The Federated States of Micronesia national football team is the national team of the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

and is controlled by the

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. The team is not a member of

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, or a regional confederation, and therefore cannot compete in the

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Overview

The team has only played a handful of matches, the last in 2003. In 2015, the under-23 team suffered a series of heavy defeats at the

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, the presence of a side at the tournament was intended to be the first step towards having a more permanent national team with FIFA recognition.

1999 Micronesian Cup

In 1999,

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hosted the Micronesian Cup. This was a three-team tournament consisting of the

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, Micronesia and an international team known as the Crusaders (or Crushers according to other sources). On 12 July 1999, Micronesia competed in their first competitive match as they defeated the Northern Mariana Islands, 7–0. The team won their second group match 4–1 against the Crusaders to qualify for the final. Again, they faced Crusaders and Peter Paul Igesumal scored seven times as Micronesia won 14–1 to win the tournament.

Results history

''The Federated States of Micronesia's score is shown first in each case.'' ;Notes

Record by opponent

''Up to matches played on 7 July 2003.''

Competitive record

South Pacific Games record

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

– ''Did not enter'' *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

– Group stageSouth Pacific Games 2003 (Fiji)
at RSSSF *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

– ''Did not enter''

Micronesian Cup

*1999 – Champions

Coaching history

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(2003) * Stan Foster (2014–present)

References

External links

Interview with coach Stan Foster
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