Tahiti

Association	Fédération Tahitienne de Football
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Gerard Kautai
Top scorer	Felix Tagawa (14)
Home stadium	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui
FIFA code	TAH
FIFA ranking	195
Highest FIFA ranking	111 (August 2002)
Lowest FIFA ranking	195 (November 2009)
Elo ranking	19
Home colours Away colours
First international
French Polynesia 2 - 2 New Zealand (Papeete, Tahiti; September 21, 1952)
Biggest win
Tahiti 30 - 0 Cook Islands (Papeete, Tahiti; September 2, 1971)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 10 - 0 Tahiti (Adelaide, Australia; June 4, 2004)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1973)
Best result	Second place, 1973, 1980, 1996

The Tahiti national football team is the national team of French Polynesia and is controlled by the Fédération Tahitienne de Football. They finished second in the OFC Nations Cup in its first three installments, 1973, 1980, and 1996. In 2009 the under 20 team qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.

Contents 1 FIFA World Cup record 2 FIFA U-20 World Cup record 3 Oceania Nations Cup record 4 South Pacific Games record 5 Current squad 6 List of Coach

[edit] FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	Never qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Round	PLD	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Didn't qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	First Round	3	0	0	3	0	21
Total		3	0	0	3	0	21

FIFA World Cup U-20 History
Year	Round	Score
2009	Round 1	Tahiti 0 – 8  Spain
	Round 1	Tahiti 0 – 8  Venezuela
	Round 1	Tahiti 0 – 5  Nigeria

[edit] Oceania Nations Cup record

• 1973 - Second place
• 1980 - Second place
• 1996 - Second place
• 1998 - Fourth place
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2002 - Third place
• 2004 - Fifth place
• 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] South Pacific Games record

• 1963 - Third place
• 1966 - First place
• 1969 - Second place
• 1971 - Third place
• 1975 - First place
• 1979 - First place
• 1983 - First place
• 1987 - Second place
• 1991 - Round 1
• 1995 - First place
• 2003 - Fourth place
• 2007 - Round 1

[edit] Current squad

The following players have been named for the South Pacific Games in Samoa, August 2007. Players are sorted by shirt number.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Jonathan Torohia 1 0 AS Manu-Ura 2 DF Mervin Teraimaru 2 0 3 DF Jean-Yves Li Waut 2 July 1978 11 0 AS Manu-Ura 4 DF Freddy Tauimara 2 0 5 DF Stéphane Gelima 2 0 6 MF Samuel García 2 October 1975 21 2 AS Vénus Mahina 7 MF Billy Mataitai 20 July 1983 10 0 AS Manu-Ura 8 MF Jérome Tetavahi 4 0 9 FW Raimana Li Fung Kee 2 0 10 FW Raimoana Bennett 15 February 1980 9 0 AS Pirae 11 MF Auguste Washetine 4 0 AS Manu-Ura 12 DF Jerome Balogs 3 0 AS Manu-Ura 13 FW Temarii Tinorua 4 1 14 FW Taufa Neuffer 30 August 1978 10 0 AS Tefana 15 MF Farahia Teuira 29 August 1972 16 0 AS Vaiete 18 MF Axel Williams 4 1 19 DF Axel Temataua 29 August 1980 9 3 AS Manu-Ura 20 MF Teva Zaveroni 10 October 1975 19 2 AS Pirae 21 DF Angelo Tchen 8 March 1982 21 1 AS Tefana 22 GK Daniel Tapeta 25 October 1974 14 0 AS Manu-Ura 23 GK Xavier Samin 1 January 1978 10 0 AS Tefana

[edit] List of Coach

Gerard Kautai

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