Australia vs American Samoa 31-0 ▷ Australia's biggest win in football

11 April 2001
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
Australia vs American Samoa 31:0
International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia
Referee: Ronan Leaustic (Tahiti)
Goals:
Boutsianis 10', 50', 84'
Thompson 12', 23', 27', 29', 32', 37', 42', 45'. 56', 60', 65', 85', 88'
Zdrilic 13', 21', 25', 33', 58', 66', 78', 89'
A. Vidmar 14', 80'
Popovic 17', 19'
Colosimo 51', 81'
De Amicis 55'
On 11 April 2001, the Australian and American Samoan national association football teams played each other in an Oceanian qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The match was played at the International Sports Stadium in Coffs Harbour, Australia. Australia set a world record for the largest victory in an international football match, winning the game 31-0. Australia's Archie Thompson also broke the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals. David Zdrilic, the scorer of eight goals in the match, scored the second-highest number of goals in an international match since World War I.
The outcome of the match led to debates about the format of qualification tournaments, with the Australian manager Frank Farina and Thompson feeling that preliminary rounds should be introduced to avoid such unbalanced matches, views shared by the international footballing body FIFA. It eventually led to the introduction of a preliminary round in the Oceanian zone qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The unbalanced level of opponents was also addressed by Australia's move to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.
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[@footballvibes12]

Thompson and Hill's discussion uncovered several untold stories... 1) American Samoa had 19 players unavailable. Due to a recent FIFA ruling coming into place just days prior, all players were required to hold American Samoan nationalities. With several players only holding US Citizenship, the only player from their usual squad that played was goalkeeper Nicky Salapu. 2) Their second eleven weren’t even able to help. You’d think a World Cup qualifier might be a decent excuse to skip school but the Under-20s side unfortunately couldn’t play because of exams. 3) Some of the American Samoan players had apparently never even played a 90-minute game of football. Mastermind technician and American Samoan manager Tony Langkilde said some of the players struggled because they weren’t used to playing for the full duration of a game. 4) Three of the American Samoan players were were 15 and the average age of the starting team was 18. When Ajax played Manchester United in the 2017 Europa League Final the average age of the team was 22. The Dutch side performed gallantly, creating chances but ultimately went down 2-0. American Samoa unfortunately only registered one shot on goal, an 86th minute strike from Pati Feagiai. Unfortunately, his side leaked a few more goals then Ajax. 29 to be exact. 5) Some of the players didn’t even own boots.Turning out against players representing elite European clubs might be a calling to wear the appropriate footwear. American Samoa’s players certainly weren’t the ones at fault for this and the FFA recognised it, providing them with some of their own boots. 6) American Samoa’s keeper is still playing football Nicky Salapu didn’t let the fact that he had to pick the ball out of his net 31 times in the match. In fact, he’s determined to avenge that particular score line with the 39-year-old still rolling out for his national side and played in a World Cup qualifier in 2019. (socceroos com au)

[@nordestebrasileiroomelhor]

Obrigado por postar essa partida e detalhes que ninguém revelou em noticiários da época. E também por mostrar todos os gols. Sou do Brasil, região nordeste, cidade de Fortaleza. Muito grato.

[@footballvibes12]

🙌👍

[@nishnatbiswas9245]

Are these excuses???? Defeat means defeat

[@kwarijanuar6044]

They are not even Australia first team😂... They just their second or third tier team, or from local League, Australian League not even a good league during that time...😂😅

[@jorgegpl23]

@@nishnatbiswas9245 Where are you from? I'll be waiting for your answer.

[@averageperson8882]

In fairness to the keeper, he was the only American Samoan player that actually moved. When you have 10 players in front of you that allow the opposition to take over 31 shots inside the box, right in front of the goal, you need to question your teams understanding of the sport.

[@808shortts]

Facts! I’m Samoan and we have no business on the soccer field. Not yet at least. American football, rugby, and volleyball are the sports we excel at. 😂

[@Absontchica]

He’s actually played in the lower leagues of Austria before

[@ShreyasPrabhu-or2ny]

That keeper is now my goalie coach.

[@lobanoubm4234.]

