Northern Mariana Islands national football team results
FIFA ranking | |
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Current | N/A – not FIFA member |
Elo ranking | |
Current | 234 (4 July 2016) |
Highest | 213 (30 July 1998) |
Lowest | 234 (2 July 2016) |
First international | |
Northern Mariana Islands 8–0 Palau "B" (Koror, Palau; 27 July 1998) | |
Biggest win | |
Northern Mariana Islands 2–1 Macau (Dededo, Guam; 23 July 2014) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Guam 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands (Hagåtña, Guam; 1 April 2007) Palestine 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands (Kathmandu, Nepal; 4 March 2013) | |
World Cup | |
Appearances | None |
Best result | N/A – not FIFA member |
AFC Asian Cup | |
Appearances | None |
South Asian Football Federation Cup | |
Appearances | None |
Best result | 2015 – qualifying |
This is a list of all the recorded matches played by the Northern Mariana Islands national football team, which represents the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in international men's football. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, which is a member of the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) and an associate member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The federation is not a member of the world governing body FIFA and so whilst the national team is eligible to enter AFC and EAFF-run competitions, they are currently ineligible for global competitions such as the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Confederations Cup. As such, they do not have an official FIFA ranking. However, the team have been consistently ranked as one of the worst teams in the world on the Elo ratings and are in fact, at July 2016 rated as the worst men's senior international team in the world in a ratings system that also includes a number of other non-FIFA teams.
Following the completion of the preliminary qualifying round for the 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup the team have won only one official competitive match against international opposition and have a goal difference of −78 in official matches. The team have never qualified for the finals of a major tournament and beyond friendlies and qualifying matches, their only official competition has been in an exhibition tournament in the regional Micronesian Games in 1998, which they won, to date their only tournament success.
Results
This is a list of all the football matches, both official and unofficial played by the Northern Mariana Islands national football team since their debut at the exhibition tournament held in conjunction with the 1998 Micronesian Games. Matches played prior to 2007 were played under the auspices of Northern Mariana Islands Soccer Federation and are considered unofficial since the team included several foreign contract workers based on Saipan. The sole requirement to be eligible for the team was two-year residency, but this requirement was not strictly enforced. Similarly, some of the other teams in the tournament included foreign workers.[1] Additionally, for the matches played at the Micronesian games, where the official name of the tournament was the "W.C.T.C. Shell Soccer Exhibition", the matches were 9-a-side (not 11-a-side) on a smaller field and may have been less than 90 minutes duration.[1]
As far as is known, this was the first occasion on which a representative team was assembled. The NMISF had been registered as an associate member of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) since 1983, though apparently it had not participated in any international events prior to 1998. The NMISF became defunct around 2002-3 and there was then a hiatus until a new organizing body, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association (NMIFA), was founded in 2005. The NMIFA has fielded senior men's and women's representative teams since 2007, and has been affiliated to the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) as an associate member since 2006 (becoming a full member in 2008), and to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as an associate member since 2009. It is not a member of FIFA at present.[1]
Unofficial
These matches are the total games played under the auspices of Northern Mariana Islands Soccer Federation. As of July 2016, the 1998 Micronesian Games represents the Northern Mariana Islands only success at an international tournament of any sort.
1998 Micronesian Games
27 July 1998 1998 Micronesian Games – Group stage | Northern Mariana Islands | 8–0 | Palau "B" | Emmaus High School Field, Koror |
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Unknown , , , , , , |
Report |
28 July 1998 1998 Micronesian Games – Group stage | Northern Mariana Islands | 8–0 | Yap | Emmaus High School Field, Koror |
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Unknown , , , , , , |
Report |
30 July 1998 Micronesian Games – Group stage | Guam | 2–1 | Northern Mariana Islands | Emmaus High School Field, Koror |
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Unknown , , | Report | Unknown |
31 July 1998 1998 Micronesian Games – Group stage | Northern Mariana Islands | 12–1 | Palau | Emmaus High School Field, Koror |
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Unknown , , , , , , , , , |
Report | Unknown |
1 August 1998 1998 Micronesian Games – Group stage | Northern Mariana Islands | 11–2 | Pohnpei | Emmaus High School Field, Koror |
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Unknown , , , , , , , , |
Report | , Unknown |
3 August 1998 1998 Micronesian Games – Final | Northern Mariana Islands | 3–0 | Guam | Emmaus High School Field, Koror |
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Unknown , , | Report |
1999 Micronesia Cup
The Northern Mariana Islands final game prior to the folding of the Northern Mariana Islands Soccer Federation was in the 1999 Micronesia Cup. The status of this tournament is unclear, RSSSF list it among the Micronesian Games results, though they also describe it as the "first Micronesian Cup".[2] Given that there was no Micronesian games in 1999, it seems likely this was an independent competition.
