Vanuatu national under-17 football team

Vanuatu U17

Association	Vanuatu Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Etienne Mermer
Captain	Joseph Iaruel
Top scorer	Sylvain Worworbu (11)
FIFA code	VAN
First colours Second colours
First international
1995
World Cup
Appearances	0
OFC U17 Championship
Appearances	7 (1995, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Best result	2nd Place (2005)

The Vanuatu national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Vanuatu and is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation.

History

The Vanuatu national under-17 football team took 7 times part on a tournament (1995, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015). The best result was in 2005 when the team reached the final but unfortunately they lost it against Australia. During the 2015 Tournament Sylvain Worworbu scored 11 goals. After this tournament topscorer Sylvain Worworbu and captain Joseph Iaruel got a scholarship for two years at St Peter's College. This is the first time that a Vanuatu player gets a scholarship.

Competition Record

OFC

The OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Championship
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1993	Did not Qualify
1995	Third Place	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
1997	Did not Qualify
1999	Did not Qualify
2001	Did not Qualify
2003	Group Stage	5	3	1	1	17	7	+10	10
2005	Did not Qualify
2007	Did not Qualify
2009	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0
2011	Third Place	5	3	0	2	13	7	+6	9
2013	Third Place	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	8
2015	Third Place	6	4	0	2	31	8	+23	12
Total		25	13	3	9	74	36	+38	42

History Matches

2013

Papua New Guinea v Vanuatu

17 April 2013 2013 OFC U-17 Championship	Papua New Guinea	1–1	Vanuatu	Luganville, Vanuatu
15:30 UTC+12	Nicky Benjamin  69'	report	Jaison Thomas  77'	Stadium: Chapuis Stadium Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Ravitesh Behari

Vanuatu v Fiji

19 April 2014 2013 OFC U-17 Championship	Vanuatu	1–1	Fiji	Luganville, Vanuatu
12:30 UTC+12	Remy Kalsrap  82'	report	Iosefo Verevou  49'	Stadium: Chapuis Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Averii Jacques

Vanuatu v New Zealand

21 May 2014 2013 OFC U-17 Championship	Vanuatu	1–2	New Zealand	Luganville, Vanuatu
15:30 UTC+12	Alex Saniel  22'	report	Stuart Holthusen  19' Elijah Neblett  79'	Stadium: Chapuis Stadium Attendance: 6,750 Referee: John Saohu

Cook Islands v Vanuatu

23 April 2014 2013 OFC U-17 Championship	Cook Islands	1–3	Vanuatu	Luganville, Vanuatu
9:30 UTC+12	Morgan Wichman  87'	report	Alex Saniel  14' Ruben Frank  34' Etienne Naeiu  58'	Stadium: Chapuis Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Albert Maru

New Caledonia v Vanuatu

25 April 2014 2013 OFC U-17 Championship	New Caledonia	1–3	Vanuatu	Luganville, Vanuatu
15:30 UTC+12	Jim Ouka  74'	Report	Ruben Frank  22' Justin Koka  50' Jaison Thomas  58'	Stadium: Chapuis Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Averii Jacques

2015

American Samoa v Vanuatu

13 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	American Samoa	0–13	Vanuatu	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11		Report	Sylvain Worworbu  8', 62', 71', 83' Nicky Obed  22' Simeon Joshua  38' Abednigo Sau  51', 53', 67' Frederick Massing  53' (pen.) Max Unuga  73' (pen.), 75' Ronaldo Wilkins  90+1'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Vanuatu v Tonga

15 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Vanuatu	9–0	Tonga	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11	Sylvain Worworbu  1', 31', 65' Abednigo Sau  50', 64', 67' Frederick Massing  52' William Edison  62' Ronaldo Wilkins  82'	Report		Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

Vanuatu v Solomon Islands

17 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Vanuatu	2–1	Solomon Islands	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11	Sylvain Worworbu  6' Ronaldo Wilkins  62' (pen.)	Report	Larry Zama  43'	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Averii Jacques

Tahiti v Vanuatu

21 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Tahiti	2–0	Vanuatu	Pago Pago, American Samoa
15:30 UTC−11	Heirauarii Salem  40'  73' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Kanana Fou Theological Seminary Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

New Zealand v Vanuatu

24 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	New Zealand	5–1	Vanuatu	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11	James McGarry  4' Logan Rogerson  21', 56' Connor Probert  83' (pen.) Sam Wilson  90+3'	Report	Luke Johnson  67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Kader Zitouni

Vanuatu v New Caledonia

26 January 2015 2015 OFC U-17 Championship	Vanuatu	6–0	New Caledonia	Pago Pago, American Samoa
13:00 UTC−11	Sylvain Worworbu  3', 53', 90+1' Sam Tiaou  45+1' (o.g.) Ronaldo Wilkins  55' Xavier Jimmy  84'	Report		Stadium: Pago Park Soccer Stadium Referee: Averii Jacques

