Papua New Guinea national football team


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.
Papua New Guinea's highest ever FIFA ranking was 153, in June 2017. As of June 2019, the country was ranked 171 out of 211 countries. This was a drop of 2 places from May 2019. 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.

Competitive record

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

South Pacific Games record

Kit sponsorship

Results and fixtures

For all past match results of the national team, see the team's 1963–89 results page and 1990–2019 results page.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Recent results

Record by opponent

Up to matches played on 20 July 2019.
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Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 Pacific Games from 7–20 July in Apia, Samoa.
Caps and goals correct after the match against Fiji on 20 July 2019.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Papua New Guinea squad within the last twelve months.

Managers