Papua New Guinea national under-20 football team

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Papua New Guinea U20
Nickname(s)Kapuls
(Tok Pisin for Cuscus)
AssociationPapua New Guinea Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coach
Captain
Most capsMauri Wasi (10)
Top scorerMauri Wasi (11)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Australia 9–0 Papua New Guinea 
(Auckland, New Zealand; November 11, 1978)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances14
Best resultFourth Place (1978, 1982)

The Papua New Guinea national under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. PMRL Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000, is used for home games.

History[]

The Papua New Guinea national under-20 football team took part in the OFC U-20 Championship tournament 13 times (1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016) and their best results were in 1978 and 1982 when the team achieved fourth place both times.

Competition record[]

OFC[]

The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
French Polynesia 1974 Did not enter
New Zealand 1978 Fourth place 3 0 0 3 0 17
Fiji 1980 Group stage 2 0 0 2 2 9
Papua New Guinea 1982 Fourth place 4 0 1 3 2 11
Australia 1985 Sixth Place 5 0 0 5 2 31
New Zealand 1986 Did not enter
Fiji 1988 Group stage 3 1 1 1 6 2
Fiji 1990 Did not enter
French Polynesia 1992 Group stage 4 0 0 4 3 11
Fiji 1994 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 6
New Zealand 1997 Did not enter
Samoa 1998
New CaledoniaCook Islands 2001 Group stage 5 1 0 4 5 18
FijiVanuatu 2002 Group stage 2 0 1 1 2 8
Solomon Islands 2005 Did not enter
New Zealand 2007
French Polynesia 2008
New Zealand 2011 Group stage 3 1 1 1 7 6
Fiji 2013 5th Place 4 0 0 4 4 22
Fiji 2014 5th Place 5 1 1 3 6 13
TongaVanuatu 2016 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 8
Cook IslandsFrench Polynesia 2018 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 10
Total 14/22 49 5 6 38 46 172

FIFA U-20 World Cup[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 to Poland 2019 Did not qualify
Indonesia 2021 To be determined
Total 0/23 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fixtures and results[]

3 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Papua New Guinea  1–4  New Caledonia Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
12:00 Goal 34' Report Goal 56'
Goal 68' (pen.)
Poma Goal 82'
Houala Goal 90+4'		 Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium
Referee: French Polynesia Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)
6 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Vanuatu  3–1  Papua New Guinea Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
15:00 Wilkins Goal 50' (pen.)
Kalo Goal 56'
Thomas Goal 81'		 Report Goal 77' Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium
Referee: New Zealand (New Zealand)
10 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Fiji  1–1  Papua New Guinea Vanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
12:00 Goal 71' Report Goal 35' Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium
Referee: Solomon Islands (Solomon Islands)

Current technical staff[]

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

Current squad[]

The following players have been called up for the 2018 OFC U-19 Championship from 5 to 18 August 2018. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals as of 12 August 2018 after the game against New Zealand.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK (1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 (age 21) 0 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
20 1GK (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
2 2DF (1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 (age 22) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Southern Strikers
3 2DF (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
4 2DF (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 20) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
5 2DF (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
15 2DF (2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 (age 21) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
17 2DF (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 20) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
6 3MF (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 20) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
7 3MF (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 20) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Toti City
8 3MF Stahl Gubag (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 22) 6 0 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
9 3MF (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 21) 3 1 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
10 3MF (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 20) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
11 3MF (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
19 3MF (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 (age 20) 3 2 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
13 4FW (2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Southern Strikers
16 4FW (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 21) 2 1 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
18 4FW (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG

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