Vanuatu national under-20 football team

Vanuatu U20

Association	Vanuatu Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Etienne Mermer
Captain	Jacky Ruben
Most caps	Seiloni Iaruel, Kevin Shem & Jean Kaltak (9)
Top scorer	Jean Kaltak (9)
FIFA code	VAN
First colours Second colours
First international
Tahiti 2 - 1 New Hebrides (Papeete, French Polynesia; December 8, 1974)
World Cup
Appearances	0
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances	13 (1974), (1988), (1990), (1992), (1994), (1998), (2001), (2002), (2005), (2007), (2011), (2013), (2014)
Best result	Second (2014)

The Vanuatu national under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.

History

The Vanuatu national under-29 football team took 5 times part on a tournament (1995, 2005, 2009, 2011 and 2013) and the best result was in 2005 when the team reached the final but unfortunately they lost it against Australia. In 2014 the team got the best result with a second place.

Competition record

OFC

The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

OFC U-20 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1974	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1
1978
1980
1982
1985
1987
1988	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	2	8	-6	0
1990	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	4	10	-6	4
1992	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	4	9	-5	3
1994	4th Place	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6
1997
1998	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	15	9	+6	3
2001	Group Stage	5	4	0	1	23	4	+19	12
2002	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1
2005	4th Place	5	3	0	2	12	15	-1	9
2007	Group Stage	6	1	2	3	8	17	-9	5
2008
2011	4th Place	5	4	0	1	19	5	+14	12
2013	3rd Place	4	2	0	2	12	7	+5	6
2014	2nd Place	5	3	2	0	11	4	+7	11
Total	12	47	20	5	22	110	101	+9	62

Group stage

The group stage fixtures were announced on 7 May, with the games scheduled as a round-robin tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fiji	5	4	1	0	13	3	+10	13
Vanuatu	5	3	2	0	11	4	+7	11
New Caledonia	5	3	0	2	17	5	+12	9
Solomon Islands	5	1	1	3	7	7	0	4
Papua New Guinea	5	1	1	3	6	13	−7	4
American Samoa	5	0	1	4	1	23	−22	1

History matches

2014

Vanuatu v New Caledonia

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

Solomon Islands v Vanuatu

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

American Samoa v Vanuatu

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

Vanuatu v Fiji

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

Papua New Guinea v Vanuatu

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

2014 OFC U-20 Championship

Waivui

Thomas

Lency

Donna

Kalsrap

Ruben

Kalo

Bule

Koka

Frank

Kaltak

Vanuatu's starting line-up against New Caledonia, OFC U-20 Championship 2014

Current Technical Staff

Position
Head coach	Etienne Mermer
Assistant coach	Anthony Pisano
Teammanager	Tom Philip
Goalkeeping coach	Obed Jimmy
Physio	Albert Kaipam
Media Officer	Harry Atisson

Pre-squad for the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship in September

Caps and goals as of 3 February 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Andreas Duch (1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 0 0 Spirit 08 1GK Ricky Dick (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 0 0 Shepherds United 1GK Daniel August 0 0 Teouma Academy 2DF Goshen Donna (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 3 0 Amicale 2DF Jason Thomas (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 4 0 Phnom Penh Crown 2DF Joseph Iaruel (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 0 0 St Peter's College 2DF Alex August (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 0 0 Teouma Academy 2DF William Kai (1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 0 0 Teouma Academy 2DF Gayson Boaga 0 0 Teouma Academy 2DF Chris Bani (1997-07-15) 15 July 1997 0 0 Torba United 2DF Loic Bule 0 0 Teouma Academy 2DF Zolostino Tanghwa (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 0 0 Teouma Academy 2DF Jeffrey Tasso (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 2DF Gregory Patrick (1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 3MF Frederick Massing (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 3MF William Edison (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 3MF Bong Kalo (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 5 2 Tafea 3MF Godin Tenene 0 0 Spirit 08 3MF Abednigo Sau (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 3MF Max Uguna (1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 3MF Ronaldo Wilkins (1999-12-30) 30 December 1999 0 0 Wellington Phoenix 3MF Jayson Timatua (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 0 0 Shepherds United 3MF Harisson Isaac 0 0 Teouma Academy 3MF Vatu Kalsale (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 0 0 Sia-Raga 3MF Sedeck Melky 0 0 Teouma Academy 3MF Jesta Iatika 0 0 Teouma Academy 4FW Xavier Johnny (1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 4FW Sylvain Worworbu (1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 0 0 St Peter's College 4FW Derek Bule (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 4FW Ruben Manium 0 0 Teouma Academy 4FW Thimoty Shem 0 0 Teouma Academy 4FW Andry Namatak 0 0 Teouma Academy

