Papua New Guinea National Football Team

Papua New Guinea

Nickname (s)

Kapuls ( Tok Pisin for Kuskus )

Association

Papua New Guinea Football Association

confederacy

OFC

Head coach

vacant

Record scorer

Reggie Davani (15)

Record player

Richard Daniel (23)

Home stadium

Hubert Murray Stadium
(Port Moresby)

FIFA code

PNG

FIFA rank

165th (991 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international match New Caledonia 4-0 Papua New Guinea ( Nouméa , New Caledonia ); ( December 15, 1966 )

Biggest win Papua New Guinea 20-0 ASA ( Nouméa , New Caledonia ; December 15, 1987 )

Biggest defeats Malaysia 10-1 Papua New Guinea ( Jakarta , Indonesia ; June 1976) Australia 11-2 Papua New Guinea ( Nouméa , New Caledonia ; February 26, 1980 )

Successes in tournaments

Oceania Championship

Participation in the finals

4 ( first : 1980 )

Best results

Second 2016

(Status: unknown)

The Papua New Guinean national soccer team is the selection team of the Papua New Guinean Soccer Association from the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea . The Papua New Guinea Football Association is a member of the world football association FIFA and the regional association OFC . So far, the team has not yet qualified for a soccer world championship. She took part in the OFC Nations Cup in 1980, 2002, 2012 and 2016.

Papua New Guinea at the Football World Cup

The selection of Papua New Guinea first took part in a qualification for a soccer world championship in 1998. In the first round, the team met the teams from the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu . With a win and a tie from two games, Papua New Guinea moved into the second round. Although the first group game was won 1-0 against New Zealand on May 31, 1997, the national team finished last in the table behind New Zealand and Fiji .

The qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany was less successful. Against the teams from Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and American Samoa , Papua New Guinea achieved two wins and one draw and was eliminated third in the table.

Participation in soccer world championships

1930 to 1994 - did not participate
1998 - did not qualify
2002 - did not participate
2006 - did not qualify
2010 - did not participate despite notification ¹
2014 - did not qualify
2018 - did not qualify

¹The Oceania qualification was also considered the South Pacific Games soccer tournament. Since Papua New Guinea did not participate, it was also not qualified for the World Cup.

Participation in the OFC Nations Cup

1973 - did not participate
1980 - preliminary round
1996 - did not qualify
1998 - did not qualify
2000 - did not qualify
2002 - preliminary round
2004 - did not qualify
2008 - did not participate
2012 - preliminary round
2016 - second as host

In 2016, Papua New Guinea hosted the OFC Nations Cup and made it to the final for the first time. There the team lost 2: 4 (0: 0 a.s.) on penalties against New Zealand , which won their fifth title.

Participation in the South Pacific and Pacific Games

Papua New Guinea took part in all events except 2007, but has never won the title. In 2015, Papua New Guinea was host again

1963 - quarter-finals
1966 - fourth
1969 - third as host
1971 - fourth
1975 - preliminary round
1979 - quarter-finals
1983 - fourth
1987 - third
1991 - preliminary round as hosts
1995 - preliminary round
2003 - preliminary round
2007 - did not participate
2011 - preliminary round
2015 - third
2019 - fourth

Participation in the Melanesia Cup

Papua New Guinea took part in five of the seven previous events and has not yet won the title.

1988 - did not participate
1989 - fourth
1990 - fifth (out of 5 participants)
1992 - did not participate
1994 - third
1998 - fourth
2000 - fifth (out of 5 participants)

Trainer

Papua New Guinea Richard Tamari Nagai (1996-1998)
Papua New Guinea John Davani (2002)
New Zealand Steve Cain (2002)
Papua New Guinea Ludwig Peka (2003-2004)
Brazil Marcos Gusmão (2004-2011)
Australia Frank Farina (2011-2013)
United States Mike Keeney (2013)
New Zealand Wynton Rufer (2014-2015)
Denmark Flemming Serritslev (2015-2018)
Papua New Guinea Bobby Morris (2019-2020)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
^ New Zealand triumphant. In: oceaniafootball.com . June 11, 2016, accessed August 7, 2019 .

[1] The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .

[2] New Zealand triumphant. In: oceaniafootball.com . June 11, 2016, accessed August 7, 2019 .