Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team

Papua New Guinea U23
Nickname(s) Kapuls (Cuscus)
Association Papua New Guinea Football Association
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach New Zealand Ricki Herbert
First colours
Second colours
First international
1992
Biggest win
Cook Islands Cook Islands 0 - 7 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Lautoka, Fiji; March 7, 2008)
Biggest defeat
Australia Australia 9 - 0 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Sydney, Australia; January 16, 2004)
World Cup
Appearances 0
OFC U23 Championship
Appearances 5
Best result fourth place

The Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team, also known as PNG U23, represents Papua New Guinea at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Papua New Guinea national football team

History

PNG U23 made five appearances so far at the OFC U23 Championship. Their best result was a fourth place. They reached the fourth place for four times, in 1992, 1999, 2008 and in 2012. In 2015 they will make their sixth appearance during the 2015 Pacific Games witch will be held on home soil.

OFC

The OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every four years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fiji 1992
Australia 1996
New Zealand 1999
Australia 2004
Fiji 2008
New Zealand 2012
Papua New Guinea 2015
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Squad for 2 friendly's

The following players where called up for 2 friendly's against the Solomon Islands on March 26 and March 29, 2015.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ishmael Pole (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 5 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
20 1GK Charles Lepani (1994-08-20) 20 August 1994 2 0 Papua New Guinea FC Port Moresby
2 2DF Abel Redenut (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 1 0 Papua New Guinea FC Port Moresby
3 2DF Otto Kusunan (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 6 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
4 2DF Joshua Talau (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 5 0 Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers
5 2DF John Ray (1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 6 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
8 2DF Sammy Rufus (1993-03-28) 28 March 1993 0 0
15 2DF Vincent Worio (1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 0 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
16 2DF Felix Komolong (1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 6 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
6 4FW Emmanuel Airem (1994-11-22) 22 November 1994 5 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
7 3MF Freddy Steven (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 0 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
10 3MF Rodney Mobiha (1994-02-01) 1 February 1994 3 0 Papua New Guinea Admiralty Palaiau
12 3MF Darren Steven (1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 2 0
14 3MF Alwin Komolong (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 0 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
17 3MF Jacob Sabua (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 0 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
18 3MF Basil Jofari (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 0 0 Papua New Guinea Momase
21 3MF Nathan James (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995 0 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
22 3MF Gimale Essacu (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 1 0 Australia Canberra City
23 3MF Papalau Awele (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 0 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
9 4FW Patrick Aisa (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 0 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
11 4FW Emmanuel Yawi (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 0 0
13 4FW Tommy Semmy (1994-09-30) 30 September 1994 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
19 4FW Pettyshen Elijah (1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 0 0 Papua New Guinea Southern Strikers
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