Papua New Guinea national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The golden Bird of Paradise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Papua New Guinea Football Association |
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| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Marcos Gusmao |
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| Most caps | Richard Daniel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Reginald Davani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Hubert Murray Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | PNG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 160 (June 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 200 (August 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 175 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.PNG){kind=small} Fiji 3 - 1 Papua New Guinea  (Suva, Fiji; December, 1963) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Papua New Guinea 20 - 0 American Samoa  (Nouméa, New Caledonia; December 15, 1987) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Malaysia 10 - 1 Papua New Guinea (Jakarta, Indonesia; June, 1976) Australia 11 - 2 Papua New Guinea (Nouméa, New Caledonia; February 26, 1980) |
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| Appearances | (First in -) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OFC Nations Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 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.
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[edit] Results
Last match:
- Friendly match - July 13, 2007, Honiara, Solomon Islands -
Solomon Islands 2 - 1 Papua New Guinea 
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Did not enter
- 2006 - Did not qualify
- 2010 - Disqualified*
* 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.
[edit] Oceania Nations Cup record
- 1973 - Did not enter
- 1980 - Round 1
- 1996 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - Did not qualify
- 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2004 - Did not qualify
- 2008 - Did not enter
[edit] South Pacific Games record
- 1963 - Round 1
- 1966 - Fourth place
- 1969 - Third place
- 1971 - Fourth place
- 1975 - Round 1
- 1979 - Quarter-final
- 1983 - Fourth place
- 1987 - Third place
- 1991 - Round 1
- 1995 - Round 1
- 2003 - Round 1
- 2007 - Did not enter
[edit] Wantok Cup record
- 2008 (July, 1st edition) - Withdrew
[edit] Current squad
(As of 2004)
[edit] References
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International football
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[edit] External links
- Papua New Guinea Football Association
- "Latest Papua New Guinea Football News", Oceania Football Federation
- National Football Teams
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