The Fiji national under-23 football team, also known as Fiji U23, represents Fiji at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Fiji national football team.
History Fiji U23 made the maximum of seven appearances so far at the OFC U23 Championship. Their best result was a first place in 2015. They participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil for the first time, where they came in last place in their group and only scored one goal.
Tournament history
OFC The OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every four years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying TournamentYearRound 1991Third place6123315 1996Third place83141221 1999Third place5302187 2004Group stage4301128 2008Third place5302216 2012Runners-up5401143 2015Champions5320422 2019Fourth place5203810 2023Runners-up4202612Total2nd Place472451813684
Summer Olympic Games Record
Olympic Games recordYearResultPosition1908–1988 See Fiji national team1992–2012did not qualify 2016Group stage16 of 163003123 2020did not qualify 2024to be determined 2028 2032Total1/73003123 List of Summer Olympic Games matchesYearRoundScoreResultGoalscorer2016Group stage 0–8 Loss 1–5 Roy Krishna 0–10
Fixtures & Results
2019
Players
Current squad The following players were called to the squad for the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from 21 September - 5 October 2019. Caps and goals updated as of 5 October 2019 after the match against Vanuatu.
Recent call-ups
Overage players in Olympic Games CompetitionPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 Simione Tamanisau (GK) Alvin Singh (DF) Roy Krishna (FW)
2016 Squad The following players were called to the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics from 4–20 August 2016. Caps and goals updated as of 10 August 2016 after the match against Germany.
Over-aged players
Technical staff Position Head coach Rob Sherman Technical Director Timo Jankowski Manager Anushil Kumar Assistant coach Sunil Kumar Assistant coach Marika Rodu Goalkeeping coach Simione Tamanisau Team Director Tarunesh Reddy Physiotherapist Nishant Kumar Physiotherapist Varoon Karan Doctor Kapil Krishnam Swamy
List of coaches Imdad Ali (2012) Frank Farina (2015-2016) Marika Rodu (2019) Rob Sherman (2023–present)
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