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This is a list of all the recorded matches played by the Northern Mariana Islands national football team, which represents the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in international men's football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, which is a member of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) and since December 2020 a full member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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Northern Mariana Islands men's national football team

FIFA ranking
Current	N/A – not FIFA member
First international
Northern Mariana Islands 8–0 Palau "B" (Koror, Palau; 27 July 1998)
Biggest win
Northern Mariana Islands 2–1 Macau  (Dededo, Guam; 23 July 2014)
Biggest defeat
Guam 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands (Hagåtña, Guam; 1 April 2007)  Palestine 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands (Kathmandu, Nepal; 4 March 2013)
World Cup
Appearances	None
Best result	N/A – not FIFA member
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	None
EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Appearances	None
Best result	2019 – qualifying

The federation is not a member of the world governing body FIFA and so whilst the national team is eligible to enter AFC and EAFF-run competitions, they are currently ineligible for global competitions such as the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Confederations Cup. As such, they do not have an official FIFA ranking. However, the team have been consistently ranked as one of the worst teams in the world on the Elo ratings and were in fact, in July 2016 rated as the worst men's senior international team in the world in a ratings system that also includes a number of other non-FIFA teams.

Following the completion of the preliminary qualifying round for the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship the team have won only one official competitive match against international opposition and have a goal difference of −60 in official matches. The team have never qualified for the finals of a major tournament and beyond friendlies and qualifying matches, their only official competition has been in an exhibition tournament in the regional Micronesian Games in 1998, which they won, to date their only tournament success.

Key

Results

Northern Mariana Islands's score is shown first in each case.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Northern Mariana Islands scorers	Att.	Ref.
Unofficial results
1	27 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror	Palau B	8–0	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	—	[1]
2	28 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror	Yap	8–0	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	—	[1]
3	30 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror	Guam	1–2	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	—	[2][1]
4	31 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror	Palau	12–1	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	—	[2][1]
5	1 August 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror	Pohnpei	11–2	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	—	[1]
6	3 August 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror	Guam	3–0	1998 Micronesian Games	Kewo, Guerrero (2)	—	[2][1]
7	12 July 1999	Gagil	Micronesia	0–7	1999 Micronesian Cup		—	[2][3]
Official results
8	25 March 2007	Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan	Guam	2–3	2008 East Asian Football Championship	McDonald (2)	—	[2][4]
9	1 April 2007	Guam National Football Stadium, Hagåtña	Guam	0–9	2008 East Asian Football Championship		1,324	[2][5][6]
10	27 April 2008	Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan	Guam	2–3	Marianas Cup	Miller, McKagen	—	[2][7]
11	11 March 2009	Leo Palace Resort, Yona	Macau	1–6	2010 East Asian Football Championship	Miller	—	[2][8]
12	13 March 2009	Leo Palace Resort, Yona	Guam	1–2	2010 East Asian Football Championship	Loken (pen.)	765	[2][9]
13	15 March 2009	Leo Palace Resort, Yona	Mongolia	1–4	2010 East Asian Football Championship	Swaim (pen.)	700	[2][10]
14	19 June 2010	Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan	Guam	1–1	Marianas Cup	Miller (pen.)	—	[2][7]
15	18 July 2012	Leo Palace Resort, Yona	Guam	1–3	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup	Miller	450	[2][11]
16	20 July 2012	Leo Palace Resort, Yona	Macau	1–5	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup	Schuler	150	[2][12]
17	24 November 2012	Guam	Guam	0–8	Marianas Cup		—	[2][7]
18	2 March 2013	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu	Nepal	0–6	2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification		17,000	[2][13]
19	4 March 2013	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu	Palestine	0–9	2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification		2,700	[2][14]
20	6 March 2013	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu	Bangladesh	0–4	2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification		2,000	[2][15]
21	21 July 2014	GFA National Training Center, Dededo	Mongolia	0–4	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup		—	[2][16]
22	23 July 2014	GFA National Training Center, Dededo	Macau	2–1	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup	Swaim, Schuler	—	[2][17]
23	25 July 2014	GFA National Training Center, Dededo	Guam	0–5	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup		—	[2][18]
24	30 June 2016	GFA National Training Center, Dededo	Chinese Taipei	1–8	2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship	Schuler	—	[2][19]
25	2 July 2016	GFA National Training Center, Dededo	Macau	1–3	2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship	Griffin (pen.)	—	[2][20]
26	4 July 2016	GFA National Training Center, Dededo	Mongolia	0–8	2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship		—	[2][21]
27	2 September 2018	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar	Guam	0–4	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship		105	[2][22]
28	4 September 2018	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	0–9	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship		2,021	[2][23]
29	6 September 2018	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar	Macau	1–1	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship	Tenorio	17	[2][24]
30	19 February 2022	Guam National Football Stadium, Hagåtña	Guam	0–2	Friendly		—	[2][25]
31	22 February 2022	Guam National Football Stadium, Hagåtña	Guam	2–3	Friendly	Unsa, Borja	—	[2][26]

