Papua New Guinea National Football Team
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) |
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FIFA code | PNG | ||
FIFA rank | 165th (991 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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First international match New Caledonia 4-0 Papua New Guinea ( Nouméa , New Caledonia ); ( December 15, 1966 )
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Biggest win Papua New Guinea 20-0 ASA ( Nouméa , New Caledonia ; December 15, 1987 )
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Biggest defeats Malaysia 10-1 Papua New Guinea ( Jakarta , Indonesia ; June 1976) Australia 11-2 Papua New Guinea ( Nouméa , New Caledonia ; February 26, 1980 )
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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
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
- Richard Tamari Nagai (1996-1998)
- John Davani (2002)
- Steve Cain (2002)
- Ludwig Peka (2003-2004)
- Marcos Gusmão (2004-2011)
- Frank Farina (2011-2013)
- Mike Keeney (2013)
- Wynton Rufer (2014-2015)
- Flemming Serritslev (2015-2018)
- Bobby Morris (2019-2020)
See also
- List of international matches for the Papua New Guinean national football team
- Papua New Guinea women's national soccer team
Web links
- Papua New Guinea Football Association - Official Website
- at the OFC continental association
- Papua New Guinea Football Association at FIFA
- Results of the national team at rsssf.com
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 .