stage	3	1	0	2	15	9
New Caledonia Cook Islands 2001		5	4	0	1	23	4
Vanuatu Fiji 2002		2	0	1	1	2	4
Solomon Islands 2005	Third place	5	3	0	2	12	15
New Zealand 2007	Group stage	6	1	2	3	8	17
French Polynesia 2008	Did not enter
New Zealand 2011	Third place	5	4	0	1	19	5
Fiji 2013	Third place	4	2	0	2	12	7
Fiji 2014	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	11	4
Tonga Vanuatu 2016	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	7	7
Cook Islands French Polynesia 2018	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	11
French Polynesia 2022	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	7
Total	Runners-up	63	27	7	29	130	130

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Dick

Thomas

Jeffery

Boulet

Wilkins

Aru

Timatua

Kalo

Tenene

Massing

Sau

Vanuatu's starting line-up against New Zealand, OFC U-20 Championship 2016

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach	Vanuatu Francois Sakama
Team Manager	Vanuatu Peter Takaro
High Performance Coach	France David Laurent Baltase
Assistant coach 1	Vanuatu Kaison Maki
Assistant coach 2	Vanuatu Vital Bong
Team Manager	Vanuatu Peter Takaro
Goalkeeper coach & Kit Manager	Vanuatu Obed Jimmy
Doctor	Vanuatu Basil Leodoro
Physio	Vanuatu Albert Kaipam

Vanuatu at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup before a match against Mexico at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium in Daejeon, South Korea.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship from 7 to 20 September 2022. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals as of 20 September 2022 after the game against Tahiti.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Brendon Tankon	(2003-07-24) 24 July 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Vanuatu Teouma Academy
22	1GK	Markson Kalsrap	(2003-04-08) 8 April 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Vanuatu Mauriki
26	1GK	Alison Hungai	(2004-06-26) 26 June 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Vanuatu ABM Galaxy

2	2DF	Quinton Tawia	(2004-04-19) 19 April 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Vanuatu Amicale
3	2DF	Enock James	(2004-01-12) 12 January 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Vanuatu ABM Galaxy
4	2DF	Edward Roqara	(2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star
5	2DF	Daniel Roro	(2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Vanuatu VFF Academy
13	2DF	Bathis Nalau	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Vanuatu Teouma Academy
16	2DF	Bob Bae	(2003-12-14) 14 December 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Vanuatu VFF Academy
17	2DF	Nicholas King	(2004-04-14) 14 April 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Vanuatu Tafea
24	2DF	Brian Pakoa	(2004-08-13) 13 August 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Vanuatu Amicale
25	2DF	Luis Ute	(2003-09-02) 2 September 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Vanuatu All Reds Youth

6	3MF	Shem Sopuso	(2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Vanuatu VFF Academy
7	3MF	Jerison John	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Vanuatu VFF Academy
8	3MF	Jordan Nirua	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 22)	0	0	Vanuatu VFF Academy
10	3MF	Chima Chillia	(2003-12-24) 24 December 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Vanuatu Tupuji Imere
12	3MF	Gerard Avock	(2004-12-21) 21 December 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Vanuatu Mauriki
15	3MF	Solo Namani	(2004-10-06) 6 October 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Vanuatu VFF Academy
18	3MF	Thomas Maliwan	(2005-01-26) 26 January 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Vanuatu Tafea
19	3MF	Ron Takau	(2004-07-25) 25 July 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star
21	3MF	Newton Tabe	(2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Vanuatu Amicale
23	3MF	Roger Waoute	(2003-07-14) 14 July 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star

9	4FW	Bill Willie	(2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Vanuatu VFF Academy
11	4FW	Tari Laurentin	(2003-07-27) 27 July 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Vanuatu United Malampa
14	4FW	AJ Rozach Zakarie	(2004-04-19) 19 April 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star
20	4FW	Sergio Waoute	(2006-11-03) 3 November 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star

Fixtures and results

2014

23 May 2014 2014 OFC U-20 Championship	Vanuatu Vanuatu	1–0	New Caledonia New Caledonia	Fiji Suva, Fiji
17:00	Justin Koka File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report		Stadium: ANZ Stadium Referee: Solomon Islands Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

25 May 2014 2014 OFC U-20 Championship	Solomon Islands Solomon Islands	0–0	Vanuatu Vanuatu	Fiji Suva, Fiji
14:30		Report		Stadium: ANZ Stadium Referee: French Polynesia Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

29 May 2014 2014 OFC U-20 Championship	Vanuatu Vanuatu	2–2	Fiji Fiji	Fiji Suva, Fiji
17:00 UTC+12	Bong Kalo File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Kerry Iawak File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Report	Nickel Chand File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Jale Dreloa File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Referee: French Polynesia Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

