Nickname(s) Kapuls (Cuscus) Top scorer Reggie Davani (15) FIFA code PNG Arena/Stadium Sir Hubert Murray Stadium Head coach Flemming Serritslev | Most caps Reggie Davani (23) Home stadium Hubert Murray Stadium Founded 1962 Manager Flemming Serritslev | |
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Current 171 1 (12 January 2017) Association Papua New Guinea Football Association Confederation Oceania Football Confederation (Oceania) | ||
The Papua New Guinea national football team is the national team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. Its nickname is the Kapuls, which is Tok Pisin for Cuscus.
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Papua New Guinea's highest ever FIFA ranking was 160, in June 2004. Papua New Guinea had previously left the FIFA rankings, having not competed in a match between July 2007 and August 2011. Their matches at the 2015 Pacific Games saw them return to the rankings, and they competed in the 2016 OFC Nations Cup in June 2016.
World Cup record
* Although initially listed by FIFA as having entered the 2010 World Cup, PNG did not enter the football tournament at the 2007 South Pacific Games, which was used as the preliminary round of the Oceanian zone qualification tournament.
Oceania Nations Cup record
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.Current Squad
The following players were called up to for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Tahiti on 23 and 28 March 2017.
Caps and goals correct after match against Malaysia on 14 November 2016.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to represent Papua New Guinea within the last 12 months.
Managers
