Papua New Guinea U20
Nickname(s)Kapuls
(Tok Pisin for Cuscus)
AssociationPapua New Guinea Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachAnthony Pakakota
CaptainRicky Wadunah
Most capsMauri Wasi (10)
Top scorerMauri Wasi (11)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Australia 9–0 Papua New Guinea 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 11 November 1978)
Biggest win
 Western Samoa 0–5 Papua New Guinea 
(Suva, Fiji, 3 September 1988)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 11–0 Papua New Guinea 
(Sydney, Australia; 20 February 1985)
 New Zealand 12–1 Papua New Guinea 
(Auckland, New Zealand; 8 May 2014)
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances15
Best resultFourth Place (1978, 1982)

The Papua New Guinea national under-20 soccer 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.

History

The Papua New Guinea national under-20 football team took part in the OFC U-20 Championship tournament 15 times (1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022) 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
French Polynesia 1974Did not enter
New Zealand 1978Fourth place3003017
Fiji 1980Group stage200229
Papua New Guinea 1982Fourth place4013211
Australia 1985Sixth Place5005231
New Zealand 1986Did not enter
Fiji 1988Group stage311162
Fiji 1990Did not enter
French Polynesia 1992Group stage4004311
Fiji 1994300306
New Zealand 1997Did not enter
Samoa 1998
New CaledoniaCook Islands 2001Group stage5104518
FijiVanuatu 2002201128
Solomon Islands 2005Did not enter
New Zealand 2007
French Polynesia 2008
New Zealand 2011Group stage311176
Fiji 2013Fifth place4004422
Fiji 2014Fifth place5113613
TongaVanuatu 2016Group stage301238
Cook IslandsFrench Polynesia 20183102410
French Polynesia 2022Quarter-finals4103311
Total15/2353664149183

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 to Argentina 2023 Did not qualify
Chile 2025 To be determined
Total0/24000000

Fixtures and results

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

Current technical staff

Position
Head coachPapua New Guinea Anthony Pakakota
Assistant coachPapua New Guinea Erickson Komeng
Team ManagerPapua New Guinea Joseph Ame

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship from 7 to 20 September 2022. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals as of 1 September 2022 before the game against Fiji.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jeezreel Apising (2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 0 0
20 1GK Christian Jimmy (2003-08-16) 16 August 2003 0 0

2 2DF Issac Basa (2003-10-27) 27 October 2003 0 0
3 2DF Lee-Navu Faunt (2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 0 0 Australia Redlands United
5 2DF Kuman Gene (2004-05-25) 25 May 2004 0 0
7 2DF Charles Hayes (2004-06-18) 18 June 2004 0 0
10 2DF Nigel Kiaka (2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 0 0
11 2DF Randell Kuapaitam (2003-06-18) 18 June 2003 0 0
12 2DF Balthasar Mari (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 0 0
14 2DF Nick Naa'ru (2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 0 0
17 2DF Felix Suaimbau (2003-06-25) 25 June 2003 0 0
18 2DF Jarvin Sudii (2004-08-28) 28 August 2004 0 0
19 2DF Alfred Tinge (2003-11-23) 23 November 2003 0 0 Papua New Guinea Northern Youth
21 2DF Maroa Tom (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 0 0
24 2DF Claus Wall (2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 0 0

4 3MF Michael Gambu (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 0 0 Papua New Guinea Northern Youth
6 3MF Jese Grese (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 0 0
22 3MF Joshua Urro (2003-04-16) 16 April 2003 0 0
23 3MF Jason Wadunah (2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 0 0 Papua New Guinea Tusbab Stallions
26 3MF Hamray Wayne (2004-07-25) 25 July 2004 0 0

8 4FW Cyril Kadiko (2004-08-29) 29 August 2004 0 0
9 4FW Jeremiah Kamake (2003-07-31) 31 July 2003 0 0
13 4FW Jahnnel Meio (2004-12-10) 10 December 2004 0 0
15 4FW Rex Naime (2003-10-23) 23 October 2003 0 0 Papua New Guinea Hekari United
16 4FW Vianney Noneng (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 0 0
25 4FW Jezshril Warren (2004-03-06) 6 March 2004 0 0

2018 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 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
20 1GK Graham Berigami (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 3 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG

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

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

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

References

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