Papua New Guinea national under-23 football team

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Papua New Guinea U23
Nickname(s)Kapuls (Cuscus)
AssociationPapua New Guinea Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachPapua New Guinea
First colours
Second colours
First international
1992
Biggest win
Cook Islands Cook Islands 0 - 7 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Lautoka, Fiji; March 7, 2008)
Biggest defeat
Australia Australia 9 - 0 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Sydney, Australia; January 16, 2004)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U23 Championship
Appearances5
Best resultfourth 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
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fiji 1991 4th Place 6 0 1 5 4 19 -15 1
Australia 1996
New Zealand 1999 4th Place 4 1 0 3 3 11 -8 3
Australia 2004 Group Stage 4 0 1 3 7 21 -14 1
Fiji 2008 4th Place 5 2 0 3 18 20 -2 6
New Zealand 2012 4th Place 4 1 0 3 3 5 -2 3
Papua New Guinea 2015 3rd Place 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 3
Fiji 2019 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 (2019-09-22) 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage Vanuatu  3-1  Papua New Guinea Fiji Lautoka, Fiji
12:00
Report
  • Goal 56'
 Stadium: Churchill Park
Attendance: 150
Referee: New Zealand Matthew Conger
25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage Fiji  3-1  Papua New Guinea Fiji Lautoka, Fiji
15:00
Report
  • Goal 66'
 Stadium: Churchill Park
Attendance: 250
Referee: New Zealand
28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Group Stage Papua New Guinea  6-1  Tonga Fiji Lautoka, Fiji
12:00
  • Goal 11', 73'
  • Goal 45', 49' (p)
  • Goal 55'
  • Malafu Goal 72' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Polovili Goal 15'
 Stadium: Churchill Park
Referee: New Zealand

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 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
1 1GK (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 24) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Morobe United
18 1GK (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 22) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Morobe United
20 1GK (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 22) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Kagua Erave
2 2DF (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 24) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Vitiaz United
3 2DF (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 22) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
4 2DF (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 24) 4 0 United States Western Illinois University
5 2DF (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 23) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Gulf Komara
14 2DF (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 24) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Bougainville
17 2DF (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 22) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Lae City
2DF Felix Komolong (1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 (age 24) 6 0 Papua New Guinea Lae City
6 3MF (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 23) 0 0 Papua New Guinea FC Bougainville
7 3MF (1998-03-22) 22 March 1998 (age 23) 3 3 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
8 3MF (1998-04-19) 19 April 1998 (age 23) 3 2 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
11 3MF (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 24) 3 1 Papua New Guinea Bougainville
12 3MF (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 20) 3 1 Papua New Guinea Kutubu
13 3MF (2001-03-07) 7 March 2001 (age 20) 1 0 Papua New Guinea Star Mountain
15 3MF (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Vitiaz United
19 3MF (1997-12-22) 22 December 1997 (age 23) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Lae City
9 4FW (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 24) 2 0 Papua New Guinea Gulf Komara
10 4FW (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 23) 0 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
16 4FW (1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 (age 24) 3 0 Papua New Guinea Southern Strikers

List of coaches[]

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