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Papua New Guinea national football team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Papua New Guinea women's national football team.

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,[4][5] which is Tok Pisin for Cuscus.

Papua New Guinea
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Kapuls (Cuscus)
AssociationPapua New Guinea Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachSantiago Marina
CaptainDavid Muta
Most capsMichael Foster (29)
Top scorerReggie Davani
Raymond Gunemba (13)
Home stadiumHubert Murray Stadium
FIFA codePNG
First colours
FIFA ranking
Current 159 Decrease 1 (6 April 2023)[1]
Highest153 (June 2017)
Lowest206 (October–November 2015)
First international
 Fiji 3–1 Papua and 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 
(Nouméa, New Caledonia; 26 February 1980)
 Malaysia 10–1 Papua New Guinea 
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 15 February 1976)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1980)
Best resultRunners-up, 2016
Papua New Guinea national football team
Medal record
Pacific Games
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Port Moresby Team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Nouméa Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Port Moresby Team

Papua New Guinea's highest ever FIFA ranking was 153, in June 2017. As of June 2019, the country was ranked 171 out of 211 countries. This was a drop of 2 places from May 2019.[6] 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; they reached the final, but lost to New Zealand 4–2 on penalties after the score was tied at 0–0 after extra time.

HistoryEdit

1963–1978Edit

The Papuan national team played its first match at the 1963 South Pacific Games, where it fell to Fiji 3-1 and was eliminated. At the 1966 South Pacific Games they reached the third place match but lost to the New Hebrides. Three years later they reached the same stage, and defeated the Fijian team 2-1 to win the bronze medal.

At 1971 South Pacific Games, after losing in the semi-finals to New Caledonia, they were beaten 8-1 by Tahiti in the third place game. Four years later, at the 1975 Games, they were beaten in the group stage by Tahiti and New Caledonia and thus eliminated in the first round.

1979–1995Edit

At the 1979 South Pacific Games they lost in the quarter-finals 3–2 against the Solomon Islands, and in the first phase of the consolation tournament they were beaten 2–0 at the hands of the New Hebrides. The following year they played in the 1980 Oceania Cup, the precursor to the OFC Nations Cup, where despite beating the New Hebrides team, their losses to Australia and New Caledonia left them out at the first phase.

At 1983 South Pacific Games they lost the match for third place against the New Caledonian team. In the 1987 edition they won the bronze medal again by beating Vanuatu 3-1. Even so, in the two subsequent editions, 1991 and 1995, they were eliminated in the first phase.

1996–2012Edit

After an absence in three editions of the OFC Nations Cup, due to the poor results obtained in the Melanesia Cup, they qualified for the 2002 tournament. They were only able to salvage a point in a 0-0 draw against the Solomon Islands and bowed out in the first round. In 2003 South Pacific Games they had a poor performance and in five games only obtaining four points.

After not participating in 2007, which served as qualification for the 2008 OFC Nations Cup, they were eliminated in the first phase at 2011 Pacific Games by having worse goal difference than Tahiti, with whom they tied on points. In the 2012 OFC Nations Cup they drew with Fiji and lost to the Solomon Islands and New Zealand, again being eliminated in the group stage.

2013–presentEdit

In 2015 Papua New Guinea was designated to host the 2016 OFC Nations Cup. In the group stage, the Papuan team drew 1-1 with New Caledonia, 2-2 against Tahiti and beat Samoa 8-0. After achieving victory in the semi-finals, 2–1 against the Solomon Islands, they lost on penalties to New Zealand in the final after drawing 0–0 in regulation time.

Kit sponsorshipEdit

Kit supplier Period
  Joma 1998–2000[7]
  Puma 2007–2010
  Nike 2011–2012
  Lotto 2013–2015
  Adidas 2017–

Results and fixturesEdit

Main article: Papua New Guinea national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2022Edit

18 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Papua New Guinea   0–1   New Zealand Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3
  • Waine   75'
 Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium
Referee: Saoud Ali Al-Adba (Qatar)
21 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Papua New Guinea   1–0   New Caledonia Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Qatar SC Stadium
24 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Fiji   1–2   Papua New Guinea Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Al Arabi Stadium
27 March 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Solomon Islands   3–2   Papua New Guinea Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Al Arabi Stadium
24 September 2022 MSG Prime Ministers Cup Vanuatu   0–1   Papua New Guinea Port Villa, Vanuatu
Report
Stadium: Korman Stadium
27 September 2022 MSG Prime Ministers Cup SF Papua New Guinea   1–0   Fiji Luganville, Vanuatu
 Report Stadium: Luganville Soccer Stadium

2023Edit

15 June Friendly Singapore   v   Papua New Guinea Kallang, Singapore
Source Stadium: National Stadium
20 June 2023 Friendly Malaysia   v   Papua New Guinea Terengganu, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

Coaching historyEdit

Current squadEdit

The following players were called up for the friendly in June 2023.

Caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2022, after the match against Solomon Islands.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ronald Warisan (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 (age 33) 22 0   Lae City
1GK Dave Tomare (1997-04-26) 26 April 1997 (age 26) 0 0   Hekari United
1GK Vagi Koniel (1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 26) 0 0   Lae City
2DF Charles Hayes (2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 (age 18) 0 0  
2DF Illa Ani (2003-06-03) 3 June 2003 (age 20) 0 0   Hekari United
2DF Daniel Joe (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 33) 21 0   Hekari United
2DF Ferdahlesh Namuesh (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 26) 0 0   F.C. Morobe Wawens
2DF Joshua Talau (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 27) 4 0   Lae City
2DF Philip Steven (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 (age 28) 3 0   Port Moresby
2DF Hayden Raminai (2003-06-27) 27 June 2003 (age 19) 0 0  
2DF Godfrey Haro (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 24) 0 0   Southern Strikers
3MF Michael Foster (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 (age 37) 29 7   Hekari United
3MF Emmanuel Simon (1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 (age 30) 23 4   Lae City
3MF Joseph Waiwai (2001-03-07) 7 March 2001 (age 22) 19 0  
3MF Lee-Navu Faunt (2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 20) 0 0   Redlands United
3MF Yagi Yasasa (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 22) 3 0   Hekari United
3MF Pala Paul (1999-07-25) 25 July 1999 (age 23) 1 0   Gulf Komara
3MF Joseph Joe (2002-06-14) 14 June 2002 (age 20) 0 0   Hekari United
3MF Rex Naime (2003-10-23) 23 October 2003 (age 19) 0 0   Hekari United
3MF Bruce Tiampo (2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 (age 20) 1 0   Lae City
3MF Joshua Urro (2003-04-16) 16 April 2003 (age 20) 19 0  
3MF Solomon Rani (2002-05-22) 22 May 2002 (age 21) 3 0   Hekari United
4FW Raymond Gunemba (1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 (age 37) 25 11   Lae City
4FW Tommy Semmy (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 (age 28) 14 5   Dandenong City
4FW Patrick Aisa (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 (age 28) 12 3   Southern Strikers
3MF Nigel Dabinyaba (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 30) 19 11   Hekari United
4FW Kolu Kepo (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 29) 9 4   Hekari United
4FW Ati Kepo (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 27) 7 3   Hekari United
4FW Stahl Gubag (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 23) 5 0   Lae City
4FW Mathew David (1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 (age 30) 3 0   Lae City
4FW David Browne (1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 27) 3 0 Free agent

Player recordsEdit

As of 30 September 2022[8]
Players in bold are still active with Papua New Guinea.

Competitive recordEdit

FIFA World CupEdit

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pos Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1994 did not enter did not enter
  1998 did not qualify 3rd 6 2 1 3 5 13
    2002 did not enter did not enter
  2006 did not qualify 3rd 4 2 1 1 17 6
  2010 Disqualified Disqualified
  2014 did not qualify 4th 3 0 1 2 2 4
  2018 3rd 9 3 3 3 19 13
  2022 3rd 4 2 0 2 5 5
      2026 to be determined to be determined
Total 0/22 26 9 6 11 48 41

* 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.

OFC Nations CupEdit

Oceania Cup / OFC Nations Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1973 Did not enter Did not enter
  1980 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 6 22 No qualification
  1996 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 2 4
  1998 4 1 1 2 3 6
  2000 4 0 0 4 4 19
  2002 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 12 4 4 0 0 20 2
  2004 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 17 6
  2008 Disqualified Disqualified
  2012 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 4 Qualified automatically
  2016 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 3 0 13 4 Qualified as host
  2020 Cancelled Cancelled
Total Runners-up 4/10 14 3 5 6 23 42 20 8 3 9 46 37
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Pacific GamesEdit

Pacific Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1963 1st round 5th 1 0 0 1 1 3
  1966 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 14 14
  1969 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 11 10
  1971 Fourth place 4th 3 1 1 1 19 11
  1975 Group stage 6th 2 0 0 2 3 9
  1979 Quarter-finals 5th 3 1 1 1 15 3
  1983 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 22 10
  1987 Third place 3rd 6 3 2 1 26 4
  1991 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 3 2
  1995 Group stage 6th 3 1 1 1 11 5
  2003 Group stage 6th 4 1 1 2 12 7
  2007 Disqualified
  2011 Group stage 6th 4 2 1 1 22 4
  2015 See Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team
  2019 Fourth place 4th 5 3 1 1 17 3
Total Third place 13/15 48 18 10 29 176 85

Head-to-head recordEdit

Up to matches played on 20 July 2019.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
  American Samoa 3 3 0 0 37 0 +37 100.00
  Australia 1 0 0 1 2 11 −9 0.00
  China 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 0.00
  Chinese Taipei 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0.00
  Cook Islands 2 2 0 0 20 1 +19 100.00
  Micronesia 1 1 0 0 10 0 +10 100.00
  Fiji 18 2 5 11 15 34 −19 11.11
  Guam 1 1 0 0 9 0 +9 100.00
  Indonesia 2 1 0 1 3 8 −5 50.00
  Iran 1 0 0 1 1 8 −7 0.00
  Kiribati 2 2 0 0 30 1 +29 100.00
  Liberia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
  Malaysia 4 1 0 3 5 17 −12 25.00
  New Caledonia 16 3 2 11 14 47 −33 18.75
  New Zealand 5 1 1 3 3 18 −15 20.00
  Niue 1 1 0 0 19 0 +19 100.00
  North Korea 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0.00
  Philippines 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 0.00
  Samoa[a] 5 5 0 0 26 3 +23 100.00
  Singapore 2 0 0 2 5 9 −4 0.00
  Solomon Islands 21 5 4 12 26 34 −8 23.81
  Tahiti 15 1 4 10 17 47 −30 6.67
  Thailand 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
  Tonga 4 3 1 0 20 2 +18 75.00
  Vanuatu[b] 20 8 4 8 27 32 −5 40.00
  Wallis and Futuna 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 100.00
Total 135 45 24 66 316 292 +24 33.33
Source: Papua New Guinea national football team results
Notes:
  1. ^ Includes results as Western Samoa.
  2. ^ Includes results as New Hebrides.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Papua New Guinea International Matches". Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Strikers To Play Papua New Guinea". Steve Pitman, Brisbane Strikers. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Farina's PNG aiming to defy odds". Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  6. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Fake & Counterfeit Shirts from all over camisa de futebol 1998 - 2000". 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Papua New Guinea". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

External linksEdit

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