Papua New Guinea national football team
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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
.
As of October 2011, Papua New Guinea was ranked
188 by FIFA
. Papua New Guinea had previosuly left the FIFA rankings, having not competed in a match between July 2007 and August 2011. Their games at the 2011 Pacific Games
saw them return to the rankings, and they will be competing in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup
in June 2012.
* 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
.
(2011-)
Frank Farina
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association
Papua New Guinea Football Association
The Papua New Guinea Football Association is the governing body of football in Papua New Guinea.-External links:* * at the FIFA website.* at OFC site...
.
As of October 2011, Papua New Guinea was ranked
FIFA World Rankings
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188 by FIFA
FIFA
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. Papua New Guinea had previosuly left the FIFA rankings, having not competed in a match between July 2007 and August 2011. Their games at the 2011 Pacific Games
Men's Football at the 2011 Pacific Games
The 2011 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 13th edition of Pacific Games men's football tournament. The competition was held in New Caledonia from 27 August to 9 September 2011 with the final played at the Stade Numa-Daly in Nouméa....
saw them return to the rankings, and they will be competing in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup
2012 OFC Nations Cup
---------Group B:---------Knockout stage:The group winners and runner-ups will compete in a single elimination knockout stage. The winner of this knockout stage earns a place in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. These same four teams compete in a separate event for the OFC third round of qualifying...
in June 2012.
Papua New Guinea all time record
| Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 100% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0% | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0% | |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 13.33% | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | -17 | 0% | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0% | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 33.33% | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 100% | |
| 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 | 0% | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0% | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0% | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 50% | |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 33.33% | |
| Total | 57 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 91 | 117 | ||
| 28.07% |
Results
Latest matches:- 2011 Pacific GamesMen's Football at the 2011 Pacific GamesThe 2011 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 13th edition of Pacific Games men's football tournament. The competition was held in New Caledonia from 27 August to 9 September 2011 with the final played at the Stade Numa-Daly in Nouméa....
- 27 August 2011, Boulari, New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
- 0 - 4 - 2011 Pacific GamesMen's Football at the 2011 Pacific GamesThe 2011 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 13th edition of Pacific Games men's football tournament. The competition was held in New Caledonia from 27 August to 9 September 2011 with the final played at the Stade Numa-Daly in Nouméa....
- 1 September 2011, Boulari, New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
- 1 - 1 - 2011 Pacific GamesMen's Football at the 2011 Pacific GamesThe 2011 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 13th edition of Pacific Games men's football tournament. The competition was held in New Caledonia from 27 August to 9 September 2011 with the final played at the Stade Numa-Daly in Nouméa....
- 3 September 2011, Boulari, New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
- 1 - 17 - 2011 Pacific GamesMen's Football at the 2011 Pacific GamesThe 2011 Pacific Games men's football tournament was the 13th edition of Pacific Games men's football tournament. The competition was held in New Caledonia from 27 August to 9 September 2011 with the final played at the Stade Numa-Daly in Nouméa....
- 5 September 2011, Boulari, New CaledoniaNew CaledoniaNew Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
- 2 - 0
World Cup record
- 19301930 FIFA World CupThe 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...
to 19941994 FIFA World CupThe 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
- Did not enter - 19981998 FIFA World CupThe 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...
- Did not qualify - 20022002 FIFA World CupThe 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
- Did not enter - 20062006 FIFA World CupThe 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
- Did not qualify - 20102010 FIFA World CupThe 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
- Disqualified* - 20142014 FIFA World CupThe 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....
- To Be Determined
Football at the 2007 South Pacific Games
The 2007 South Pacific Games Football was held at the Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex in Apia, Samoa in from 25 August to 7 September 2007.The Men's tournament formed the first stage of the Oceania Football Confederation's qualification tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the qualification...
, which was used as the preliminary round of the Oceanian zone qualification tournament
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification for the Oceania Football Confederation selected New Zealand to compete in a two-legged home-and-away playoff against Bahrain, the fifth-place team from the Asian Football Confederation for a spot in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa...
.
