Palau national football team

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Palau

Association	Palau Football Association
Most caps	(6)
Top scorer	(5)
Home stadium	PCC Track and Field Stadium
FIFA code	PLW
First colours Second colours Third colours
First international
Tafea F.C. 6–2 Palau  (Adelaide, Australia; 27 March 1987)
Biggest win
Palau 7–1   (Koror, Palau; 27 July 1998)  Palau 7–1   (Koror, Palau; 28 July 1998)
Biggest defeat
Palau 2–15 Guam  (Koror, Palau; 1 August 1998)

The Palau national football team represents Palau in international football. The team is not affiliated with FIFA or a local confederation. The team play their home games at the PCC Track and Field Stadium in the town of Koror City.

History[]

Palau hosted and competed in the Micronesian Games in 1998, in which they finished third. In the tournament, teams were 9-a-side and the matches were 80 minutes in duration and were played on a pitch which was below regulation size. In addition to their first team, Palau also fielded a team consisting of Bangladeshis living on the island.^[2] They reached the final in the Micronesian Games in 2014,^[3] where the team's trip was partly covered by internet crowd funding.^[4]

Competitive record[]

Micronesian Games[]

Micronesian Games Record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
	Football not included in games programs
	Third place	6	3	0	3	26	40
	Did not enter
	Football not included in games programs
2006
2010
2014	Runners-up	4	1	1	2	9	8
2018	Third place	4	1	0	3	4	5
	To be determined
Total	Runners-up	14	5	1	8	39	53

OFC Nations Cup[]

The Palau national football team was affiliated with OFC between 2007 and 2009. It is currently not a member of OFC.

OFC Nations Cup record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1973	Not a member of the OFC
1980
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2008	Did not enter
2012	Not a member of the OFC
2016
2020	Cancelled
Total		0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results[]

Palau's score is shown first in each case.

No.[A]	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Palau scorers	Att.	Ref.
1	27 March 1987	Adelaide (A)	Tafea F.C.	2–6	1987 Oceania Club Championship	Unknown	–
2	27 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)		7–1		Unknown	–	[5]
3	28 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)		7–1	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	–	[5]
4	30 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)		3–8	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	–	[5]
5	31 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)	Northern Mariana Islands	1–12	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	–	[5][6]
6	1 August 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)	Guam	2–15	1998 Micronesian Games	Unknown	–	[5][6]
7	31 July 1998	PCC Track and Field Stadium, Koror (H)		6–3	1998 Micronesian Games	(5)	–	[5]
8	25 July 2014	Pohnpei (A)		1–3	2014 Micronesian Games		–	[5]
9	26 July 2014	Pohnpei (N)		5–0	2014 Micronesian Games	, , , , Unknown (o.g.)	–	[5]
10	18 July 2014	Pohnpei (N)		2–2	2014 Micronesian Games	,	–	[5]
11	29 July 2014	Pohnpei (A)		1–3	2014 Micronesian Games		–	[5]
12	23 July 2018	Yap Sports Complex, Yap (N)		1–2	2018 Micronesian Games	Unknown	–	[5]
13	24 July 2018	Yap Sports Complex, Yap (N)		0–1	2018 Micronesian Games		–	[5]
14	25 July 2018	Yap Sports Complex, Yap (A)		1–2	2018 Micronesian Games	Unknown	–	[5]
15	23 July 2018	Yap Sports Complex, Yap (N)		2–0	2018 Micronesian Games	Unknown	–	[5]

Head-to-head record[]

Up to matches played on 23 July 2018.

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA
	3	2	0	1	7	1
Guam	1	0	0	1	2	15
Northern Mariana Islands	1	0	0	1	1	12
	2	1	0	1	9	11
	4	1	0	3	10	9
Tafea F.C.	1	0	0	1	2	6
	3	1	1	1	10	5
6 nations, 1 football team	15	5	1	9	41	59

Player records[]

As of 23 July 2018

See also[]

• Soccer in Palau
• Oceania Football Confederation

References[]

External links[]

• Palau Football Association