The Kiribati women's national football team is the women's national football team of Kiribati and is controlled by the Kiribati Islands Football Association. Kiribati is not a member of FIFA or of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and is therefore not eligible to enter the FIFA Women's World Cup. Kiribati is a member of ConIFA, though there have been no women's tournaments to date for the side to participate in.
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| Association | Kiribati Islands Football Association |
|---|---|
| Confederation | ConIFA |
| Most caps | Maritaake Kiatoa Ieriama Berenato Katiria Nonouri Kabwebwe Terakubo Susan Jimmy Bwatiata Tekautu Moaniti Teuea Tabwena Maeri (6 each) |
| Top scorer | Moaniti Teuea (2) |
| Home stadium | Bairiki National Stadium |
| FIFA code | KIR |
| First international | |
 Kiribati 0–13 Papua New Guinea  (Nausori, Fiji; 30 June 2003) | |
| Biggest win | |
| None | |
| Biggest defeat | |
| Kiribati 0–13 Papua New Guinea (Nausori, Fiji; 30 June 2003) | |
Background
editKiribati have played six international matches up to July 2019 where they scored 2 goals and conceded 38 in the Football at the 2003 South Pacific Games – Women's tournament. Kiribati's first match took place in Nausori, Fiji on 30 June 2003 when they played Papua New Guinea, losing 13–0 in a South Pacific Games match. The side have never won a match but came very close when they lost 2–1 to Tonga on 7 July 2003 also in the South Pacific Games in Fiji. Kiribati's only two goals in the 2003 Pacific games were scored by Moaniti Teuea versus Tonga in the 48th minute.[1] and versus Tahiti in the 10th minute.[2]
On 6 May 2016, Kiribati was formally accepted as the newest member of ConIFA (Confederation of Independent Football Associations), becoming the first ever Oceanic member to join the federation.[3] As of July 2019, Kiribati's women's team have played no games under ConIFA.
Results and fixtures
edit- Legend
Win Draw Lose Void or postponed Fixture
2003
edit| Date | Opponents | Score | Competition | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2003 | Papua New Guinea |
0–13[4] | South Pacific Games | Unknown |
| 4 July 2003 |  Fiji |
0–2[4] | South Pacific Games | 600+ |
| 5 July 2003 |  Guam |
0–5[4] | South Pacific Games | 500+ |
| 7 July 2003 |  Tonga |
1–2[4] | South Pacific Games | 700+ |
| 9 July 2003 |  Tahiti |
1–5[4] | South Pacific Games | 600+ |
| 10 July 2003 |  Vanuatu |
0–11[4] | South Pacific Games | 800+ |
South Pacific / Pacific Games record
editBrief Record
editPerformances
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 13 |
| 2 | Guam
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 |
| 3 | Tonga
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 |
| 4 | Tahiti
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 |
| 5 | Fiji
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 |
| 6 | Vanuatu
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 4 |
| 7 | Kiribati
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 38 | −36 | 0 |
Current squad
edit- Squad selected for the 2003 Pacific Games.[5]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Bwenata Atanrika | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | GK | Tabwena Maeri | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Maritaake Kiatoa | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | Ieriama Berenato | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Katiria Nonouri | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | Kabwebwe Terakubo | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Susan Jimmy | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 7 | Kiante Taake Teiti | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | Akee Tawita | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | Bwatiata Tekautu | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | Moaniti Teuea | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 11 | Taibo Baua | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Tararaoi Kiaua | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Tokabeti Kaotintoun | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Atere Itienang | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Katarina Biarongo | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Ekera Teata | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Terabeia Tererebu | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Tokaiti Aibo | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | Teerataake Taamoa | 0 | 0 | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Match 14: Tonga vs Kiribati (Women's) -". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Match 17: Kiribati vs Tahiti (Women's)". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Kiribati". CONIFA. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f [1], rsssf.org, Retrieved 05 July 2019
- ^ "Match 20: Kiribati vs Vanuatu (Women's)". SportingPulse. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2020.