Federated States of Micronesia

Nickname(s)	The Four Stars[1]
Association	Federated States of Micronesia Football Association (FSMFA)
Head coach	Stan Foster
Top scorer	Peter Paul Igesumai (3)
Home stadium	Yap Sports Complex
FIFA code	FSM
First colors Second colors
First international
Guam 3–0 Micronesia  (Guam; 1 June 1999)
Biggest win
Micronesia 7–0 Northern Mariana Islands  (Gagil, Federated States of Micronesia; 12 July 1999)
Biggest defeat
Micronesia 0–18 New Caledonia  (Suva, Fiji; 1 July 2003)

The Federated States of Micronesia national football team is the national team of the Federated States of Micronesia and is controlled by the Federated States of Micronesia Football Association. The team is not a member of FIFA, or a regional confederation, and therefore cannot compete in the World Cup.

Overview

The team has only played a handful of matches, the last in 2003.[2] In 2015, the under-23 team suffered a series of heavy defeats at the Pacific Games, the presence of a side at the tournament was intended to be the first step towards having a more permanent national team with FIFA recognition.[3]

1999 Micronesian Cup

In 1999, Yap hosted the Micronesian Cup. This was a three-team tournament consisting of the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia and an international team known as the Crusaders (or Crushers according to other sources). On 12 July 1999, Micronesia competed in their first competitive match as they defeated the Northern Mariana Islands, 7–0. The team won their second group match 4–1 against the Crusaders to qualify for the final. Again, they faced Crusaders and Peter Paul Igesumal scored seven times as Micronesia won 14–1 to win the tournament.[4]

Results history

The Federated States of Micronesia's score is shown first in each case.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	FS Micronesia scorers	Att.	Ref.
1	1 June 1999	Guam (A)	Guam	0–3	Friendly		—	[2][5]
2	June 1999	Guam (A)	Guam	1–4	Friendly	Unknown	—	[2][5]
3	June 1999	Guam (A)	Guam	0–5	Friendly		—	[2]
4	12 July 1999	Yap (N)	Northern Mariana Islands	7–0	1999 Micronesian Cup	Igesumai (3), Rasung (2), Daniel, Gorong	—	[2][5][4]
5	30 June 2003	National Stadium, Suva (N)	Tahiti	0–17	2003 South Pacific Games		—	[2][5][6]
6	1 July 2003	National Stadium, Suva (N)	New Caledonia	0–18	2003 South Pacific Games		3,000	[2][5][6]
7	5 July 2003	Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori (N)	Tonga	0–7	2003 South Pacific Games		1,000	[2][5][6]
8	7 July 2003	Churchill Park, Lautoka (N)	Papua New Guinea	0–10	2003 South Pacific Games		3,500	[2][5][6]

Notes

Record by opponent

Up to matches played on 7 July 2003.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Guam	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0.00
New Caledonia	1	0	0	1	0	18	−18	0.00
Northern Mariana Islands	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
Papua New Guinea	1	0	0	1	0	10	−10	0.00
Tahiti	1	0	0	1	0	17	−17	0.00
Tonga	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	0.00
Total	8	1	0	7	8	64	−56	12.50

Competitive record

South Pacific Games record

• 1963 to 1995 – Did not enter
• 2003 – Group stage[7]
• 2007 to 2019 – Did not enter

Micronesian Cup

• 1999 – Champions[4]

See also

• Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team

References

External links

• Interview with coach Stan Foster

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