Lupe o le Soaga SC

Lupe o le Soaga Soccer Club is a Samoan professional football club based in Tuanaimato. It currently plays in the Samoa National League.

Lupe o le Soaga
Full nameLupe o le Soaga Soccer Club
GroundToleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium[1]
Capacity3,500
ChairmanTafilipepe Fineaso Aimaasu
ManagerPaul Uaiesi
LeagueSamoa National League
2021Champions

History

Lupe o le Soaga was founded in 2011.[2] The team played in the First Division, the second tier of the Samoa National League during the 2011–12 season where they finished runners-up to Vaimoso.[3] They were promoted to the national league in 2012,[2] and won the 2012-13 Samoa National League, losing only once throughout the whole season.[4] They also won the Samoa Cup, defeating Kiwi 2–1 in the final.[4] Kiwi took the lead, but Lupe equalised with a penalty.[5] An additional twenty minutes extra time was played and in the second half of extra time Lupe scored the winner.[5] The Lupe ole Soaga women's team were runner's-up in the 2012–13 women's cup final.[5]

In the 2020 edition of the OFC Champions League they became the first team coming from the qualifying stage to win a group stage match.[6]

In 2020 it was the top-ranked team in the national league.[7][8]

The team won all three of its matches in the 2023 OFC Champions League qualifying stage, qualifying for the 2023 OFC Champions League.[9] Injuries caused the cancellation of their last pool game,[10] and they were withdrawn from the competition.[11][12]

Titles
2012–13
2014–15
2016
2017
2019
2020
2021
2012-13

Current technical staff
Position
Head coachSamoa Paul Ualesi
Assistant coachSamoa Venico Ah Colt
ManagerSamoa La'i Tautiaga
Assistant managerSamoa Mataio Toetu
Goalkeeper coachSamoa Kareti Soafa
Gear ManagerSamoa Victor Lapalapa
Assistant Gear ManagerSamoa Maiseli Faasalele
TrainerSamoa Soliai Letutusa

Current squad

Squad for the 2020 OFC Champions League Premiliminary Stage

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Samoa SAM Mataio Toetu
2 FW Samoa SAM Albert Bell
3 DF Samoa SAM Suivai Ataga
4 DF Samoa SAM Ritchievoy Ueligitone
5 DF Samoa SAM Tauati Tanoa'i
6 DF Samoa SAM Andrew Setefano
7 FW Samoa SAM Lawrie Letutusa
9 FW Samoa SAM Vaa Taualai
10 MF Samoa SAM Jarvis Filimalae
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF England ENG Matthew Chant
12 DF Samoa SAM John Teo
13 MF Samoa SAM Michael Leo
14 DF Samoa SAM Osa Savelio
16 MF Samoa SAM Soliai Letutusa
17 DF Samoa SAM Isaako Sione
18 MF Samoa SAM Lapalapa Toni
20 GK New Zealand NZL Zane Green
21 MF Samoa SAM Bitner Tafili

References
  1. Which stadiums are home to the most champions? at The Knowledge, Guardian Newspapers
  2. "OFC Champions League Club Profile: Lupe Ole Soaga SC (Samoa)". OFC. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. Samoa – 2011 at RSSSF.
  4. Samoa 2013 at RSSSF
  5. National League closer to an end Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine at footballsamoa.ws
  6. "Lupe make history in Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. Mar 6, 2020.
  7. Vaelei Von Dincklage (19 September 2020). "Lupe Soaga work to keep top ranking". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  8. Vaelei Von Dincklage (1 December 2020). "Lupe defeats Vaipuna to win Premier League". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. "Tupapa Maraerenga bundles out of OFC Champions League". Cook Islands News. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  10. Shalveen Chand (20 May 2023). "Samoan champs sit out last Champions League match". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  11. "Samoan team facing disciplinary body". Loop Samoa. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  12. "Samoan club to face OFC disciplinary committee after pulling out of Auckland City game". Stuff. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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