West Papua football team explained

West Papua
Badge:West Papua Football Association.svg
Badge Size:160px
Nickname:Oranje, Zwart, Blauw (Orange, Black, and Blue)[1]
Tjenderawasih (Birds of Paradise)[2]
Association:Football Association West Papua[3]
West Papua Football Association (defunct)
Home Stadium:Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg, Bosjes van Pex, Bohemen en Meer en Bos, Loosduinen, The Hague[4]
Confederation:ConIFA
NF Board (former)
Coach:Garry llina[5]
Top Scorer:Rudy Gell de la Cruz (2)
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First Game: 1–1
(The Hague, Netherlands; 23 June 2005)
Largest Win: 22–0 Katanga
(The Hague, Netherlands; 23 October 2021)
Largest Loss: 2–10
(The Hague, Netherlands; 21 December 2019)
Regional Name:CONIFA World Cup
Website:https://www.footballassociationwestpapua.org

The West Papua football team is a team from the Indonesian western half of the island of Western New Guinea. It is a member of ConIFA, having previously been a member of the NF-Board. On 23 June 2005, the West Papua national football team played in the 2005 UNPO Cup in The Hague. They played only one match against South Moluccas. They drew (1–1), and South Moluccas won on penalties. West Papuans were listed to take part in the 2006 VIVA World Cup but then withdrew.

The national team returned to action in 2019, playing a friendly against East Turkestan, for the first time after 14 years hiatus.[6] On 25 January 2020, the F.A.W.P. was accepted in to ConIFA as its full member.[7]

Football Association West Papua

The Football Association West Papua is the football association of West Papua and was founded in 2017.[8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Football Association of West Papua . Football Association of West Papua . OfficialFAWP . 1305930937545490433 . Anybody doing anything.
  2. Football Association of West Papua . Football Association of West Papua . OfficialFAWP . 1451962644055957504 . Back to the mothership.
  3. Football Association of West Papua . Football Association of West Papua . FAWPunofficial . 1224804800103100416 . Welcome to this unofficial account.
  4. Web site: Western Papua . 2022 . . 3 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Who we are . Football Association of West Papua . October 2021 . 3 April 2022.
  6. East Turkistan, West Papua and an Extraordinary Game of Football . . 16 October 2019 . 28 November 2019.
  7. Football Association of West Papua . Football Association of West Papua . FAWPunofficial . 1224807294187327488 . The FA of West Papua, an organisation distinct from the West Papua Football Association.
  8. Web site: Profile.
  9. Web site: Participation in the CONIFA Football Strategy Days in Sabbioneta, Italy. internations-exchange.org.