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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.<ref name="RSSSF">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tonga2013.html Tonga 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328183330/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tonga2013.html |date=2023-03-28 }} at RSSSF</ref>
In 2016 the team reached the qualifying stage of the OFC Champions League, but lost all three qualifying matches.<ref name=RNZ2017a>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/322904/sport-tongan-football-champs-veitongo-fc-expect-improved-showing |title=Sport: Tongan football champs Veitongo FC expect improved showing |publisher=RNZ |date=23 January 2017 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004115856/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/322904/sport-tongan-football-champs-veitongo-fc-expect-improved-showing |url-status=live }}</ref> They reached the qualifying stage again in 2017,<ref name=RNZ2017a/> but failed to qualify after drawing with Lupe o le Soaga.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/323717/sport-veitongo-fc-and-lupe-ole-soaga-target-final-spot |title=Sport: Samoan football champs begin OFC Champs League prep |publisher=RNZ |date=3 February 2017 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004115855/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/323717/sport-veitongo-fc-and-lupe-ole-soaga-target-final-spot |url-status=live }}</ref> They again reached the qualifying stage of the OFC Champions League in 2020, but failed to qualify after drawing with Tupapa Maraerenga.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/408624/sport-tupapa-maraerenga-reach-ofc-champions-league-main-draw |title=Sport: Tupapa Maraerenga reach OFC Champions League main draw |publisher=RNZ |date=1 February 2020 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004115856/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/408624/sport-tupapa-maraerenga-reach-ofc-champions-league-main-draw |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Honours== * '''Tonga Major League''' (9): 1971–72, 1978, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 * '''Tonga Challenge Cup''' (1): 2020<ref name="RSSSFTonga">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tonga2020.html Tonga 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206033227/https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tonga2020.html |date=2023-02-06 }} at RSSSF</ref>
==Continental record== {| class="wikitable nowrap" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" | 2016 | rowspan="3" | OFC Champions League | rowspan="3" | PR | {{flagicon|COK}} Tupapa Maraerenga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |0–7 | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" {{lost|4th}} |- | {{flagicon|ASA}} Utulei Youth | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |2–3 |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} Kiwi | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |1–7 |- | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" | 2017 | rowspan="3" | OFC Champions League | rowspan="3" | PR | {{flagicon|COK}} Puaikura | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |0–4 | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" {{lost|3rd}} |- | {{flagicon|ASA}} Utulei Youth | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;" |3–1 |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} Lupe o le Soaga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;" |1–1 |- | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" | 2018 | rowspan="3" | OFC Champions League | rowspan="3" | PR | {{flagicon|ASA}} Pago Youth | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;" |1–1 | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" {{lost|3rd}} |- | {{flagicon|COK}} Tupapa Maraerenga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |2–9 |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} Lupe o le Soaga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |0–6 |- | rowspan="2;" style="text-align:center;" | 2020 | rowspan="2" | OFC Champions League | rowspan="2" | PR | {{flagicon|SAM}} Lupe o le Soaga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |0–2 | rowspan="2;" style="text-align:center;" {{lost|3rd}} |- | {{flagicon|COK}} Tupapa Maraerenga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;" |2–2 |- | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" | 2023 | rowspan="3" | OFC Champions League | rowspan="3" | PR | {{flagicon|COK}} Tupapa Maraerenga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |0–1 | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;"{{lost|3rd}} |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} Lupe o le Soaga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;" |0–9 |- | {{flagicon|ASA}} Ilaoa and To'omata | colspan=2 {{N/A}} |- | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" | 2024 | rowspan="3" | OFC Champions League | rowspan="3" | PR | {{flagicon|ASA}} Vaiala Tongan | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;" |13–0 | rowspan="3;" style="text-align:center;" {{lost|3rd}} |- | {{flagicon|SAM}} Vaivase-Tai | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"|0–0 |- | {{flagicon|COK}} Tupapa Maraerenga | colspan="2;" style="text-align:center; background:#fdd"|2–3 |}
===Top goalscorers in Champions League=== *{{flagicon|TGA}} Hemaloto Polovili (5) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Elias Kendler (5) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Vai Lutu (4) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Sione Uhatahi (4) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Lisiate Feke (2) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Lafaele Moala (2) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Kilifi Uele (2) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Halapua Falepapalangi (1) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Pita Uhatahi (1) *{{flagicon|TGA}} Amoni Fifita (1)
==Current technical staff== {| class="wikitable" |- !Position ! |- | Head coach || {{flagicon|TON}} Mark Uhatahi<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/family-affair-for-veitongo-2/ |title=Family affair for Veitongo |publisher=OFC |date=26 January 2020 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004115856/https://www.oceaniafootball.com/family-affair-for-veitongo-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | Assistant coach || {{flagicon|TON}} Kilifi Uele |- | Team Manager || {{flagicon|TON}} Fetu'u Vea |- | Doctor || {{flagicon|TON}} Sosaia Faupula |}
==Current squad== Squad for the 2024 OFC Champions League qualifying stage
{{Fs start}} {{Fs player|other=|no=1|nat=TON|name=Semesi Otukolo|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|other=|no=2|nat=TON|name=Tevita Koloa|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=3|nat=TON|name=Sione Tuifangaloka|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=4|nat=TON|name=Sione Uhatahi|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=5|nat=TON|name=Pita Uhatahi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=6|nat=TON|name=Lisiate Feke|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|other=|no=7|nat=TON|name=Kamaliele Papani|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|other=captain|no=8|nat=TON|name=Vai Lutu|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=9|nat=TON|name=Elias Kendler|pos=FW}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|other=|no=10|nat=TON|name=Hemaloto Polovili|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|other=|no=11|nat=TON|name=Tuia Falepapalangi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=12|nat=TON|name=Christopher Kefu|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=13|nat=TON|name=Kulisitofa Kite|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|other=|no=14|nat=TON|name=Tau'aika Sonasi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=15|nat=TON|name=Opesi Tuifangaloka|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=16|nat=TON|name=Laulea Taufa|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|other=|no=17|nat=TON|name=Amoni Fifita|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|other=|no=20|nat=TON|name=Nimilote Moala|pos=GK}} {{Fs end}}
==References== {{reflist|2}} {{Tonga Major League}}
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