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Football Federation American Samoa
Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS) is the governing body for competitive football in the nation of American Samoa. History It came into existence following inaugural elections held in late 2007. The new general secretariat took office under newly elected FFAS President Iuli Alex Godinet in the first elections for the national body since 2005. Previously its name was the American Samoa Football Association. Godinet headed off four other candidates in the race for the top job that included Pou Supapo, Tony Langkilde, Malia Perelini and Maselino Tautu. National football team American Samoa's men's national team and women's national team have struggled on the pitch since they were admitted to the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 1998; including a 31–0 defeat against Australia in a World Cup qualifying match for the men and a 21–0 defeat against the same opposition for the women. American Samoa's men are currently ranked 188th (Prev 204th (November 2011) in the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the List of men's national association football teams#OFC (Oceania), member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. OFC is predominantly made up of island nations where association football is not the most popular sport, with low GDP and low population meaning very little money is generated by the OFC nations. The OFC has little influence in the wider football world, either in terms of international competition or as a source of players for high-profile club competitions. OFC is the only confederation to have not had at least one international title, the best result being Australia making 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, the final of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. In 2006, the OFC's larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pago Youth
Pago Youth is an American Samoan football (soccer), football club located in Pago Pago, American Samoa. It currently plays in the FFAS Senior League, the nation's top-division football league, and has won it eight times, making Pago Youth the most successful club in American Samoa. Honors *FFAS Senior League (8): ::2008 FFAS Senior League, 2008, 2010 FFAS Senior League, 2010, 2011 FFAS Senior League, 2011, 2012 FFAS Senior League, 2012, 2016 FFAS Senior League, 2016, 2017 FFAS Senior League, 2017, 2018 FFAS Senior League, 2018, 2019 Squad 2022 Squad Reserve Team Pago Youth also has a Reserve team (Pago Youth B team), which also plays in the ASFA Soccer League. References Football clubs in American Samoa {{AmericanSamoa-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In American Samoa
The sport of football in American Samoa is governed by the Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS), the nations football association. It was founded in 1984, and affiliated to FIFA and to the OFC in 1998. It organizes the FFAS Senior League (the national men's domestic football tournament), the FFAS Women's National League (the national women's domestic football tournament), the men's national team and the women's national team. American Samoa is one of the weakest footballing nations in the world, due to both its small population base and the overwhelming popularity of American football, basketball and baseball in the islands. League Football The American Samoan leagues are typically considered weak, with the small population and popularity of other sports strongly contributing to that. The FFAS Senior League was formed around 1980 though it is hard to know a reliable date. It is not confirmed either when the FFAS Women's National League formed, but there were clubs as ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Members Of The Oceania Football Confederation
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FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FFAS President's Cup
The FFAS President's Cup is American Samoa's premier knockout tournament in men's football (soccer). Previous winners *2010: Vailoatai Youth 3–2 (a.e.t.) Lion Heart *2011: ''Not Held'' *2012: Taputimu Youth 1–0 Lion Heart *2013: FC SKBC 3–2 Taputimu Youth *2014: Utulei Youth Utulei Youth are an association football team from Pago Pago in American Samoa. They play in the territory's top division, the FFAS Senior League. They have won the domestic league championship twice, in 2014 (a perfect season) and 2015, and the d ... 2–1 Lion Heart References External linksAmerican Samoa - List of Shield and Cup Winners RSSSF.com {{National football cups (OFC region) Football competitions in American Samoa National association football cups pt:Copa Samoa Americana de Futebol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OFC Champions League
The OFC Champions League, also known as the O-League, is the premier men's club soccer competition in Oceania. It is organised by the OFC, Oceania's football governing body. Beginning as the Oceania Club Championship (1987–2006), it has been organised since 2007 under its current format. The first four Club Championship titles were won by Australian clubs. Since 2006, 12 OFC titles have been won by clubs from New Zealand, one by a Papua New Guinean club and one by a New Caledonian club. Trophies for OFC tournament winners are made by London-based silversmiths Thomas Lyte. History and format Oceania Club Championship The Oceania Club Championship was played in one or two venues, in one host country. There were two or three groups with single round-robin format, semifinals and final. The tournament usually lasted about 10 days, with matches being played every 2 days. At first, this competition was played as a single playoff match between champions of New Zealand and Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Roses (American Samoan Football Club)
The Black Roses is a professional football club based in American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internationa .... The Black Roses plays in the FFAS Senior League the top flight of American Samoan football. The club has won one league title in the FFAS Senior League in 2009. Squad 2022 Squad Titles * FFAS Senior League (1): :: 2009 References Football clubs in American Samoa {{AmericanSamoa-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FFAS Senior League
FFAS Senior League is the top division of the Football Federation American Samoa in American Samoa and is played on an amateur basis. In 2009, the last two rounds of the league and the play-offs were cancelled because the only available pitch in Pago Pago was badly damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami.American Samoa 2010 from rsssf.org During the 2010 ASFA Soccer League, 2010 season, all matches were held at the Kananafou Theological Seminary College Sports Field as the stadium usually used in Pago Pago was still undergoing repairs. Clubs These are the teams for the 2017 season. *Black Roses (American Samoan football club), Black Roses *Green Bay (American Samoa football club), Green Bay *Ilaoa and To'omata *Lion Heart (American Samoa football club), Lion Heart *Pago Youth *PanSa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Samoa Women's National Football Team
The American Samoa women's national football team represents American Samoa in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS) and managed by Beulah Oney, a former player. The Veterans Memorial Stadium is their home ground and their only goalscorer is Jasmine Makiasi, with only one goal. American Samoa never qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup, but entered the OFC Women's Nations Cup once, in the 1998 edition. The country also participated twice in the Pacific Games women's football tournament. Overview American Samoa's first international occurred in October 1998, when they faced Australia, for the 1998 OFC Women's Championship. The team was defeated 21–0 (with 7–0 in the half-time). Papua New Guinea, its second rival, also thrashed them, with a 9–0. The team remained inactive until 2007, when they entered the Pacific Games football tournament, held in Samoa during August–September 2007. American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
