Papua New Guinea national under-17 football team

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Papua New Guinea U17
Nickname(s)Kapuls
(Tok Pisin for Cuscus)
AssociationPapua New Guinea Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachPapua New Guinea
Captain
Most caps (7)
Top scorer (4)
Home stadiumSir Hubert Murray Stadium
FIFA codePNG
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Australia 3 - 0 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Kaohsiung, Taiwan; December 7, 1986)
Biggest win
 Samoa 0 - 5 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Apia, Samoa; January 19, 2015)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 16 - 0 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Luganville, Vanuatu; April 25, 2013)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC Under-17 Championship
Appearances9 (first in )
Best result4th ()

The Papua New Guinea national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association.

Competition Record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
China 1985 Did not Participate
Canada 1987 Did not Qualify
Scotland 1989 to Egypt 1997 Did not Participate
New Zealand 1999 to Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Did not Qualify
Finland 2003 Withdrew
Peru 2005 Did not Qualify
South Korea 2007 to Nigeria 2009 Did not Participate
Mexico 2011 to Brazil 2019 Did not Qualify
Peru 2021 To be determined
Total - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OFC U-17 Championship record[]

The OFC U-17 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Zealand 1983 Did not Participate - - - - - - - -
Chinese Taipei 4th Place 4 0 2 2 1 5 -4 2
Australia Did not Participate - - - - - - - -
New Zealand 1991 Did not Participate - - - - - - - -
New Zealand Did not Participate - - - - - - - -
Vanuatu Did not Participate - - - - - - - -
New Zealand Did not Participate - - - - - - - -
Fiji Group Stage 5 2 0 3 10 26 -16 6
Samoa&Vanuatu 2001 Group Stage 4 3 0 1 11 9 +2 9
American Samoa&Australia&New Caledonia 2003 Withdrew - - - - - - - -
New Caledonia 2005 Group Stage 4 1 1 2 10 11 -1 4
French Polynesia 2007 Did not Participate - - - - - - - -
New Zealand 2009 Did not Participate - - - - - - - -
New Zealand 2011 Group Stage 4 2 0 2 4 7 -3 6
Samoa&Vanuatu 2013 5th Place 5 1 1 3 2 8 -6 4
American Samoa&Samoa 2015 Group Stage 5 2 1 2 9 5 +4 7
Samoa&French Polynesia 2017 Semi-Finals 4 1 1 2 8 9 -1 4
Tonga&Solomon Islands 2018 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 8 9 -1 3
Total   38 13 6 19 63 89 -26 45

Current technical staff[]

Position
Head Coach Papua New Guinea
Assistant Coach Papua New Guinea
Team Manager Papua New Guinea

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship from 9 to 22 September 2018.

Caps and goals as of 15 September 2018 after the game against New Zealand.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 19) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
20 1GK (2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 18) 0 0 Papua New Guinea
2 2DF (2002-06-02) 2 June 2002 (age 19) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
3 2DF (2002-09-11) 11 September 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Papua New Guinea
4 2DF (2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 (age 19) 3 0 Papua New Guinea
5 2DF (2002-09-22) 22 September 2002 (age 18) 3 0 Papua New Guinea
15 2DF (2002-07-16) 16 July 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Papua New Guinea
17 2DF (2002-09-29) 29 September 2002 (age 18) 3 0 Papua New Guinea
6 3MF (2005-01-25) 25 January 2005 (age 16) 3 1 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
7 3MF (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Papua New Guinea
8 3MF (2002-08-07) 7 August 2002 (age 19) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
10 3MF (2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 18) 2 0 Papua New Guinea
11 3MF (2002-09-29) 29 September 2002 (age 18) 3 1 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
12 3MF (2003-08-14) 14 August 2003 (age 18) 1 0 Papua New Guinea
16 3MF (2002-07-25) 25 July 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Papua New Guinea
18 3MF (2002-07-05) 5 July 2002 (age 19) 3 0 Papua New Guinea
19 3MF (2002-04-08) 8 April 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Madang
9 4FW (2002-08-19) 19 August 2002 (age 19) 3 1 Papua New Guinea
13 4FW (2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 18) 1 0 Papua New Guinea
14 4FW (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 19) 3 5 Australia Wynnum Wolves

2017 Squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship from 11 to 24 February 2017.

Caps and goals as of 22 February 2017 after the game against New Zealand.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK (2000-03-04) 4 March 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Papua New Guinea
20 1GK (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 21) 4 0 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
2 2DF (2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 (age 20) 0 0 Papua New Guinea
3 2DF (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 21) 4 1 Papua New Guinea
4 2DF (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 20) 4 0 Papua New Guinea
5 3MF (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 21) 4 0 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
13 2DF (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Papua New Guinea
17 2DF (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 20) 4 0 Papua New Guinea
6 3MF (2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Papua New Guinea
7 3MF [1] (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 20) 4 1 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
10 3MF (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 20) 4 0 Papua New Guinea
11 3MF (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 21) 4 0 Papua New Guinea Gigira Laitepo Morobe
12 3MF (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 20) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
14 3MF (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Papua New Guinea
16 3MF (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 21) 4 1 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
18 3MF (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Papua New Guinea
19 3MF (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 20) 1 0 Papua New Guinea
8 4FW (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 20) 4 1 Papua New Guinea
9 4FW (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 21) 4 4 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
15 4FW (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Papua New Guinea

Fixtures & Results[]

2018[]

9 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage Papua New Guinea  0–5  Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
15:00 Report
  • Le'ai Goal 12', 30' (pen.), 41', 90+2'
  • Goal 70'
 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 3.500
Referee: Fiji (Fiji)
12 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage Papua New Guinea  5–0  Vanuatu Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00
  • Goal 7', 79'
  • Goal 19'
  • Goal 56'
  • Goal 70'
 Report Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: American Samoa (American Samoa)
15 September 2018 2018 OFC U-16 Championship Group Stage New Zealand  4–3  Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Honiara, Solomon Islands
10:00
  • Goal 47', 55'
  • Goal 48'
  • Old Goal 83'
 Report
  • Goal 37', 75', 90'
 Stadium: Lawson Tama Stadium
Attendance: 2.000
Referee: Fiji (Fiji)

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.pngfootball.com.pg/simongi-left-for-new-zealand/

External links[]

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