Oceania Nations Cup record
| OFC Nations Cup record OFC Nations Cup The OFC Nations Cup is an international association football tournament held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. It was held every two years from 1996 to 2004; before 1996 there were two other tournaments held at irregular intervals, under the name Oceania Nations Cup... |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | ||||||
| 1973 1973 OFC Nations Cup The 1973 OFC Nations Cup was the first Oceania-wide tournament ever held. It took place in New Zealand from 17 February 1973–24 February 1973... |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 1980 1980 OFC Nations Cup -Group B:-Third Place:-Final:-External links:* http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=43&intArticleID=433&det=1* . Accessed 21 February 2010.... |
Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 1996 1996 OFC Nations Cup The 1996 OFC Nations Cup was not held as a cohesive tournament, but consisted of semi-finals and a final played on a two-legged basis, stretched out between November 1995 and November 1996.... to 2000 2000 OFC Nations Cup Solomon Islands and Vanuatu* qualified for Oceania Nations Cup 2000* Fiji were replaced by Vanuatu .-Polynesia Cup 2000:--------------------------------------------... |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2002 2002 OFC Nations Cup -Results:-Match Schedule:-------------------- and progress to the knockout tournament.-Results:-Match Schedule:-------------------- and progress to the knockout tournament.-Knockout Rounds:-Semi-Finals:----... |
Group Stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2004 2004 OFC Nations Cup The 2004 OFC Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, except the two-legged final .... |
Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2008 2008 OFC Nations Cup The 2008 OFC Nations Cup was the eighth edition of the OFC Nations Cup, and the first under a new format that was introduced. It took place as a series of as a home-and-away round-robin tournament on FIFA match dates in 2007 and 2008... |
Did not enter | |||||||
| 2012 2012 OFC Nations Cup ---------Group B:---------Knockout stage:The group winners and runner-ups will compete in a single elimination knockout stage. The winner of this knockout stage earns a place in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. These same four teams compete in a separate event for the OFC third round of qualifying... |
To Be Determined | |||||||
| Total | 3/9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 34 | |
South Pacific Games record
- 1963Football at the 1963 South Pacific Games-Semi finals:-----Bronze medal match:-Gold medal match:-Sources:*...
- Round 1 - 1966Football at the 1966 South Pacific Games-Group 2:---------Semi finals:-----Bronze medal match:-Gold medal match:-Sources:*...
- Fourth place - 1969Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games-Bronze medal match:-Gold medal match:-Sources:*...
- Third place - 1971Football at the 1971 South Pacific Games-Group 2:---------Semi finals:-----5th place Match:-Bronze medal match:-Final Match:-External links:*...
- Fourth place - 1975Football at the 1975 South Pacific Games-Group 2:---------Semi finals:-----Bronze medal match:-Gold medal match:...
- Round 1 - 1979Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games-Group 2:---------Group 3:---------Group 4:---------Quarter finals:-------------Semi finals:-----Bronze medal match:-Gold medal match:...
- Quarter-final - 1983Football at the 1983 South Pacific GamesThe 1983 South Pacific Games was the seventh edition where football was introduced and was held at the in Western Samoa during September 1983.-Group A:-------------------------Group B: withdrew x-x ---- x-x ---- x-x -Group C:...
- Fourth place - 1987Football at the 1987 South Pacific GamesThe 1987 South Pacific Games was the 8th edition where football was introduced and was held at the in New Caledonia during December 1987.-Group A:---------------------------------------------------------Bronze medal match:...
- Third place - 1991Football at the 1991 South Pacific GamesThe 1991 South Pacific Games was the 9th edition at which football was introduced. The games were held in Papua New Guinea during September 1991.-Group 1:---------------------Group 2:-------------------------Semi finals:----...
- Round 1 - 1995Football at the 1995 South Pacific GamesThe 1995 South Pacific Games was the 10th edition where football was introduced and was held at the in Tahiti during August 1995.-Group A:-------------------------------------Group B:---------------------Semi finals:...
- Round 1 - 2003Football at the 2003 South Pacific GamesThe 2003 South Pacific Games football tournament was held in Fiji, from 30 June to 30 July 2003.-Group A:-------------------------------------Group B:-------------------------------------Semi Finals:----...
- Round 1 - 2007Football at the 2007 South Pacific GamesThe 2007 South Pacific Games Football was held at the Toleafoa J.S. Blatter Complex in Apia, Samoa in from 25 August to 7 September 2007.The Men's tournament formed the first stage of the Oceania Football Confederation's qualification tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the qualification...
- Did not enter - 2011Football at the 2011 Pacific GamesFootball at the 2011 Pacific Games was held from August 27–September 9, 2011 at several venues.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-References:*...
- Round 1
List of coaches
Richard Tamari Nagai (1996) John Davani (2002) Steve Cain (2002) Ludwig Peka (2003–2004) Markos Gusmao (2004–2011) Frank FarinaFrank Farina
Frank Farina OAM is a retired Australian football player. He most currently coaches the Papua New Guinea national football team....
(2011-)
Current squad
Coach: Frank FarinaFrank Farina
Frank Farina OAM is a retired Australian football player. He most currently coaches the Papua New Guinea national football team....