12 July 1999 1999 Micronesian Cup – Group Stage | F.S. Micronesia | 7–0 | Northern Mariana Islands | Yap |
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Peter Paul Igesumal , , Percy Rasung , Daniel Jerry Gorong |
Report |
Official
Following an 8-year absence from the international scene, and having become an associate member of the East Asian Football Federation in 2006, the Northern Mariana Islands returned to international competition. Bar a friendly against Guam all their competitive matches were in unsuccessful attempts to qualify for the EAFF East Asian Championship.
2000s
- 2007
25 March 2007 16:00 2008 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition |
Northern Mariana Islands | 2–3 | Guam | Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan |
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Mark McDonald 57', 75' | Report | Alan Jamison 9' Zachary Pangelinan 65', 78' |
1 April 2007 18:00 2008 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition |
Guam | 9–0 | Northern Mariana Islands | Guam National Football Stadium, Hagåtña |
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Zachary Pangelinan 6', 21', 42', 54', 61' Marvin Mendoza 56' Elias Merfalen 57' Alan Jamison 85' Edward Calvo 91' |
Report Report |
Attendance: 1324 |
Guam won by an aggregate of 12–2 and advanced to stage two of the preliminary competition.
- 2008
27 April 2008 Friendly / Marianas Cup | Northern Mariana Islands | 2–3 | Guam | Saipan |
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Joe Wang Miller , Steve McKagan |
Report | Unknown , , |
- 2009
11 March 2009 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition | Macau | 6–1 | Northern Mariana Islands | Leo Palace Resort, Yona |
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13:30 ((ChST) – UTC+10) | Chan Kin-Seng 13', 24' Ho Man Hou 33', 90' Chong In Leong 40' Loi Wai Hong 62' |
Report | Miller 5' | Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) |
13 March 2009 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition | Guam | 2–1 | Northern Mariana Islands | Leo Palace Resort, Yona |
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16:00 ((ChST) – UTC+10) | Borja 10' Mariano 68' |
Report | Peter Loken 81' (pen.) | Attendance: 765 Referee: Cheng Oi Cho (Hong Kong) |
15 March 2009 2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary Competition | Northern Mariana Islands | 1–4 | Mongolia | Leo Palace Resort, Yona |
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13:30 ((ChST) – UTC+10) | Nicolas Swaim 74' (pen.) | Report | Lkhümbengarav 16' Sukhbaatar 42' Tsedenbal 71' Mungunsukh 90' |
Attendance: 700 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan) |
2010s
Having lost their first seven official competitive matches in the 2000s, the Northern Marianas Islands saw a comparative uptick in their performances. While they continued to struggle to compete in EAFF qualifying, the 2010s have seen the team record their first official draw in a friendly with Guam in 2010 and their first official victory in a shock defeat of Macau in 2014. In addition to continuing to compete in the EAFF qualifiers, the team also attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, to qualify for one of the last additions of the AFC Challenge Cup.
