2022 FFAS Senior League

The 2022 FFAS Senior League was the 41st season of the FFAS Senior League, top American Samoan league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1976. Vaiala Tongan were the defending champions, having won their first FFAS Senior League, although Ilaoa and To'omata won the 2022 FFAS Senior League undefeated.

FFAS Senior League
Season2022
Dates30 July – 3 December 2022[1]
ChampionsIlaoa and To'omata (1st title)
Champions LeagueIlaoa and To'omata
Matches played105
Goals scored498 (4.74 per match)
Top goalscorerTino Vaifale (31 goals)
Biggest home winPago Youth 15–0 Tafuna Jets
(1 October 2022)
Biggest away winTaputimu Youth 0–9 Pago Youth
(5 September 2022)
Highest scoringPago Youth 15–0 Tafuna Jets
(1 October 2022)
2021
2023

Teams

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Eleven teams competed in the league following the return Taputimu Youth since 2019.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ilaoa and To'omata (C) 20 16 4 0 87 12 +75 52 Qualification for the OFC Champions League qualifying stage
2 Pago Youth 20 15 4 1 103 19 +84 49
3 Royal Puma 20 14 4 2 61 19 +42 46
4 Vaiala Tongan 20 9 4 7 61 49 +12 31
5 Utulei Youth 20 9 2 9 45 42 +3 29
6 Lion Heart 20 8 1 11 31 52 −21 25
7 PanSa 20 7 3 10 37 39 −2 24
8 Green Bay 20 6 4 10 33 57 −24 22
9 Black Roses 20 5 2 13 27 75 −48 17
10 Taputimu Youth 20 4 1 15 23 89 −66 13
11 Tafuna Jets 20 2 1 17 20 75 −55 7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away BLA GRE ILA LIO PAG PAN ROY TAF TAP UTU VAI
Black Roses 3–0a 1–8 0–2 0–8 0–3 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–4 1–5
Green Bay 2–2 0–8 0–3a 2–4 1–0 0–1 3–1 6–2 1–3 0–3a
Ilaoa and To'omata 7–0 12–0 6–0 3–3 2–1 3–3 6–0 3–0 4–1 4–1
Lion Heart 4–2 1–4 0–4 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–3a 2–3 3–0a 2–1
Pago Youth 8–1 1–1 0–0 8–2 2–2 3–0 15–0 10–2 4–0 5–1
PanSa 2–2 3–4 0–1 3–0a 1–4 2–4 2–1 0–2 4–1 1–3
Royal Puma 6–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 0–2 3–0 3–2 12–0 2–1 6–1
Tafuna Jets 0–3a 1–2 0–3a 0–4 0–7 0–3 1–2 4–1 1–6 2–2
Taputimu Youth 2–4 3–2 0–3a 1–4 0–9 1–5 0–5 3–2 1–3 1–1
Utulei Youth 4–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–4 1–1 1–3 2–1 5–0 5–1
Vaiala Tongan 6–2 3–3 0–5 8–1 1–6 6–1 1–1 6–1 7–0 4–2
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1   Tino Vaifale Ilaoa and To'omata 31
2   Petu Pouli Vaiala Tongan 16
3   Nofomuli Uitala Vaiala Tongan 15
4   Deacon Misi Green Bay 14
5   Johnica Collins Pago Youth FC 13
  Fau Fe'a Royal Puma
  Joe Koroiadi Ilaoa and To'omata
  Milo Tiatia Royal Puma
9   Mark Taga'i Ilaoa and To'omata 12
10   Kevin Seong Pago Youth FC 11
  Tia Silao Pago Youth FC
12   Ryan Samuelu Pago Youth FC 10
  Krishnan Chand Utulei Youth
14   Tolu Penitusi Pago Youth FC 9
  Edward Loke PanSa East
15   Puni Samuelu Pago Youth FC 8
16   Gun-Chul Kang Royal Puma 7
  Tevita Talaga Vaiala Tongan

References

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  1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "American Samoa 2022". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ "FFAS National League Senior Men 2022". fijifootball.com.fj. Retrieved 9 January 2023.