Veitongo FC
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| Full name | Veitongo Football Club | ||
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| Ground | Loto-Tonga Soka Centre | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| Manager | Timote Moleni | ||
| League | Tonga Major League | ||
| 2023 | Champions | ||
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Veitongo Football Club is a football club from Tonga, currently playing in the Tonga Major League, the highest level of association football competition in Tonga.[1]
In 2016 the team reached the qualifying stage of the OFC Champions League, but lost all three qualifying matches.[2] They reached the qualifying stage again in 2017,[2] but failed to qualify after drawing with Lupe o le Soaga.[3] They again reached the qualifying stage of the OFC Champions League in 2020, but failed to qualify after drawing with Tupapa Maraerenga.[4]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Tonga Major League (9): 1971–72, 1978, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Tonga Challenge Cup (1): 2020[5]
Continental record
[edit | edit source]| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2016 | OFC Champions League | PR | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 0–7 | 4th | |
| American Samoa Utulei Youth | 2–3 | |||||
| Samoa Kiwi | 1–7 | |||||
| 2017 | OFC Champions League | PR | Cook Islands Puaikura | 0–4 | 3rd | |
| American Samoa Utulei Youth | 3–1 | |||||
| Samoa Lupe o le Soaga | 1–1 | |||||
| 2018 | OFC Champions League | PR | American Samoa Pago Youth | 1–1 | 3rd | |
| Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 2–9 | |||||
| Samoa Lupe o le Soaga | 0–6 | |||||
| 2020 | OFC Champions League | PR | Samoa Lupe o le Soaga | 0–2 | 3rd | |
| Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 2–2 | |||||
| 2023 | OFC Champions League | PR | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 0–1 | 3rd | |
| Samoa Lupe o le Soaga | 0–9 | |||||
| American Samoa Ilaoa and To'omata | — | |||||
| 2024 | OFC Champions League | PR | American Samoa Vaiala Tongan | 13–0 | 3rd | |
| Samoa Vaivase-Tai | 0–0 | |||||
| Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 2–3 | |||||
Top goalscorers in Champions League
[edit | edit source]- Tonga Hemaloto Polovili (5)
- Tonga Elias Kendler (5)
- Tonga Vai Lutu (4)
- Tonga Sione Uhatahi (4)
- Tonga Lisiate Feke (2)
- Tonga Lafaele Moala (2)
- Tonga Kilifi Uele (2)
- Tonga Halapua Falepapalangi (1)
- Tonga Pita Uhatahi (1)
- Tonga Amoni Fifita (1)
Current technical staff
[edit | edit source]| Position | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Tonga Mark Uhatahi[6] |
| Assistant coach | Tonga Kilifi Uele |
| Team Manager | Tonga Fetu'u Vea |
| Doctor | Tonga Sosaia Faupula |
Current squad
[edit | edit source]Squad for the 2024 OFC Champions League qualifying stage
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Tonga 2013 Archived 2023-03-28 at the Wayback Machine at RSSSF
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