Tonga national football team

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Tonga
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationTonga Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachTimote Moleni
Most capsKilifi Uele (26)
Top scorerUnaloto Feao (7)
Home stadiumLoto-Tonga Soka Centre
FIFA codeTGA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 196 Increase 1 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest163 (October 1998)
Lowest207 (April 2018, July 2019)
First international
France Tahiti 8–0 Tonga Tonga
(Suva, Fiji; 29 August 1979)
Biggest win
 Tonga 7–0 Federated States of Micronesia 
(Nausori, Fiji, 5 July 2003)
 Tonga 7–0 Niue 
(Nukuʻalofa, Tonga; 14 March 2023)
 Samoa 2–2 Tonga 
(Apia, Samoa; 17 August 2023)
 Tonga 4–1 Kiribati 
(Apia, Samoa; 19 August 2023)
 Tonga 1–0 Cook Islands 
(Apia, Samoa; 23 August 2023)
 American Samoa 2–3 Tonga 
(Apia, Samoa; 27 August 2023)
 Tonga 1–2 Tuvalu 
(Apia, Samoa; 30 August 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Australia 22–0 Tonga Tonga
(Coffs Harbour, Australia; 9 April 2001)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2024)
Best resultTo be determined

Tonga national football team is the national football team of Tonga.

OFC Nations Cup[change | change source]

Tonga's OFC Nations Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 1973 Did not enter Did not enter
New Caledonia 1980
1996 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 4 4
Australia 1998 4 1 1 2 5 9
French Polynesia 2000 4 1 0 3 4 15
New Zealand 2002 4 1 0 3 7 18
Australia 2004 4 1 0 3 2 17
2008 4 1 0 3 6 10
Solomon Islands 2012 3 1 1 1 4 4
Papua New Guinea 2016 3 0 0 3 1 8
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled Cancelled
2024 Qualified 5* 3* 1* 1* 11* 7*
Total - 0/10 - - - - - - 29 7 3 19 33 85

*= Fake results

References[change | change source]

  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.