Papua New Guinea national football team results

This article lists the Papua New Guinea national football team results. The national team is organised by the Papua New Guinea Football Association that was established in 1962. Papua New Guinea joined FIFA in 1963. In 1966, Papua New Guinea were a founder member of the Oceania Football Confederation with Fiji, New Zealand and Australia.[1] Jack Warner, then a FIFA Vice-President, in April 2009 called on New Zealand to help Papua New Guinea to bring them up to a good level.[2]

Their first competitive match was on 26 February 1980 in the 1980 OFC Nations Cup. Before then, the team had only played friendly matches. The national team plays relatively few games. For example, between 2004 and 2011 they played just one match, and that a friendly.[3]

Success has been hard to achieve. In 1996 they won the first round of the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament against Solomon Islands and Vanuatu but were eliminated in the second round. However, in that tournament they gained the most notable result in their history when they beat New Zealand 1-0, at home, on 31 May 1997. Then in 2002 Papua New Guinea won the qualification stage of the Oceania Nations Cup against New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, and American Samoa to qualify for the group stage, when they were eliminated. The team entered the inaugural 2008 Wantok Cup but withdrew, without playing any matches, citing financial problems.[4] Papua New Guinea declined to take part in the 2010 Wantok Cup (which was subsequently cancelled) because they were "occupied by other football programs".[5]

Papua New Guinea entered the FIFA World Cup, for the first time, for the 1998 competition. They subsequently entered for 2006 and 2010.[6] They were, though, disqualified from the 2010 FIFA World Cup when they failed to enter the 2007 South Pacific Games, which acted as the first qualification stage.[7] Papua New Guinea took part in the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, held in June 2012, which also formed part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification process.[8] However, they failed to progress from the group stage.[9]

The national team competed in the 2011 Pacific Games, the first competitive event that they had played in since 2004.[10][11] During that tournament they recorded their largest ever victory, on 3 September 2011, 17-1 over Kiribati.[12]

Papua New Guinea's highest ever FIFA ranking was 160, in June 2004. As of October 2015, the country was ranked 206= out of 209 countries with only Anguilla and Bahamas below them. This was down one place from September 2015.[13]

2010s

2014

6 September 2014
19:30 UTC+8
Singapore  2 – 1  Papua New Guinea
Sahil  17'
Fazrul  23'		 Gunemba  61'

2012

4 June 2012
12:00 UTC+11
Papua New Guinea  1 – 2  New Zealand
Hans  89' (pen.) Report Smeltz  2'
Wood  52'
Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Bruce George (Vanuatu)

6 June 2012
12:00 UTC+11
Papua New Guinea  1 – 1  Fiji
Jack  85' Report Dunadamu  13'
Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

 Papua New Guinea finished bottom of four teams and failed to progress to the knockout stage.

2011

27 August 2011
10:00
Papua New Guinea  4 – 0  Cook Islands
Hans  18', 50'
D. Muta  55'
N. Lepani  85'		 Report

1 September 2011
15:00
Tahiti  1 – 1  Papua New Guinea
Atani  23' Report C. Muta  15'

3 September 2011
10:00
Kiribati  1 – 17  Papua New Guinea
Bakaane  71' Report Kini  13', 79', 85'
N. Lepani  15', 16', 54', 68'
Foster  16'
Hans  21', 45+1' (pen.)
Moka  24', 28', 41'
Yasasa  73', 74'
Bondaluke  76'
Wasi  90+2'

5 September 2011
15:00
Papua New Guinea  0 – 2  Fiji
Report Suwamy  37'
Kainihewe  45+1'
Stade Boewa, Boulari
Referee: Bertrand Billon (New Caledonia)

 Papua New Guinea finished third of five teams and failed to progress to the knockout stage.