KZbin first ever Samaoj account with no subs? ​@@808shortts

[@AugustineComte]

Finally, an "extended" highlights of this match. The reason why Australia plays in AFC instead of OFC and it's understandable

[@pudintungs4863]

Australia goalkeeper is a camera man in this match

[@pikachuimz]

😂😂😂 The Australian goalkeeper joined the football crowd watching because he was bored

[@avasartistrystudio3230]

lol 😂

[@avasartistrystudio3230]

@@pikachuimzlol

[@jorgeumana7372]

90th minute 30 - 0 4th referee: 2 minutes added time 😈😈

[@TakiMitsuha2016]

The referee did sampa dirty ☠️🗿

[@r.a.6459]

If it happens today with the VAR... 14 extra minutes, enough for four or five more goals.

[@livewithlapaz]

wtf. demon time

[@stefanijakrivaja6068]

​@@r.a.6459,😅😂😅😢

[@odorya]

Nothing is impossible But it’s impossible

[@HAHA-pd7vo]

the goalkeeper will remember this match his whole life❤

[@csandsoccer4660]

😭

[@atuchicken]

💀

[@alexandergenov]

I doubt very much that this is the only football humiliation he has endured. I assume that this happens to him quite often.

[@HAHA-pd7vo]

after finish, he laid down on the floor. this moment showed that he was extremely collapsed.

[@dariodinamarca3831]

Australia recordara a MESSI toda su vida.jaja

[@muhdeikmalbinmohdbadrul241]

The 20th goal scored by the number 20 player. What a game 😂🔥

[@zarmeni4760]

😅😅😅😅😂😂😂

[@mirceatim3274]

that's where it started .....

[@Jerry-eq7ir]

I dont know how that Goalkeeper lived after the game

[@huykim4663]

Fact is that he was between the sticks when the team got its first ever win about 10 years later

[@zarmeni4760]

😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@godfreypigott]

Samoa isn't Columbia.

[@rip_pala4119]

​@@godfreypigottcolombia*

[@godfreypigott]

@@rip_pala4119 Wow - makes all the difference to the meaning.

[@vladimirkroutov3310]

31 гол за 90 мин - это гол каждые 3 минуты. Из этих трех минут одна уходила на то, чтобы достать мяч из ворот и разыграть его с центра поля. То есть, на очередной гол оставалось 2 минуты. Ну так ведь австралийцы ЗАБИЛИ этот 31 гол. За все время они промахнулись мимо ворто всего 1 раз. То есть они забивали в каждую атаку, никто ни разу не отдал плохого паса, никто не бил мимо, не бил по ногам, не получал желтых карточек, не сачковал. Все атаки были организованы грамотно и четко. Они попали в свор ворот более 31 раза, а это настоящее достижение, каким бы слабым противник ни был. Молодцы. И при этом я все 10 минут видеоролика смеялся.

[@29goodvibes]

Cccpp mwccdhæddccppccp ddccppdcca 😂😂😂

[@RaffleE46]

If you ever feel useless in life, think about Australia’s goalkeeper in this match.

[@reneharris3733]

Querrás decir el de Samoa Americana

[@charlesleeray4932]

​@@reneharris3733Não. Quis dizer Austrália, pois o goleiro australiano não fez nada, foi um player inútil em campo.

[@ahmad-ss]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌🏻

[@ZinedineKhabib]

​@@reneharris3733I think he meant Australia's keeper as he was just standing there having nothing to do coz Australia didn't even need a keeper , that's how bad A Samoa is

[@diegosccp7004]

In the middle of the match he went home

[@MichaelJohn06]

One of the biggest score of all-time in football history ever. What the heck is that 31-0? That's like unreal. 😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@robmontier3770]

See the film "Next Goal Wins". It's pretty accurate.

[@RogehHagal]

The biggest score in football is (0-149) yes that's true you can see that in video in youtube or google

[@robmontier3770]

Biggest score in Interbnational. The 149-0 mentioned was a contrived 149 own goals as a protest.

[@r.a.6459]

Wait until you see Vanuatu vs Tahiti IIRC and it ended up 48-0

[@marcoguariglia7734]

i think american Samoa couldnt even play in the lowest amateur leagues in Europe. it's clearly a sunday team ("what about playing soccer this sunday??"😂)

[@fabiokersevan9746]

How da hell the ref gave injury time too😂

[@ItaChi-313]

😂😂😂 absolutely funny

[@tarheelenigma]

They injured the opposition's soul, so the ref accounted for that.

[@555-y9g]

Proudly an American, congratulations to our Legends!

[@david._.6669]

Respeto a Samoa por no rendirse

[@aspatrixyt3271]

Es tener amor por su camiseta

[@wlm430]

San marino solos 🗿

[@jorgeypie]

You mean AMERICAN Samoa?

