| Papua New Guinea U23 | |
| Nickname: | Kapuls (Cuscus) |
| Association: | Papua New Guinea Football Association |
| Confederation: | OFC (Oceania) |
| Coach: |  Warren Moon |
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| First Game: | 4–0 (Melbourne, Australia; May 19, 1991) |
| Largest Loss: | 9–0 (Sydney, Australia; January 16, 2004) |
| Regional Name: | OFC U23 Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 5 (First in 1991) |
| Regional Cup Best: | Fourth place (1991, 1999, 2004, 2008) |
The Papua New Guinea national under-23 soccer team, also known as PNG U23, represents Papua New Guinea at U23 tournaments. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Papua New Guinea national soccer team
PNG U23 made five appearances so far at the OFC U23 Championship. Their best result was third place, achieved at the 2015 Pacific Games.
The OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every four years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.
| OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | |||||||||
| 1991 | Fourth place | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -15 | 1 | |
| 1996 | Did not enter | |||||||||
 1999 | Fourth place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 3 | |
| 2004 | Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 1 | |
| 2008 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 6 | |
| 2012 | Fourth place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 | |
 2015 | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 | |
| 2019 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 | |
| Total | Semi-Finals | 32 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 46 | 94 | -48 | 20 | |
| Position | ||
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Warren Moon | |
| Assistant coach | David Muta | |
| Team manager | Gordon Manub |
The following players were called to the squad for the 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament from 21 September - 5 October 2019.
Caps and goals updated as of 28 September 2019 after the match against the .