Papua New Guinea national football team

Papua New Guinea
Nickname(s) Kapuls (Cuscus)
Association Papua New Guinea Football Association
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Flemming Serritslev
Most caps Reggie Davani (23)
Top scorer Reggie Davani (15)[1]
Home stadium Hubert Murray Stadium
FIFA code PNG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 171 Decrease 12 (24 November 2016)
Highest 159 (October 2016)
Lowest 206 (October–November 2015)
Elo ranking
Current 165 (15 June 2016)
First international
 Fiji 3–1 Papua New Guinea
(Suva, Fiji; 29 August 1963)[2]
Biggest win
 Papua New Guinea 20–0 American Samoa 
(Nouméa, New Caledonia; 15 December 1987)
Biggest defeat
 Australia 11–2 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Nouméa, New Caledonia; 26 February 1980)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances 4 (first in 1980)
Best result Runners-up, 2016

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,[3][4] which is Tok Pisin for Cuscus.

Papua New Guinea's highest ever FIFA ranking was 160, in June 2004. 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 2015 Pacific Games saw them return to the rankings, and they competed in the 2016 OFC Nations Cup in June 2016.

Achievements

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup
qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not participate
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 5 13
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not participate
Germany 2006 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 17 6
South Africa 2010 Disqualified*
Brazil 2014 Did not qualify 3 0 1 2 2 4
Russia 2018 To be determined 5 2 3 0 13 4
Qatar 2022
Total 18 6 6 6 37 27

* 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 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 3* 0 13 4
Total Runners-up 1/9 14 3 5* 6 23 42
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

South Pacific Games record

South Pacific Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Fiji 1963 1st round5th100113
New Caledonia 1966 Fourth Place4th41031414
Papua New Guinea 1969 Third Place3rd63121110
French Polynesia 1971 Fourth Place4th31111911
Guam 1975 Group Stage6th200239
Fiji 1979 Quarter-Finals5th3111153
Samoa 1983 Fourth Place4th41032210
New Caledonia 1987 Third Place3rd6321264
Papua New Guinea 1991 Group Stage5th311132
French Polynesia 1995 Group stage6th3111115
Fiji 2003 Group stage6th4112127
Samoa 2007 Disqualified
New Caledonia 2011 Group stage6th4211224
Papua New Guinea 2015 See Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team
TotalThird Place12/13431591915982

Results and fixtures

2016

Players

Current Squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Iran on November 11, 2016 and against Malaysia on November 14, 2016.

Caps and goals correct after match against Malaysia on 17 June 2016.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ronald Warisan (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 10 0 Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers
1GK Leslie Kalai (1984-12-06) 6 December 1984 7 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
1GK Ismael Pole (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 0 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
2DF Daniel Joe (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 12 0 Solomon Islands Marist Fire
2DF Alwin Komolong (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 8 0 United States Northern Kentucky University
2DF Felix Komolong (1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 10 0 New Zealand Canterbury United
2DF Koriak Upaiga (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 15 1 Solomon Islands Marist Fire
2DF Roland Bala (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 2 0 Papua New Guinea FC Port Moresby
2DF Philip Steven (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 3 0 Papua New Guinea Rapatona
3MF Michael Foster (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 19 6 Solomon Islands Malaita Kingz
3MF David Muta (Captain) (1987-10-24) 24 October 1987 17 1 Solomon Islands Marist Fire
3MF Emmanuel Simon (1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 9 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
3MF Jacob Sabua (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 6 0 Papua New Guinea FC Port Moresby
3MF Rodney Mobiha (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 1 0 New Zealand Birkenhead United
3MF Stahl Gubag (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 1 0 Papua New Guinea Madang Fox
3MF Kolu Kepo 0 0 Papua New Guinea Kalo
4FW Raymond Gunemba (1989-12-10) 10 December 1989 14 7 New Zealand Hamilton Wanderers
4FW Nigel Dabingyaba (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 11 5 New Zealand Canterbury United
4FW Tommy Semmy (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 10 3 Solomon Islands Marist Fire
4FW Patrick Aisa (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 3 0 Papua New Guinea Rapatona

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to represent Papua New Guinea within the last 12 months.[5]

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Valentine Nelson (1987-04-12) 12 April 1987 10 0 Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 2016 OFC Nations Cup
DF Jeremy Yasasa (1985-03-27) 27 March 1985 10 2 Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2016 OFC Nations Cup
DF Sammie Campbell (1986-07-27) 27 July 1986 0 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2016 OFC Nations Cup
DF Otto Kusunan (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 2 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2016 OFC Nations Cup
MF Obert Bika (1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 1 0 Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 2016 OFC Nations Cup
MF Wira Wama (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 5 0 United States Maranatha Baptist University 2016 OFC Nations Cup

Managers

See also

References

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