Vanuatu women's national football team

Vanuatu
AssociationVanuatu Football Federation (VFF)
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachJean Robert Yelou
CaptainElodie Samuel
Most capsSerah Thompson (11)
Top scorerLavinia Taga (11)
Home stadiumPort Vila Municipal Stadium
FIFA codeVAN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 121 Steady (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest82 (December 2003 – June 2004)
Lowest122 (December 2021; August – December 2022; June – August 2023; March 2024)
First international
 Tonga 3–2 Vanuatu 
(Nausori, Fiji; 30 June 2003)
Biggest win
 Kiribati 0–11 Vanuatu 
(Suva, Fiji; 10 July 2003)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 14–0 Vanuatu 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 29 September 2010)
OFC Women's Nations Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2010)
Best resultGroup stage (2010, 2022)

The Vanuatu women's national football team represents Vanuatu in international women's association football. The team is controlled by the Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF). Vanuatu's home field is the Port Vila Municipal Stadium, located in the country's capital, Port Vila. The team is managed by Job Alwin.[2]

Vanuatu never qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup, but competed in the 2010 OFC Women's Championship, hosted by New Zealand during September–October 2010. The team also participated in the 2003 South Pacific Games football tournament. Vanuatu also competed in the 2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup.

Currently, their FIFA ranking position is the 104th. Vanuatu's highest ever ranking was 82, in 2004 and their worst ranking was 148 in September 2015.[3]

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Member Association – Vanuatu". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Vanuatu - Women's". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2017.