Papua New Guinea national under-20 football team

The Papua New Guinea national under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. PMRL Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000, is used for home games.

Papua New Guinea U20
Nickname(s)Kapuls
(Tok Pisin for Cuscus)
AssociationPapua New Guinea Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coach Anthony Pakakoto
CaptainRicky Wadunah
Most capsMauri Wasi (10)
Top scorerMauri Wasi (11)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Australia 9 - 0 PNG 
(Auckland, New Zealand; November 11, 1978)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances14
Best resultFourth Place (1978, 1982)

History

The Papua New Guinea national under-20 football team took part in the OFC U-20 Championship tournament 13 times (1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016) and their best results were in 1978 and 1982 when the team achieved fourth place both times.

Competition record

OFC

The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1974Did Not Enter
1978Fourth Place3003017
1980Group Stage200229
1982Fourth Place4013211
1985Sixth Place5005231
1986Did Not Enter
1988Group Stage311162
1990Did Not Enter
1992Group Stage4004311
1994Group Stage300306
1997Did Not Enter
1998Did Not Enter
& 2001Group Stage5104518
& 2002Group Stage201128
2005Did Not Enter
2007
2008
2011Group Stage311176
20135th Place4004422
20145th Place5113613
& 2016Group Stage301238
& 2018Group Stage3102410
Total14/2249563846172

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1977 Did Not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021 To be determined
Total0/23000000

Fixtures and results

3 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Papua New Guinea  1-4  New Caledonia Port Vila, Vanuatu
12:00 Awi  34' Report Watrone  56'
Gope-Fenepej  68' (pen.)
Poma  82'
Houala  90+4'
Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)
6 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Vanuatu  3-1  Papua New Guinea Port Vila, Vanuatu
15:00 Wilkins  50' (pen.)
Kalo  56'
Thomas  81'
Report Yanum  77' Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
10 September 2016 2016 OFC U-20 Championship Fiji  1-1  Papua New Guinea Port Vila, Vanuatu
12:00 Catarogo  71' Report Dabinyaba  35' Stadium: Port Vila Municipal Stadium
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)


Current technical staff

Position
Head Coach Anthony Pakakota
Assistant Coach Erickson Komeng
Team Manager Joseph Ame

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2018 OFC U-19 Championship from 5 to 18 August 2018. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals as of 12 August 2018 after the game against New Zealand.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Baxter Morris (1999-12-24) 24 December 1999 0 0 Besta United PNG
20 1GK Graham Berigami (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 3 0 Besta United PNG

2 2DF Laventine Munuo (1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 1 0 Southern Strikers
3 2DF Kimson Kapai (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 2 0 Besta United PNG
4 2DF Sylvester Luke (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 3 0 Besta United PNG
5 2DF Freeman Giwi (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 2 0 Tusbab Stallions
15 2DF Dinniget Luaine (2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 1 0 Besta United PNG
17 2DF Dopson Noi (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 2 0 Besta United PNG

6 3MF Ricky Wadunah (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 3 0 Tusbab Stallions
7 3MF Emmanuel Simongi (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 3 0 Toti City
8 3MF Stahl Gubag (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 6 0 Tusbab Stallions
9 3MF Barthy Kerobin (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 3 1 Besta United PNG
10 3MF Oberth Simon (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 3 0 Besta United PNG
11 3MF Yagi Yasasa (2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 2 0 Besta United PNG
19 3MF Abraham Allen (2000-12-25) 25 December 2000 3 2 Besta United PNG

13 4FW Cameron Nuabi (2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 2 0 Southern Strikers
16 4FW Jonathan Allen (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 2 1 Besta United PNG
18 4FW Wolfram Gregory (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 2 0 Besta United PNG

References

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