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Papua New Guinea national soccer team

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Papua New Guinea
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationPapua New Guinea
Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachBrazil Marcos Gusmao
Most capsRichard Daniel
Top scorerReginald Davani
Home stadiumHubert Murray Stadium
FIFA codePNG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current183
Highest160 (June 2004)
Lowest197 (January 2002)
First international
Fiji Fiji 3 - 1 Papua New Guinea Australia
(Suva, Fiji; December, 1963)
Biggest win
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 20 - 0 American Samoa American Samoa
(Nouméa, New Caledonia; December 15, 1987)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia Malaysia 10 - 1 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Jakarta, Indonesia; June, 1976)
Australia Australia 11 - 2 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Nouméa, New Caledonia; February 26, 1980)
Appearances(first in -)
Best result-
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1980)
Best resultRound 1, 1980 and 2002

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. It is not among the strongest teams of the OFC.

World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter
  • 1998 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Did not enter
  • 2006 - Did not qualify
  • 2010 - Withdrew before draw

Oceania Nations Cup record

Current squad

(As of 2004)

Goalkeepers:

Tapas Posman
Godfrey Baniau
Ludwig Bai

Defenders:

Brian Tuhiana
Selan Elizah
Yanding Tomda
Hans Fred
Billy Tomou

Midfielders:

Andrew Lepani
Richard Daniel
Paul Komboi
Michael Lohai
Adrian Komu
Abraham Enoch
Geofrrey Imang
Alex Davani
Nathaniel Lepani

Forwards:

Reginald Davani
Francis Moyap
Maurie Wasi
Spencer Marnhi
Eric Komeng

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