Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team

Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team

Nickname(s)	The Four Stars
Association	Federated States of Micronesia Football Association
Head coach	Stan Foster
Captain	Mikson Kuka
Top scorer	None
First colors Second colors
First international
Micronesia 0–30 Tahiti  (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 3 July 2015)
Biggest win
None
Biggest defeat
Micronesia 0–46 Vanuatu  (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 7 July 2015)
Pacific Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2015)
Best result	Group stage (2015)

The Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team, nicknamed the Four Stars, is the national U-23 football team representing the Federated States of Micronesia and is controlled by the Federated States of Micronesia Football Association. The team is managed by Australian coach Stan Foster, with the assistant manager Curtis Graham.

Although the senior team had been competing on the international stage sporadically for a number of years, the nation lacked any junior teams until the under-23 team was founded in 2014. Having never played together as a full squad until a training camp in Guam, and traveling to the games with kit donated by their hosts, they made their competitive debut in international football at the 2015 Pacific Games with a view to using the tournament as both a development opportunity for young players in the country and also as the first steps towards gaining official recognition from and membership of FIFA.^[1]

Their performance was the worst recorded in international football as they lost all three games, conceding 114 goals (an average of 38 goals each game) in the process without scoring themselves. On two occasions, against Fiji and Vanuatu, they conceded a record number of goals in international competition. However, although these matches count as official records for the Pacific Games, they are not recognized by FIFA as official world records, as the games did not involve senior teams. Despite the unofficial nature of their record defeats, numerous international media outlets have branded them the worst football team on the planet.