Squad for the 2014 OFC U-20 Championship

Caps and goals as of 1 June 2014.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Charlie Waivui (1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 5 0 Tafea U20 24 1GK Ricky Dick (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 0 0 Teouma Academy 2 2DF Jaison Thomas (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 4 0 Phnom Penh Crown 3 2DF Goshen Donna (1997-06-07) June 7, 1997 3 0 Amicale 4 2DF Alphonse Lency 5 0 Vaum United 5 2DF Joseph Iaruel (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 0 0 St Peter's College 6 2DF Remy Kalsrap (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 5 0 Erakor Golden Star 7 2DF Elie Melte Rossi (1996-01-09) January 9, 1996 2 0 Yatel 18 2DF Kerry Iawak (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 4 1 Spirit 08 8 3MF Justin Koka (1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 5 1 Amicale 10 3MF Bong Kalo (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 5 2 Tafea 12 3MF Andre Bule (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 2 0 Yatel 14 3MF Kersom Kalsong 5 4 Erakor Golden Star 15 3MF Etienne Naieu (1996-02-13) February 13, 1996 2 0 Amicale 16 3MF Jacky Ruben (c) (1996-06-24) June 24, 1996 4 0 Erakor Golden Star 19 3MF Renold Iwai (1996-05-31) May 31, 1996 1 0 Yatel 9 4FW Tony Kaltack (1996-09-05) 5 September 1996 4 2 Erakor Golden Star 11 4FW Alex Saniel (1996-11-08) November 8, 1996 5 1 Fencibles United 13 4FW Ruben Frank (1996-10-07) October 7, 1996 5 0 Shepherds United 17 4FW Sam Iwai 3 0 Teouma Academy

Current squad

Caps and goals as of 10 March 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Seiloni Iaruel (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 9 0 Tafea 20 1GK Kalo Firiam (1994-12-10) December 10, 1994 0 0 Tafea 2 2DF Raoul Coulon (1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 2 0 Tupuji Imere 3 2DF Chanel Obed (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 2 0 Amicale 4 2DF Jaycen Botleng (1994-06-06) June 6, 1994 4 0 Tafea 5 2DF Kevin Shem (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 9 2 Tafea 6 2DF Jais Malsarani (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 4 0 Tafea 15 2DF Eric Johnsam (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 1 0 Shepherds United 7 3MF Barry Mansale (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 3 0 Tupuji Imere 8 3MF Jackson Tasso (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 4 1 Amicale 12 3MF Santino Mermer (1995-05-28) 28 May 1995 1 0 Shepherds United 14 3MF Michel Coulon (1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 3 0 Tupuji Imere 16 3MF Zica Manuhi (1993-07-23) July 23, 1993 4 1 Ifira Black Bird 18 3MF Philipe Tabilip (1993-05-24) May 24, 1993 1 1 Unattached 9 4FW Jean Kaltak (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 9 9 Erakor Golden Star 10 4FW Bill Nicolls (1993-06-03) June 3, 1993 4 0 Tupuji Imere 11 4FW Ratu Hungai (1993-10-18) October 18, 1993 2 0 Unattached 13 4FW Dalong Damalip (1993-05-12) May 12, 1993 4 4 Amicale 17 4FW Nicol Tari (1994-11-29) November 29, 1994 2 1 Tafea 19 4FW Edwin Bai (1995-12-21) December 21, 1995 1 0 Malampa Revivors

External links

• Vanuatu Football Federation official website