- 2010
19 June 2010 Friendly | Northern Mariana Islands | 1–1 | Guam | Saipan |
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Joe Wang Miller 74' (pen.) | Report | Jason Cunliffe |
- 2012
18 July 2012 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition | Northern Mariana Islands | 1–3 | Guam | Leo Palace Resort, Yona |
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16:00 (UTC+10:00) | Miller 18' | Report | Cunliffe 25', 66', 90' (pen.) | Attendance: 450 Referee: Kim Dae-Yong (Korea Republic) |
20 July 2012 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition | Northern Mariana Islands | 1–5 | Macau | Leo Palace Resort, Yona |
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16:00 (UTC+10:00) | Schuler 51' | Report | Chan Kin Seng 27', 55', 59' Ho Man Hou 40' Vernon 62' |
Attendance: 150 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) |
24 November 2012 Friendly | Guam | 8–0 | Northern Mariana Islands | Guam |
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Report | Unknown , , , , , , , , |
- 2013
2 March 2013 2014 AFC Challenge Cup – Qualification Group D | Nepal | 6–0 | Northern Mariana Islands | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu |
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17:05 (UTC+5:45) | Khawas 4', 41', 72' Sahukhala 30' Tamang 60' (pen.) Rai 68' |
Report | Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Fan Qi (China P.R.) |
4 March 2013 2014 AFC Challenge Cup – Qualification Group D | Northern Mariana Islands | 0–9 | Palestine | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu |
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14:00 (UTC+5:45) | Report | Salem 7', 76', 82' Abuhabib 21' (pen.), 27' Attieh 23', 90+1' Theeb 68' Abugharqud 83' |
Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq) |
6 March 2013 2014 AFC Challenge Cup – Qualification Group D | Bangladesh | 4–0 | Northern Mariana Islands | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu |
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15:15 (UTC+5:45) | Toklis 2', 83' Rony 37' Linkon 90' |
Report | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia) |
- 2014
21 July 2014 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup – First Preliminary Round | Mongolia | 4–0 | Northern Mariana Islands | GFA National Training Center, Dededo |
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15:00 (UTC+10) | Munkh-Erdene 20' Soyol-Erdene ?' Murun ?' Bilegtii ?' |
Report | Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) |
23 July 2014 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup – First Preliminary Round | Northern Mariana Islands | 2–1 | Macau | GFA National Training Center, Dededo |
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15:00 (UTC+10) | Swaim 38' Schuler 65' |
Report | Pang Chi Hang 17' | Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea) |
25 July 2014 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup – First Preliminary Round | Guam | 5–0 | Northern Mariana Islands | GFA National Training Center, Dededo |
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17:30 (UTC+10) | Matkin 32' Guy Lopez S. Nicklaw 69' Mariano |
Report | Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan) |
- 2016
30 June 2016 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup – First Preliminary Round | Chinese Taipei | 8–1 | Northern Mariana Islands | GFA National Training Center, Dededo |
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17:00 (UTC+10) | Wu Chun-ching 30', 56' Chen Wei-chuan 37' Lin Chien-hsun 40', 64', 81', 90+2' Chen Yi-wei 45+1' |
Report | Schuler 90' | Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia) |
2 July 2016 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup – First Preliminary Round | Northern Mariana Islands | 1–3 | Macau | GFA National Training Center, Dededo |
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14:30 (UTC+10) | Griffin 11' (pen.) | Report | Lam Ka Seng 9', 90+4' Duarte 40' |
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei) |
4 July 2016 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup – First Preliminary Round | Northern Mariana Islands | 0–8 | Mongolia | GFA National Training Center, Dededo |
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14:30 (UTC+10) | Report | Bayarjargal 27' (pen.), 36' (pen.) Nyam-Osor 39' Daginaa 45' Tögöldör 54', 55', 84' Erdenebat 79' |
Summary record
By venue
As at 4 July 2016:
Venue | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Win % | Loss % |
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Home | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 0% | 670% |
Away | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 22% | 78% |
Neutral | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 29% | 71% |
Total | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 57 | 104 | −47 | 23% | 73% |
By year
As at 4 July 2016:
Year | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Win % | Loss % |
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1998 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 35 | 80% | 20% |
1999 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 50% | 50% |
2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 0% | 100% |
2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0% | 100% |
2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 0% | 100% |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 0% | 100% |
2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | -19 | 0% | 100% |
2014 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 33% | 67% |
2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | -17 | 0% | 100% |
Total | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 57 | 104 | −47 | 23% | 73% |
By competition
As at 4 July 2016:
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Win % | Loss % |
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AFC Challenge Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0% | 100% |
EAFF East Asian Cup | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 61 | −50 | 8% | 92% |
Friendly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0% | 67% |
Micronesian Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0% | 100% |
Micronesian Games | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 38 | 83% | 17% |
Total | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 57 | 104 | −47 | 23% | 73% |
By opponent
- Last match updated: Chinese Taipei on 4 July 2016.