Squad for the 2015 OFC U-17 Championship

Caps and goals as of 27 January 2015.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Ricky Dick (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 6 0 Shepherds United 20 1GK Andreas Duch (1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 0 0 Spirit 08 2 2DF Joseph Iaruel (c) (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 6 0 St Peter's College 3 2DF Obed Nicky (1998-10-24) 24 October 1998 6 1 Shepherds United 4 2DF Jeffrey Tasso (1998-08-24) 24 August 1998 4 0 Teouma Academy 5 2DF John John (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 6 0 Teouma Academy 12 2DF Barnabe Taliban (1998-11-04) 4 November 1998 3 0 Teouma Academy 16 2DF Gregory Patrick (1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 5 0 Teouma Academy 6 3MF William Edison (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 6 1 Teouma Academy 7 3MF Frederick Massing (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 5 2 Teouma Academy 10 3MF Ronaldo Wilkins (1999-12-30) 30 December 1999 6 4 Wellington Phoenix 11 3MF Abednigo Sau (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 5 6 Teouma Academy 14 3MF Max Uguna (1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 5 2 Teouma Academy 15 3MF Simeon Joshua (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 4 1 Teouma Academy 17 3MF Jayson Timatua (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 1 0 Shepherds United 8 4FW Jonathan Spokeyjack (1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 2 0 Teouma Academy 9 4FW Sylvain Worworbu (1998-08-17) 17 August 1998 5 11 St Peter's College 13 4FW Xavier Johnny (1998-09-25) 25 September 1998 4 1 Teouma Academy 18 4FW Derek Bule (1998-03-16) 16 March 1998 1 0 Teouma Academy

Squad for 2013 OFC Under 17 Tournament

Caps and goals as of 11 April 2013.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Charlie Waivui (1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 5 0 Tafea U20 20 1GK Samuel Loli (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 0 0 Sia-Raga 3 2DF Goshen Donna(c) (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 4 0 Amicale 2 2DF Jaison Thomas (1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 5 2 Phnom Penh Crown 4 2DF Elie Melte Rossi (1996-01-09) 9 January 1996 4 0 Yatel 5 2DF Remy Kalsrap (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 4 1 Erakor Golden Star 6 2DF Douglas Patrick (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 1 0 Torba 15 2DF Andrew Vanva (1996-09-15) 15 September 1996 1 0 Torba 17 2DF Kerry Iawak (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 2 0 Spirit 08 7 3MF Etienne Naieu (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 1 1 Amicale 8 3MF Alphonse Toa (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 5 0 Vaum United 10 3MF Bong Kalo (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 5 0 Tafea 12 3MF Jacky Ruben (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 3 0 Erakor Golden Star 13 3MF Justin Koka (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 5 1 Amicale 14 3MF Andre Bule (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 5 0 Yatel 18 3MF Renold Iwai (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 3 0 Varona 21 3MF Donald Napat (1997-08-13) 13 August 1997 1 0 Tafea 9 4FW Gregory Rouard (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 4 0 Erakor Golden Star 11 4FW Alex Saniel (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 5 2 Fencibles United 16 4FW Frank Ruben (1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 5 2 Amicale 22 4FW Joe Flosse Nako (1997-09-09) 9 September 1997 0 0 Teouma Academy

Current squad

Caps and goals as of 20 January 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Seiloni Iaruel (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 5 0 Tafea 16 1GK Julian Kalotang (1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 0 0 Tafea 2 2DF Raoul Coulon (1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 5 0 Tupuji Imere 3 2DF Jais Malsarani (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 5 0 Tafea 4 2DF Chanel Obed (1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 4 0 Amicale 5 2DF Jelene Waiwai (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 5 0 Spirit 08 7 2DF Yoan Ben (1995-12-10) 10 December 1995 0 0 Unattached 15 2DF Xavier Massing (1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 0 0 Amicale 8 3MF Barry Mansale (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 5 0 Amicale 9 3MF Santino Mermer (1995-05-28) 28 May 1995 5 2 Shepherds United 10 3MF Abraham Roquara (c) (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 5 2 Erakor Golden Star 12 3MF Steve Lolten (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 5 0 Unattached 13 3MF Steve Sallas (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994 2 0 Unattached 14 3MF Daniel Tenene (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 2 1 Unattached 17 3MF Michel Coulon (1995-12-03) 3 December 1995 5 1 Tupuji Imere 18 3MF George Mahit (1995-08-13) 13 August 1995 4 1 Unattached 11 4FW Jean Kaltak (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 5 5 Erakor Golden Star 19 4FW Tony Kaltak (1996-11-05) 5 November 1996 5 3 Erakor Golden Star 20 4FW Andre Kalselik (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 1 0 Unattached 6 4FW Romain Carlot (1994-07-30) 30 July 1994 2 0 Unattached

External links

• Vanuatu Football Federation official website