The Vanuatu national football team is the national team of

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of ...

and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.

History

It was known as the New Hebrides national football team until the

New Hebrides New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium (french: link=no, Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides, "Condominium of the New Hebrides") and named after the Hebrides, Hebrides Scottish archipelago, was the colonial name for the isla ...

became Republic of Vanuatu in 1980. It finished fourth in the

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, and

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. In the 2004 Oceania Nations Cup, Vanuatu beat

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4–2, preventing the regional powerhouse from making the final and, consequently, the running for the 2006 World Cup. Vanuatu caused another shock in the 2007

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by knocking out the

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for bronze medal and also enable to enter the second stage of qualification for the OFC Nations Cup and consequently a chance with a playoff for the

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in South Africa in 2010. The last time they had won against Solomon Islands was back in 1998 and had since been on the receiving side of many losses save for one draw against them. In July 2008, Vanuatu faced two national teams from the Solomon Islands during the inaugural edition of the Wantok Cup. Vanuatu lost 1–2 to the Solomons' team A, but defeated their team B by two goals to one.

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Results and fixtures

In March 2022, Vanuatu played their first matches since they took part in the

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2022

Coaching staff

Coaching history

New Hebrides * P. Reichert (1973–1987) Vanuatu * Terry O'Donnell (1987–1993) *

Saby Natonga Saby Natonga (1970) is a Vanuatuan professional football manager and the current Vice President of the Vanuatu Football Federation. In 1996 and from July 2011 to May 2012 he was coach of the Vanuatu national football team The Vanuatu national ...

(1996) *

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(1998) * Juan Carlos Buzzetti (2000–2004) * Joe Szekeres (2004–2007) * Robert Calvo (2007–2008) * Willian Malas (2008) * Jorge Añón (2009) *

(2011–2012) * Percy Avock (2012–2015) * Moise Poida (2015–2018) * Etienne Mermer (2017) *

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(2019) * Etienne Mermer (2019–2022) * George Amos (2022-)

Current squad

The following 25 players were called up for the

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matches in March 2022. ''Caps and goals updated as of 27 March 2022, after the match against

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.''

Player records

:''Players in bold are still active with Vanuatu.''

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

OFC Nations Cup

Pacific Games

Melanesia Cup

Wantok Cup

Head-to-head record

''Up to matches played on 27 March 2022.''

References

Notes

External links

Vanuatu
at the FIFA website.
Vanuatu
at the OFC website.
VFFFoot.over-nlog.com

Vanuafoot – Vanuatu Football Federation Official site

Vanuatu Football Federation Official Blog site
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