Papua New Guinea national under-17 soccer team explained

Papua New Guinea U17
Fifa Trigramme:	PNG
Nickname:	Kapuls (Tok Pisin for Cuscus)
Association:	Papua New Guinea Football Association
Confederation:	OFC (Oceania)
Coach:	Samson Steven
Captain:	Gregory Togubai
Most Caps:	John Ray (7)
Top Scorer:	Barthy Kerobin (4)
Home Stadium:	Sir Hubert Murray Stadium
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First Game:	3 - 0 Papua New Guinea (Kaohsiung, Taiwan; December 7, 1986)
Largest Win:	0 - 5 Papua New Guinea (Apia, Samoa; January 19, 2015)
Largest Loss:	14–0 (Nuku'alofa, Tonga; 12 April 2024)
World Cup Apps:	0
Regional Name:	OFC Under-17 Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	9
Regional Cup First:	1986
Regional Cup Best:	4th (1986)

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

Competition Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
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1985	Did not participate
1987	Did not qualify
1989 to 1997	Did not participate
1999 to 2001	Did not qualify
2003	Withdrew
2005	Did not qualify
2007 to 2009	Did not participate
2011 to 2019	Did not qualify
2023	Withdrew
2025	Did not qualify
Total	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

OFC U-17 Championship record

The OFC U-17 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

OFC U-17 Championship record
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1983	Did not enter
1986	4th place	4	0	2	2	1	5	-4	2
1989	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Group Stage	5	2	0	3	10	26	-16	6
& 2001	Group Stage	4	3	0	1	11	9	+2	9
&& 2003	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	10	11	-1	4
2007	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	4	7	-3	6
& 2013	5th place	5	1	1	3	2	8	-6	4
& 2015	Group Stage	5	2	1	2	9	5	+4	7
& 2017	Semi-Finals	4	1	1	2	8	9	-1	4
& 2018	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	8	9	-1	3
2023	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		38	13	6	19	63	89	-26	45

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach	Samson Steven
Assistant coach	Mathew Witu
Team manager	Tinge Emuka

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship from 9 to 22 September 2018.

Caps and goals as of 15 September 2018 after the game against New Zealand.

2017 Squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship from 11 to 24 February 2017.