[@david._.6669]

@@jorgeypie it's Obviously the name 🙄🙄

[@victorval3308]

​@@jorgeypieChinese samoa

[@Ed18179]

Dios mio, como es posible este suceso

[@Mrpppp115]

Creo que siento más respeto por no rendirse que por los que se aprovecharon de la situación.

[@bonohewson2939]

El partido estuvo parejo hasta el minuto 9.16😂😂😂😂😂

[@emmanuelperez8360]

Por qué aprovecharse?

[@sonnyrabel2681]

@@emmanuelperez8360 Con 8-0 era suficiente Pero los samoanos no tenían la certeza que Australia no sería bueno al darles el balón un rato Primer tiempo 16-0

[@BIadelores]

Solo hasta cierto punto. Para cuando ya habían marcado 10-15 goles y ellos nada ya me parece idiota no rendirse.

[@ArgenisDante]

o sea que tu conmsioderas que la mediocridad de un equipo como SAMOA debe respetarse solo porque ni siquiera hicieron lo posible por perder por menos que eso???? estas mal brothr...

[@MJMilz14]

Kinda want to see the first 9 minutes. They must have defended valiantly until that point. For anyone who hasn't see it, try and watch the documentary 'Next Goal Wins', that was made as a direct result of this game, and followed the American Samoa team for a few years after this match. Honestly one of the best and most heart warming football documentaries out there.

[@jayvonnoelsmith8445]

True

[@rehannramadhanjr6623]

😮

[@jackcravford8744]

Just wanted to say thank you man for the intel, i am excited to see the document!!!

[@vik24oct1991]

These are the types of games which helped pele reach 1200 goal count which he used to mention.

[@JoseAntonioMoralestorres]

Si no sabes cállate, pele fue que creo técnicas... aparte en esas épocas los balones eran bien duros

​@@JoseAntonioMoralestorresu like hard balls dont you.

[@BillimanMCjon]

@@JoseAntonioMoralestorresHe is not undermining Pele, he is saying that everyone was trash in comparison to him

[@lucasdasilva1999x]

Cry

[@tfk_x]

Dan karena saking superiornya tim mereka, akhirnya Australia pindah federasi ke AFC..

[@Reinkarnati0n]

4:25 13-0 game American Samoa: “come on guys we can still turn this score around!” ends 31-0 AS: “what did I say”

[@ArsonHall]

Why you gotta be so harsh 😭😭😭

[@J03YROBLOX]

Goal 1: 0:43 Goal 2 : 1:13 Goal 3: 1:28 Goal 4: 1:48 Goal 5: 2:08 Goal 6: 2:24 Goal 7: 2:48 Goal 8: 3:04 Goal 9: 3:19 Goal 10: 3:32 Goal 11: 3:53 More soon

[@alessandrosorockdf7864]

Eu jogava no futebol amador e teve um jogo que meu time estava perdendo de 6 a 0 , o goleiro simplesmente tirou as luvas e saiu do jogo . Tive que ir para o gol e ainda tomei dois gols . Final, 8 a 0 pra eles , mesmo assim não desistimos , exceto o goleiro!

[@sebastianrojas1155]

Después de tanto buscar logramos encontrar un digno rival para México: Samoa Americana, estoy seguro que le jugaría de igual a igual

[@kevindebruyne4814]

😂😂😂

[@jesus_valencia]

parece que están jugando FIFA en principiante 😆⚽

[@mrnobody962]

2014 Brasil team will be happy after watching this 31-0 to 7-1

[@hitsurei]

Even a match way back in my highschool days never end with that kind of score. And most common big win score is like 20-12, or 15-7. Shows you how bad these match ups are.

[@carlwilkerson9722]

Loud fan spent entire video yelling, "Give it to Archie!" I'd call him (sarcastically) a "strategic genius," but it did seem that his approach worked beautifully the whole match.

[@gabrielaquino7883]

Agora eu entendi porque o jogo foi 31x0... até o meu time de pelada teria vencido essa seleção da Samoa Americana, mas, como era jogo oficial, consagrou Archie Thompson na história do futebol 😂

[@Dominik6379]

This was the official 2002 World Cup qualifying match in the Oceania zone.

[@gabrielaquino7883]

@@Dominik6379 yeah, I know...