Record by opponent

Up to matches played on 22 February 2022.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Bangladesh	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0.00
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1	1	8	−7	0.00
Guam	13	1	1	11	13	45	−32	7.69
Macau	5	1	1	3	6	16	−10	20.00
Micronesia	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	0.00
Mongolia	4	0	0	4	1	25	−24	0.00
Nepal	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0.00
Palau	1	1	0	0	12	1	+11	100.00
Palau B	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Palestine	1	0	0	1	0	9	−9	0.00
Pohnpei	1	1	0	0	11	2	+9	100.00
Yap	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00
Total	31	6	2	23	60	123	−63	19.35

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Northern Mariana Islands	24	1	2	21	17	111	−94	4.17
Northern Mariana Islands[lower-alpha 1]	7	5	0	2	43	12	+31	71.43
Total	31	6	2	23	60	123	−63	19.35

Competitive record

The Northern Mariana Islands have only entered three formal international competitions, the AFC Challenge Cup, the EAFF East Asian Championship and the Micronesian Games. As non-FIFA members, they are not entitled to enter the FIFA World Cup. The Marianas Cup is not noted as a separate competition in this section as it is the name given to a perennial trophy contested each time the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam meet.

AFC Asian Cup

The team were eligible to enter the AFC Asian Cup through the AFC Challenge Cup from 2011. However, they did not enter the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup so did not qualify. In failing to qualify for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup they also failed to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

AFC Asian Cup								AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Hosts / Year	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956 to 2007	Not a member of the AFC							Not a member of the AFC
2011	Did not enter							Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify							3	0	0	3	0	19
2019	Did not enter**							Did not enter**
2023
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0

**: As the first two rounds of qualifying for the 2019 and 2023 AFC Asian Cups were also the first two rounds of qualifying for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, the Northern Mariana Islands were ineligible. Starting with the first two qualifying rounds of the 2027 Asian Cup, they will be allowed to qualify for the Asian Cup only.

AFC Solidarity Cup

Host/Year	Result	Pts	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2016	DNP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Canceled
2024	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC Challenge Cup

Having been accepted as an associate member in 2009, the Blue Ayuyus attempted to qualify for the AFC Challenge Cup once, in 2013. They were unsuccessful in qualification, losing all three matches without scoring a goal. The AFC Challenge Cup has been discontinued by the AFC, with all nations now entering qualifying for the AFC Cup due to the expansion of the Asian Cup to the 24-nation format from the 16-nation one after the 2015 edition.[27][28]

AFC Challenge Cup									AFC Challenge Cup qualification record
Hosts / Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2006 to 2012	Did not enter								Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	0	19
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	3	0	19

EAFF East Asian Championship

The EAFF East Asian Championship has been the primary source of competitive football for the Northern Mariana Islands since they reemerged onto the international scene and were accepted as a member of the EAFF. They have attempted to qualify for each edition of the EAFF East Asian Championship since they were admitted to the federation, each time without success.

EAFF East Asian Championship									AFC Challenge Cup qualification record
Hosts / Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2003 to 2005	Not a member of the EAFF								Not a member of the EAFF
2008	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	2	12
2010	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	3	12
2013	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	2	8
2015	Did not qualify								3	1	0	2	2	10
2017	Did not qualify								3	0	0	3	2	19
2019	Did not qualify								3	0	1	2	1	14
2022	To be determined
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	1	14	12	75

Micronesian Games

Micronesia made their international debut at the 1998 Micronesia Games, though the tournament was not a formal part of the games, merely and exhibition. The formal name of the football tournament was the W.C.T.C. Shell Soccer Exhibition. The team were successful, winning the tournament, but have not entered since, although football has only sporadically been included in the games program.

Micronesian Games
Hosts / Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1969 to 1994	Football not included in games' programs
1998	1st	6	5	0	1	43	5
2002 to 2010	Football not included in games' programs
2014 and 2018	Did not enter
2022	To be determined
Total		6	5	0	1	43	5

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

References

External links

• Men's senior all-time record and Elo rating
• Northern Mariana Islands – List of men's senior international matches at RSSSF

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