2000s

2007

2004

12 May 2004
Fiji  4–2  Papua New Guinea
Rabo  24'
Toma  45+'
Gataurua  78'
Rokotakala  90'		 Report Davani  12'
Komboi  44'

17 May 2004
Papua New Guinea  10–0  American Samoa
Davani  23', 24', 40', 79'
Andrew Lepani  26', 28', 64'
Wasi  34'
Komboi  37'
Lohai  71'		 Report  

19 May 2004
Samoa  1–4  Papua New Guinea
Michael  69' Report Davani  16'
Andrew Lepani  37'
Nathaniel Lepani  55'
Komeng  68'

 Papua New Guinea finished third of five teams and failed to progress.

2003

14 June 2003
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 3–5 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
?,  18', ?, , ?, Jack Samani  12'
Commins Menapi  ?', ?' (pen.)
Mark Mehau  ?'
Batram Suri  ?' (pen.)

30 June 2003
17:00
Papua New Guinea  0 - 2  New Caledonia
Ramon Djamali  69'
Michel Hmae  81'
National Stadium Suva, Fiji
Referee: Intaz Shah (Fiji)

1 July 2003
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2–2 Tonga Tonga
Desmond Sow  41'
Ravu Habuka  76'		 Unalolo Feao  62', 75'
National Stadium, Suva, Fiji
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rajendra Singh (Fiji)

3 July 2003
17:00
Tahiti French Polynesia 3–0 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Naea Bennett  13'  69'
Felix Tagawa  62'
National Stadium Suva, Fiji
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jimmy Wright (New Caledonia)

7 July 2003
17:00
Papua New Guinea  10–0  F.S. Micronesia
Alex Davani  5'  6'  51'
Nathan Pomat  17'  37'
Michael Foster  36'
Chique Posman  67'  74'
Trevor Ire  79'
Andrew Lepani  92'
Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

2002

12 March 2002
Papua New Guinea  4–1  New Caledonia
Kombi  31'
Tomda  57'
Aisa  70'
Davani  85'		 Report Voudjo  40'

14 March 2002
Papua New Guinea  5–0  Tonga
Lohai  19'
Moiyap  61'
Davani  70'
Aisa  84'
Andrew Kassam  89'		 Report

16 March 2002
Samoa  1–4  Papua New Guinea
Lemana  56' Report Kombi  20'
Wasi  30'
Elizah  60'
Moiyap  76'

18 March 2002
Papua New Guinea  7–0  American Samoa
Davani  12', 20', 43'
Posman  32'
Aisa  46'
Lohai  61'
Wasi  90+'		 Report

 Papua New Guinea finished first of five teams and progressed to the second group stage.

7 July 2002
New Zealand  9–1  Papua New Guinea
Killen  9', 10', 28', 51'
Campbell  27', 85'
Nelsen  54'
Burton  87'
De Gregorio  90+'		 Report Aisa  35' (pen.)
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)

9 July 2002
Tahiti  3–1  Papua New Guinea
Garcia  29'
Tagawa  49', 64'		 Report Davani  43'
North Harbour Stadium, Albany
Attendance: 800
Referee: Rakaroi (Fiji)

 Papua New Guinea finished bottom of four teams and failed to progress to the knockout tournament.

2000

8 April 2000
Fiji  5–0  Papua New Guinea

13 April 2000
Solomon Islands  4–2  Papua New Guinea
Samani  ?'
Berry  ?'
Daudau  ?', ?'

15 April 2000
Papua New Guinea  1–4  Vanuatu

 Papua New Guinea finished bottom of five teams and failed to qualify.

1990s

2007

8 September 1998
Vanuatu  1–1  Papua New Guinea

10 September 1998
Fiji  2–0  Papua New Guinea

 Papua New Guinea finished fourth of five teams and failed to qualify.

1997

15 June 1997
Fiji  3 - 1  Papua New Guinea

 Papua New Guinea finished bottom of three teams and failed to progress.

1996

 Papua New Guinea finished first of three teams and advanced to the next qualification stage.

