Northern Mariana Islands national football team

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Northern Mariana Islands

Nickname(s)

Blue Ayuyus

Association

Northern Mariana Islands Football Association

Head coach

Nick Swaim

Top scorer

Mark McDonald, 2 goals, 2007

Home stadium

Oleai Sports Complex

FIFA code

MNP

Elo ranking

222





First kit





Second kit

First international

Yap 0 - 8 Northern Marianas Islands

(Koror, Palau; July ???, 1998)

Biggest win

Northern Marianas Islands 12 - 1 Pohnphei

(Koror, Palau; July 1998)

Biggest defeat

Guam 9 - 0 Northern Marianas Islands

(Hagåtña, Guam; April 1, 2007)

The Northern Marianas Islands national football team is an international team from the Northern Mariana Islands. The Northern Mariana Islands Football Association is a provisional member of the East Asian Football Federation. They participated as a guest team in the U-14 East Asian Football Federation Youth Festival in July 2006 in Beijing. The results - DPR Korea 0-6, Korea 0-16, China 0-11, Mongolia 0-5, Japan 0-12, Guam 0-6 and 0-12, Chinese Taipei 0-13. In December 2006, the EAFF admitted the Northern Mariana Islands as a provisional member.

The first team mainly competes in the East Asian Football Association and annual Marianas Cup versus Guam.

Recently, they participated as a provisional member in the East Asian Cup 2008 Preliminary Competition Play-offs, but lost both matches to Guam.

Steve Menary's recent book, "Outcasts: The Lands FIFA Forgot," includes a detailed chapter on the emergence of the NMIFA and the Blue Ayuyus.

[edit] Selected internationals

Date	Venue		Opponent	Score
Apr 2008	Northern Marianas	Northern Marianas	Guam	2 - 3
Apr 1 2007	Guam	Northern Marianas	Guam	0 - 9
Mar 25 2007	Northern Marianas	Northern Marianas	Guam	2 - 3
Jun 12 1999	Micronesia	Northern Marianas	Federated States of Micronesia	0 - 7
Aug 3 1998	Palau	Northern Marianas	Guam	3 - 0
Aug 2 1998	Palau	Northern Marianas	Palau	11 - 2
Jul 30 1998	Palau	Northern Marianas	Guam	2 - 2
Jul 1998	Palau	Northern Marianas	Pohnpei	12 - 1
Jul 1998	Palau	Northern Marianas	Yap	8 - 0

[edit] References

EAFF admission

International football

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Asia: AFC – Asian Cup

Africa: CAF – Africa Cup of Nations

North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup

South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América

Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup

Europe: UEFA – European Championship

Non-FIFA: NF-Board – Viva World Cup

National football teams of Oceania (OFC)

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National football teams of East Asia (EAFF)

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All teams are part of the AFC, apart from the Northern Mariana Islands, who are associate part of the OFC.
Note: FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.

Non-FIFA/Non-NF-Board Teams

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