Papua New Guinea women's national under-20 soccer team explained

Papua New Guinea Women's U-20
Nickname:Lakatois
(Motuan sailing vessel)
Association:Football Federation Samoa
Confederation:OFC (Oceania)
Coach: Rachel Wadunah[1]
Most Caps:Bernadine Giobun
Top Scorer:Nicollette Ageva (7)
Home Stadium:Hubert Murray Stadium
Fifa Trigramme:PNG
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First Game: 0–0
(Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; April 20, 2004)
Largest Win: 6–1
(Apia, Samoa; April 2, 2006)
Largest Loss: 1–14
(Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; April 24, 2004)
World Cup Apps:1 (first in 2016)
World Cup Best:Group stage (2016)
Regional Name:OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Regional Cup Apps:7
Regional Cup First:2004
Regional Cup Best:Second place (2004, 2012, 2014)
Type:women

The Papua New Guinea U-20 women's national soccer team is the national under-20 women's soccer team of Papua New Guinea in international women's football. They are controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. They are the only team besides New Zealand who have competed in a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, they did this when they hosted the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup with the national team finished bottom of their group.

Records

U-20 World Cup record

YearResultMW DLGFGA
2002Did not enter
2004Did not qualify
2006
Did not enter
Did not qualify
2016Group stage3003122
2018Did not qualify
2026To be determined
Total1/123003122

OFC Championship Record

OFC U-20 Women's Championship
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2002Did not Participate
2004Runners-up2011114–13
2006Third Place5302148+6
2010Did not Participate
2012Runners-up311159–4
2014Runners-up320183+5
2015Did not Participate
2017Third Place52121417–3
2019[2] Group stage210128-6
2023Group stage2002013–13
Total7/102293104472–28

Current technical staff

Position
Head coach Rachel Wadunah
Assistant coach Bernadine Giobun
Team manager Isalyn Modakewau
Technical Support Margaret Aka

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship from 30 August–12 September in Avarua, the Cook Islands.

Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2019, after the game against Tonga.

2017 Squad

The following players were called up to for the 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship.

Caps and goals correct after match against Samoa on July 24, 2017.

Squad for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following players were called up to for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Caps and goals correct after match against North Korea on November 20, 2016.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PNGFA appoint coaches and team management staff. August 2, 2019. pngfootball.com.pg.
  2. Web site: Draw for U-16 & U-19 Women's Championships complete. oceaniafootball . 18 April 2019 . 19 August 2019.