Fiji national football team

Fiji
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Bula Boys
AssociationFiji Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachRob Sherman
CaptainRoy Krishna
Most capsRoy Krishna (61)
Top scorerRoy Krishna (44)
Home stadiumHFC Bank Stadium
FIFA codeFIJ
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 146 Increase 4 (24 October 2024)[1]
Highest94 (July 1994)
Lowest199 (July 2015)
First international
 Fiji 4–6 New Zealand 
(Suva, Fiji; 7 October 1951)
Biggest win
 Fiji 24–0 Kiribati 
(Nausori, Fiji; 30 August 1979)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 13–0 Fiji 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 16 August 1981)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1973)
Best resultThird place (1998 and 2008)
Pacific Games
Appearances14 (first in 1963)
Best resultChampions (1991, 2003)
Melanesia Cup/MSG Prime Minister's Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1988)
Best resultMelanesia Cup: Champions
(1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000)
MSG Prime Minister's Cup: Third place
(2022)
Fiji national football team
Medal record
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Port Moresby Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Suva Team
Silver medal – second place 1963 Suva Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 Suva Team
Silver medal – second place 1983 Apia Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Apia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Papeete Team

The Fiji men's national football team (Fijian: timi ni soka ni Viti) is Fiji's national men's team and is controlled by the governing body of football in Fiji, the Fiji Football Association.[3] The team plays most of their home games at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva.

Fiji first participated in the FIFA World Cup qualification in 1982; since 1990, Fiji have attempted to qualify for each World Cup without success. Their best result was a final round appearance in 2010. The national team also represents Fiji at the OFC Nations Cup, having appeared in eight out of ten previous tournaments. Fiji's best result is a third-place finish at the 1998 and 2008 editions. They have won the Melanesia Cup five times and competed in the Pacific Games from 1963 until 2015 when the competition became an under-23 tournament.

As in most countries in Oceania where football (or soccer) is not the most popular sport (such as Australia and New Zealand), Fiji's most popular sport is rugby union. As of 2022, Fiji has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. In spite of this, the country's youth football team has enjoyed recent success, qualifying for both the 2015 and 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cups and the 2016 Olympic football tournaments.

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Fiji Football Association". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2019.