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Vanuatu

OFC. Played 222 since 4 Oct 1951: won 72, drawn 30, lost 120. Elo 1446, ranked 130 in the world; peak 1609 in 2004.

Latest results

Results and fixtures

Squad

The following 23 players were called up for the PacificAus Sports Football Series in September 2024.

Players
23
Average age
28.3
Caps between them
213
Most from one club
Ifira Black Bird (9)

Where they play

20 at home · 3 abroad in 2 other countries

  • Vanuatu 20
  • Australia 2
  • Papua New Guinea 1

Average club rating 1062 (ClubElo; 9 of 23 players' clubs rated, mainly European). Highest-rated club: Ifira Black Bird, ranked 1699 by ClubElo.

No.PlayerAgeCapsGoals
Goalkeepers
Massing KalotangErakor Gold Star2480
Anthony QuaiPenama00
Dick SablanIfira Black Bird2900
Defenders
Michel CoulonVanuatu United30171
Timothy BouletIfira Black Bird27150
Selwym VatuABM Galaxy28130
Tasso JeffreyWestern Strikers(Australia)28120
Jacques WanemutIfira Black Bird3440
Zidane MaguekonClassic2610
Thomas SalemuIfira Black Bird00
Joshua TokioIfira Black Bird2500
Midfielders
John AlickPNG Hekari(Papua New Guinea)35250
John WohaleIfira Black Bird29171
Jared ClarkFK Beograd(Australia)2880
Harry NormanExe Green Rovers2281
Alick WorworbuYatel2940
Forwards
Alex SanielVanuatu United29231
Johnathan SpokeyjackIfira Black Bird27162
Godine TeneneIfira Black Bird28163
Tony KaltakErakor Gold Star301615
Jean KaltakErakor Gold Star3289
Tonly KalotangIfira Black Bird2920
Jordy TasipVanuatu United2600

Squad, caps and goals from Wikipedia: Vanuatu national football team (CC BY-SA), caps correct as of 30 June 2024; page last edited 30 Oct 2026. Read daily.

Rating over time

130015001600195119892026Peak 1588 (2011)
Rating at the end of each year it played.

Head to head

Against

Vanuatu v Fiji: played 40, won 13, drawn 7, lost 20; goals 47–81. First met 15 Aug 1969, last 3 Oct 2026.

Latest 15 of 40 meetings.

Record by competition

Vanuatu by competition
South Pacific Games5221724
Oceania Nations Cup4010129
Friendly379721
Melanesia Cup277416
FIFA World Cup qualification175210
MSG Prime Minister's Cup15537
Pacific Games12714
South Pacific Mini Games12345
Pacific Mini Games5410
Intercontinental Cup3102
FIFA Series2002

Top scorers

  1. Richard Iwai 9
  2. NA 6
  3. Etienne Mermer 5
  4. Jean Maleb 4
  5. Simon Lauru 3
  6. Alphose Qorig 3
  7. Seimata Chilia 3
  8. Jean Nako Naprapol 3
  9. Robert Tasso 3
  10. Jimmy Ben 2

Goals in games whose scorers are recorded in the source (most competitive games, not every friendly), so totals can be lower than official records.

Shoot-outs count as draws in records and ratings. Results: martj42/international_results (CC0), men’s full internationals since 1872. Rounds and groups: openfootball (CC0). Fixtures: fixturedownload.com.