Tonga national futsal team
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AssociationTonga Football Association
ConfederationOFC
Head coachManula’aina Tu’alau
CaptainSione Tu’ifangaloka
| Association | Tonga Football Association |
|---|---|
| Confederation | OFC |
| Head coach | Manula’aina Tu’alau |
| Captain | Sione Tu’ifangaloka |
| Top scorer | Laulea Taufa (3) |
| Home stadium | ‘Atele Indoor Stadium |
| FIFA code | TGA |
| FIFA ranking | 137  (4 April 2025)[1] |
| First international | |
 Solomon Islands 13–2 Tonga  (Païta, New Caledonia; 29 October 2019) | |
| Biggest win | |
| None | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Tahiti 24–2 Tonga (Païta, New Caledonia; 30 October 2019) | |
The Tonga national futsal team represents Tonga in international futsal under the auspices of the Tonga Football Association.
Futsal was first introduced in Tonga in 2014.[2] The nation fielded its first-ever men's national side to participate in the 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup.[3] In advance of the tournament, Manulaaina Tu’alau was named the team's first-ever head coach.[4] In the team's first-ever official match, it lost 2–13 to the Solomon Islands. In the match, Soakai Vea scored Tonga's first-ever goal.[5] Following the group stage, the team had to forfeit its knock-out round matches because of a measles outbreak in the squad.[6][7]
Tournament records
FIFA Futsal World Cup
| FIFA Futsal World Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1989 | Did not enter | |||||||
 1992 | ||||||||
 1996 | ||||||||
 2000 | ||||||||
 2004 | ||||||||
 2008 | ||||||||
 2012 | ||||||||
 2016 | ||||||||
 2021 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 2024 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0/10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
OFC Futsal Nations Cup
| OFC Futsal Nations Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 1992 | Did not enter | |||||||
 1996 | ||||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||
 2008 | ||||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||
 2013 | ||||||||
 2014 | ||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Group Stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 46 |
| 2022 | Group Stage | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 47 |
| 2023 | Group Stage | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 58 |
| Total | 0 titles | 3/14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 151 |
All-time fixtures and results
2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
| 28 October 2019 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Tonga | 2–13 | Solomon Islands | Païta, New Caledonia |
| 13:00 | Ateneo Feao  29'Soakai Vea 29' |
Report | Stadium: L'Arène du Sud |
| 29 October 2019 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Tonga | 2–9 | Fiji | Païta, New Caledonia |
| 15:00 | Laulea Taufa 32', 39' |
Report | Stadium: L'Arène du Sud |
| 30 October 2019 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Tahiti | 24–2 | Tonga | Païta, New Caledonia |
| 13:00 | Report | Laulea Taufa 20' Sione Aho 24' |
Stadium: L'Arène du Sud |
2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
| 13 September 2022 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Tonga | 0–9 | Vanuatu | Suva, Fiji |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Dharmend Chand (Fiji) |
| 14 September 2022 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | FFA President's Five | 9–0 | Tonga | Suva, Fiji |
| 13:00 | Report | Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Francis Roni (Solomon Islands) |
| 16 September 2022 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | New Zealand | 15–1 | Tonga | Suva, Fiji |
| 15:30 | Report |
|
Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Jimmy Malap (Vanuatu) |
| 17 September 2022 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Fiji | 8–1 | Tonga | Suva, Fiji |
| 15:30 | Report |
|
Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia) |
| 18 September 2022 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Samoa  | 6–5 | Tonga | Suva, Fiji |
| 10:30 | Report |
|
Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands) |
2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
| 1 October 2023 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Fiji | 9–0 | Tonga | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 10:00 | Report | Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands) |
| 2 October 2023 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Tonga | 2–20 | Vanuatu | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 10:00 |
|
Report | Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Yahya Alathwani (Saudi Arabia) |
| 4 October 2023 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Tonga | 0–14 | New Zealand | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 180 Referee: Charlemagne Waheo (New Caledonia) |
| 5 October 2023 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | New Caledonia | 11–0 | Tonga | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 10:00 | Report | Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 102 Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands) |
| 7 October 2023 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup | Tonga | 3–4 | Samoa | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 10:00 | Report | Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 178 Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia) |
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup.[8][9]
- Semisi ‘Otukolo
- Vai Lutu
- Kulisi Kefu
- ‘Unaloto ‘Aho
- Pita ‘Uhatahi
- Sione Tu’ifangaloka (C)
- Timote Fakasi’i’eiki
- Maloni Manuolevao
- ‘Atieli ‘Aho
- Hemaloto Polovili
- Tevita Falepapalangi
- Sitaleki Fisi
- ‘Uhila Tautua’a
- Viliami Falevai
All-time record
- Key
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- As of match played 7 October 2023
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 0.00 |
| Fiji President's Five |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0.00 |
| New Caledonia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0.00 |
| New Zealand |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0.00 |
| Samoa |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Solomon Islands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0.00 |
| Tahiti |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0.00 |
| Vanuatu |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0.00 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 151 | −133 | 0.00 |
Source: Results