Tonga national football team

Tonga

Shirt badge/Association crest
Association	Tonga Football Association
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Timote Moleni
Most caps	Lafaele Moala (16)
Top scorer	Mark Uhatahi (3)
Home stadium	Loto-Tonga Soka Centre
FIFA code	TGA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	204 4 (3 December 2015)
Highest	163 (October 1998)
Lowest	204 (December 2015)
First international
Tahiti 8–0 Tonga (Fiji; 29 August 1979)

The Tonga national football team is the national team of Tonga and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association.

Information

Football in Tonga

Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993 over Samoa and the Cook Islands. Although local players have not yet made their mark on big leagues abroad, the Chief Executive of the Tonga Football Association, Joe Topou, was appointed to the FIFA Executive Committee in 2002. The Tonga association is the only sports organization on the island that employs full-time administrative staff.

The second Goal project

Tonga's second Goal project will develop and improve the national football academy and the associations headquarters in Atele, Tongatapu, which was built in the country's first Goal project. This development work will ensure that all of the Tonga Football Associations needs are fully satisfied. Local matches will be held at the football academy, while the administration's requirements, including the needs of players, officials and spectators, will also be covered. The football school will be transformed into a House of Football.

Competitive Record

World Cup

• 1930 to 1994 – Did not enter
• 1998 to 2018 – Did not qualify

OFC Nations Cup

• 1973 to 1980 – Did not enter
• 1996 to 2016 – Did not qualify

Pacific Games

Pacific Games Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1963	Did Not Enter
1966
1969
1971
1975
1979	Group Stage	9th	2	0	0	2	3	13
1983	Group Stage	7th	3	1	1	1	6	8
1987	Did Not Enter
1991
1995
2003	Group Stage	7th	4	1	1	2	9	10
2007	Group Stage	7th	4	1	0	3	6	10
2011	Did Not Enter
2015
Total	4/14	7th	13	3	2	9	24	41

Results and Fixtures

2015

Fiji v Tonga

19 August 2015 Friendly	Fiji	5 – 0	Tonga	Ba, Fiji
	Tiwa  5', 56' Singh  17' Vakatalesau  42' Qasevakatini  81' (pen.)			Stadium: Govind Park, Ba

Tonga v Cook Islands

31 August 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC First Round	Tonga	0 – 3	Cook Islands	Loto-Tonga Soka Centre, Nuku'alofa
13:00 UTC+13			Saghabi  38', 53', 60'	Referee: Ravitesh Behari

American Samoa v Tonga

Tonga v Samoa

Current squad

Players selected to compete in the First Round of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against American Samoa, Samoa and the Cook Islands.
Caps and goals updated as of 4 September 2015.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Heneli Sa'afi (1982-07-24) 24 July 1982 8 0 Ha'amoko United Youth 20 1GK Sinilau Taufa (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 2 0 Unattached 2 2DF Sione Uhatahi (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 9 1 Lotoha'apai United 4 2DF Lotima Taufoou (1984-08-24) 24 August 1984 4 0 Unattached 5 2DF Folio Moeaki (1982-05-09) 9 May 1982 15 0 Unattached 7 2DF Sione Teu (1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 6 0 Lotoha'apai United 8 2DF Sipiloni Sila (1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 1 0 Unattached 9 2DF Lisala Tuipulotu (1991-04-07) 7 April 1991 1 0 Unattached 10 2DF Kent Lave (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 0 0 Unattached 11 2DF Sione Lelenga (1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 1 0 Unattached 12 2DF Apolosi Atuekaho (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 1 0 Unattached 6 3MF Oliveti Vai (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 4 0 Lotoha'apai United 15 3MF Fineasi Palei (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 7 0 Lotoha'apai United 16 3MF Niuvalu Fifita (1990-05-23) 23 May 1990 3 0 Unattached 17 3MF Samisoni Maasi (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 2 0 Unattached 19 3MF Anthony Likiliki (1999-12-19) 19 December 1999 2 0 Tonga Football Academy 22 3MF Lafaele Moala (1982-07-22) 22 July 1982 16 1 Lotoha'apai United 23 3MF Samisoni Mafi (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 7 0 Lotoha'apai United 24 3MF Kilifi Uele (1974-11-14) 14 November 1974 15 1 Unattached 13 4FW Mark Uhatahi (1983-03-24) 24 March 1983 11 3 Lotoha'apai United 14 4FW Hemaloto Polovili (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 3 0 Lotoha'apai United 18 4FW Soakai Vea (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 3 0 Lotoha'apai United 21 4FW Sione Kite (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 1 0 Lotoha'apai United

Squad of 2011

Caps and goals as of 14 July 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 18 1GK Kaneti Felela (1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 3 0 Marist Prems 1 1GK Sione Faupula (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 0 0 Lotoha'apai United 22 1GK Heneli Sa'afi (1982-07-24) 24 July 1982 4 0 Ha'amoko United Youth 5 2DF Samisoni Mafi (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 3 0 Lotoha'apai United 6 2DF Folio Moeaki (1982-05-09) 9 May 1982 10 0 Unattached 2DF Matana Paongo (1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 2 0 Lotoha'apai United 16 2DF Petesa Onogosia (1979-11-06) 6 November 1979 0 0 Marist Prems 19 2DF Alekisanita Fehoko (1983-01-25) 25 January 1983 0 0 Unattached 23 2DF Penisimani Pau (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 0 0 Unattached 21 2DF Vitolio Latu (1987-12-01) 1 December 1987 0 0 Unattached 8 3MF Unaloto Feao (1982-01-16) 16 January 1982 8 2 Navutoka 12 3MF Timote Maamaaloa (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 3 1 Lotoha'apai United 17 3MF Siosifa Moimoi (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 3 0 Marist Prems 4 3MF Fineasi Palei (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 3 0 Lotoha'apai United 7 3MF Pio Palu (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 6 2 Navutoka 14 3MF Lokoua Taufahema (1969-08-04) 4 August 1969 6 5 Unattached 2 3MF Sione Tovo (1986-04-06) 6 April 1986 5 0 Navutoka 15 4FW Sione Teu (1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 3 0 Nui'aunofo 9 4FW Kinitoni Falatau (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 3 1 Houmakelikao 11 4FW Lafaele Moala (1982-07-22) 22 July 1982 11 1 Lotoha'apai United 10 4FW Malakai Savieti (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 7 1 Heathcote Storm 13 4FW Viliami Vaitaki (1984-10-28) 28 October 1984 3 1 Ngele'ia FC 20 4FW Ilalio Leakona (1981-01-14) 14 January 1981 5 0 Unattached 24 4FW Hemaloto Polovili (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 0 0 Lotoha'apai United

List of Coaches

• Rudi Gutendorf (1981)
• Umberto Mottini (1997-1998)
• Gary Phillips (2001)
• Heinave Kaifa (2002–2003)
• Milan Janković (2003–2005)
• Ben Perry (2005-2006)
• Reece Mclaughlin (2006–2007)
• Chris Williams (2011)
• Jack Hellon (2012-2013)
• Timote Moleni (2015–present)

See also

• Tonga national under-23 football team
• Tonga national under-20 football team
• Tonga national under-17 football team
• Tonga women's national football team
• Tonga women's national under-20 football team