Samoa national under-20 football team
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The Samoa national under-20 association football team (Samoan: Sāmoa soka au) represents Samoa in under-20 competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's U20 home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia.[1] It was known as the Western Samoa national under-20 football team until 1997, following the renaming of the country. Samoa is a part of the FIFA Goal project.[2] The 2022 squad consisted of 18 non-Samoan based players out of a squad of 26, this was made possible through extensive worldwide scouting, no other country in the OFC region has seen this amount of off shore players in an U20 squad.
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Association | Football Federation Samoa | ||
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Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | ![]() | ||
Captain | Kyah Cahill | ||
Most caps | Samuelu Malo (6) | ||
Top scorer | Pago Tunupopo Samuelu Malo (4) | ||
FIFA code | SAM | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Suva, Fiji; September 3, 1988) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Nukuʻalofa, Tonga; June 21, 2016) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Suva, Fiji; September 5, 1988) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
OFC U-20 Championship | |||
Appearances | 9 (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2018) | ||
Best result | Quarter Final (2022) | ||
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