[@JME015]

Guillermo Ochoa viendo al portero de Samoa, ¿Qué veo? Un rival... 😂

[@mamacoco4384]

En ese momento sintió el verdadero terror

[@martinmarro3972]

Pinches comentarios pendejos

[@sluess]

this seems like a normal scoreline from my school 😂😂😂

[@pappap5612]

Can't believe they didn't score in the first 9 minutes

[@augustochaves7878]

31 goals that were of no use to them because they later lost the playoff against 🇺🇾 Uruguay

[@anburan2887]

At this time, Australia was still OFC. 31:0... it was really absolute Australian victory.

[@volkancir3275]

Australia's goalkeeper:😪😪

[@rumblebird9888]

The goalie should’ve tried scoring goals

[@adriansolis9230]

Todavía el árbitro se atreve a agregar tiempo extra 😂😂

[@KecekMolek_]

Im pretty sure 1 or more of American Samao's player didnt touch any ball throughout this match

[@bernakalundu2804]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@reddwarfer999]

Their goalkeeper probably touched it more than any other, if only to pick it out of his own net.

[@vittoriodiki20]

Australian supporter be like "dude I'm tired yelling"

[@marcososa1923]

It's the craziest result I've seen of incredible football Woaw Australia 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☠️✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@jezuzmed3233]

wow Samoa americana aguanto 9 minutos dando pelea ❤

[@Pablo256]

es increíble pero jugadores nivel aficionado pueden aguantarle hasta casi 10 minutos a jugadores profesionales

[@unknown-lu3es]

It was a game I definitely wanted to see at least once. At that time, Australia scored 72 points in the preliminaries, but was pushed out by Uruguay and failed to advance to the World Cup.

[@robyhananto1849]

00:04 thinks he's Messi 😂

[@jamaanwajdi6981]

0likes 0replies? Let me fix that

[@ResidentOf]

Сколько не проматывать видео, натыкаешься на гол😂

[@presntnow]

This is why it was best when Australia joined AFC. New Zealand should join AFC too.

[@qimm]

This is the main reason why Australia and New Zealand were regrouped to ASIA. They have almost no competition in the Oceania.

[@Usuario.algoritmo]

Ni en un recreo de primaria vi una goleada semejante..

[@acs5928]

In all fairness, American Samoa didnt even know what a football was until earlier that week.

[@ayzatmuller5660]

grandfather can tells his grandchild when the others day remember to this game

[@kevinwalbanger8350]

Only this time i skip 10 seconds and its always concede a goal. KZbin was man of the match now

[@marioluizdesa]

What a match! I feel that if I play here in Brazil, I can score a goal against the American Samoa.

[@malandelo-malandreomalande291]

top 5 best goals 5 6:06 4 6:37 3 2:42 2 6:52 1 5:48

[@shotaArm]

Счет не по игре! А есть статистика игры?

[@DimaRomanenko99]

American Samoa: okay, enough, stop it! Archie Thompson: yes. 💀

[@matiascs1908]

This match was the reason why Australia is playing in Asia now.

[@sonnyrabel2681]

Since 2006

[@gokmen8756]

I congratulate the Australian basketball team for their good performance in the 1st period.

[@LuisGutierrezvega-th5lq]

Que golazo el número 28 buenísimo

[@bungkikal9910]

If you guys watching this video, You need to read the tittle because it's Football not Basketball. it's not normal to score so much like that

[@jdhcvuv9910]

433?😊😂😂

[@vhitolima7065]

Yes🤣

[@mynameisberry9740]

Nunca vi otro equipo comerse tantos goles a la altura de aldosivi

[@gabrielnogueira997]

O time: Acaba pelo amor de Deus kkk

[@BentleysUniverse]

Australian gk:😴💤 Samoan gk: 💀

[@officialfazevector1481]

Who also here because of the ig post 😂

[@jack_ff62]

😃me

[@mikebolon5912]

me too🤣

[@krishnanandakumar9393]

Same lol

[@sam-qg7ut]

Same lol

[@jedovim]

Vamos Samoa¡¡¡ tú puedes carajo¡¡¡¡.... 😅😅😅😅😅

[@lewdogzombies]

American Samoa should’ve forfeited the game, then they would’ve only lost 3-0 😂😂

[@teioh]

Then they should forfeited 90% of their match since they always lost by more than 3 goals.

