Papua New Guinea national under-17 football team

Papua New Guinea U17
Nickname(s) Kapuls
(Tok Pisin for Cuscus)
Association Papua New Guinea Football Association
Confederation OFC (Oceania)
Head coach Papua New Guinea Harrison Kamake
Asst coach Papua New Guinea Hans Gewebing
Captain Gregory Togubai
Most caps John Ray (7)
Top scorer Oswald Bade (3)
Home stadium Hubert Murray Stadium
FIFA code PNG
First colours
Second colours
First international
1986
Biggest win
Samoa Samoa 0 - 5 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Apia, Samoa; January 19, 2015)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand New Zealand 5 - 1 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
(Luganville, Vanuatu; April 25, 2013)
World Cup
Appearances 0
OFC U17 Championship
Appearances 4 (1986, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Best result 3rd (2011)

The Papua New Guinea national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association.

Qualification

5 teams 'pre-qualified' for the competition (before the Soloman Islands withdrawal), with the final team being decided through a preliminary round hosted by Samoa in late January 2013.

Final round

The draw for the final round of competition was held at the Headquarters of the Oceania Football Confederation on 13 February 2013. The teams will play each other once in a round robin tournament based on a league system, with the winner qualifying for the FIFA U-17 World Cup[1]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 110090+93
 New Caledonia 110030+33
 Papua New Guinea 10101101
 Vanuatu 10101101
 Fiji 100103-30
 Cook Islands 100109-90

All times are local time (UTC+11:00)

17 April 2013
15:30
Papua New Guinea  1 – 1  Vanuatu
Nicky Benjamin  68' report Jaison Thomas  78'
Chapuis stadium, Luganville
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

19 April 2013
TBC
Cook Islands  v  Papua New Guinea
Chapuis stadium, Luganville

21 April 2013
TBC
Fiji  v  Papua New Guinea
Chapuis stadium, Luganville

23 April 2013
TBC
Papua New Guinea  v  New Caledonia
Chapuis stadium, Luganville

25 April 2013
TBC
New Zealand  v  Papua New Guinea
Chapuis stadium, Luganville

Squad for 2015 OFC U-17 Championship

Caps and goals as of 13 January 2015.
# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Kusuga Komolong 23 June 1998 0 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
20 GK Jerry Seriba 15 May 1999 5 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
2 DF Nickson Purari 10 June 1998 4 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
3 DF Robin Livai 29 December 1998 5 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
4 DF Kenneth Pilailo 9 May 1998 5 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
5 DF Jacob Akus 14 June 1998 0 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
6 DF Bruno Kelena 24 November 1999 1 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
12 DF Clive Samlal 9 November 1998 4 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
16 DF Misty Laksam 16 July 1998 3 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
8 MF Gregory Togubai (c) 22 March 1998 5 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
10 MF Brendon Kambual 25 November 1998 5 2 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
11 MF Gary Pokas 25 July 1998 1 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
13 MF Tanaka Sigamata 11 July 1998 2 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
15 MF Stahl Gubag 17 July 1999 5 1 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
17 MF Larsen Pasum 16 October 1998 5 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
18 MF Sylvester Agat 10 November 1998 3 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
7 FW Oswald Bade 16 December 1998 5 3 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
9 FW Cleave Roy 2 May 1999 5 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
14 FW Freddy Tupani 13 August 1998 5 2 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
19 FW Martin Tokwakwasi 10 February 1998 1 1 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG

Squad for 2013 OFC Under 17 Tournament

Caps and goals as of 11 April 2013.
# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Petor Pitor 20 November 1996 1 0 Unattached
20 GK Koniel Vagi 26 October 1996 5 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
23 GK Andrew Aopi 17 January 1998 0 0 Unattached
2 DF Jonel Kambual 4 January 1996 3 0 Papua New Guinea Nabasa
3 DF Felix Komolong 6 March 1997 4 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
4 DF Nigel Malagian 3 May 1996 5 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
6 DF Kepas Kamen 31 October 1996 3 0 Unattached
5 DF John Ray 21 January 1997 7 0 Papua New Guinea Eastern Stars FC
7 DF Joshua Talau 19 April 1996 4 0 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
17 DF Stanley Steven 9 June 1996 1 0 Unattached
8 MF David Mingai 3 August 1996 3 0 Unattached
9 MF Joshua Wadunah 26 January 1997 4 0 Unattached
10 MF Steven Inia 3 April 1996 5 1 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
11 MF Abraham Mandawali 13 March 1996 4 0 Unattached
12 MF Glenn Kambuka 21 May 1996 3 0 Unattached
16 MF Maya Bob 23 December 1996 2 0 Papua New Guinea Panamex
13 FW Nicky Benjamin 21 December 1996 5 1 Papua New Guinea Besta United PNG
14 FW Peter Dabinyaba 23 March 1997 5 0 Papua New Guinea Lae
15 FW Dallas Namuesh 15 July 1997 2 0 Papua New Guinea Bugandi
18 FW Randoll Bongi 30 August 1997 4 0 Papua New Guinea Wau

References

  1. ↑ "Path to World Cup laid out for U-17s". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 February 2013.

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