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
Captain Michael Foster
Most caps Michael Foster (23)
Reggie Davani
Top scorer Reggie Davani (15)
Home stadium Hubert Murray Stadium
FIFA code PNG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 165 Increase 1 (20 September 2018)
Highest 153 (June 2017)
Lowest 206 (October–November 2015)
Elo ranking
Current 176 Increase 1 (10 September 2018)
First international
 Fiji 3–1 Papua New Guinea
(Suva, Fiji; 29 August 1963)[1]
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)
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances 4 (first in 1980)
Best result Runners-up, 2016
Papua New Guinea national football team
Medal record
Pacific Games
1969 Port MoresbyTeam
1987 NouméaTeam
2015 Port MoresbyTeam

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 153, in June 2017. 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.

Competitive record

World Cup record

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
Uruguay 1930 to United States 1994 Did not participate Did not participate
France 1998 Did not qualify 3rd 6 2 1 3 5 13
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not participate Did not participate
Germany 2006 Did not qualify 3rd 4 2 1 1 17 6
South Africa 2010 Disqualified Disqualified
Brazil 2014 Did not qualify 4th 3 0 1 2 2 4
Russia 2018 3rd 9 3 3 3 19 13
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total 0/21 22 7 6 9 43 36

* 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 Did not qualify
Australia 1998
French Polynesia 2000
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
2020 To be determined
Total Runners-up 4/10 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 place12/14431591915982

Results and fixtures

2016

2017

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Solomon Islands on 9 and 13 June 2017.

Caps and goals correct after match against Solomon Islands on 9 June 2017.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Kusuga Komolong (1998-06-23) 23 June 1998 1 0 Papua New Guinea University Inter
20 1GK Luke Kaprangi (1993-12-14) 14 December 1993 0 0 Papua New Guinea PS United
21 1GK Ila David (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 0 0 Papua New Guinea University Inter
23 1GK Ronald Warisan (1989-09-20) 20 September 1989 14 0 Papua New Guinea Toti City Dwellers
2 2DF Abel Redenut (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 4 0 Papua New Guinea Mungkas
4 2DF Alwin Komolong (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 12 0 Germany Stuttgarter Kickers
5 2DF Felix Komolong (1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 14 0 United States Northern Kentucky University
13 2DF Roland Bala (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 2 0 New Zealand Southern United
15 2DF Philip Steven (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995 4 0 Papua New Guinea Rapatona
19 2DF Clement Willis (1993-01-21) 21 January 1993 4 0 Papua New Guinea Toti City Dwellers
6 3MF Patrick Aisa (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 7 2 New Zealand Hamilton Wanderers
8 3MF Michael Foster (1985-09-05) 5 September 1985 23 7 Australia Geelong SC
14 3MF Emmanuel Simon (1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 13 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
16 3MF Obert Bika (1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 3 0 Papua New Guinea Toti City Dwellers
17 3MF Jacob Sabua (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 11 0 Solomon Islands Malaita Kingz
18 3MF Stahl Gubag (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 2 0 Papua New Guinea Madang FC
22 3MF Donovan Murray (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 1 0 Papua New Guinea Huawei PS United
3 4FW Richard Alois (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 2 0 Papua New Guinea Huawei PS United
7 4FW Raymond Gunemba (1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 17 9 Australia Geelong SC
9 4FW Nigel Dabingyaba (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 14 6 Indonesia Persija Jakarta
10 4FW David Browne (1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 3 0 Netherlands FC Groningen

Managers

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/png-intres.html
  2. ↑ "Strikers To Play Papua New Guinea". Steve Pitman, Brisbane Strikers. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Farina's PNG aiming to defy odds". Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
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