[@haroldluna2676]

Parejo hasta que nacieron

[@МагомедМагомедов-с707с]

Зачем при счете 30 - 0 судья добавил еще 1 минуту ?))))))😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CanaldoCaio-r1d]

GOLS MAIS BONITOS Boutsianis 1 x 0 Tony Popovic 5 x 0 David Zdrilic 7 x 0 David Zdrilic 9 x 0 Archie Thompson 10 x 0 Archie Thompson 14 x 0 Archie Thompson 16 x 0 Colosimo 18 x 0 Fausto De Amicis 19 x 0 Archie Thompson 22 x 0 Aurelio Vidmar 26 x 0 Boutsianis 28 x 0 Archie Thompson 30 x 0

[@BalamirOfHailandur]

The most "cenabet" football match I've ever watched...

[@IslamBakayev]

Pov: The Australian goalkeeper 😢

[@hiramhackenbacker9096]

It's results such as this that forced FIFA's hands into letting Australia move into the Asian Confederation. They'd tried a few years earlier but were denied. The OFC had become a lopsided joke. The Australian team was actually their 3rd best side.

[@DerFort]

Der torwart hat save Depressionen 😢

[@SudamericaUNASUR]

Deberia haber una especie de segunda division para esos equipos

[@Ali-on_3]

Chale tremenda humilllada El equipo al menos lo dió todo 😔👌

[@mohdfazli5259]

Football Or Badminton 😂💯

[@愛善-d1l]

オーストラリアとサモアでこのスコアだと、サッカーよりもまずラグビーかと思ってしまった。代表同士の試合でこれはすごい

[@nurspubg2693]

Когда играешь фифу на новичке

[@lahmacun.editss]

bro brought the april fools to an insane level 💀

[@MatheusGaru]

Era melhor a samoa ter tido 5 Expulsos e perder por W.O

[@footballvibes12]

Guys, do you think this video will get 333k likes? 🥺🙏🙌

[@rabbiti18]

Noo

[@remruatarema6020]

Nope

[@markymark443]

Germany in 2014: "we won 7-1!" Australia: "lol, that's cute" (yes I am aware that Brazil is many many leagues above American Simoa. I wanted to make my joke. Let me have my moment, damn it!)

[@nightwave6963]

Should have been 32-0 but Australia got robbed

[@jasongoodacre]

American Samoa were so slow on the ball I saw one Aussie player pass to himself 😆

[@andrewcovey9575]

Took theem ten minutes to score the first but still got 32? That’s crazy

[@gabrielestevez6266]

Dominio de Samoa hasta el minuto 10, luego Australia tuvo suerte en un partido de gran paridad. Pudo ser para cualquiera de los dos.

[@rachidqir8770]

Every Australian player should score at least a goal in this match 😂😂

[@davidm.g]

And if they had enough time, probably every Australian Citizen could have scored in this match lol

[@carlosferrermellado6006]

Faltaría un partido de vuelta ,vamos q si remontan

[@greenshadowfan04]

The main reason why Australia🇦🇺 joined AFC (Asian Football Confederation) in 2006.

[@hengineer]

wasn't this when Australia was trying to switch to Asia and out of Oceana?

[@DIMERAZZO]

ВО ДВОРЕ СТОЛЬКО НЕ ПРОПУСКАЛ)

[@Toomototo]

2:47 the way the samoan slide tackled his teamate xd

[@argenfinland]

Con solo ver el destello de calidad que demuestra el 15 de Samoa al sacar sabes que va a ser un partido complicado XD

[@TouringCarsAndStuff]

Many European league players vs a bunch of random people from A. Samoas 1st division

[@ДмитрийЧехлов-к3с]

Томпсон 11 забил! Такого даже Пеле не снилось😂😂😂

[@ahmeda_gaming9267]

And thats why Australia plays an AFC Asia !

[@AT_TRAVELL]

Australia also beat Tonga 22-0

[@gabrielthy]

Nicky Salapu is a legend!

[@logan2369]

EA Fifa soccer livello principiante ❤

[@albertorojas472]

In the last 10 goals the keeper just sat down after the shot.

[@benceerdesz4008]

Is this the country with the university that has the best online course for lawyers?

[@TiagoCalti]

Isso que foi a Austrália. Se fosse uma seleção de ponta seria 246x0 Mas faltou maldade com pra essa outra seleção. Passou de 5, o objetivo é caçar o adversário, esquece futebol.

[@robot2511]

Pov: Você joga FIFA no iniciante