Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team
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Nickname(s) | Kapuls (Cuscus) | ||
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Association | Papua New Guinea Football Association | ||
Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
Head coach | ![]() | ||
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First international | |||
1992 | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Lautoka, Fiji; March 7, 2008) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Sydney, Australia; January 16, 2004) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
OFC U23 Championship | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
Best result | fourth place |
The Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team, also known as PNG U23, represents Papua New Guinea at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Papua New Guinea national football team
History[]
PNG U23 made five appearances so far at the OFC U23 Championship. Their best result was third place, achieved at the 2015 Pacific Games.
OFC[]
The OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every four years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4th Place | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -15 | 1 |
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4th Place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 3 |
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Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 1 |
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4th Place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 6 |
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4th Place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
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3rd Place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
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Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixtures & Results[]
2019[]
22 September 2019 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage | Vanuatu ![]() | 3-1 | ![]() | show![]() |
25 September 2019 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage | Fiji ![]() | 3-1 | ![]() | show![]() |
28 September 2019 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage | Papua New Guinea ![]() | 6-1 | ![]() | show![]() |
Current technical staff[]
Position | |
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Head Coach | ![]() |
Assistant Coach | ![]() |
Team Manager | ![]() |
Current squad[]
The following players were called to the squad for the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from 21 September - 5 October 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 28 September 2019 after the match against the Tonga.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | 28 August 1997 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
18 | GK | 19 January 1999 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
20 | GK | 15 May 1999 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
2 | DF | 23 March 1997 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
3 | DF | 4 July 1999 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
4 | DF | 4 July 1997 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | |
5 | DF | 1 October 1997 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
14 | DF | 5 February 1997 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
17 | DF | 4 January 1999 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Felix Komolong | 6 March 1997 | 6 | 0 | ![]() | |
6 | MF | 19 June 1998 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
7 | MF | 22 March 1998 | 3 | 3 | ![]() | |
8 | MF | 19 April 1998 | 3 | 2 | ![]() | |
11 | MF | 10 May 1997 | 3 | 1 | ![]() | |
12 | MF | 25 September 2000 | 3 | 1 | ![]() | |
13 | MF | 7 March 2001 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
15 | MF | 17 August 2000 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
19 | MF | 22 December 1997 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
9 | FW | 14 May 1997 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | |
10 | FW | 6 October 1997 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
16 | FW | 24 July 1997 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
List of coaches[]
Frank Farina (2012)
Flemming Serritslev (2015)
(2019)
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- Oceanian national under-23 association football teams
- Papua New Guinea national football team
- 1992 establishments in Papua New Guinea
- Association football clubs established in 1992