Сб. Западное Самоа / Western Samoa National Team

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. Previous names were Samoa from 1900 to 1919, and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997. It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976 as Samoa. The entire island group, inclusive of American Samoa, was known as Navigators Islands before the 20th century because of the Samoans' seafaring skills.


Association Samoa Football Soccer Federation
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Home stadium Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium
FIFA code SAM
FIFA ranking 148
Highest FIFA ranking 146 (December 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking 191 (May 2007, July 2007)
Elo ranking 204

The Samoa national football team is the national team of Samoa and is controlled by the Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation. It was known as the Western Samoa national football team until 1997. It is among the weakest teams of the OFC and is a part of the FIFA Goal project. The team's key striker is Tama Fasavalu

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Независимое Государство Самоа (сам. Malo Sa’oloto Tuto’atasi o Samoa, англ. Independent State of Samoa) — островное государство в южной части Тихого океана, занимающее западную часть одноименного архипелага. Предыдущие названия — Германское Самоа (1900—1914) и Западное Самоа (1914—1997). Было принято в Организацию Объединенных Наций 15 декабря 1976 года, с 1970 года — член Содружества Наций.