Goal Programme - Fédération Tahitienne de Football - 2007

With 146 clubs and 11,201 registered players, football is far and away the most popular sport among the 245,405 inhabitants on the island of Tahiti. The national association of the island nation annexed to France became a member of FIFA on the strength of its special status. Tahiti scored their greatest hit when they took Australia into extra time at the 2002 Oceania Nations Cup - but Australia snatched the golden goal for 2-1. Tahiti have celebrated many triumphs in local and confederation competitions since 1966. Marama Vahirua is their most famous footballer. He is making a very good name for himself in France with first-division club Nantes.

This project, which was approved by the Goal Bureau on 21 March 2007, focused on extension work on the technical centre in Pirae. Dressing rooms and offices were constructed and floodlights installed in order to meet the association's requirement for improved facilities for development programmes in youth and women's football. This project significantly increased the centre's capacity and it should help Tahitian football to develop even further in the future.