Fiji national football team
The Fiji national football team is the national team of the Pacific island nation of Fiji.
Fiji is a member of the world football governing body FIFA and the regional association OFC. Thus, it takes part in the qualifying matches to soccer 's World Cup and the OFC Nations Cup.
The biggest success of the national team was the third place in the OFC Nations Cup 1998.
Fiji at World Cup
The first qualification for a FIFA World Tournament denied Fiji with the tournament for the FIFA 1982 World Cup in Spain. In the Asia / Oceania zone, the team played in home and away matches against Australia (1:4, 0:10 ), Chinese Taipei ( 2-1, 0-0), Indonesia (0:0, 3:3 ) and New Zealand ( 0:4, 0:13 ). In the end it took fourth place in the standings with one win and three draws in eight games. However, this performance meant an early end in qualifying.
The qualification for the FIFA World Cup 1990 was also completed for Fiji in the first round. After the team did not compete for the tournament in 1986, now had to face Australia in two knockout tournaments. Surprisingly, Fiji won the first leg on 11 December 1988, 1-0 at home, but the return leg four days later went clear with 1:5 lost and Fiji was eliminated.
Even the dream of competing at the Football World Cup 1994 ended for Fiji in the first round. Here the team played against New Zealand ( 0:3, 0:0 ) and Vanuatu (3-0, 3-0), ranked at the end of the second place in the standings and missed the play-offs against Australia just two points.
The qualification for the FIFA 1998 World Cup ended for Fiji also with the departure in the first round. Against New Zealand lost the team 0:1 and 0:5, against Papua New Guinea, both games were won (3:1, 1:0). The second place in the standings but also handed this time not for getting ahead.
For the Soccer World Cup 2002 Fiji also failed to qualify. In group 1 had the choice of the island nation against American Samoa ( 13:0 ), Australia ( 0-2), Samoa (6:1) and Tonga compete (8:1). Ultimately, it was enough for a second place in the standings behind Australia, meaning that Fiji was eliminated.
The qualification for the FIFA 2006 World Cup in Germany was more successful than the previous world tournaments. In the first round Fiji played against Samoa ( 11:0 ), Papua New Guinea (4-2 ), Samoa (4:0 ) and Vanuatu (0:3) and moved as a table runner in the second round. There, the team had against Australia ( 1:6 ), New Zealand (0:2), Solomon Islands (1:2), Tahiti (0:0 ) and Vanuatu (1-0 ) compete. The fourth place in the standings meant the end but again the resignation in qualifying.
In the first round of qualifying for the Football World Cup 2010, which is the tournament of the South Pacific at the same time, Fiji was as group winners against the Cook Islands ( 4-0), New Caledonia (1:1), Tahiti ( 4-0) and Tuvalu (16: 0), and a semi-final victory over Vanuatu (3:0 ) with the finals at the same time move into the second round of Oceania qualifying ( in the final, you had to beat New Caledonia 0-1 to give ). The second round, which began on 17 October 2007 and is parallel to the OFC Nations Cup, Fiji began with a defeat against New Zealand ( 0-2). The two games against New Caledonia The team could also not win the first leg ended 3-3, the second leg 0-4 from Fijian point of view. On September 6, Fiji ran against Vanuatu, the return match took place on September 10. On November 19, the last game against New Zealand was in order.
Participation in World Cups
Participations in the OFC Nations Cup
Attendance at the South Pacific Games and Pacific
Fiji has two titles, the third most successful team of the competition and was the most common second (4 × ).
Participations in the Melanesia Cup
Fiji took part in all preceding editions and is equipped with five titles giants.
Known player
- Roy Krishna
- Ronil Kumar
- Esala Masi
- Osea Vakatalesau