Opponent | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Win % | Loss % |
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Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0% | 100% |
Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0% | 100% |
Guam | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 34 | −27 | 0% | 100% |
Macau | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 25% | 75% |
Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0% | 100% |
Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0% | 100% |
Palestine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0% | 100% |
Official Total | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 92 | -78 | 5% | 89% |
F.S. Micronesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0% | 100% |
Guam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 50% |
Palau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 100% | 0% |
Palau "B" | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 100% | 0% |
Pohnpei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 100% | 0% |
Yap | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 100% | 0% |
Unofficial Total* | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 31 | 71% | 29% |
Overall Total | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 57 | 104 | -47 | 23% | 73% |
>50% Wins | |
50% Wins | |
<50% Wins |
*: Unofficial matches include all games played prior to 2007 regardless of opponent on the grounds that eligibility criteria for selection fell short of acknowledged international standards.
Competitive record
The Northern Mariana Islands have only entered three formal international competitions, the AFC Challenge Cup, the EAFF East Asian Championship and the Micronesian Games. As non-FIFA members, they are not entitled to enter the FIFA World Cup. The Marianas Cup is not noted as a separate competition in this section as it is the name given to a perennial trophy contested each time the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam meet.
AFC Asian Cup
The team were eligible to enter the AFC Asian Cup through the AFC Challenge Cup from 2011. However, they did not enter the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup so did not qualify. In failing to qualify for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup they also failed to qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
AFC Asian Cup | AFC Asian Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||
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Hosts / Year | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
1956 to 2007 | Not a member of the AFC | Not a member of the AFC | |||||||||||
2011 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
2015 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
2019 | Did not enter** | Did not enter** | |||||||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
**: As the first two rounds of qualifying for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup were also the first two rounds of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Northern Mariana Islands were ineligible.
AFC Challenge Cup
Having been accepted as an associate member in 2009, the Blue Ayuyus attempted to qualify for the AFC Challenge Cup once, in 2013. They were unsuccessful in qualification, losing all three matches without scoring a goal. The AFC Challenge Cup has been discontinued by the AFC, with all nations now entering qualifying for the AFC Cup due to the expansion of the Asian Cup to the 24-nation format from the 16-nation one after the 2015 edition.[3][4]
AFC Challenge Cup | AFC Challenge Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||
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Hosts / Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
2006 to 2012 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
2014 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | |||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
EAFF East Asian Championship
The EAFF East Asian Championship has been the primary source of competitive football for the Northern Mariana Islands since they reemerged onto the international scene and were accepted as a member of the EAFF. They have attempted to qualify for each edition of the EAFF East Asian Championship since they were admitted to the federation, each time without success.
EAFF East Asian Championship | AFC Challenge Cup qualification record | |||||||||||||
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Hosts / Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
2003 to 2005 | Not a member of the EAFF | Not a member of the EAFF | ||||||||||||
2008 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||
2010 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
2013 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
2015 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
2017 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | |||||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 61 |
Micronesian Games
Micronesia made their international debut at the 1998 Micronesia Games, though the tournament was not a formal part of the games, merely and exhibition. The formal name of the football tournament was the W.C.T.C. Shell Soccer Exhibition. The team were successful, winning the tournament, but have not entered since, although football has only sporadically been included in the games programme.
Micronesian Games | |||||||
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Hosts / Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1969 to 1994 | Football not included in games' programmes | ||||||
1998 | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 5 |
2002 to 2010 | Football not included in games' programmes | ||||||
2014 | Did not enter | ||||||
2018 | To be determined | ||||||
Total | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 5 |
- *Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.
References
- 1 2 3 Morrison, Neil (12 November 2014). "Northern Mariana Islands Representative Football Team ("The Blue Ayuyu")". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ Pratama, Naufaldi; Jovanovic, Bojan (23 July 2015). "Micronesian Cup 1999". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Revamp of AFC competitions". Asian Football Confederation. January 25, 2014.
- ↑ "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". Asian Football Confederation. April 16, 2014.
External links
- Men's senior all-time record and Elo rating
- Northern Mariana Islands – List of men's senior international matches at RSSSF