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Fiji women's national under-17 football team

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Fiji Women's U-17
Nickname(s)Bula Girls
AssociationFiji Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Top scorerCema Nasau (5)
Home stadiumANZ National Stadium
FIFA codeFIJ
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Cook Islands 0–3 Fiji 
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 14 January 2016)
Biggest win
 Fiji 11–3 Vanuatu 
(Pirae, Tahiti; 14 September 2023)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 11–0 Fiji 
(Matavera, Cook Islands; 21 January 2016)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best resultRunners-up (2023)

The Fiji women's national under-17 football team is the second highest women's youth team of women's football in Fiji and is controlled by the Fiji Football Association.

History

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Fiji participated twice so far in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship. This was in 2016 and 2017. The 2016 tournament was a big success for Fiji as they managed to reach third place out of nine teams participating. They managed to get a 3–0 win against the Cook Islands, a 3–2 win against Vanuatu and a 2–2 draw against Papua New Guinea. These results sent them to the semi-final where they lost by 11 goals to 0 against New Zealand. In the Third place match however they managed to get a 3–2 victory against New Caledonia. Aliza Hussein managed to score the first goal ever for Fiji against the Cook Islands. Cema Nassau is the top goal scorer with five goals. In 2017, they also got Third Place.

OFC Competition History

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The OFC Women's 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 Women's Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 2010 Did not Participate
New Zealand 2012
Cook Islands 2016 Third Place 5 2 1 2 10 18
Samoa 2017[1] Semifinals 4 2 1 1 8 5
French Polynesia 2023 Runners-up 5 2 1 2 18 10
Fiji 2024 Fifth place 4 2 1 1 6 4
Total 4/6 18 8 4 6 42 37

Current technical staff

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Position
Head Coach Fiji Marika Rodu
Assistant Coach Fiji Annabel Rao
Assistant Coach Fiji Laisani Mataele
Physio Fiji Sarote Nakaora
Team Manager Fiji Tulia Cawa
Head of Delegation Fiji Susan Wise

Current squad

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References

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  1. ^ "Full Completement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". oceaniafootball.com. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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