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Papua New Guinea
Nickname(s)	The golden Bird of Paradise
Association	Papua New Guinea; Football Association
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Marcos Gusmao
Most caps	Richard Daniel
Top scorer	Reginald Davani
Home stadium	Hubert Murray Stadium
FIFA code	PNG
FIFA ranking	203
Highest FIFA ranking	160 (June 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	203 (July 2009)
Elo ranking	175
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Fiji 3–1 Papua New Guinea ; (Suva, Fiji; December, 1963)
Biggest win
	Papua New Guinea 20–0 American Samoa ; (Nouméa, New Caledonia; December 15, 1987)
Biggest defeat
	Malaysia 10–1 Papua New Guinea ; (Jakarta, Indonesia; June, 1976); Australia 11–2 Papua New Guinea ; (Nouméa, New Caledonia; February 26, 1980)
Appearances	(First in -)
Best result	-
OFC Nations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 1980)
Best result	Round 1, 1980 and 2002

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 January 2009, it is ranked lowest in the world by FIFA, jointly with six other national teams.

[edit] Results

Last match:

Friendly match - July 13, 2007, Honiara, Solomon Islands - Solomon Islands 2 - 1 Papua New Guinea ^[1]

* 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.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
American Samoa	2	2	0	0	17	0	+17
Australia	1	0	0	1	2	11	-9
China PR	2	0	1	1	2	5	-3
Fiji	15	2	4	9	14	28	-14
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Liberia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Malaysia	1	0	0	1	1	5	-4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	2	16	-14
Samoa	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12
Solomon Islands	11	0	4	7	9	20	-11
Tahiti	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5
Tahiti	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Tonga	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5
Vanuatu	12	4	3	5	15	20	-5
Total	57	16	13	28	91	117	-26

(As of 2004)

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
GK	Tapas Posman	16 October 1973	Rapatona FC
GK	Godfrey Baniau	28 February 1977
GK	Ludwig Bai		Madang Fox
DF	Selan Elizah	26 November 1971	Rapatona FC
DF	Fred Hans	1 January 1978
DF	Yanding Tomda	13 September 1977	Unitech
DF	Brian Tuhiana	4 May 1982	PRK Hekari United
MF	Abraham Enoch	21 November 1981	PRK Hekari United
MF	Paul Komboi	18 September 1976	PS United
MF	Adrian Komu	28 April 1983	Madang Fox
MF	Andrew Lepani	28 August 1979	PRK Hekari United
MF	Nathaniel Lepani	20 January 1982	Brisbane City
MF	Michael Lohai	14 February 1977	PRK Hekari United
FW	Reginald Davani	5 February 1980	Logan United FC
FW	Eric Komeng	1 January 1984	PRK Hekari United
FW	Maurie Wasi	6 December 1982	Waikato FC