27 May 2014 2014 OFC U-20 Championship	Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea	2–4	Vanuatu Vanuatu	Fiji Suva, Fiji
19:30 UTC+12	Goshen Donna File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (o.g.) Papalau Awele File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report	Kersom Kalsong File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 63' Tony Kaltak File:Soccerball shade.svg 89', 90+3'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Referee: Solomon Islands George Time Solomon Islands)

2016

3 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
15:00	Tenene File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report		Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium Referee: New Zealand Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

2017

4 May 2017 Friendly	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	1-1	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	Singapore Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Godine TeneneFile:Soccerball shade.svg 9'	Report	Hanafi AkbarFile:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

7 May 2017 Friendly	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	1-1	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	Singapore Bishan Stadium
	Bong KaloFile:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' (pen)		Muhaimin SuhaimiFile:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen)

14 May 2017 Friendly	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	1-1	File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam	Singapore Bishan Stadium
10:30	Ronaldo WilkinsFile:Soccerball shade.svg 4'		Trần Thanh SơnFile:Soccerball shade.svg 40'

2018

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 2018 OFC U-19 Championship	Solomon Islands File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg	1-0	File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu	French Polynesia Pirae, Tahiti
12:00	Taroga File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'	Report		Stadium: Stade Fautaua Attendance: 150 Referee: French Polynesia Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

List of coaches

Vanuatu Moise Poida (2011–2013)
Vanuatu Etienne Mermer (2014–2016)
New Zealand Declan Edge (2016)
Canada Dejan Gluščević (2017)
Northern Ireland Paul Munster (2019)
Vanuatu Kaison Maki (2019-2022)
Vanuatu Francois Sakama (2022-)

References

↑ "History-making Vanuatu join New Zealand on world stage". FIFA. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

External links

Vanuatu Football Federation official website

[1] "History-making Vanuatu join New Zealand on world stage". FIFA. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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6 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
15:00	Wilkins File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (pen.) Kalo File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Thomas File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Yanum File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium Referee: New Zealand Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

6 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	3–1	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
15:00	Wilkins File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (pen.) Kalo File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Thomas File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Yanum File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium Referee: New Zealand Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

17 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship	New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg	5–0	File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu	Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
14:30	Ashworth File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Dyer File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Bevan File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Imrie File:Soccerball shade.svg 88', 90'	Report Report (NZ Football)		Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium Referee: French Polynesia Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

20 May 2017 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	2-3	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	South Korea Daejeon, South Korea
17:00	Kalo File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Wilkins File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report	Magaña File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Cisneros File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Álvarez File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium Referee: Russia Sergei Karasev (Russia)

23 May 2017 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Venezuela File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg	7-0	File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu	South Korea Daejeon, South Korea
17:00	Velásquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Córdova File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', 73' Peñaranda File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Faríñez File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' (pen.) Hurtado File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Sosa File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report		Stadium: Daejeon World Cup Stadium Attendance: 1,495 Referee: South Korea Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

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27 May 2014 2014 OFC U-20 Championship	American Samoa American Samoa	0–4	Vanuatu Vanuatu	Fiji Suva, Fiji
19:30 UTC+12		Report	Bong Kalo File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Alex Saniel File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Kersom Kalsong File:Soccerball shade.svg 56', 67'	Stadium: ANZ Stadium Referee: Fiji Ravinesh Behairi (Fiji)

10 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship	New Caledonia File:New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg	0–1	File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu	Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
15:00		Report	Wilkins File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium Referee: New Zealand Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

13 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	2–1	File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands	Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
14:30	Tenene File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Massing File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Report	Gise File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'	Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium Referee: New Zealand Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

1 May 2017 Friendly	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	2-3	File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	Singapore Choa Chu Kang Stadium
	Bong KaloFile:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Azariah SoromonFile:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report	Hami SyahinFile:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Jordan ChanFile:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Muhaimin SuhaimiFile:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

26 May 2017 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg	3-2	File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu	South Korea Seogwipo, South Korea
17:00	Badu File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Reese File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Iyoha File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Report	Kalo File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 77'	Stadium: Jeju World Cup Stadium Referee: Guatemala Walter López (Guatemala)

6 August 2018 (2018-08-06) 2018 OFC U-19 Championship	Vanuatu File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg	1-3	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	French Polynesia Pirae, Tahiti
18:00	Tasip File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' (pen.)	Report	Dau File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' Vodowaqa File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Sami File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Fautaua Attendance: 300 Referee: New Zealand Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09) 2018 OFC U-19 Championship	New Caledonia File:New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg	8-1	File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu	French Polynesia Pirae, Tahiti
18:00	Gope-Fenepej File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 53' Bako File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Rawor File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' (o.g.) Richard File:Soccerball shade.svg 60', 63' Wawia File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Longue File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Peli File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Stadium: Stade Fautaua Attendance: 300 Referee: French Polynesia Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

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