1995

1994

 Papua New Guinea finished third of five teams and failed to qualify.

1993

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1991

1990

5 November 1990
Papua New Guinea  0–1  Vanuatu

8 November 1990
Papua New Guinea  0–1  Fiji

 Papua New Guinea finished bottom of five teams.

1980s

1989

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28 October 1989
Fiji  2–1  Papua New Guinea

11 October 1989
Papua New Guinea  3–0  Vanuatu

 Papua New Guinea finished fourth of five teams.

1987

1985

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1984

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1983

1981

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1980

24 February 1980
Papua New Guinea  4–3  New Hebrides

26 February 1980
Australia  11–2  Papua New Guinea

 Papua New Guinea finished third of four teams and failed to progress.

1970s

1979

28 August 1979
Fiji  0–0  Papua New Guinea
Buckhurst Park, Suva, Fiji

31 August 1979
Papua New Guinea  13 - 0  Kiribati
Bidesi Park, Suva, Fiji

3 September 1979
Solomon Islands  3 - 2  Papua New Guinea
Henry Suri  50', 73'
Alick Bebeu  55'		 Hatsire Manhi  20'
Daino Sami  44'

1976

Australia was to play vs Papua New Guinea in a preliminary round, the winner to advance to Group 2, but Australia withdrew.[16]

1975

25 August 1975
Tahiti  4 - 2  Papua New Guinea

1971

1 September 1971
Tahiti  2 - 2  Papua New Guinea

5 September 1971
Tahiti  8 - 1  Papua New Guinea

1960s

1969

14 August 1969
New Caledonia  4 - 1  Papua New Guinea
Poithily  50'
Pierre Zeoula  53', 80'
Gerald Delmas  56'		 Kumalau  29'
Germania Club, Port Moresby

15 August 1969
Tahiti  3 - 1  Papua New Guinea
Germania Club, Port Moresby

16 August 1969
Papua New Guinea  4 - 0  Solomon Islands
Germania Club, Port Moresby

18 August 1969
Papua New Guinea  2 - 1  New Hebrides
Kau  20'
Mathew Raka  90'		 ?  41'
Germania Club, Port Moresby

20 August 1969
Papua New Guinea  1–1  Fiji
Germania Club, Port Moresby

22 August 1969
Papua New Guinea  2–1  Fiji
Wellington Jojoga  ?', ?' ?  ?'
National Stadium, Port Moresby

1966

12 December 1966
Tahiti  4 - 3  Papua New Guinea

17 December 1966
New Hebrides [[File:{{{flag alias-1966}}}|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] 5 - 2  Papua New Guinea

1963

29 August 1963
Fiji  3–1 Papua New Guinea
Zikar Ali  30', 33'
Satish Dutta  ?'		 Voelker  15'
Buckhurst Park, Suva, Fiji

Notes

  1. ↑ "History", Papua New Guinea Football Association, accessed 15 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "All Whites likely to remain with Oceania", Radio Sport, 12 April 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Papua New Guinea - Latest Fixtures and Results", FIFA, accessed 14 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "Wantok Cup to Strengthen Relationship", Solomon Times Online, 3 July 2008
  5. ↑ "Proposed Wantok Cup looks gloomy". Fiji Live. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)", FIFA, accessed 15 January 2009.
  7. ↑ "World Cup Qualifiers", World Cup 2010, accessed 14 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "FIFA World Cup - Eye on Oceania – Samoa advance to Stage 2". New Zealand Football. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "All Whites advance, PNG exit". FIFA. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  10. ↑ "Plan for Gold in 2011 Pacific Games". Sporting Pulse. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  11. ↑ "National team tours Australia". FIFA. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  12. ↑ "Kiribati 1 - 17 Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  13. ↑ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  14. ↑ gmanetwork.com
  15. ↑ "Friendly : Philippines vs. Papua New Guinea". FIFA Referees. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  16. ↑

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