Papua New Guinea national football team

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Papua New Guinea
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Kapuls (Cuscus)
Association Papua New Guinea Football Association
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Denmark Flemming Serritslev
Home stadium Hubert Murray Stadium
FIFA code PNG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 206 Steady (5 November 2015)
Highest 160 (June 2004)
Lowest 206 (October–November 2015)
First international
 Fiji 3–1 Papua New Guinea
(Suva, Fiji; 29 August 1963)[1]
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1980)
Best result Round 1: 1980, 2002, 2012

The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. Its nickname is the Kapuls,[2][3] which is Tok Pisin for Cuscus.

Papua New Guinea's highest ever FIFA ranking was 160, in June 2004. As of October 2015, the country was ranked 206 out of 209 countries with only Anguilla and Bahamas below them. This was down one place from September 2015.[4] Papua New Guinea had previously left the FIFA rankings, having not competed in a match between July 2007 and August 2011. Their matches at the 2011 Pacific Games saw them return to the rankings, and they competed in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup in June 2012.

Papua New Guinea all-time record

As of 12 October 2014
Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD  % Won
 American Samoa 2 2 0 0 20 0 +20 100%
 Australia 1 0 0 1 2 11 −9 0%
 China PR 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 0%
 Cook Islands 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100%
 Fiji 17 2 5 10 15 31 −16 11.76%
 Indonesia 2 0 0 2 2 19 −17 0%
 Kiribati 1 1 0 0 17 1 +16 100%
 Liberia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100%
 Malaysia 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0%
 New Zealand 4 1 0 3 3 18 −15 25%
 Philippines 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0%
 Samoa 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 100%
 Singapore 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0%
 Solomon Islands 12 0 4 8 9 21 −12 0%
 Tahiti 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 0%
 Thailand 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7 0%
 Tonga 2 1 1 0 7 2 +5 50%
 Vanuatu 12 4 3 5 15 20 −5 33.33%
Total 64 18 15 31 115 125 −10 28.12%

Results

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Main article: Papua New Guinea national football team results

Latest matches:

6 September 2014
Singapore  2–1  Papua New Guinea
Sahil Goal 17'
Fazrul Goal 23'		 Gunemba Goal 61'

12 October 2014
Philippines  5–0  Papua New Guinea
Report

World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1994 – Did not enter
  • 1998 – Did not qualify
  • 2002 – Did not enter
  • 2006 – Did not qualify
  • 2010 – Disqualified*
  • 2014 – Did not qualify
  • 2018 – TBD

* Although initially listed by FIFA as having entered the 2010 World Cup, PNG did not enter the football tournament at the 2007 South Pacific Games, which was used as the preliminary round of the Oceanian zone qualification tournament.

Oceania Nations Cup record

OFC Nations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
New Zealand 1973 Did not enter
New Caledonia 1980 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 6 22
1996 to 2000 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2002 Group Stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 12
Australia 2004 Did not qualify
2008 Did not enter
Solomon Islands 2012 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 4
Papua New Guinea 2016 Qualified
Total Group stage 3/9 9 1 2 6 10 38

South Pacific Games record

  • 1963 – Round 1
  • 1966 – Fourth place
  • 1969 – Third place
  • 1971 – Fourth place
  • 1975 – Round 1
  • 1979 – Quarter-final
  • 1983 – Fourth place
  • 1987 – Third place
  • 1991 – Round 1
  • 1995 – Round 1
  • 2003 – Round 1
  • 2007 – Did not enter
  • 2011 – Round 1

Wantok Cup record

  • 2008 – Withdrew

List of coaches

Pre-Squad for the 2015 Pacific Games

Caps and goals as of 1 July 2014.
0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ronald Warisan (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 34) 1 0
1GK Albert Mesulam 1 0
2DF Koriak Upaiga (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 36) 6 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
2DF Ron izac (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 33) 4 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
2DF Cyril Muta (1987-10-10) 10 October 1987 (age 36) 3 1 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
2DF Valentine Nelson (1987-04-12) 12 April 1987 (age 37) 8 0 Papua New Guinea Gigira Laitepo Morobe FC
2DF Joshua Talau (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
2DF Jeremy Yasasa (1985-03-27) 27 March 1985 (age 39) 8 2 Papua New Guinea Gigira Laitepo Morobe FC
2DF Brad McDonald (1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Australia APIA Leichhardt Tigers
3MF David Muta (1987-10-24) 24 October 1987 (age 36) 9 1 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
3MF Nigel Dabinyaba (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 31) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
3MF Patrick Aisa (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 (age 29) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Eastern Stars
3MF Michael Foster (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 (age 38) 9 2 Papua New Guinea Admiralty
3MF Rodney Mobiha (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Eastern Stars
3MF Vanya Malagian (1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 32) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Gigira Laitepo Morobe FC
4FW Tommy Semmy (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 29) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
4FW George Slefendorfas (1983-01-07) 7 January 1983 (age 41) 1 0 Australia FC Bendigo
4FW Neil Hans (1988-04-24) 24 April 1988 (age 36) 7 5 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
4FW Gari Moka (1983-11-16) 16 November 1983 (age 40) 5 3 Papua New Guinea Oro FC
4FW Mauri Wasi (1982-09-06) 6 September 1982 (age 41) 12 3 New Zealand Birkenhead United
4FW Raymond Gunemba (1989-12-10) 10 December 1989 (age 34) 4 1 Papua New Guinea Hekari United

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/png-intres.html
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